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    Dynamic compaction is a ground improvement technique that densifies soils by dropping heavy weights from heights of 7.5-30.5 meters onto the ground surface. This transmits shock waves that reduce voids and settle soils. It is suitable for loose granular fills, saturated drained soils, and silts/clays with low plasticity or moisture content. Multiple passes are done from deep to shallow depths to efficiently improve soil. Dynamic compaction increases density and bearing capacity while reducing settlement. It is commonly used for ports, landfills, and storage facilities.

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    Dynamic compaction is a ground improvement technique that densifies soils by dropping heavy weights from heights of 7.5-30.5 meters onto the ground surface. This transmits shock waves that reduce voids and settle soils. It is suitable for loose granular fills, saturated drained soils, and silts/clays with low plasticity or moisture content. Multiple passes are done from deep to shallow depths to efficiently improve soil. Dynamic compaction increases density and bearing capacity while reducing settlement. It is commonly used for ports, landfills, and storage facilities.

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    Dynamic compaction is a ground improvement technique that densifies soils by dropping heavy weights from heights of 7.5-30.5 meters onto the ground surface. This transmits shock waves that reduce voids and settle soils. It is suitable for loose granular fills, saturated drained soils, and silts/clays with low plasticity or moisture content. Multiple passes are done from deep to shallow depths to efficiently improve soil. Dynamic compaction increases density and bearing capacity while reducing settlement. It is commonly used for ports, landfills, and storage facilities.

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    Dynamic compaction is a ground improvement technique that densifies soils by dropping heavy weights from heights of 7.5-30.5 meters onto the ground surface. This transmits shock waves that reduce voids and settle soils. It is suitable for loose granular fills, saturated drained soils, and silts/clays with low plasticity or moisture content. Multiple passes are done from deep to shallow depths to efficiently improve soil. Dynamic compaction increases density and bearing capacity while reducing settlement. It is commonly used for ports, landfills, and storage facilities.

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    DYNAMIC

    COMPACTION
    Dynamic Compaction is simply the dropping
    of heavy weights on ground surface to
    densify soils at depth
    DYNAMIC COMPACTION IS Suitable for granular soils AND land fills

    Dynamic compaction is suitable for the following conditions:


    ■ • Loose and partially saturated fills
    ■ • Saturated free-drained soils
    ■ • Silts with plasticity index less than 8
    ■ • Clayey soil with a low degree of saturation (moisture content lower than plastic
    limit)
    For the clayey soil, more time is required than the cohesionless soil. In clayey soil
    several blows are applied at each location followed by 1 - 4-week rest period, then the
    process is repeated.
    DYNAMIC COMPACTION
    Dynamic compaction (DC) strengthens
    weak soils by controlled high energy
    tamping (dropping a static weight from a
    defined height)
    ■ The weight of hammer used varies from 80 to 360kN
    ■ Height of hammer drop varies between 7.5m to 30.5 m.
    ■ The stress waves generated by the hammer drops helps in the densification to a
    large depths.
    Why Dynamic Compaction

    ■ Compacts large areas of loose granular fills


    ■ Reduces the volume of landfill waste
    ■ Increases in situ density and the voids are collapsed
    ■ Increased bearing capacity
    ■ Reduces post-construction settlement
    Dynamic compaction (DC)
    is applied in different
    passes to improve
    the ground efficiently:
    - Pass 1: ‘deep’ treatment
    - Pass 2: ‘intermediate
    treatment’
    - Pass 3: ‘shallow
    treatment
    Dynamic compaction on lose fill
    Compactive energy per blow = m.g.h
    where
    ■ m = mass of the falling weight in metric tons,
    ■ g = gravitational constant,
    ■ h = height of fall in meters.
    -The resulting high energy impact
    transmits shock waves through the
    ground to the depth to be treated.
    -This reduces air and water voids between
    soil particles resulting in enforced
    settlement.
    Deep craters are formed by tamping
    Craters may be filled with sand after each pass
    Heave around craters is generally small
    • The treatment is carried out in a
    series
    of impact positions on various grid
    patterns which are arranged so that
    compacted zones beneath the
    weights overlap to ensure the whole
    area has been treated
    Spacing between impact points depend upon:
    Depth of compressible layer
    Permeability of soil
    Location of ground water level
    Deeper layers are compacted at wider grid spacing, upper
    layers are compacted with closer grid spacing
    Applications of Dynamic compaction:

    ■ Port and Airport Platforms


    ■ Heavy Storage Facilities
    ■ Landfill sites

    Dynamic compaction is generally less effective to improve saturated clayey


    soils. Special measures have to be taken for this method to be reasonably
    effective for these soils, such as providing drainage and/or dewatering and
    having a long waiting period for dissipation of excess pore water pressure.
    Impact by deep dynamic compaction induces noise, vibration, and lateral
    movement, which may cause problems to nearby buildings, substructures,
    and utility lines. This method often requires instrumentations to monitor
    vibration, noise level, and ground movement. When it is used in
    saturated clayey soils, piezometers are needed to monitor generation and
    dissipation of excess pore water pressure
    references

    ■ https://engineering.purdue.edu/PGS/past-events/2015/presentations/Woods-PGS-
    2015.pdf
    ■ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323694792_Dynamic_Compaction
    ■ https://civildigital.com/dynamic-compaction-ground-improvement-advantages/
    ■ http://civil.emu.edu.tr/old_website/data/civl454/CH6-
    2%20Lec11%20Dynamic%20compaction.pdf

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