TESTS FOR EVALUATING DEGRADATION OF BASE COURSE AGGREGATES
A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES FOR PREDICTING THE AMOUNT AND EFFECTS OF DEGRADATION FOR DIFFERENT NATURAL AGGREGATES WHEN USED IN A ROADWAY BASE OR SUBBASE COURSE, AND THEREBY FOR DETERMINING THEIR SUITABILITY, AGGREGATE SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED FROM 140 QUARRIES IN 12 STATES, DIVIDED INTO FOUR CLASSES (CARBONATES AND CLASTIC SEDIMENTARIES, COARSE-GRAINED IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHICS, BASALTS AND BASALT-LIKE ROCKS, AND HETEROGENOUS GRAVELS), AND SUBMITTED TO EIGHT TESTS: PERCENT LOSS, LOS ANGELES ABRASION; FREEZE-THAW LOSS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY, PERCENT ABSORPTION; INSOLUBLE RESIDUE; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; AND PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, INCLUDING A BATTERY OF TESTS FOR POLISHED AND THIN SECTION. TEST CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE FOUR CLASSES ARE GIVEN AND DISCUSSED, AND DETAILED DATA ON SAMPLES ARE TABULATED IN APPENDICES.
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Authors:
- West, T R
- Johnson, R B
- Smith, N M
- Publication Date: 1970
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
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Serial:
- NCHRP Report
- Issue Number: 98
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0077-5614
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aggregates; Base course (Pavements); Natural aggregates; Subbase (Pavements)
- Uncontrolled Terms: Subbase
- Old TRIS Terms: Degradation (Aggregate)
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00217848
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Dec 28 1970 12:00AM