Quality control of compacted grounds using seismic velocities

Abstract

ABSTRACT The speed‐up plaque load experiment and a seismic refraction survey were used in quality‐control tests of compaction in the runway grounds of the Süleyman Demirel Airport, Isparta, located to the north of Burdur Lake, Turkey. The straight‐line correlation between plaque load experiments and seismic velocities ( and ) has shown that compaction is sufficient when both the and values exceed 590m/s and 379m/s, respectively. In addition, two‐dimensional velocity models for both P‐ and S‐waves map out the level of compaction along the profiles.