Appendix A

Measurement of Relative Compaction

(Data Sheet)
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Standard/Modified Proctor Compaction Measurement

Water Content Measurement
Item / Trial Sample No. 1 No. 2
Specimen number #01 #02
Moisture can and lid number B-5 B-15
MC = Mass of empty, clean can + lid (grams) 29.3800 29.1400
MWC = Mass of can + lid + moist soil (grams) 157.3600 121.1900
MDC = Mass of can + lid + dry soil (grams) 155.1100 115.6600
MS = Mass of soil solids (grams) 125.7300 86.5200
MW = Mass of pore water (grams) 2.2500 5.5300
WC = Water content (percent) 1.7895% 6.3916%
Dry Density Measurement
Item / Trial Sample No. 1 No. 2
Specimen number #01 #02
MM = Mass of empty, clean Proctor mould (grams) 3430.0000 3430.0000
MMS = Mass of Proctor mould + wet soil (grams) 4975.0000 5130.0000
V = Volume of Proctor mould (cubic centimetre) 944.0000 944.0000
MS = Mass of wet soil (grams) 1545.0000 1700.0000
r = Wet density of soil (grams per cubic centimetre) 1.6367 1.8008
rd = Dry density of soil (grams per cubic centimetre) 1.6079 1.6927
Optimum Water Measurement
WCopt = Optimum water content (percent) 9.65%
rmax = Maximum dry density of soil (grams per cubic centimetre) 1.714
Zero-Air-Void Curve Measurement
Item / Trial Sample Data
Gs = Specific gravity of soil (bare number) 2.750
rw = Density of water (grams per cubic centimetre) 1.000
rZAV = Zero-air-void density (grams per cubic centimetre) 2.6210 2.3389
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2.50

Dry Density (gm/cm3)

2.00

1.50

1.00

0.50

0.00
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Water Content (%)

Field Compaction Measurement

Sand-Cone Measurement
Item / Trial Sample No. 1
Specimen number
M1 = Mass of Ottawa sand placed in the jar (grams) 5000.0000
M2 = Mass of Ottawa sand remained in the jar (grams) 795.0000
M3 = Mass of Ottawa sand filling the cone (grams) 1795.0000
M4 = Mass of Ottawa sand filling the hole (grams) 2410.0000
rOttawa = Dry density of Ottawa sand (grams per cubic centimetre) 1.4800
Vhole = Volume of the in-field hole (cubic centimetres) 1628.3784
Water Content Measurement
Moisture can and lid number B-15
MC = Mass of empty, clean can + lid (grams) 25.2600
MWC = Mass of can + lid + moist soil (grams) 154.0900
MDC = Mass of can + lid + dry soil (grams) 143.3400
MS = Mass of soil solids (grams) 118.0800
MW = Mass of pore water (grams) 10.7500
WC = Water content (percent) 9.1040%
In-Situ Dry Density Measurement
Mfield = Mass of wet soil removed from the in-field hole (cubic centimetres) 3175.0000
r = In-situ wet density of soil (grams per cubic centimetre) 1.9498
rd = In-situ dry density of soil (grams per cubic centimetre) 1.7871

Relative Compaction Measurement

Item / Trial Sample No. 1
rmax = Maximum dry density of soil (grams per cubic centimetre) 1.7148
rd = In-situ dry density of soil (grams per cubic centimetre) 1.7871
Vhole = Volume of the in-field hole (cubic centimetres) 104.22%
Comment: Relative compaction is satisfactory since field dry density ≥ lab dry density
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n Measurement
ent
No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
#03 #04 #05 #06
B-16 B-7 B-8 B-9
29.8000 25.1600 25.2500 24.2100
149.9000 156.0000 180.0000 165.3400
139.3300 140.0000 157.0000 140.0000
109.5300 114.8400 131.7500 115.7900
10.5700 16.0000 23.0000 25.3400
9.6503% 13.9324% 17.4573% 21.8844%
nt
No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
#03 #04 #05 #06
3430.0000 3430.0000 3430.0000 3430.0000
5205.0000 5250.0000 5270.0000 5275.0000
944.0000 944.0000 944.0000 944.0000
1775.0000 1820.0000 1840.0000 1845.0000
1.8803 1.9280 1.9492 1.9544
1.7148 1.6922 1.6595 1.6035
ment
9.65%
1.7148
ement
Data
2.7500
1.0000
2.1733 1.9882 1.8580 1.7168
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