DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHWAY PAVEMENT ENGINEERING - 2. CHAPTER 2. AGGREGATES IN BASE CONSTRUCTION

The road construction programme has resulted in high capital expenditure in the quarrying industry to modernise plants to cope with the high aggregate demand. The metrication of the industry has caused few problems except for some single-sized aggregates. The chapter discusses the revisions which have taken place in the specification for road and bridge works' since the 1963 edition, for granular sub-bases and roadbases, and the effect these have had on the materials. Some problems associated with wet-mix macadam are discussed and suggestions made to overcome them. The uses of two waste materials, colliery shale and China clay sand, which occur in large quantities are described.(a) /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Applied Science Publishers Limited

  22 Rippleside Commercial Estate, Ripple Road
  Barking, Essex,   England 
• Authors:
  • Fry, J W
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 33-41
• Serial:
  • World Cement Technology
  • Publisher: Cement and Concrete Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Base course (Pavements); Granular materials; Macadam; Pavements; Paving; Sand; Shale; Standards; Subbase (Pavements); Textbooks; Waste products (Materials)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subbase
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway pavement
• ITRD Terms: 4577: Aggregate; 4563: By product; 4107: Granular; 2961: Roadbase; 4168: Shale; 187: Specification (standard); 8526: Textbook
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; I36: Aggregates;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00194989
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 11 1979 12:00AM