ENGINEERING TECHNICAL NOTES FIELD DATA RETRIEVAL INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNICAL REPORTS CURRENT TEXTS AWARENESS F Notes IF-ield Number Volume 2 February 11974 Accelerated Determination Compressive Strength Color Infrared Regional Film Division Washington - Engineering - Division News mom FOREST SERVICE U.S. Negative to News Engineering DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING FIELD NOTES This publication technical monthly newsletter a is or administrative the personal of opinions procedures mandatory This publication the publication Headquarters. this If to be FSM by for engineers. exclusively from the Washington Office purpose. 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Department of Agriculture assumes no responsibility for the employees. for the information and convenience conclusion recommendation of others C. of the of Agriculture its Quinn which may be suitable. endorsement of the reader. or approval Such of use any FIELD NOTES ACCELERATED DETERMINATION By OF CONCRETE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH H. Supervisory Robert Young Engineer Region Civil 1 INTRODUCTION Standard breaking concrete that 28 days is A or rejection. method practice presently of these cylinders after too long to wait C 684 Making accelerated curing of the Of than the three on they are Strength tested results cylinders and the of this practice to be used as the basis for Testing cylinders by three different selected. test in are is for acceptance ASTM Materials test Compression Test required waiting period. This test cylinders are then method allows methods warm water compression within therefore available boiling or 2 days 1 at for 26 days least normal. methods the autogenous method Service use. It requires thermally with if of concrete major drawback Curing and Testing of Concrete this concrete The and autogenous. depending on the method earlier for results Accelerated seems to cut down A for 28 days. recently adopted American Society Specimens water the making includes curing the other two is insulated curing probably the most adaptable containers methods. These autogenous curing items of equipment under required this but containers to Forest no external heat source are the as only additional method. INVESTIGATION 1973 During August and September performed by Bill Antonich cylinders were taken Flathead cured River procedures trial of the autogenous curing and Bob Young of the Regional from each of 16 batches Bridge Flathead by standard a field National and broken autogenous method and broken at of Class Forest. at One Materials Group. 1 Two AA concrete pair of cylinders from each 28 days. The other 49 hours. method was pair used in pairs of the South Fork was cured batch by the was Figure 1 shows the comparison of the standard autogenous after shown on Figure a line representing is 1 28-day strength with the 49-hour strength Compressive strengths of curing. RA 1180 a good is methods. Ontario fit this water/cement ratios although There appears was correlation this to be good valid present method used in as the basis for acceptance with standard conjunction ultimate the autogenous curing compressive The method strength. Regional box and concrete One the cylinders. The but trial for Forest may can be used as Ontario this the two types and possible mixes. all of the autogenous curing However a much the method could indication earlier be of be possible to change the specifications so that the standard method has concrete for determining These curing for loan are two by the standard machine capping 10 autogenous curing complete capping requires a 110-volt power on Thursdays or Fridays weekend suggests that other correlations containers are of equipment sets method. These device containers sets include compound capable for available for curing a Curamold and curing warming pot ladle source. of the autogenous method was noted during was placed concrete periods testing This equipment disadvantage to obtain tests of cement METHOD of concrete. cylinders simultaneously. cylinders compression calipers. it for 1.35 - loan to Forests. Also available breaking 28-day Materials Laboratory in Missoula 20 concrete of curing or rejection strength. With time concrete extensive between correlation valid specifications would not allow the use contract in for a wide range may not be correlation Also plotting. 28-day strength and Department of Highways USE OF THE A UTOGENOUS Our before method. This line with the formula R28 to our data. found that between the correlation 49-hour strength as determined by the Ontario research on the autogenous curing were averaged pairs work could the investigation. When was required to cap and break be derived for longer curing has not been done to date. use of the autogenous curing method as use. 2 detailed in ASTM C 684 is recommended 5500 5000 0 4500 o CL x 0 4000 z w F-N w Cr 3500 3000 CL 2 0 a 0 2500 I ýP C N 2000 1500 1000 500 0 49 2000 2500 3000 -HOUR COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH PSI 1000 1500 AUTOGENOUS Figure 1. Strengths - Comparison of 28-Day of Class AA 3500 METHOD and 49 Hour Concrete Compressive Concrete used 3 in S Fork Flathead River Bridge COLOR INFRARED FILM DEVELOPED TO A NEGATIVE By Alan Koch Aerial Photographer A new and useful form of color infrared highly Region 6 photography aerial is providing The new benefits to the Pacific Northwest Region Aerochrome film which has been developed to a negative 2443 Infrared Although transparency. film processing aerial film was designed this laboratories of the Forest now have Service. to develop to a tool is many Kodak rather than transparency several a aerial to offer this negative the necessary technology development service. CIRT Color infrared transparency interpreter in other areas. form however In the transparency have required Now of an internegative. is photography with the advent first CIRN is The such as color infrared stereoscope person who make his studies. in operationally equipment created the all for similar The an Old Delft prints is also A aerial table Not with a tonal signatures to fit the job at hand. often creates tones which have subdued CIRN. the dark This communities. Other filter coloration When an in combinations portrayal coloration many overall to vary Simple manipulation cases maroon of healthy pocket view to of using a the black the diapositive or prints of filters in the printing process than vegetation those found in CIRT. For inherent in CIRT can be on the diapositive or a print can be made from better differentiation between provides cast is used remain to be explored seems to offer the best all-around a tool stereoscopic he wishes. better interpretation qualities red to magenta to an orange-brown the ability is him with of whether Regardless as CIRN diapositives or color simple and white the most intriguing aspect of flight. the print easier is mark upon. extra print to annotate and prints special has the option print as an inexpensive it especially important to the is only film be needed. will which and table light aerial photogrammetrist photo diapositives will provide viewing into the field. to store and to easier and white color infrared either stereoscope a light CIRN the interpreter for on the other hand can be viewed takes his photography it of using color infrared scanning negative of the printing or the use interpreter uses a color diapositive or color print he also example to the needed by these prints as reversal of a color infrared to that of CIRT. and without the need of stereoscopically Perhaps value its met the needs effectively color or black direct opportunity use efficient the interpreter has the choice infrared prints that has to has not of a color infrared CIRN and cartographer it processes such costly reproduction inexpensive With known The film diapositives and paper possible to produce relatively diapositives. well is studies of plant diseases timber inventory geology hydrology and many photogrammetrist or cartographer. professions aerial usefulness. 4 water penetration but to date is plant greatly enhanced. the orange-brown coloration Another use of filters in allow for correcting due to age changes the printing process changes - only an educated within a flight line be color corrected not is then frame by frame if CIRN infrared highly exceptionally are they becomes Of interest GIRT remains labs find that latitude of CIRN made from there are products active some and lower resolution made from role in on which the the apparent is CIRN the The is reduction much where atmospheric feet some CIRN including dodging and sun spot is to color infrared advantages used in if effects are negatives Northwest Region enabled such as slightly the tool to play a Forests. Table has used 1 color infrared ever seen A as There is on black and white much more information or color prints few sample color infrared prints from Service personnel by writing to Regional CIRN available are not are Forester 3623 Portland Oregon 97208. 5 and film. transparencies have of our National other from. Most cost the ease of interpretation and multipurpose color infrared aerial the film had take less exposure time aerial be the printing stage. to work reproducible enlargements color infrared been saved have printing from true color negative initial many of the could satisfying the minimal latitude In contrast with higher qualities of much more shows some of the projects negative aerial photography. Response has been highly enthusiastic and most users preferred the color infrared Comments such is of the under or over exposure to of vignetting or manual an easy and management Pacific of color ability This haze penetration increase in film exposure latitude using CIRN. allows by poor exposure when automatic therefore less labor than While can made diapositives and prints penetrating from above 10000 same when the negative. benefits to be gained reproductions the haze of contrast and clarity. are taken photos that have been damaged Photo Due tools. to for in the printing process. Perhaps been developed to a on the other hand critical. the increased compensated CIRN and white find that black to the aerial photographer aerial film speed on the necessary. amount display an ideal important when photos attenuation of fine dye or atmosphere changes as terrain made from be placed should filtration not does terrain or film conditions filtration Reproductions possible. Photogrammetristsand cartographers from guess as to what changing CIRT of color correction. time of flight atmospheric in camera can be used. Even aerial that is on these prints print. than we have uncommon. available USDA on loan to interested Forest Forest Service Post Office Box Table 1. - U.S. Forest Infrared Service Projects Involving Aerial Film Developed Number Primary Project Use Land Use Planning Forest Insect Fire Rehabilitation and Disease Photogrammetric Pollution Inventory Mapping Study Experimental Watershed Advanced Logging System Analysis Geological-Water National Resource Study to the Use of Color a Negative of Projects Photo Scale 9 115840 2 18000 2 18000 10 13000 2 16000 112000 and 1 110000 1 112000 Table Analysis 1 115840 Area Study 1 110000 Recreation Inventory 1 Forest a 6 115840 112000 and 120000 REGIONAL REGION REGION Submitted Region is 1 engaged in a 1 CORRIDOR TASK FORCE UTILITY 1 by Frank Mutch long-range NEWS OF ENGINEERING DIVISION to identify lands effort planning Engineer Electrical for utility suitable corridors. An electrical planning engineer planning forester In-depth cooperation Earl Reinsel and a landscape with Montana States computer technology and digitizing Schnelle are on the planning Bill to the Government-leased The head of Montanas which is Public involvement biased is transportation includes also multiple-use a Hagan. Division is in the latest purchasing Use of progress. in optical scanning the hardware with Service will complement Division Dr. Albert access a key. be run and the variance Tsao has a software package tested. The public national and and weighing. The computer will be will a local are being involved an optimum select in the location. from the optimum or from another be measurable. The first priority impacts and weighing. will will Once planning experience technology in in Other agencies effort later more refinement will process but the same with some process can data different be used for data and land area. have other benefits including a possible State-Forest Service a practical in transmission lines. Other for electrical suitable using the same general land areas are identified project work as common a team and experience data bank with up-to-date application. are interested other States in Region Forest be to identify lands be analyzed project appraisal with The Energy Planning of similar processes already approaches can will This Energy Planning gathering bias utility Tom and 1108 computer. an improved version data selection Various the Forest team which architect be extensive. The State will equipment and Mutch by Frank position recently vacated engineer and involved including the Bureau 1. Service team has been the catalyst in this effort. 7 of Land Management and USE OF EMULSIFIED OIL IN STABILIZING NATIVE IN-PLACE MATERIAL Submitted by Pat Trottier and Walt Shjeflo This project Ranger District The feet. project involves a some subgrade from 14 to 18 is and was as approximately and needs The feet includes operation a traveling of the traveling maneuverability total approximately 12 to 15 With this controlled in source speed realize this is after samples work mix methods by more We found that fragile soil unavailable. The 4-inch mixer pugmill to be placed 11/2 is from the of which the layer of the The windrow used. feet for this width of has a base shoulder inside area as the reconditioned log-haul road the top oil stabilizing are to ensure and complete pickup of berm. plus an oil pressure of 75 feet. pump and This train the oil and aggregate at travels oil tank down trailer the road on the pugmill the material percent at asphalt a oil controlled by volume. is rate We had been mixed to check our volumes. also We best. of our in-place lab methods gauge of native us an approximate to give aggregate had been previously had provided were only approximate exact screen. per minute. Service materials lab in Missoula field from of texture necessary to place the material used is pugmill only approximate Representative is as a low-standard equipment length feet turn we computed measured the berm has a range base course in a very injected and mixed into the premeasured windrow which portion. customized D-8 cat pulling a pugmill mixer and an a behind the mixer for a at the material with CMS-2s emulsified retained on the 3-inch a gravel built We wide. feet of the road. It surfacing in a windrow 61/2 on the reconditioned native a stabilized granite where constructed 12-foot width portion to 40 percent to 6000 feet and 22 miles of reconditioning surface so our material a gravel from 1500 elevations range construction of reconstruction to provide decomposed stage new Forest Fenn National material had to be imported to mix with the larger material. sections binder was section The Drainage. the mixing of in-place is passing the 200 seive chiefly is River minimum process was designed This being done on the Nezperce is miles of 5 These roads do not have 30 percent soil the Selway in process being used asphalt. in the region roadway with existing The a first in us with an adequate the Regional to confirm that Office we were lab taken mix and our Forest design. Although periodically checked operating within our our a tolerable range of mixtures. We found that and prevent in the finer material balling we had of the oil and dust. The to over wet over wetting 8 the aggregate to get thorough slowed our curing time and mixing we found down was done with steel-wheeled blading a Some rolling and aerating the windrow. were made with Rolling was done a nuclear until during gauge did not get a seal coat on this road this past season believed that construction material mixed and placed all season. of an open graded wearing administrative pugmill. seal should of such texture lay down by resulted. to insure proper density. we were weathered because a seal after compaction proper rolling have a fine coat with We are that the end product restrictions believe in this will dictated the use that a stationary depth and width control. building The mix material being whereas a and coat cover within not provide does chips would provide out. It is the same the traction a seal and a texture coarse. All indications exact The Lay was done with both pneumatic- and was accomplished during curing prior to lay down. time in the windrow curing grader and the machines. Frequent checks We to allow some advantageous it The general area where project will be finished in July produce an adequate of in-place pugmill final material and the use of the and placement with a paver mixed product good quality rock or August specification road. Certain is appears not would to be a real traveling give boon more to available. 1974 and opened for public and logging traffic. 9 road REGION 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Reference 5 Volume Number 10 NOTES-Dip October 1973 FIELD by H. D. Hafterson Design Hafty dips. He has given Forest is to be heretofore been investigate in strictly There and is stopping dips with a rational attention tradition sight in problems to traffic will it has a safe would appear restrictions the roadway with speed operating in others of to thumb a large of from 1/z operating to 11/z feet at and should number habit or this may of 20 miles speed. present A large be of dips built the neighborhood that a road of this nature to vehicles using the roadway. Perhaps reveal further attention associated the safety implications glance distance holes construction are that otherwise first for often do by rules from experience. What At drainage problem that has evidently serve as stimulus we things that roadway for designing basis an obscure to ignored. His example should the engineering solely into a roadway hour largely for calling one facet of the dip problem that deserves investigated. an Service engineers commended unacceptable number deep surely must present investigation the need for one other design criteria of visibility of this facet of dip design and to be incorporated in the design process. W. i 10 H. Valentine WASHINGTON OFFICE OF ENGINEERING NEWS DIVISION TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS Heyward T. Taylor Assistant Director ED T FY 74 The Program. projects may be Service FY 74 Budget has been and Missoula Centers. EDT An Report on the Skyvan specifications have been published since our last list five Flight Evaluation of Short SC-7 Military Skyvan Emergency for. NOMEX Fabric Trail EQUIP TIPS Available on Power Converters Electric Improving Now the Durability EDT in several Field Notes. 5700-11 June 1973 EQUIP TIPS June 1973 Trucks Light Firefighters Shirt Traffic Counter Caution current concerning Equip Tips and appeared Reports Jacks Specific and the finalized details from the recent Annual Plan and Progress Report. obtained EDT Publications. Forest San Dimas program assigned to the GSA 1973 TIPS September EQUIP TIPS September Wood of Routed July Contract EQUIP Signs EQUIP 1973 1973 TIPS 1973 September Specifications Interim Performance Specification for Cleaning Unit Rest Room FS Slip-on Spec. 2300-003 Interim Detailed Pick-up Specification Specification Truck for Specification Specification Forest 100-3 for 1-inch Unit Service Specification Fly Tent 5 for Cleaning 1 Plastic a and Nylon Room Slip-on for i Ton 2300-004 Laminate Cloth-Vinyl Amendment No. Forest Service 1 Linen Hose 1%z-inch Rest Forest. Service Specification 5100-183e Interim Specification for Tool Rake and Cutting Forest Service Specification 5100-00284a Interim Specification Specification for Kit First Aid USFS Type I 6170-007 11 Individual Forest Service Interim Specification Forest Interim Interim Service Specification Specification Forest for Kit First Aid for Kit Specification Small Crew 8 to 10 men 6170-008 First Service Specification USFS Type II Aid USFS Type III Large Crew 20 to 25 6170-009 for Signs Sheet Metal 7160-0010. 12 Flat Forest Service Specification men OPERATIONS Harold Strickland L. Assistant Director Formulation of national direction under way since November 1973. process. A Operations The FY-76 program Subsequently list the is NFS process had procedural This Regions could and made input changes included process as 5-year short-term in in in April. Regional economic in January and Forest resources. conditions energy input is 1 activities Detailed support input to engineering. formation based upon provided input current trends a by which the of targets set and budget format. Preliminary replies to the Washington to follow shows an eight-step Office about the same wheel diagram of the equals 3 years therefore of the results to match the timber recreation for these activities detailed road and this the process would process will be subject the executive is program-budget. pollution input to process legislative provides wildlife range necessary at trail and the basis for final funding. available This requires engineering FY-76 from to the budget always 13 it and a Directors expected availability Field input and adjustments Final budget will reflect related direction 1974 and Figure FY-76 program that developments. distribution Engineering and suggested be shown using multi wheels. the tentative and unforeseen targets NFS other formed tentative national direction for the FY-75 program-budget. more accurately changes process for the FY-76 program objectives. order of priority ongoing program-budget process. One revolution Obviously Forest from predict accomplishment. national team then expected Hammond of the FY-75 program formulation budget advice was sent to the Regions are Office National Frank direction. of Engineering along with of national program activities The of Washington our programming in a national meeting in which representatives in beginning its critique the Director team. of the evolution one of the members. Regions provided format content to continuation a been formed to work on FY-76 national Engineering all is four-member team from a cross section System has from Service FY-76 program-budget has been for the Forest This all and soil-water-air organizational abatement levels. and other from the inception activities through the final Exec. Orders Sec. Memos etc. ý---- Policy Program Analysis Develop. FS Eval. Portion Department Develop. Display of - OMB Program Proposal Eval. Presidents Display Forest Budget Congressional Service Action Program Proposal 4 3 5 Plus Field Input Expression Priorities of 1-8 and of Allocation 6 2 Funds to Selected Program 7 Activities Need Accomplishment New Accountability Chiefs Direction Program Evaluation External Influences Equals Direction Negotiation Figure 1. - The Program Budget 14 Process