A GENERAL FORMULA FOR DETERMINING DENSITY OF COMPACTED SOILS WITH OVERSIZE PARTICLES

Abstract

Large amount of gravel is sometimes used in compacted soils. Special compaction tests are recommended^{1, 2)} to determine the maximum dry density of the total material under such condition. Such tests are time consuming and costly, therefore, a general formula for determining densities including oversize perticles is presented in this paper. The proposed formula yields good densities even when the gravel content of the total material is high.