Field Density Test after 6 Months
Field Density Test after 6 Months
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Does any one heard about preforming a field density test to a compacted subbase after 6 months?
I couldn't find any thing on the net for a procedure.
I couldn't find any thing on the net for a procedure.





RE: Field Density Test after 6 Months
As for the actual procedure to run the test, it is no different than that which would have been used at placement. There are several "indirect" measures of density that could be employed, with the clear understanding that they should be correlated to actual in place density. These would be effective if you had to run a lot of tests and could not expose large area for each of those tests. The most common of these would be cone penetrometer testing, either static or dynamic.
RE: Field Density Test after 6 Months
RE: Field Density Test after 6 Months
If this is a contractual issue then be very careful.
RE: Field Density Test after 6 Months
RE: Field Density Test after 6 Months
Otherwise all points seem to make sense to me. Granular soil should remain as tested (other than compaction moisture) and fine-grained soils could suffer, depending on the contractor's abililty to control the site.
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RE: Field Density Test after 6 Months
Of course test methods also can be wrong (not unusual for beginners).