Field Density Test

ASTM D1556 - 64

TESTING
MANUAL
Soil Testing Siam Co., Ltd
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Bangkok 10230
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(Field Density Test)

(subbase) (base) 100% Modified AASHO
95% Modified AASHO

(density)
(Sand Cone Method) (Balloon Density
Method)

(1)
W

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No. 4 0.025 100
0.050 250
1 0.075 500
2 0.100 1,000

ASTM D1556 64 (Reapproved 1968) Standard Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of
Soil in Place by the Sand-Cone Method

1. Density apparatus 1
base plate 6.5

2. Ottawa sand No. 20 No. 30

3. 0.01 0.1

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5.

(Calibrate)

Sand Cone Method Ottawa sand

(Uniform)
(Segregation) Ottawa sand
No. 20 No. 30 No. 30
No. 40
Calibrate

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2. base plate base plate

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5. 3

1 Calibrate

Calibrate Bulk Density

1.
2.

3. 2
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2 Calibrate Bulk Density

Calibrate
1.
2. +

3. 3
4.
V = WT
: V = (3.)
W = ()
T =

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(W1)
2. base plate 3

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3. base plate 10 . 4

4 base plate
4. base plate 5
(W2)

5 base plate

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