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Publication Number:  FHWA-HRT-13-066    Date:  August 2013
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-13-066
Date: August 2013

 

Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Performance Testing - Axial Load Deformation Relationships

APPENDIX B. NUCLEAR DENSITY TESTING FOR TFHRC PTS

Table 39. TF-2 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

backscatter

107.8

95.6

1.2

 

backscatter

109.2

96.8

1.4

2

4

107

94.8

1.4

 

6

112.8

100.0

1.2

3

4

101

89.5

1.1

 

6

104.6

92.7

0.8

4

4

109.9

97.4

1

 

6

110

97.5

1

5

4

111.6

98.9

0.7

 

6

114.7

101.7

0.8

6

4

109.1

96.7

1.7

 

6

111

98.4

1.3

7

4

110.9

98.3

1.9

 

6

110.7

98.1

0.9

8

4

117.2

103.9

1.2

 

6

113.4

100.5

1.4

9

4

111.4

98.7

1.1

 

6

115

101.9

0.8

10

4

111.7

99.0

1.9

 

6

110.3

97.8

0.9

 

Table 40. TF-2 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

4

148.5

99.7

5.5

 

6

149.8

100.6

7.2

2

4

147

98.7

6.7

 

6

145.5

97.7

6

3

4

145.6

97.8

6.9

 

6

147.6

99.1

6.3

4

4

141.9

95.3

6.6

 

6

141.5

95.0

6.3

5

4

147.2

98.9

5.9

 

6

148.6

99.8

6.2

6

4

145.5

97.7

6.2

 

6

146.2

98.2

6.8

7

4

146.4

98.3

6.4

 

6

145.8

97.9

5.8

8

4

147.3

98.9

6

 

6

146.2

98.2

6.1

9

4

     
 

6

     

10

4

     
 

6

     

Blank cell = no data available.


Table 41. TF-3 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

4

147.9

99.3

6.7

 

6

148.1

99.5

7

2

4

146.1

98.1

6.7

 

6

150.8

101.3

6.6

3

4

147.4

99.0

6.2

 

6

149

100.1

5.9

4

4

146.2

98.2

6.8

 

6

149.5

100.4

6.1

5

4

149.7

100.5

5.5

 

6

149.1

100.1

6.5

6

6

147.3

98.9

7.8

7

6

147.2

98.9

7.9

8

6

149.3

100.3

6.4

9

6

151.3

101.6

6.1

10

6

151.1

101.5

6.6

Table 42. TF-4 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

4

149.2

100.2

6.3

2

6

147.6

99.1

6.3

3

6

147.7

99.2

6.2

4

6

147.9

99.3

7.3

5

6

149

100.1

7

6

6

149.7

100.5

7.1

7

6

149.4

100.3

6.8

8

6

151.1

101.5

6.2

9

6

152.6

102.5

5.6

10

6

151.1

101.5

6.8

Table 43. TF-5 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

6

148.1

99.5

4.9

2

6

148.1

99.5

6.1

3

6

150.2

100.9

6.5

4

6

151.7

101.9

6.3

5

6

152.7

102.6

5.7

6

6

148

99.4

6.5

7

6

151

101.4

5.7

8

6

151

101.4

5.7

9

6

148.7

99.9

6.1

10

6

154.5

103.8

5.4

Table 44. TF-6 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

6

148.9

100.0

6.4

2

6

147.9

99.3

6

3

6

150.1

100.8

6.5

4

6

151

101.4

6.5

5

6

149.9

100.7

6.7

6

6

149.6

100.5

6.5

7

6

150.3

100.9

6.9

8

6

151.9

102.0

5.8

9

6

150.7

101.2

5.5

10

6

148.9

100.0

6.2

Table 45. TF-7 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

6

150.1

100.8

6.3

2

6

151.2

101.5

5.9

3

6

150.1

100.8

6.2

4

6

149.1

100.1

6.1

5

6

152.3

102.3

6.1

6

6

150.2

100.9

5.8

7

6

151

101.4

5.9

8

6

148.9

100.0

6.3

9

6

149.5

100.4

5.9

10

6

152.5

102.4

5.9

Table 46. TF-8 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

6

149.1

100.1

7.1

2

6

148.7

99.9

6.9

3

6

151

101.4

6.4

4

6

150.6

101.1

6.3

5

6

151.5

101.7

6.5

6

6

150.5

101.1

6.5

7

6

151.2

101.5

6.3

8

6

151.1

101.5

6.4

9

2

147.6

99.1

6.2

10

2

146.9

98.7

6.5

10

2

150.8

101.3

5.9

 

Table 47. TF-9 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

6

150.9

101.3

5.9

2

8

150.2

100.9

5.9

3

6

148.9

100.0

5.4

4

8

147.4

99.0

5.5

5

6

151.1

101.5

6.1

6

8

147

98.7

6.5

7

6

151.3

101.6

6.3

8

8

150.1

100.8

6.3

9

6

150.1

100.8

6.3

10

8

150.6

101.1

6

Table 48. TF-10 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

6

148.5

99.7

5.1

2

8

146.5

98.4

5.4

3

6

150.5

101.1

5.6

4

8

148.5

99.7

6.5

5

6

148.4

99.7

7.4

6

8

148.7

99.9

6.6

7

6

149.1

100.1

6.3

8

8

149.2

100.2

6.5

9

6

149.3

100.3

6.7

10

8

151

101.4

6.6

 

Table 49. TF-11 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

2

148

99.4

6.8

 

2

150.2

100.9

6.5

2

2

153.2

102.9

5.5

 

2

149.8

100.6

6.2

3

2

149.8

100.6

6.1

 

2

150.4

101.0

5.8

4

2

151.8

101.9

5.8

 

2

151.8

101.9

5.7

5

2

150.6

101.1

6.2

 

2

148.2

99.5

6.1

6

2

149.9

100.7

5.8

 

2

149.3

100.3

5.5

7

2

147.4

99.0

5.6

 

2

150.6

101.1

5.7

8

2

149.9

100.7

5.5

 

2

150

100.7

5.8

9

2

150.2

100.9

5.4

 

2

152.3

102.3

5.4

10

2

149.9

100.7

5.8

 

2

149.8

100.6

5.9

 

Table 50. TF-12 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

2

149

100.1

6

 

2

148.7

99.9

5.8

2

2

148.1

99.5

5.7

 

2

149

100.1

6.3

3

2

150.3

100.9

6.5

 

2

148.2

99.5

6.6

4

2

149.3

100.3

6.4

 

2

148.5

99.7

6.0

5

2

147.6

99.1

5.8

 

2

150.4

101.0

5.9

6

2

148

99.4

6

 

2

148.8

99.9

5.5

7

2

148.5

99.7

6

 

2

152.2

102.2

5.6

8

2

147.9

99.3

6.1

 

2

148

99.4

6.4

9

2

151.1

101.5

6.2

 

2

149

100.1

6.1

10

2

149.9

100.7

5.0

 

2

151.1

101.5

5.0

 

Table 51. TF-13 Nuclear density test results


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

4

148

99.4

6.8

 

4

146.6

98.5

6.3

 

4

147.4

99.0

5.7

2

4

147.6

99.1

5.8

 

4

147.8

99.3

5.7

 

4

150.9

101.3

5.7

3

6

151.9

102.0

6.8

 

4

150.5

101.1

6.6

4

6

149.9

100.7

6.3

 

4

147

98.8

5.9

5

8

146.8

98.6

6

 

4

150.6

101.1

6.4

6

6

152.4

102.4

6

 

4

148.2

99.50

5.8

7

6

149.4

100.3

5.9

 

4

153.2

102.9

5.7

Table 52. TF-14 Nuclear density test results.


Lift

Depth (inch)

γd
(pcf)

Percent of Proctor

ω
(percent)

1

6

147.8

99.3

4.4

 

4

150.5

101.1

6.6

2

6

150.6

101.1

6.8

 

4

148

99.4

5.6

3

6

148.3

99.6

5.8

 

4

149.7

100.5

5.5

4

6

150.6

101.1

7

 

4

147.9

99.3

7.4

5

6

147.4

99.0

7.4

 

4

148.5

99.7

7

6

6

150

100.7

6.2

 

4

148

99.4

7.1

7

6

150.2

100.9

6.7

 

4

147.8

99.3

6.6