SOIL - INVESTIGATION AND TESTING - PROCTOR-TEST

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

07-03-2021

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1997

Publisher

German Institute for Standardisation (Deutsches Institut für Normung)

Foreword
1 Scope and field of application
2 Normative references
3 Concept
      3.1 Compaction
      3.2 Proctor test
      3.3 Compacted dry density ('Proctor density')
      3.4 Optimum moisture content
      3.5 Degree of compaction
4 Designation
5 Apparatus
6 General test conditions
7 Quantity of sample for single tests and maximum
      particle size
8 Procedure
      8.1 Sample preparation
      8.2 Determining moisture content
      8.3 Determining the 'Proctor density'
      8.4 Alternative method of determining the compacted
             dry density ('modified Proctor density')
9 Evaluation
      9.1 Calculation of moisture content
      9.2 Calculation of compacted dry density
      9.3 Correction for oversize
      9.4 Representation of results (Proctor curve)
      9.5 Calculating the degree of compaction
      9.6 Expression of results
10 Precision
Appendix A - Examples

DevelopmentNote	Suspended until publication of a revised English text, due to a new German edition. (09/2012)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	18
PublisherName	German Institute for Standardisation (Deutsches Institut für Normung)
Status	Superseded

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