Table of Contents
Project file can refer here
Excel Spreadsheet here
From the spreadsheet, it is pretty clear that all three methods agree with each other quite well, as shown in the summary table below:
Note that
The volume needed before compact fill is equal to fill/shrink factor. The manual calc. and software calculation agrees with each other, as shown from the above screenshot.
Below is the sreenshot of the software outputs:
Scenario 1 #
Swell Factor = 1
Shrink Factor = 1
1. DTM
2. Grid Method
3. End Area Method
Scenario 2 #
Swell Factor = 1
Shrink Factor = 0.8
1. DTM
2. Grid Method
3. End Area Method
