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Designation: 01633 - 17
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INTUNATIOHAJ

Standard Test Methods for

Compressive Strength of Molded Soil Cement Cylinders 1
This standard is issued unde r the fixed designa
designattion D I633: lhe numbe r immediately following the designation indicates the year o
or iginal adoption or, in lhe case of revision.. the year o last revision. A number in parentheses indica
o f revision indicattes the year o las
lastt reapproval. A
superscript eps i lon E) indic:ites an editor
editoriial change s ince the last revision o r reapproYal.

1. Scope
Scope*
* 1.3.3 1l i s comm
commo o n prac
practi tice
ce i n t he en engineeri
gineerin ng/co
g/connst
stru
ructio
ctionn
1. 1 Th is tes t m ethod covers tht he deter
eterm
m i n at io n o f the com
com  professio
rofession n to con
co ncur
urre
rentl
ntly
y use pou nds l o represent both a un un it
pressive str
st rengt
gthh o f soil
soil--cement usin
usi ng molded cyli nd ndeers as l est o f ma ss lb m) an a nd o f fo rce ( l b f) . T h i s im plicitly co mb in es t wo
spec im ens. se parate sys tem s of of un its; t ha
hatt i s, th
thee ab
abso lu te sys tem an d the
gravi lal io nal sys tem. l l is sc ientifi
ntifically
cally un desirable to combincombi ne
1.2 T wo al te rn ati ve p rocedu
ocedurres are provid ed as fol l owsows::
the
th e use o f t wo se parat
paratee se l s o f in ch -po
poun undd un
un its wi thin a sing
single
le
1.2.1 Method A his procedur
procedu re uses a tes l speci
specimmen pre
pre
stan
sta ndard. As slatslated,
ed, l his stan d ar ard
d i ncl udes t he gravi
clu gravi tatio
tationnal
pared
pare d i n a mold complying wi th Test M et eth
h ods 0698 (4.0 i n .
system
syste m o f in
inc
c h- pou
pounnd un its an d does no l use/p use/prrese nt the slug
( 101.6 mmmm)) i n di am eter and 4.6 i n. ( 11 6.8 mm mm)) in he ighghtt),
unitt for mass . Howeve
uni Howeverr, lhc u se o f bala balan nces or scales, reco rd i ng
so meti mes re refferred to as a procproctto r mol
old
d , res ultin
ultingg in a he igh t
pou nds o f m ass ( lb m) o r reco rd i ng den si ty i n lbm/ft 3 shall not
overr diameter rat
ove rat io o f 1. 15. T his tes t me
method m ay be used o nly
o n ma
mater i al s wi th 30 o r Jess ret ai ainned o n the ·19.0-m
9.0-mm m 3.t.-i n.) be reg
regar
arded
ded as no nco nfo rm rma ance w i t h th thii s stan d ard.
sieve.. Sec Note 2 .
sieve 1.4 A ll o bserved an
and calcu
calcu l ate d va lu es sha ll co
con
n fo
form
rm l o the
h
cig hl M
a h1.2.2 ethod
over 8 erisraprocedu
diameter
diamet proce
tio o dure
f 2re
.0 uses
prepar tes ti nspeci
prepaared specim
a cymlein
ndrical
w iLhl
indrica delii nes fo
gu i del
gui forr si g nificant d ig it s and roun
ificant
Practice 06026 un less su pe rsede rseded
round in g estab l ished i n
ing
d by thi s l est met hod.
mo l d i n acco
accorrda nce wi t h Practice
Practice 01632 2 .8 in i n . (7 1.1 mm) i n
.4.. I Th e procedures used l o spec i fy how data ar
1.4 arc
c collect
collec ted/
dia
di am eter an
and 9.0 i n. (229 mm mm)) in he igh ghtt). T h i s l est meth od is
recorded an and c alc ulated i n t he stan d ar ardd are regardeegarded d as the
appli c abl
ablee to hose ma te r iaiall s t hat pass the 4.75 75-- mm (No. 4 )
i ndus
dusttry s tanda darrd. ln add it io n. t hey are re prese nt nta
at ive of
o f the
sieve.
sig n i fica
ficannt d i gi
gitts t ha t ge
gen
nera ll y sh
shou
oull d be re tai ned. Th The e pr
p roce
oce
1.3 Units
Units-- T he values st stal ed i n i nch- pou
poun nd u nits ararc
c to be dures used do not consider material varia variati tio
o n , p urpose for
regarded as sta stanndard, except
excep t as no ted in below. below. T he valu es obtai
obt ainn i ng the d at a. specia
speciall purpose st stud
udii es, o r an y considconsi der
given
give n in pa rent
enth heses arc mathemat ical co nve rsi sioo ns lo S I u nits, ation
atio ns f or the user's objec objectiti ves; an
and it is comm co mmon on p ra c t ice l o
and ar e prp rovi ded fo r in
info
fo nn ali o n o nly and are no t co connside
derred i ncre
crea ase o r red edu uce signi fica
ficant nt di gi ts o f repo reporrtetedd data l o be
standard. SiSi eve sizes arc idi dentified by th e stand ard desigdesignat
natio ns comm
co mme ensur
uraate w i th these co con nside
sidera
ratt i o ns. It i s beyon
beyo nd t he scope
i n Specifica
Specificati o n El I. Th
tio The e al tern at ive sisi eve size des ig n at io n
o f th ese l est m ethods to co nsi der si s i gn i fifica
ca nt d igits used i n
given
give n i n parenth eses is fo forr i n forniation ono n l y and does not
analys
alysii s met eth
hods for fo r engi
enginneeri
eerinng d at a.
repr
present
esent a d i fTcrcn l sta
stanndard si sieve size.
1.3.1 Th e gravitationa l systesystem m o f in ch -poun d un its is used 1. 5 This standard does not purport to address all o f the

w hen de i nch-- pou nd uni ts. Jn Lh i s system

dea l ing w ith inch syste m. ththe pou
po und safety concems, i OJI \ associated with its use. It is tfle
rep rese nt s a u nit o f fo rce (weight), w hile th e un
(l b f) repr unit for mass respon
respo nsibility o f tile user o f this standard to establish appro
appro
is slugs.
slugs . priate safety,
safety, h e l t l ~ a11d environme
environmenn ta
tall practices 011d deter
deter
1.3.2 Th e slug un i t o f m ass is al mos ostt never used i n mine the app
applicability o f regregu
ulatory limitation
limitations prior to use.
comm
co mme ercial practice, th at i s, de nsity sity.. ba
ball ances, etc. Th
Therefo
ereforre, 1.6 This te m atio al standard was developed in in accor
accor
the
th e standard uni unill fo
forr mass i n lh lhis
is stan d ar
ardd is ei th er k ilogra
ilogramm dm1ce with intemationally recognized princi principles on
on sta
starrulard
ulard
(k g) or gra
gram m (g), o r boboth.
th. Also, lhlhcc eq u iv alent i nch- pou
poun nd un it iza tion established in the Decision 11 Principles for the
(slu
(sl u i s not given/presented i n parenth eses.
g) Develop
evelopm ment o f lnlntematio Standards, Guides w ul Reco
tematio al Stan ecom
m
mendation
mendatio ns issued by th e World Trade Orga11iza tion Technical
Barriers to Trade TBT Committee.
1
This Le s t method is under the j urisd
risdiiction of ASTM Commi
Commiuuee D 18 on Soil and
Rock and is the dir di rect responsib
esponsibiili ty of Subcommittee D 18.15 on Stabil
Stabi lization Wi th
Admixtu res.
Currentt edition approved Nov.
Curren Nov. l. 20 17 . PubPubll ished November 2017.
2017. Originally
approved in 1959. Last previ edi t ion approved in 2007 as Dl 633-00{2007 ,
previous edit
whii ch w:is wit
wh wi thdrawn in July 20 16 and reins einsttated in November 20 17. DOI:
I0 1 520/Dl633-17
520/Dl633-17..

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