CALCULATION OF STANDARD PROCTOR DENSITY AND OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT FROM MECHANICAL ANALYSIS, SHRINKAGE FACTORS, AND PLASTICITY INDEX

AN EMPIRICAL METHOD OF CALCULATING STANDARD PROCTOR DENSITY AND OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT WITH THE DATA OBTAINED FROM THE COMMON SOIL INDICATOR TESTS IS DESCRIBED. THE CALCULATION PROCEDURE OFFERS THE POSSIBILTY OF ELIMINATING MUCH OF THE TIME AND LABOR INVOLVED IN THE STANDARD PROCTOR LABORATORY METHOD AND APPEARS TO GIVE RESULTS SUFFICIENTLY ACCURATE FOR MANY ENGINEERING PURPOSES. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/29/29-033.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 29, pp 477-481, 2 FIG, 1 TAB. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Davidson, D T
  • Gardiner, W P
• Publication Date: 1950

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 13-16, 1949.
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 29
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Density; Mechanical analysis; Moisture content; Plasticity index; Shrinkage; Soils
• Old TRIS Terms: Optimum moisture content
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00229997
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 2 1971 12:00AM