Types of Compaction Equipment: -
i) Compaction by Rolling: -
a) Smooth wheel rollers :
Suitability: These rollers best suitable for 5ubgrade or base coarse compaction of cohesion less soils. ,
b) Pneumatic tyred rollers:
Suitability: Pneumatic tyred rollers are effective for compacting cohesive as well as cohesion less soils. Light rollers are effective for compacting soil layers of small thickness
c) Sheep foot roller :
Suitability : Suitable only for fine grained soil
ii) Compaction by Rammers:
Rammers or tampers are mainly two types, hand operated and mechanical rammer. A hand operated rammer consists of a block of iron or stone about 3 to 5 kg in mass, attached to a wooden rod. The tamper is lifted for about 0.3 m and dropped on the soil to be compacted. A mechanical rammer is operated by compressed air or gasoline power. It is much heavier, about 30 to 50 kg. Ramming equipment’s consists of three types: dropping weight type, internal combustion type and pneumatic type. Rammers or tampers are used to compact the soil.
Suitability: Suitable for all types of soil
iii) Compaction by vibratory compactors :
The vibrating equipment, mounted on screeds, plates or rollers are of two
Types: a) Dropping weight type and b) Pulsating hydraulic type. By giving vibration to
Soil, soil particles are packed together and compaction of soil is achieved.
Suitability: Suitable for compacting granular soils. with no fines in layer up to 1 m thickness