QESTonline:Test Method AS1289.5.3.1

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Test Description

The test method AS1289.5.3.1 Field Density Sand Replacement is an alternative method to the nuclear field density test. It dertermines the field density of soils by sand replacement method using sand-cone apparatus

Summary

Description	Comments
Full Screen	Yes
Reduced Screen	Yes
Equipement	Balance, Sieve
Import data	Moisture content from sibbling test when available
Reporting	Yes
Chart	No
Bulk Entry	Yes
External use	Compaction test, HILF Test report, DDR Test report
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Date created	June 2006
Warning messages	0

Screen shots

• Note that the values entered give an idea of the range expected but may not be practical/realistic.

How to complete the test

Name	Expected	Required	Used for calculation
Strip 1
Equipment - Sieve / Balance	Select any equipment from combo boxes	No	No
Description - Depth of the layer tested	value > 0	No	No
Description - Soil description	Text	No	No
Strip 2
Pouring Apparatus - Test 1, 2 and 3 must be completed	value > 0	Yes	Yes
Pouring Density - Test 1, 2 and 3 must be completed	value > 0	Yes	Yes
Strip 3
Surface correction	value > 0	Yes	Yes
Hole Excavation - all fields	value > 0	Yes	Yes
Hole Excavation - Mass of sand required to fill the excavated hole	result <> 100	Yes	Yes

Interaction with other screens

Interdependencies

1st) The “Field Density Sand Replacement test” imports the moisture content from any “Moisture Content test”
2nd) “Compaction test” imports the maximum dry density from either an “Maximum Dry Density test – MDD” or an “Hilf Test”
3rd) “Compaction test” imports the field density from the “Field Density Sand Replacement test”
4th) The connections between those tests are limited to the ones aforementioned. Thus, there is no direct interaction between the “MDD test” and the “Field Density Sand Replacement test” neither between the “Hilf Test” and the “Field Density Sand Replacement test”
5th) Finally note that the “Field Density Sand Replacement test” can be replaced by a “Nuclear Field Density test” or the “Nuclear Gauge test” as they all determine the field density.

Fields imported by other tests:

Field names	Destination
Wet density	Hilf ratio and converted wet density - standard	AS1289.5.7.1
Dry density
Depth of layer tested
Depth of the hole
Wet density	Dry Density ratio	???
Dry density
Depth of layer tested
Depth of the hole

How to complete related tests

Guideline

Complete moisture content	Complete sand replacement	Complete Hilf A	...
...	...	Add a report	See the report

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