ASTM D559-96
(Test Method)Standard Test Methods for Wetting and Drying Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures
Standard Test Methods for Wetting and Drying Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures
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1.1 These test methods cover procedures for determining the soil-cement losses, water content changes, and volume changes (swell and shrinkage) produced by repeated wetting and drying of hardened soil-cement specimens. The specimens are compacted in a mold, before cement hydration, to maximum density at optimum moisture content using the compaction procedure described in Test Methods D 558.
1.2 Two test methods, depending on soil gradation, are covered for preparation of material for molding specimens and for molding specimens as follows: Sections Test Method A, using soil material passing a No. 4 (4.75-mm) sieve. This method shall be used when 100% of the soil sample passes the No. 4 (4.75-mm) sieve 5 Test Method B, using soil material passing a 3/4-in. (19.0- mm) sieve. This method shall be used when part of the soil sample is retained on the No. 4 (4.75-mm) sieve 6
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for information only.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: D 559 – 96
Standard Test Methods for
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Wetting and Drying Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 559; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope * D 2168 Test Methods for Calibration of Laboratory
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Mechanical-Rammer Soil Compactors
1.1 These test methods cover procedures for determining
D 3740 Practice for the Minimum Requirements for Agen-
the soil-cement losses, water content changes, and volume
cies Engaged in the Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and
changes (swell and shrinkage) produced by repeated wetting
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Rock Used in Engineering Design and Construction
and drying of hardened soil-cement specimens. The specimens
E 11 Specification for Wire-Cloth Sieves for Testing Pur-
are compacted in a mold, before cement hydration, to maxi-
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poses
mum density at optimum water content using the compaction
procedure described in Test Methods D 558.
3. Significance and Use
1.2 Two test methods, depending on soil gradation, are
3.1 These test methods are used to determine the resistance
covered for preparation of material for molding specimens and
of compacted soil-cement specimens to repeated wetting and
for molding specimens as follows:
drying. These test methods were developed to be used in
Sections
conjunction with Test Methods D 560 and criteria given in the
Test Method A, using soil material passing a No. 4
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(4.75-mm) sieve. This method shall be used when 100 %
Soil-Cement Laboratory Handbook to determine the mini-
of the soil sample passes the No. 4 (4.75-mm) sieve . 5
mum amount of cement required in soil-cement to achieve a
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Test Method B, using soil material passing a ⁄4-in. (19.0-
degree of hardness adequate to resist field weathering.
mm) sieve. This method shall be used when part of the
soil sample is retained on the No. 4 (4.75-mm) sieve. This
NOTE 1—The agency performing these test methods can be evaluated in
test method may be used only on materials with 30 % or
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less retained on the ⁄4-in. (19.0-mm) sieve. . 6 accordance with Practice D 3740. Not withstanding statements on preci-
sion and bias contained in these test methods: the precision of these test
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
methods is dependent on the competence of the personnel performing it
as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for
and the suitability of the equipment and facilities used. Agencies that meet
information only.
the criteria of Practice D 3740 are generally considered capable of
competent and objective testing. Users of these test methods are cautioned
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
that compliance with Practice D 3740 does not, in itself, ensure reliable
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
testing. Reliable testing depends on many factors; Practice D 3740
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
provides a means of evaluating some of these factors.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4. Apparatus
4.1 Mold—A cylindrical metal mold having a capacity of
2. Referenced Documents
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⁄30 6 0.0004 ft (944 6 11 cm ) with an internal diameter of
2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.0 6 0.016 in. (101.60 6 0.41 mm) and conforming to Fig. 1
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C 150 Specification for Portland Cement
to permit preparing compacted specimens of soil-cement
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C 595 Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements
mixtures of this size. The mold shall be provided with a
D 558 Test Methods for Moisture-Density Relations of
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detachable collar assembly approximately 2 ⁄2 in. (63.5 mm) in
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Soil-Cement Mixtures
height. The mold may be of the split type consisting of two
D 560 Test Methods for Freezing-and-Thawing Tests of
half-round sections or a section of pipe with one side split
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Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures
perpendicular to the pipe circumference and that can be
securely locked in place to form a closed cylinder having the
dimensions described above. The mold and collar assembly
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These test methods are under the jurisdiction of the ASTM Committee D-18 on
shall be so constructed that it can be fastened firmly to a
Soil and Rock and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D18.15 on
detachable base.
Stabilization of Additives.
Current edition approved May 10, 1996. Published July 1996. Originally
published as D 559 – 39. Last previous edition D 559 – 89.
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