EXPERIENCE WITH TROXLER 3411-B DURING COMPACTION MEASUREMENTS

ERFARING MED TROXLER 3411-B VED KOMPRIMERINGSMAALINGER

Examples are given of the use of the troxler 3411B compaction measuring equipment used in Sweden between 1981 and 1984 at a number of sites including pedestrian/cycle track and roads. Comparisons are made between this troxler 3411b isotope measuring equipment, and volumetric weight measurements as well as plate-loading equipment. Results showed reliable good agreement with volumetric weight measurements and with plate-loading measurements of bearing capacity in fairly coarse gravel/sand. The instrument was seasonally priced and well suited to field measurement. It was not suitable for compaction measurements of fairly coarse gravel and other materials with a large stone content. It was found that troxler measurements were limited to a depth of 30 cms in soil layers. Alternative measurement methods investigated indicated that plate-loading equipment was costly, time consuming but reliable. The sand/water volume meter was not suitable for field measurement, but levelling was acceptable for the measurement of the compaction of stony materials. This publication was orginally published in Swedish in vti meddelande, statens vaeg och trafikinstitut (vti), 1988, 577, P38-53.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Flemmen, G
• Publication Date: 1989-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • TRRL TRANSLATION
  • Issue Number: T 35
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Bearing capacity; Coarse aggregates; Coarse grained materials; Compaction; Evaluation and assessment; Gravel; Measuring instruments; Pavements; Plate bearing test; Sand; Translations
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498142
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: 12
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM