1、Designation:D355117Standard Practice forLaboratory Preparation of Soil-Lime Mixtures UsingMechanical Mixer1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D3551;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last rev
2、ision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S.Department of Defense.1.Scope*1.1 This practice covers the laboratory preparati
3、on of soil-lime mixtures for use in determining the effects of lime on soilproperties(plasticity,strength,moisture-density relations,etc.)and the design of mixtures for construction.1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.No other units of measurement are included in thisstan
4、dard.1.3 All observed and calculated values shall conform to theguidelines for significant digits and rounding established inPractice D6026.1.3.1 The procedures used to specify how data are collected/recorded or calculated in this standard are regarded as theindustry standard.In addition,they are re
5、presentative of thesignificant digits that generally should be retained.The proce-dures used do not consider material variation,purpose forobtaining the data,special purpose studies,or any consider-ations for the users objectives;and it is common practice toincrease or reduce significant digits of r
6、eported data to becommensurate with these considerations.It is beyond the scopeof this standard to consider significant digits used in analysismethods for engineering design.1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility
7、 of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety,health,and environmental practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.5 This practice offers a set of instructions for performingone or more specific operations.This document cannot replaceeducation
8、 or experience and should be used in conjunctionwith professional judgement.Not all aspects of this practicemay be applicable in all circumstances.This ASTM standard isnot intended to represent or replace the standard of care bywhich the adequacy of a given professional service must bejudged,nor sho
9、uld this document be applied without consid-eration of a projects many unique aspects.The word“Stan-dard”in the title of this document means only that thedocument has been approved the ASTM consensus process.1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized
10、 principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D653 Terminology Relating to S
11、oil,Rock,and ContainedFluidsD2216 Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Water(Moisture)Content of Soil and Rock by MassD3740 Practice for Minimum Requirements for AgenciesEngaged in Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock asUsed in Engineering Design and ConstructionD6026 Practice for Usin
12、g Significant Digits in GeotechnicalData3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 For definitions of common technical terms used in thispractice,refer to Terminology D653.4.Significance and Use4.1 This practice standardizes the preparation of soil-limemixtures for laboratory testing by engineers and resear
13、chersinterested in determining properties of soil when stabilizedwith lime.In this method,the mellowing period is mentioned,but no specific recommendations are made because the mel-lowing period to be used in testing depends upon each specificuse.1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Comm
14、ittee D18 on Soil andRock and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D18.15 on Stabilization WithAdmixtures.Current edition approved.Published November 2017.Originally approved in1976.Last previous edition approved in 2008 as D3551 08,which was withdrawnJanuary 2017 and reinstated in November
15、2017.DOI:10.1520/D3551-17.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.*A Summary of Changes section appears at
16、 the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 NOTE1The quality of the result produced by this sta
