ISSN: 1945-7545
CODEN: GTJODJ
Page Count: 11

A New Technique of Kneading Compaction in the Laboratory

Kouassi, P
Civil engineer and Ph.D. student, Cemagref/CDGA,

Breysse, D
Professor, CDGA/Université de Bordeaux I, Talence, Cedex,

Girard, H
Research engineer, Division ORH, Cemagref de Bordeaux, Cestas, Cedex,

Poulain, D
Research engineer, Division ORH, Cemagref de Bordeaux, Cestas, Cedex,

(Received 23 April 1998; accepted 27 September 1999)

Abstract

The mechanical behavior of unsaturated compacted soil affects the security of embankments. The aim of compaction methods in the laboratory is to reproduce the compaction effect induced by on-site equipment. This paper summarizes all the results obtained on kneading compaction in order to define a compaction procedure that simulates the action of compacting machines in the field.

Keywords:
compaction methods, kneading, fine soils, unsaturated soils, laboratory tests, field compaction, initial tangent modulus, shear strength

Paper ID: GTJ11125J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ11125J
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