You might have heard about the various compaction equipment like Rammers or tampers, smooth wheeled rollers, pneumatic tyred rollers, sheep foot rollers and vibratory rollers, each of these equipment are used in a specific kind of soil. You can find out the list below:
1. Rammers or tampers -
These are suitable for all kinds of soils, but more economical in the confined areas such as fills behind retaining walls, basement walls etc. and trench fills.
2. Smooth Wheeled rollers:-
They are suitable for the crushed rocks, gravels sands and so they generally are used in the road construction projects.
3. Pneumatic tyred rollers:-
They can be used in sands, gravels silts or clayey soils, and generally are used in the base, sub-base and embankment compaction for highways, air fields etc. and in earth dams.
4. Sheep foot rollers:-
Clayey soils need sheep foot rollers, so they are used in the core of the earth dams.
5. Vibratory rollers:-
They are used in sandy soils generally used in the embankments for oil storage tanks etc.
reference: A hand-book on civil Engineering - by Made-easy publications
1. Rammers or tampers -
These are suitable for all kinds of soils, but more economical in the confined areas such as fills behind retaining walls, basement walls etc. and trench fills.
2. Smooth Wheeled rollers:-
They are suitable for the crushed rocks, gravels sands and so they generally are used in the road construction projects.
3. Pneumatic tyred rollers:-
They can be used in sands, gravels silts or clayey soils, and generally are used in the base, sub-base and embankment compaction for highways, air fields etc. and in earth dams.
4. Sheep foot rollers:-
Clayey soils need sheep foot rollers, so they are used in the core of the earth dams.
5. Vibratory rollers:-
They are used in sandy soils generally used in the embankments for oil storage tanks etc.
reference: A hand-book on civil Engineering - by Made-easy publications
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