Designation:D3877−08StandardTestMethodsforOne-DimensionalExpansion,Shrinkage,andUpliftPressureofSoil-LimeMixtures1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3877;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thesetestmethodsprovideproceduresforconductingexpansion,shrinkage,andupliftpressuretestsoncompactedsoil-limemixturesandcanbeusedtodeterminethelimecontentrequiredtoachievedesiredcontrolofvolumechangescausedbyincreasesordecreasesofmoisture.1.2Thetestscanbeusedtodetermine(a)themagnitudeofvolumechangesundervaryingloadconditions,(b)therateofvolumechange,and(c)themagnitudeofpressurechangeasmoisturechangesofthesoil-limemixturetakeplace.Thepermeabilityofsoil-limemixturecanalso,ifdesired,bedeterminedatthevariousloadconditions.NOTE1—Changesinfieldconditionscanhavemajoreffectsontheexpansionandshrinkagecharacteristicsofexpansivesoils.Therefore,tothegreatestextentpossible,initialandanticipatedfuturefieldconditionsshouldbeduplicated,particularlywithrespecttomoistureanddensity.1.3AllobservedandcalculatedvaluesshallconformtotheguidelinesforsignificantdigitsandroundingestablishedinPracticeD6026,D37401.3.1Themethodusedtospecifyhowdataarecollected,calculated,orrecordedinthisstandardisnotdirectlyrelatedtotheaccuracytowhichthedatacanbeappliedindesignorotheruses,orboth.Howoneappliestheresultsobtainedusingthisstandardisbeyonditsscope.1.4ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C51TerminologyRelatingtoLimeandLimestone(asusedb...
