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Record W4416339618 · doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2025.113605

Independent determination of compactometer value from a compaction roller

2025· article· en· W4416339618 on OpenAlex
William J. Baker, Christopher L. Meehan

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Bibliographic record

VenueMechanical Systems and Signal Processing · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicLandfill Environmental Impact Studies
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersNational Research Council CanadaFederal Highway AdministrationDelaware Department of TransportationNational Research CouncilUniversity of Delaware
KeywordsCompactionProcess (computing)LeveeValue (mathematics)Workflow

Abstract

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Continuous Compaction Control (CCC) enables near-continuous monitoring of the compaction process during earthwork construction by instrumenting a compaction roller with sensors. One of the most widely used CCC measurements is the Compactometer Value (CMV), due to its historical significance and relatively straightforward calculation procedure, which involves performing spectral analysis of the compaction drum’s vibratory response. In practice, CMV measurements from commercial CCC systems are typically black box in nature, as they report only the final values—without disclosing the raw acceleration data or the calculation steps performed by the CCC system. As a result, most CCC technologies remain closed and proprietary. This paper presents a methodology to independently calculate CMV using data collected from a compaction roller equipped with both an aftermarket CCC retrofit kit and a secondary accelerometer. This setup allowed for direct comparisons between independently measured CMV values and those reported by the CCC retrofit kit. Data was collected from the construction of a full-scale earthen embankment compacted in multiple lifts. Results from this study showed that independently measured CMV values were within 1% of CMV values measured from the retrofit kit. These results provide a practical, transparent workflow for researchers and practitioners interested in replicating CMV measurements, ultimately contributing to the development of more open-source CCC solutions. • Compactometer value (CMV) was independently calculated during soil compaction. • Independent CMV values were compared against CMV values measured from a CCC system. • Independent CMV values were consistent with commercially measured CMV values. • Results from study may help increase the adoption rate of CCC technologies.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.645
Threshold uncertainty score0.384

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.015
GPT teacher head0.254
Teacher spread0.239 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it