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Meaning of coefficients and index of MCT soil classification for tropical soils
La signification des coefficients et des indices de la classification des sols MCT pour les sols tropicaux
1 INTRODUCTION
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2 TESTS FOR DETERMINATION OF CLASSIFICATION
COEFFICIENTS M OL D
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2.1 C om paction 'Ì5ÓÒg:
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The s o i l to be t e s t e d i s a i r d r ie d and passed ORIGINAL - Parsons, 1976 MINIATURE
th ro u g h a 2 .0 0 mm s ie v e . The c o m p actio n is Modified from Icwa, Nogami é
(not used in MGT methodology) Lafleur et al.1960 1985
pe rfo rm e d a c c o r d in g to a pro ce d u re a d a p te d from
the one pro posed by P arso ns (1 9 7 6 ), f o r the F ig u re 1. C om paction a p p a r a tu s used f o r the
d e t e r m in a t io n o f m o is tu r e c o n d it io n o f d e te r m in a tio n o f MCT c o e f f i c i e n t s .
e a rth w o rk m a t e r i a l . The m ain a d a p t a t io n has
been done to make p o s s ib le the use o f a
c o m p actio n a p p a r a tu s s i m i l a r to the one d e v e l i v ) I t i s p o s s ib le to draw d e fo r m a b i1i t y
oped a t Iowa S t a t e U n iv e r s it y ( L a f l e u r e t a l , cu rv e s o f specim ens, r e p r e s e n tin g in a y - a x is
1960) as i l l u s t r a t e d in F ig u re 1. The pro ce d u re the d if f e r e n c e o f h e ig h t hn=Hn-H4n and in a
proposed by P a r s o n s ( 1976) and w hich we a d ap te d x - ax is the number o f blow s n o f the rammer, in a
d i f f e r s from the t r a d i t i o n a l P r o c t o r ( o r AASHTO) lo g s c a le , as i l l u s t r a t e d in F ig u re 2 . A.
p ro c e d u re , m a in ly in the f o llo w in g p o in t s : v ) A f t e r the co m paction t e s t and the m o is tu re
i ) I t uses a f ix e d wet s o i l mass o f 200 g ( o r c o n te n t d e te r m in a tio n o f the specim ens, i t is
30 g in s u b - m in ia tu r e a p p a r a t u s ) . p o s s ib le to draw a s e t o f co m p action cu rv es as
i i ) F o r each m o is tu r e c o n t e n t , an in c r e a s in g re p re s e n te d in the F ig u re 2 .B .
number o f blow s o f rammer i s a p p lie d .
i i i ) A f t e r the a p p l i c a t i o n o f a p r e f ix e d
number o f b lo w s, f o llo w in g the s e r ie s , 1, 2, 2 .2 Loss o f mass by w ate r im m ersion t e s t
3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 1 6 , ............n , . . 4 n , the h e ig h t o f
the specim en H I, H2, H 3 ,............Hn.............H4n is For t h i s t e s t , t h e specim ens compacted a c c o rd in g
m easured; such d a ta make p o s s ib le to c a lc u la t e to the procedure o f s e c t io n 2.1 are u sed . The
the dry d e n s it y a f t e r each r e fe r r e d number o f o b ta in e d specim ens are p a r t i a l l y e x tr a c te d from
b lo w s . t h e i r m old s, so t h a t the upper p a r t o f the
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A c c o rd in g to many t r a d i t i o n a l p a p e r s , the
3 .1 G en era l s lo p e o f the dry s id e o f co m p a c tio n curv e is
d i r e c t l y r e l a t e d to the maximum d e n s it y as
As shown in the F i g . 3 the MCT c l a s s i f i c a t i o n shown in the l i n e s r e p r e s e n te d in F ig u r e 4 ._
uses a c h a r t in w hich the c* i s re p r e s e n te d in But in the t r o p i c a l s o i l s o f th e S t a t e o f Sao
x - a x is and e* is r e p r e s e n te d in y - a x is . The P a u lo , t h a t r e l a t i o n s h i p does n o t o c c u r as shown
in de x e* i s c a lc u la t e d in f u n c t i o n o f P i and in the r e f e r r e d F ig u r e . F u rth e rm o re , the la t e r -
d * . For p r a c t i c a l assessm ent o f t r o p i c a l s o i l s , i t i c c la y s have a d* l a r g e r th a n 20. P r o b a b ly
in F ig u re 3 a t a b le was in c lu d e d in w hich the t h i s h ig h v a lu e is r e l a t e d to p e c u l i a r i t i e s o f
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---- O H I O S T A T E , U S A ( R OA D R E S E A R C H L A B O R A T O R Y , 1951)
..... NEW Y O R K STA T E , U S A ( P E A K , 19 76 )
• LATERITIC BEHAVIOR SOILS
6 NON L A T E R I T I C BEHAVIOR SOILS S 0 A J L 0 S T A T E - BR AZ I L
4 5 6 8. 10 15 20 30 40 50 70 90
COEFFICIENT d* OR S L OP E OF D R Y S ID E OF S T A N D A R D A A S H O C U R V E
( kg/rrf /%)
3.3 Coefficient Pi
3.5 Coefficient c*
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5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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