• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2012

This study introduces a methodology to evaluate different types of non-nuclear technologies to see how they are competitive to the nuclear technology for quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) in soil condition measurement for highway pavement construction. The non-nuclear methods including the Electrical Density Gauge (EDG) and the Light Weight Deflectometer (LWD) were tested for their performance against a nuclear gauge, and traditional methods were used as baselines. An innovative way of comparing a deflection gauge to a density gauge was introduced. Results showed that the nuclear gauge generally outperformed the non-nuclear gauge in accuracies of soil density and moisture content measurements. Finally, a framework was developed as a guideline for evaluating various types of non-nuclear soil gauges. From other perspectives rather than accuracy, it was concluded that the non-nuclear gauges would be better alternative to the nuclear gauge when the followings are considered: (1) greater life-cycle cost savings; (2) elimination of intense federal regulations and safety/security concerns; and (3) elimination of licensing and intense training.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.103-116
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• 1994

The objective of this study was to determine the criteria for density and moisture content measurements made with a nuclear density meter on common materials in the construction field. The study also sought to test a full-type nuclear density meter in controlling the density of overlay layers( 2.5~5.0cm). In order to determine the accuracy and reliablility of nuclear guage measurements made on construction materials, laboratory and field tests were conducted. Wooden blocks( 65 x 45 ${\times}$ 50 cm) and a special steel compactor( 4.7kg) were constructed in order to carry out tests which were conducted on three different materials; coarse gramed soil, fine grained soil, and AC material. Throughout all laboratory and field tests, the nuclear density and moisture content were determined using Humboldt 5OOLP nuclear gauge. The tests on subgrade material entailed obtaining density measurements by means of both the sand replacement method and the nuclear density meter. The results of the sand replacement method were then compared to the readings recorded bu the meter. As in the subgrade material tests, density measurements made during AC pavement tests were also determined using the unclear meter in addition to a second means; through the core method. The meter readings and core densties were compared as was done in the tests on subgrade materials. The correlation between the results of the sand replacement test( also, the core method) and meter readings on subgrade material was then determined. Sirnilarly, the observed results were then analyzed through linear regression. The tests to determine thin-lift density by means of a full-type nuclear density meter also conducted on the overlay layers( about 4. 8cm thickness) above AC pavements at road construction sities in Korea.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2015

PURPOSES : The objective of this study is to compare the densities of asphalt pavements measured both in the field and in the laboratory, and also to evaluate the applicability of field density measuring equipment, such as the pavement quality indicator (PQI), by using statistical analysis. METHODS : For the statistical analysis of the density measured from asphalt pavement, student t-tests and a coefficient of correlation are investigated. In order to compare the measured densities, two test sections are prepared, with a base layer and an intermediate layer constructed. Each test section consists of 9 smaller sections. During construction, the field densities are measured for both layers (base and intermediate) in each section. Core samples are extracted from similar regions in each section, and moved to the laboratory for density measurements. All the measured densities from both the field and laboratory observations are analyzed using the selected statistical analysis methods. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION : Based on an analysis of measured densities, analysis using a correlation coefficient is found to be more accurate than analysis using a student t-test. The correlation coefficient (R) between the field density and the core density is found to be very low with a confidence interval less than 0.5. This may be the result of inappropriate calibration of the measuring equipment. Additionally, the correlation coefficient for the base layer is higher than for the intermediate layer. Finally, we observe that prior to using the density measuring equipment in the field, a calibration process should be performed to ensure the reliability of measured field densities.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2023

다짐은 토목현장에서 지반의 안정성을 확보하고 침하 방지를 위해 수행된다. 다짐을 수행하는 작업도 중요하지만, 다짐을 완료한 후 지반의 다짐도를 평가하는 것도 매우 중요하다. 국내 현장에서는 주로 평판 재하시험이나 들밀도 시험 등의 포인트 방식의 시험을 통해 다짐 지역의 일부만을 평가한다. 기존에 제시된 방법들은 표면 다짐에 대한 평가가 가능하지만, 좀 더 깊은 지반의 다짐까지 평가하기에는 어려움이 따른다. 또한, 포인트 시험 방식을 통해 평가를 수행하는 면적이 크지 않기 때문에, 전체적인 다짐도의 평가가 어렵다. 이에 대한 해결책으로 표면파를 활용한 SASW 시험을 통해 다짐을 평가하였다. SASW 시험은 포인트 방식의 시험보다 측정하는 범위가 넓고, 시험 세팅에 따라 깊은 심도의 지반에 대한 강성 또한 파악할 수 있다. 다짐 평가를 위해 본 연구에서는 다른 조건으로 다져진 성토 현장에서 SASW 시험을 수행하였다. 또한, Nuclear density gauge 시험을 동반하여 SASW의 다짐 분석 결과와 비교 및 검증을 수행하였다. 이 연구 결과를 통해 SASW를 활용한 지반 현장의 다짐도 평가가 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.