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The Soil Compactor Analyzer (SCA) attaches to the automatic tamper used for Test Methods Tex-113-E and 114-E and uses rapid sampling of the hammer displacement to measure impact velocity. With the known mass of the hammer and the determined velocity, energy can be determined.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sebesta, Stephen
Corporate Authors: Texas. Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office, United States. Federal Highway Administration, Texas Transportation Institute
Other Authors: Liu, Wenting, Harrison, Gerry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station, Tex. : Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System, 2009.
Series:Research report (Austin, Tex.) ; 0-5135-P6.
Subjects:
Compacting.
Soil consolidation test.
Roads > Base courses.
Compaction.
Tamping.
Soil compaction.
Soil compaction tests.
Data collection.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this online report (Texas Transportation Institute)
Connect to the full text of this online report (RITA National Transportation Library)
Description
Summary:The Soil Compactor Analyzer (SCA) attaches to the automatic tamper used for Test Methods Tex-113-E and 114-E and uses rapid sampling of the hammer displacement to measure impact velocity. With the known mass of the hammer and the determined velocity, energy can be determined.
Item Description:Title from PDF title screen (September 21, 2009).
"May 2009. Published: July 2009."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:18 pages : digital, PDF file (1.07 MB) with color illustrations, photographs
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