Thanks for the responses.
BigH - I hope to have time this weekend to try the academic exercise.
I was also going to look at the change in air voids from the 95% and 100% MDD Std Proctor states.
I will review the paper listed. I fear that these papers are for larger >> 20 foot. Not sure of...
All - thanks for the responses. Sounds like most feel that the difference in self weight settlement between silty sand soil placed at 95 and 100% MMD is insignificant. I could use the math to prove what we collectively know is true or a suggestion on how to mathematially prove it and I will do...
GeoPaveTraffic - Thanks for the sanity check. Is their a way of mathematically proving our beliefs? I will have to have something to change supervision's beliefs.
Settlement of the foundation soils is an additional source of settlement that was calculated, both quantity and time rate...
Situation - I have been recommending 95% compaction for controlled fills and using the rule of thumb that you may see as much as 1% of settlement from the controlled fill due to self weight (assuming a silty sand). Additionally, I understood that this settlement predominately occured during the...
