Standard Test Method For Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,400 FT-LBF/FT (600kN-m/m) ) Astm D 698

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ASTM D 698
Standard Test Method for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using
Standard Effort (12,400 ft-lbf/ft3 (600kN-m/m3))
DETERMINATION OF TEST PROCEDURE
wet dry MOISTURE CONTENT
Coarse + Fine Coarse
Mass of Soil before sieving, g 20400.0 17327.7
Fraction Fraction
Mass of Mat. Retained on No. 4 sieve, g 252.0 252.0 Mass of Wet Sample & Tare, g 517.5 252.0
Mass of Mat. Retained on 3/8" sieve, g 0.0 0.0 Mass of Dry Sample & Tare, g 471.4 252.0
Mass of Mat. Retained on 3/4" sieve, g 0.0 0.0 Mass of Tare, g 211.4 0.0
Moisture Content, % 17.7 0.0
Material Retained on No. 4 Sieve, % 1.5
Material Retained on 3/8" Sieve, % 0.0
Material Retained on 3/4" Sieve, % 0.0 Procedure A
Total, % (oversized) 1.5
TEST DATA
Points 1 2 3 4 5 Mold ID Number 18
Mass of Mold and Soil, g 5806.0 5891.0 5928.0 5876.0 Mass of Mold, g 3949.0
Mass of Wet Sample & Tare, g 968.0 1033.9 1165.4 746.6 Volume of Mold, ft3 0.0333
Mass of Dry Sample & Tare, g 853.6 903.9 1005.5 641.5 Hammer ID Number 20
Mass of Tare, g 146.6 156.1 154.2 154.7 Number of Blows per layer 25
Moisture Content, % 16.2 17.4 18.8 21.6 Number of Layers 3

Wet Density, pcf 122.9 128.6 131.0 127.6


Dry Density, pcf 105.8 109.5 110.3 104.9

Method A: Material retained on No. 4 < 20%


Moisture vs. Dry Density Method B: Material retained on No. 4 > 20%
and material retained on 3/8" < 20%

114.0 Method C: Material retained on 3/8" > 20% and


100% Saturation Curves: material retained on 3/4" < 30%
(Gs=2.6); (Gs=2.7); (Gs=2.8)
112.0
REMARKS
110.0
Dry Density, pcf

108.0

106.0
DESCRIPTION
104.0 Red Clayey Sand

102.0

100.0
15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 21.0 22.0 23.0 USCS (ASTM D2487; D2488)
SC
Moisture Content, %

Maximum Dry Density, pcf 110.4


Optimum Moisture Content, % 18.4

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