TESTING THE ADHESION BETWEEN BINDER

RESULTS ARE GIVEN OF A SERIES OF TESTS CARRIED OUT WITH FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STONE AND BITUMEN B 80 TO DETERMINE THE ADHESION BETWEEN BINDER AND STONE. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE BOND DOES NOT ONLY DEPEND ON THE STONE AND THE BINDER BUT ALSO TO A LARGE EXTENT ON THE PRETREATMENT AND THE TEST CONDITIONS. THE MOST OBJECTIVE STANDARDS FOR EVALUATION WERE OBTAINED FROM SPLITTING TENSILE, COMPRESSIVE, AND ABRASION TESTS ON GRADED BITUMINOUS MIXTURES, BUT THESE TESTS WERE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ROUTINE INVESTIGATIONS. THE TESTS ALSO ILLUSTRATED CERTAIN RELATIONS BETWEEN DECREASE IN SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH AND IMMERSION IN WATER AT HIGH TEMPERATURES. /TRRL/

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References;
  • Pagination: p. 29-31
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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00211910
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM