RELATIVE DENSITY-THREE EXAMPLES OF ITS USE IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

THE PAPER DEMONSTRATES NOT ONLY THE USEFULNESS BUT ALSO THE LIMITATIONS OF RELATIVE DENSITY BY THREE EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH AND PRACTICE.THE FIRST EXAMPLE DEALS WITH THE PROBLEM OF RELATING THE ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION TO RELATIVE DENSITY.WHEN SANDS DO NOT DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY IN THEIR GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS,THE PARAMETERS CAN BE RELATED.HOWEVER,FOR A LARGE VARIETY OF SANDS,COMPACTIBILITY HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS A THIRD PARAMETER.THE SECOND EXAMPLE DESCRIBES THE USE OF RELATIVE DENSITY IN SUBSOIL EXPLORATION.FOR A SPECIFIC CASE,THE NUMBER OF BLOWS OF THE STANDARD PENETRATION TEST, RELATIVE DENSITY, FRICTION ANGLE,AND DENSITY ARE EMPIRICALLY RELATED TO EACH OTHER, ENABLING THE DESIGNER OF A HARBOR PROJECT TO REDUCE SOIL INVESTIGATION COSTS.IN THE THIRD EXAMPLE,PERFORMANCE OF PNEUMATIC TIRES TESTED IN TWO DIFFERENT SANDS IS DIFFERENT WHEN RELATED TO CONE PENETRATION RESISTANCE.HOWEVER,WHEN CONE PENETRATION RESISTANCE IS REPLACED BY RELATIVE DENSITY,PERFORMANCE IS COMPARABLE FOR TESTS CONDUCTED IN THE TWO SANDS AT THE SAME 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:
  • Station, Waterways Experiment
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 463-477
• Serial:
  • ASTM Special Technical Publications
  • Issue Number: 523
  • Publisher: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coefficient of internal friction; Compactibility; Compaction; Density; Dynamic penetration test; Geological surveying; Grain size; Pneumatic equipment; Sand; Soil penetration test; Specific gravity; Subsoil; Surveying; Tires
• Uncontrolled Terms: Particle size distribution; Site investigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Pneumatic tire; Subsurface explorations
• ITRD Terms: 5775: Coefficient of internal friction; 3686: Compaction; 5908: Density; 6296: Dynamic penetration test; 6200: Particle size distribution; 4105: Sand; 5722: Site investigation; 2930: Subsoil; 1381: Tyre
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080548
• 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