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    This document provides the results of a modified proctor compaction test including the mass and moisture content measurements taken during the test. It then asks three questions: 1) to determine the dry unit weight and moisture content from the data and create a moisture-density curve, 2) to compute the maximum dry density and optimum moisture content from the curve, and 3) to determine the dry density and moisture contents needed to achieve 98% compaction. The solutions show the calculations to answer each question, finding a maximum dry density of 2.241 g/cc at 8.4% moisture content and that 98% compaction is achieved at 2.20 g/cc with moisture contents of 6.6% dry of optimum and 9

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    This document provides the results of a modified proctor compaction test including the mass and moisture content measurements taken during the test. It then asks three questions: 1) to determine the dry unit weight and moisture content from the data and create a moisture-density curve, 2) to compute the maximum dry density and optimum moisture content from the curve, and 3) to determine the dry density and moisture contents needed to achieve 98% compaction. The solutions show the calculations to answer each question, finding a maximum dry density of 2.241 g/cc at 8.4% moisture content and that 98% compaction is achieved at 2.20 g/cc with moisture contents of 6.6% dry of optimum and 9

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    Example On Compaction 1

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    This document provides the results of a modified proctor compaction test including the mass and moisture content measurements taken during the test. It then asks three questions: 1) to determine the dry unit weight and moisture content from the data and create a moisture-density curve, 2) to compute the maximum dry density and optimum moisture content from the curve, and 3) to determine the dry density and moisture contents needed to achieve 98% compaction. The solutions show the calculations to answer each question, finding a maximum dry density of 2.241 g/cc at 8.4% moisture content and that 98% compaction is achieved at 2.20 g/cc with moisture contents of 6.6% dry of optimum and 9

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    Example 1) Tutorial on modified proctor Compaction

    The results of a modified compaction test results are as shown

    Determination Number
    Unit Weight Data 1 2 3 4 5
    Mass of wet soil + mold A (g) 9344 9679 9829 9710 9620
    Mass of mold B (g) 4672 4672 4672 4672 4672
    Container Number
    Moisture Content Determination Data Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5
    Mass of container + wet soil D (g) 556 555 555.6 555.6 555.2
    mass of container + dry soil E (g) 531.5 522.7 514.5 507.3 505
    Mass of container F (g) 53.4 52.4 55.5 58 53

    Q1. Determine the dry unit weight and moisture content of each determination, then draw the
    moisture density relationship (dry density vs moisture content
    Q2. Compute or determine the maximum Dry density and optimum moisture content from the
    compaction curve.
    Q3. Determine the Dry density @98% compaction and the two water contents to achieve this

    Solution

    Q1)
    Determination Number
    Unit Weight Data 1 2 3 4 5
    Mass of wet soil + mold A (g) 9344 9679 9829 9710 9620
    Mass of mold B (g) 4672 4672 4672 4672 4672
    Mass of wet soil C=A-B (g) 4672 5007 5157 5038 4948
    VOLUME OF MOULD (CC) 2116 2116 2116 2116 2116
    Bulk density C/V=W 2.2079 2.3663 2.4371 2.3809 2.3384
    Moisture determination container No. Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5
    Mass of container + wet soil D (g) 556 555 555.6 555.6 555.2
    mass of container + dry soil E (g) 531.5 522.7 514.5 507.3 505
    Mass of container F (g) 53.4 52.4 55.5 58 53
    Moisture content, W (g) = D-E 24.5 32.3 41.1 48.3 50.2
    Moisture content (W)/(E-F)*100 = w (%) 5.1 6.9 9.0 10.8 11.11
    Dry density W / (100+m) *100 (g/cc) 2.100 2.214 2.237 2.15 2.105

    Having the dry density and moisture content for each trial the dry density vs moisture content
    relationship is drawn as follows

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    Q2) from the above compaction curve the optimum moisture content and maximum dry density are;

    Maximum Dry Density, MDD 2.241 From the compaction curve maximum
    Optimum Moisture content, % 8.4 point

    Q3) 

    98% MDD= 0.98*2.241 2.20


    98% MDD Moisture content dry of optimum 6.6%
    Found from the compaction curve
    98% MDD Moisture content wet of optimum 9.9%

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