Document Type
Report
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation
Publication Date
11-16-1943
Abstract
A compaction test was performed on the soil (-1/2") material, and mechanical analysis, specific gravity, and percolation-consolidation test was made in a large (19&1/2" diameter) percolator, cylinder and the material was well compacted into the cylinder. A consolidating load equivalent to a 20-foot fill was applied. Because it was believed that some of the fine sand might be transported through the gravel and rock by the percolating water, a 14-mesh screen and a 2-inch later of clear fine gravel (3/16" - 3/8") was placed over the gravelly material being tested. After the percolation-consolidation test was completed, the screen and fine gravel was removed and the fine graved was screened on a No. 14 screen. This minus No. 14 material which had been transported out of the sample was then weighed and computed as the percent of the total percolation sample.
Recommended Citation
Holtz, W.G., "Laboratory Tests on Gravelly Material for Use in the Pervious Zones of Newton Dam, Newton Project, Utah" (1943). Elusive Documents. Paper 111.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/elusive_docs/111