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Principle of Compaction: Prepared By: Dan Vicente

Soil compaction involves increasing the density of soil by removing air voids, which strengthens the soil, reduces permeability, and decreases settlement. It is important for engineering projects because compacting soil increases the soil's ability to support structures without damaging movements over time like settling. Properly compacting soil is necessary to increase shear strength, avoid water infiltration that could cause swelling or shrinking, and decrease compaction settlement.

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Principle of Compaction: Prepared By: Dan Vicente

Soil compaction involves increasing the density of soil by removing air voids, which strengthens the soil, reduces permeability, and decreases settlement. It is important for engineering projects because compacting soil increases the soil's ability to support structures without damaging movements over time like settling. Properly compacting soil is necessary to increase shear strength, avoid water infiltration that could cause swelling or shrinking, and decrease compaction settlement.

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Principle of Compaction

Prepared by: Dan Vicente


What you’ll learn…

1 2
What is Soil Why do we need to
Compaction?
compact the soil

3 4
What are the effects Why is soil
of soil compaction
compaction important in
engineering
What is Soil Compaction?

-soil compaction is a method to


increase the density of the soil
while decreasing the air voids.
Why do we need
to compact the soil?

PRESENTATION

Increase the Avoid entry of


shear strength of water to air voids
soil that may cause
swelling or
shrinkage.
Important effects of
Compaction

(i) (ii) (iii)


Compaction increases the dry Compaction reduces the Compaction decreases the
density of the soil, in turn permeability of the soil. settlement of the soil.
increasing its shear strength
and bearing capacity.
It is important for us to learn about soil compaction simply because most of the
structures we build stands on soil. When that soil is not compacted,
movements of the soil, like settling, may occur which may damage whichever
structure is built on it.
THANK YOU!

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