SPR-4109: Improvement of Stiffness and Strength of Backfill Soils through Optimization of Compaction Procedures and Specifications

The main goals of this project are the development of specific guidelines for effective compaction of backfill materials of different gradations and the modification of the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) specifications to include the vibration frequency, amplitude, moisture content and lift thickness required to compact in the field backfill materials of different gradations.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $200000
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4109

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Salgado, Rodrigo

  Prezzi, Monica

• Start Date: 20170101
• Expected Completion Date: 20191031
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregate gradation; Amplitude (Physics); Backfill soils; Guidelines; Moisture content; Optimization; Soil compaction; Specifications; Stiffness; Thickness; Vibration
• Identifier Terms: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01611247
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4109
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 22 2016 3:09PM