University of Anbar

College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

Soil Compaction
Topics
General Principles
Soil Compaction in the Lab:
Factors affecting Compaction
Structure of Compacted Clay Soil
Field Compaction
Specification for Field Compaction
Determination of Field Unit Weight of Compaction

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Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

General Principles

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Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

Soil Compaction in the Lab:

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

Factors affecting Compaction

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
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Curve type
A (one peak)
B (one & half Peak)
C (double peak)
D (odd shape)

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Soil properties
Soil with liquid limit 30-70
Soil with liquid limit < 30
Soil with liquid limit >70

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Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

Effect of compaction effort

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

Structure of Compacted Clay Soil

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

Field Compaction

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

Specification for Field Compaction

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

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College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Iraq-Ramadi

Determination of Field Unit Weight of Compaction

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