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Gardner, W.H. (1986) Water Content. In: Klute, A., Ed., Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 1 Physical and Mineralogical Methods, 5.1, The American Society of Agronomy Inc., Madison, 493-544.
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• TITLE: Relative Dielectric Permittivity Variations during Compaction as a Mean of Compaction Quality Control: Case Study on Laterite Samples from Senegal

  AUTHORS: Mapathé Ndiaye, Makhaly Ba, Teophile Kiendrebeogo, Linda E. Gaffo Foudjo

  KEYWORDS: Laterite, Proctor, Water Content, Dry Density, Dielectric Permittivity

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Geosciences, Vol.14 No.2, February 17, 2023

  ABSTRACT: This study explores an alternative to the classical use of direct methods, as water content and dry density measurements, for compaction quality control. For this purpose, the dielectric properties of lateritic materials are determined by radar method and are compared with the permittivity determined from the Topp formula and from the CRIM model. This approach allowed to establish a relationship between the geotechnical properties determined during compaction such as dry density, water content or porosity with dielectric permittivity. The obtained results made it possible to determine an optimum dielectric permittivity corresponding to the optimum dry density and the optimum water content that could be used for non-destructive in situ compaction testing. Such an approach should improve the implementation and effectiveness of in situ compaction quality control of geotechnical infrastructures.