Compaction Testing of Granular Material

The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) has identified a need to reevaluate methods in determining whether granular materials have been compacted to the desired density. Practices of other DOTs indicate additional advantages and disadvantages to various in-situ compaction testing devices. Some DOTs are transitioning to dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP) and light weight deflectometer (LWD) methods of testing. Data were analyzed to evaluate the adequacy of using the Ohio Highway Department’s Typical Moisture-Density Curves. These data were also analyzed to create a new family of compaction curves based on granular base course and subbase materials previously tested by the SDDOT. The line of optimums of the Ohio Highway Department’s Typical Moisture-Density Curves indicates that they may be considered valid for use with the South Dakota base course and subbase granular material. A new family of compaction curves generated from South Dakota base course and subbase granular materials data was also determined to be valid, plotting within the prediction interval.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=1039
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57497
• Summary URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67521
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  South Dakota State University, Brookings

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Brookings, SD  United States  57007

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108

  South Dakota Department of Transportation

  700 East Broadway Avenue
  Pierre, SD  United States  57501

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Jones, Allen
  • Weber, Jason
• Publication Date: 2021-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 228p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Cone penetrometers; Density; Granular materials; Test procedures
• Geographic Terms: South Dakota
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01779094
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC 21-435
• Contract Numbers: MPC-497
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 16 2021 9:04AM