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معمل سويل compaction (
معمل سويل compaction (
Faculty of Engineering
ID Number : 27537
Spring 2021
Soil Compaction Test
1. Objective:
The objective of the experiment is to determine the water content at which the dry
density of soil reach its max density after compacting.
2. Summary:
The experiment was conducted during the laboratory period. The experiment was
carried on by students with supervisions.
The experiment was based on D-698(ASTM, 1999) standards. The test was
conducted four times each time with different water concentration. Data were
tabulated, graphs are drawn and results are discussed
3. Introduction:
From the weight of hammer, height of drop and number of layers we can conclude
that the amount of work used per meter cubic in Standard proctor test is much less
than the work used in the modified proctor test but the advantage of the modified
proctor test is that it gives a higher optimum dry density than the optimum dry
density in standard proctor test.
5. APPARATUS (Equipment):
Handle
Weighing
machine
30.5mm
101.6mm
Extension
2.5Kgm
Hammer
116.43mm
50.8mm
Base plate
6. Procedure :
1) Measure the dimensions of the mold, calculate its volume and then weigh
it.
2) Weigh 3Kgm of soil that has been passed through ASTM sieve 19.4mm.
3) Put water with an amount of 7% of soil weight and mix well.
4) Put the first soil layer in the mold and compact it with the compacting
hammer 25 times over the soil layer surface by moving the hammer each
time.
5) Repeat step 4 for the next 2 layers.
6) Remove the top extension of the mold and remove any extra soil and
weigh the soil with the mold together.
7) Remove the soil from the mold and take a specimen from the center of
the compacted soil, put it in a can and weigh it and then put it in the oven
for 24hours to determine the water content.
8) Add 3% of water to the soil and mix it again and repeat the same
previous steps.
Assumed WC 6 8 11 13 16
%
WC (mc)% 7.43 9.2 15.65 17.48 17.48
Wt of soil + 8.492 8.597 8.712 8.772 8.729
mold
Wt of mold 6.748 6.748 6.748 6.748 6.748
Wt of soil on 1.744 1.849 1.946 2.024 1.981
mold
Wet density 17.89 18.97 20.15 20.76 20.23
(kn/m³)
Dry density 16.65 17.37 17.42 16.07 17.219
(kn/m³)
17.500
17.000
Dry density (kn/m³)
16.500
16.000
15.500
15.000
7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00
GS . ρm
ρd =
GS.w
1+
S
where :
Air content ( a /c )
S=1−
100
and w values are by assumption
9. Discussions :
From the soil compaction curve by plotting it's assumed that the water content to
get the optimum density is 11% when using the standard proctor compaction
method and the maximum density is 17.55 kn/m3.
At the beginning the dry density was increasing when the water content increases
as the water was acting like a softening agent to make the soil particles slide into
voids, but after the moisture content reached 11% the dry density started to
decrease when the moisture increases and that’s because the water started to push
out the soil particles and takes its place.
10. Conclusion :
The moisture content to get an optimum dry density is 11% and the maximum dry
density could be reached in standard proctor compaction test is 17.55kn/m3.