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Geo Mechanic

Group Assignment
GROUP 1 TOPIC:
COMPACTING EQUIPMENT AND SOIL TYPE
Compaction

WHAT?

WHY?

HOW?
Types of Compacting Equipment

 Light Compacting equipment


 Smooth Wheel Roller
 Grid Roller
 Pneumatic Tyre Roller
 Sheepfoot Roller
 Pad Foot/Tamping Rollers
RAMMERS

• Used for compacting small areas by providing impact load to


the soil.
• Light
• Can be manual or machine operated
• The machine operated can be used for the compaction of
rock fragments.
• Suitable for cohesive soils as well as others.
• areas with difficulties in access.
VIBRATING PLATE COMPACTORS

 Vibrating plate compactors are also used for


small areas.
 The weights vary from 100kg to 2 tons with
plate areas between 0.16m2 and 1.6m2.
 Travel faster and can complete a large area of
work faster.
 So, they are mostly used for road construction.
 Compaction of coarse soils with 4% to 8%
fines.
Smooth
For heavy soil
wheeled compaction
rollers

Static Vibrating
Wheeled Wheeled
Rollers Rollers

e.g.
Drums
Tandem
vibrate
Roller
Static Wheeled
Rollers
• Most suited for graded sand,
gravel, crush rock, asphalt
• Used for soils which does not
require great pressure for
compaction
• Not for uniform sands
• For finishing the upper surface of
the soil
• Consist of one large steel drum in
front and 2 steel drums on the
rear
• Weight ranges form 8-10 tons
• Performance can be increased by
increasing the weight of the drum
by ballasting the inside of the
drums with wet sand of water.
Vibrating smooth wheeled rollers

 More expensive
 Higher compaction level
 Compaction can be done up to greater depths
 Vibration is to reduce the air voids
Grid Rollers
• Grid rollers are used for
compaction of weathered
rocks, well graded coarse
soils. These rollers are not
suitable for clayey soils, silty
clays and uniform soils. The
main use of these rollers are
in subgrade and sub-base in
road constructions.
• These rollers have a
cylindrical heavy steel surface
consisting of a network of
steel bars forming a grid with
squire holes.
Advantages of Using Grid Rollers

 Its advantages are especially high for low-cost, low-traffic roads in tropical
countries.

 The grid roller's performance in soil compaction;

 Its effectiveness in breaking up or crushing oversized material in natural


gravel; and

 Its use in recycling pavement materials.


Pneumatic Tire Roller

• Pneumatic Tire Rollers (also known as


Rubber Tire Rollers)
• Used for compaction of coarse grain
soil with some fines
• Also suitable for uniform coarse
soils(describe as poorly graded soils)
and rocks
• Generally used in payment subgrade
works both earthwork & asphalt(also
known as bitumen)
General Specification

• There are wheel on both axles


• Generally , There are four wheels in the
front and five wheels in the rear.
• These wheels are staggered for
compaction of soil layers with uniform
pressure throughout the width of the
roller
• Nowadays, The latest rollers have an
arrangement to inflate the tyre to the
desired pressure automatically.
• The total weight of the roller can be
increased from 11.0 tons to 25.0 tons
Sheepsfoot Roller

• There are many techniques and equipment used for the


compaction of soils and the sheepsfoot roller is one of those.
• Sheepsfoot roller consists of steel drum and have many round
or rectangular shaped lugs or foot on it.
• Different types of rollers are available having different diameters and
widths of drum and different lengths and shapes of the lugs.
• Performance of sheepsfoot rollers for soil compaction can be achieved
when lugs gradually walk out of the roller lugs with successive coverage.
Performance is affected by the pressure on the foot and coverage of
ground obtain as per pass.
Sheepsfoot Roller

 By the Proctor test, it is determined the optimum water content and the dry
maximum unit weight.
 Then it is calculated, how many times the equipment must roll on the soil layer
to achieve the specifications of the soil layer.
 Fine-grained soils or "dirty" coarse-grained soils with more than 20 percent
passing No.200 sieve.
 These type of soil compaction equipment are suitable for compacting fine-
grained soils such as heavy clays and silty clays. It can be used for compaction of
soils in dams, subgrade layer in pavements and road construction projects.
Tamping/Pad Foot
Compactors
Often thought as Sheepsfoot
roller
High-Speed and Self-Propelled
Non-Vibratory and Vibratory
compaction
Static weight of 15 – 40 tons
Generally effective on all type of
soils
The Usage of Tamping foot Compactor

Advantages Disadvantages
 high speed and higher density of soil  Lower contact pressure compared to
achieved during compaction sheepsfoot rollers
 Reducing the need of spreader  High centre-of-gravity, making it
equipment due to the ability to install prone to overturning on slopes
levelling blade
 Uniform density and higher degree of  Limited to 300mm soil depth
compaction
 Suitable for small and congested work
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Reference

 https://theconstructor.org/geotechnical/soil-compaction-equipments-
roller-types/9389/
 https://www.equipmentworld.com/choosing-the-right-machine-for-
proper-soil-compaction/
 https://foresternetwork.com/daily/construction/construction-
equipment/how-to-select-a-soil-roller/
 https://www.constructionequipment.com/caterpillar-815k-soil-compactor
 http://civilblog.org/2016/01/08/6-types-of-rollers-commonly-used-for-
compaction-work/
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