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Dynamic Compaction Method Overview

Dynamic compaction is a soil compaction method that strengthens weak soils by dropping heavy weights from heights up to 20 meters. It is effective on non-cohesive soils and heterogeneous fills, improving soils to depths of 3-7 meters. Dynamic compaction works best on granular deposits with less than 35% silt and is not recommended for impermeable clayey soils or highly organic deposits. Vibro-compaction uses vibration to rearrange soil particles into a denser state, reducing permeability and increasing shear strength. It is most suitable for medium-coarse grained sands with less than 12% silt and 2% clay.

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Dynamic Compaction Method Overview

Dynamic compaction is a soil compaction method that strengthens weak soils by dropping heavy weights from heights up to 20 meters. It is effective on non-cohesive soils and heterogeneous fills, improving soils to depths of 3-7 meters. Dynamic compaction works best on granular deposits with less than 35% silt and is not recommended for impermeable clayey soils or highly organic deposits. Vibro-compaction uses vibration to rearrange soil particles into a denser state, reducing permeability and increasing shear strength. It is most suitable for medium-coarse grained sands with less than 12% silt and 2% clay.

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  • Dynamic Compaction
  • Suitability of Dynamic Compaction
  • Vibro-Compaction Technique

APPLICABILITY OF COMPACTION METHOD

DYNAMIC COMPACTION
➢ Dynamic compaction (DC) strengthens weak soils by controlled high- energy tamping (dropping a
static weight from a defined height).
➢ The reaction of the soil during the treatment varies with soil type and energy input.
➢ Typically drop weights range from 6-20 ton dropped from heights up to 20m. Weights are typically
constructed using steel plates, box steel and concrete (also suitably reinforced mass concrete).
➢ Dynamic Compaction is applicable to any kind of NON-COHESIVE SOILS even in the presence of
rocky fraction. This technology is particularly effective with non-organic, heterogeneous fills and in
reclaimed areas with different characteristics (in particular, for abandoned landfills, open-pit mines
and quarries, uncompacted dumps).
➢ The method is used for improvement of the subsoil under industrial and commercial halls, heavy
warehouses, tanks, aprons, road and rail embankments and other large or linear structures. The
Dynamic Compaction is capable to improve many types of soils to high strength parameter values.
The depth of the compaction most often varies between 3 and 7 m.
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APPLICABILITY OF COMPACTION METHOD
TABLE 1: SUITABILITY OF DYNAMIC COMPACTION
Degree of
General Soil Type Suitability for Dynamic Compaction
Saturation
Granular deposits in the grain size range of
boulders to sand with 0% passing the 0.074mm High or Low Excellent
sieve
Granular deposits containing NOT MORE THAN High Good
35% SILTS Low Excellent
Semi-permeable soil deposits, generally silty High Fair
soils containing some sands but LESS THAN 25%
Low Good
CLAY WITH PI<8
High Not Recommended
Impermeable soil deposits generally clayey
Fair-minor improvements water content
soils where PI>8 Low
should be less than plastic limit
Fair-long term settlement anticipated due
Miscellaneous fill including paper, organic
Low to decomposition. Limit use to
deposits, metal and wood
embankments
Not recommended unless sufficient
Highly organic deposits peat-organic silts High energy applied to mix granular with
organic soils
APPLICABILITY OF COMPACTION METHOD
• The treatment of cohesive soil above the ground water table can lead to significant improvements in
bearing capacity.
• Cohesive soils below the ground water table, a larger reduction of the moisture content is required
in the presence of a smaller available pore-pressure gradient and a longer drain path.
• Only nominal degrees of improvement have been achieved in thick layers of relatively weak saturated
clays and silts, even with additional measures like wick drains, stone columns or aggregate filled
trenches.

VIBRO-COMPACTION TECHNIQUE [VIBROFLOTATION]


The principle of sand compaction (in Vibroflotation) process consists of a flotation of the soil particles as a
result of vibration, which then allows for a rearrangement of the particles into a denser state. (Moretrench,
2012).
The effects of soil compaction may be summarized as: (Moretrench, 2012)
➢ The sand and gravel particles rearrange into a denser state.
➢ The ratio of horizontal to vertical effective stress shall be increased significantly.
➢ The permeability of the soil shall be reduced 2 to 10-fold, depending on many factors.
➢ The friction angle typically increases by up to 8 degrees.
➢ Enforced settlements of the compacted soil mass are in the range of 2 per cent to 15 per cent,
typically 5 per cent.
➢ The stiffness modulus can be increased 2 to 4-fold.
➢ Better bearing capacity can be achieved as a result of higher shear strength parameters.
THE VIBRO COMPACTION TECHNIQUE IS MOST SUITABLE FOR MEDIUM TO COARSE-GRAINED SAND
WITH A SILT CONTENT OF LESS THAN 12% PASSING SIEVE SIZE OF 0.074MM (NO. 200) AND CLAY
CONTENT OF LESS THAN 2 PER CENT PASSING SIEVE SIZE OF 0.005MM (KELLER, 2012)

APPLICABILITY OF COMPACTION METHOD DYNAMIC COMPACTION ➢ Dynamic compaction (DC) strengthens weak soils by controlled high-
APPLICABILITY OF COMPACTION METHOD TABLE 1: SUITABILITY OF DYNAMIC COMPACTION General Soil Type Degree of Saturation Sui
APPLICABILITY OF COMPACTION METHOD • The treatment of cohesive soil above the ground water table can lead to significant imp

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