COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TEST METHODS FOR SMALL-SIZED COARSE AGGREGATES

NOT ENOUGH DETAILED KNOWLEDGE EXISTS ABOUT LOADS AND STRESSES IN ROAD PAVEMENTS. CONSEQUENTLY, BASED ON CERTAIN MODELS, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TEST PROCEDURES FOR COARSE AGGREGATES THAT STRAIN THE MATERIALS BY COMPRESSION, IMPACT, AND ABRASION OR BY A COMBINATION OF THESE STRESSES. A COMPARISON OF TEST VALUES THAT ARE OBTAINED WITH THE DIFFERENT TEST METHODS HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE, AND EXPERIENCES WITH VARIOUS QUALIFIED AGGREGATES CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER. COMPARATIVE TESTS WERE CONDUCTED BY USING DIFFERENT AGGREGATES WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT TEST METHODS: LOS ANGELES, DEVAL, GERMAN IMPACT, BRITISH IMPACT, AND MODIFIED MARSHALL IMPACT IN STANDARDIZED AND MODIFIED FORM. THE CALCULATED LINEAR REGRESSIONS SHOWED THAT, ALTHOUGH THE STRAINS OF THE AGGREGATES ARE VERY DIFFERENT, THE TESTS CHARACTERIZE THE SAME OR AT LEAST SIMILAR PROPERTIES OF AGGREGATES. IN A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT LABORATORIES, WE OBTAINED A RELATIVE REPRODUCIBILITY OF ABOUT 20 TO 30 PERCENT FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND THE GERMAN IMPACT TESTS. THIS MEANS THAT FURTHER STRICT STANDARDIZATION OF TESTING MACHINERY AND PROCEDURE IS NECESSARY IF VALUES OBTAINED AT DIFFERENT LABORATORIES ARE TO BE COMPARED. THE CALCULATED LINEAR REGRESSIONS THAT WERE FOUND FOR THE DIFFERENT TEST PROCEDURES WILL ALLOW THE COMPARISON OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR SMALL-SIZED COARSE AGGREGATES TESTED WITH DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL TEST METHODS. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND LITERATURE ON THE QUESTION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF AGGREGATES CAN NOW BE EXPLOITED.

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• Authors:
  • KOHLER, GUNTRAM
  • Nagel, Jerry
• Conference:
  • 51st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1972-1-17 to 1972-1-21
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 41-51
• Monograph Title: Nuclear applications, pipe corrosion and aggregate and glass bead testing
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 412
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abrasion tests; Alternatives analysis; Coarse aggregates; Compression tests; Crash tests; Strain (Mechanics); Stresses; Test procedures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Comparative analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Strains
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217919
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309020840
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 17 1973 12:00AM