FIELD METHODS OF SETTING COMPACTION STANDARDS

During the late 1940's and the 1950's, the Department of Housing and Construction purchased heavy pneumatic tyred rollers for aircraft pavement construction. These rollers, and later developments, provided for wheel loads of up to 50t at tyre pressures of up to 1400kpa. They permitted the loads on pavement materials and subgrades during construction to simulate those expected from aircraft during the life of the pavement. Compaction standards appropriate to the aircraft loadings and achievable by the rollers were developed through the technique of field roller tests. Field methods of setting compaction standards are in regular use for airfield construction in Australia, using heavy pneumatic tyred rollers and steel drum vibrating rollers. These techniques, which are described in this paper, provide both technical and contractural advantages. This paper was presented at Session I: Methods of Establishing Compaction Standards. For the covering abstract of the conference, see TRIS no. 378031. (Author/TRRL)

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  • Proceedings of the NAASRA/ARRB Workshop on the Use of Relative Compaction in the Control of Roadworks; including Discussion from the Workshop on Measurement and Use of Relative Compaction, held during the 11th ARRB Conference.
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• Authors:
  • Brown, E C
  • Woollcombe, D A
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the NAASRA/ARRB Workshop on the Use of Relative Compaction in the Control of Roadworks; including Discussion from the Workshop on Measurement and Use of Relative Compaction, held during the 11th ARRB Conference.
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 73-84

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Compaction; Field tests; Pneumatic equipment; Rollers; Standards; Vibratory equipment; Wheel loads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vibratory rollers
• Old TRIS Terms: Field methods; Pneumatic rollers
• ITRD Terms: 1037: Airport; 8006: Australia; 3067: Axle load; 3686: Compaction; 8525: Conference; 3666: Construction method; 3653: Earthworks; 6226: In situ; 2955: Pavement; 3693: Pneumatic tyred roller; 1038: Runway; 187: Specification (standard); 3692: Vibrating roller
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00378035
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0 86910 079 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 30 1983 12:00AM