a b s t r a c t
Compaction characteristics of soils being very important from field application point of
view, any attempt to develop correlation equation to predict the same should be rational
and universally applicable. It has been reported in the literature that the plastic limit of
soils bear a good correlation with their compaction characteristics. In this study, attempts
have been made to use modified plastic limit to account for the proportion of fraction less
than 425 lm as a parameter to correlate with the compaction characteristics of natural
soils. The proposed correlation between the compaction characteristics of natural soils
with their modified plastic are going to be handy tool for construction engineers in quickly
assessing their suitability for compaction related purposes.