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STP 1384 Constructing and Controlling Compaction of Earth Fills Donald W.Shanklin,Keith R.Rademacher,and James R.Talbot,editors ASTM Stock Number:STP1384 ASTM 100 Barr Harbor Drive West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959 Printed in the U.S.A.Copyright?9 2000 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS,West Conshohocken,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written con-sent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy items for internal,personal,or educational classroom use,or the internal,personal,or educational classroom use of specific clients,is granted by the American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM)provided that the appropriate fee is paid to the Copyright Clearance Center,222 Rosewood Orive,Danvers,MA 01923;Tel:508-750-8400;online:http:/ Review Policy Each paper published in this volume was evaluated by two peer reviewers and at least one of the editors.The authors addressed all of the reviewers comments to the satisfaction of both the technical editor(s)and the ASTM Committee on Publications.The quality of the papers in this publication reflects not only the obvious efforts of the authors and the technical editor(s),but also the work of these peer reviewers.The ASTM Committee on Publications acknowledges with appreciation their dedication and contribution to time and effort on behalf of ASTM.Printed in Philadelphia,PA March 2000 Foreword This publication,Constructing and Controlling Compaction of Earth Fills,contains papers presented at the symposium of the same name held in Seattle,Washington,on 1-2,July,1999.The symposium was sponsored by ASTM committee D 18 on Soil and Rock.Donald W.Shanklin,James R.Talbot,and Keith Rademacher presided as symposium chairmen.Contents Overview vii KEYNOTE ADDRESS Development and Industry Acceptance of Nuclear Gauges-WILLIAM F.TROXLER SR.3 OVERVIEW OF COMPACTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND COMPARISON OF CURRENT METHODS Bureau of Reclamation Experience with Construction and Control of Earth Materials for Hydraulic Structures-JEFFREY A.FARRAR 39 Variability in Field Density Tests.-IRAJ NOORANY,WILLIAM S.GARDNER,DAVID J.CORLEY,AND JAMES L.BROWN 58 NRCS Experience with Field Density Test Methods Including the Sand-Cone,Nuclear Gage,Rubber Balloon,Drive-Cylinder,and Clod TestmDANNY K.MCCOOK AND DONALD W.SHANKLIN 72 Compactive Effort Applied by Hand-Operated Compactors-EORGE M.HLZ,|.MICHAEL DUNCAN,AND THOMAS L.BRANDON 93 Equation for Complete Compaction Curve of Fine-Grained Soils and Its Applieations-nuA LI AND DAVID C.SEGO i 13 Construction Quality Control Testing of Compacted Fills:Optimum Moisture-Density Values-ROBERT SCAVUZZO 126 Historical Perspectives on Earthwork Engineering and Creating a Passion for Earthwork ExceIlence-CIRISTOPHER D.HARDIN AND GREG D.ICENHOUR 137 APPLICATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED IN THE FIELD Compaction Control to Minimize Settlement of Fill Supporting a Shopping Centerm F.BARRY NEWMAN AND SAMUEL G.MA77EI.LA 149 Compaction Control Bermuda Sports Centre-K.a.PEAKER,U.LOHSE,AND S.A.AHMAD 156 Dynamic Compaction of Surface Mine Spoils to Limit Settlements Within Commercial Developments-O.K.SATYAPRIYA AND PATRICK E.GALLAGHER!63 Vi CONSTRUCTION AND CONTROLLING COMPACTION OF EARTH FILLS Compaction and Performance of Loess Embankments-LiMiN ZHANG,JIANCHENG DtJ,AND TING HU Evaluation of Procedures Presented in TR-26 and TR-27 for Design and Construction of Earth Fills Using Soil Containing Oversize Rock Paricles-JAMES R.TALBOT Comparison of Laboratory Data and Field Performance for Fills Subject to HydrocompressionnALAN L.KROPP AND DAVID J.MCMAHON Proposed Compaction Specifications to Minimize Hydrocompression-lnduced Settlements in Fills Supporting Residential Structures-DAVID J.MC4AtION AND ALAN KROPP The Effect of Soil Composition and Moisture Content on Dry Density and Hydraulic Conductivity of Clays-A.K.DARBAN.A.FORIERO,AND R.N.YONG SOIL LINER CONSTRUCTION AND NEW COMPACTION TECHNOLOGY Impact of Heavy Metals(Pb,Zn,and Cr)on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Sand/Bentonite Liner-PASCAL THIRIAtLT,ROSA GALVEZ-(LOUTIER,AND THIERRY WINIARSKI Compaction Conditions and Scale.Dependent Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Clay Liners-CRAIG H.BENSON AND GORDON P.BOI:TWELL Variability of Initial Subgrade Modulus at Ohio SHRP Test Road-stlAD M.SARGAND,rERt:HISA MASADA,AND DANIEL L.WASNIAK Quality Control of Earth Fills Using Time Domain Reflectometry(TDR)-CHIH-PING LIN,SHAFIQUL I.SIDDIQt:I,WEI FENG,VINCENT P.DRNEVI(H,AND RICItARD J.DESCHAMPS Quality Control of Compacted Layers with Field and Laboratory Seismic Testing Devices-SOHEIL NAZARIAN AND DEREN YUAN Compaction and Performance of Loess Embankments-LiMIN ZHANG,JIANCHENG DU,AND TING ItU Indexes 173 185 197 209 229 243 254 274 290 311 325 337 Overview This book represents the efforts of a number of authors who presented papers at the Symposium ti-fled,Constructi