DIRECT DETERMINATION AND INDIRECT EVALUATION OF RELATIVE DENSITY AND ITS USE ON EARTHWORK CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

RELATIVE DENSITY IS OFTEN USED AS THE CRITERION FOR CONTROLLING THE QUALITY OF COMPACTED GRANULAR FILL. THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS AVAILABLE TO DETERMINE IN SITU RELATIVE DENSITY ARE CONSIDERED ALONG WITH THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE METHODS. DATA ARE PRESENTED WHICH INDICATE THE DEGREE OF ERROR THAT CAN BE EXPECTED WHEN MAKING IN SITU DETERMINATIONS OF RELATIVE DENSITY. CORRELATIONS ARE PRESENTED WHICH RELATE IN SITU DATA OBTAINED BY THE MOST COMMONLY USED FIELD TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN THE DETERMINATION OF RELATIVE DENSITY. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 75th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, June 25-30, 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

  100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
  West Conshohocken, PA  United States  19428-2957
• Authors:
  • Lacroux, Y
  • Horn, H M
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 251-280
• Serial:
  • ASTM Special Technical Publications
  • Issue Number: 523
  • Publisher: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Correlation analysis; Density; Earthwork; Embankments; Errors; Field tests; Fills; Granular materials; Granular soils; Measurement; Quality control; Specific gravity
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality
• Old TRIS Terms: Determination; Field methods; Insitu methods; Non-cohesive soil
• ITRD Terms: 3686: Compaction; 5908: Density; 3653: Earthworks; 2801: Embankment; 6440: Error; 6226: In situ; 6136: Measurement; 4109: Non cohesive soil
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080537
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper, A
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1975 12:00AM