THE RELATION BETWEEN LOS ANGELES ABRASION TEST RESULTS AND THE SERVICE RECORDS OF COARSE AGGREGATES

IN GENERAL, IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A DEFINITE RELATION BETWEEN THE LOSS IN THE LOS ANGELES ABRASION TEST AND THE SERVICE RECORD OF MATERIALS USED IN CONCRETE, BITUMINOUS CONSTRUCTION, AND SURFACE TREATMENT. ON THE BASIS OF THE DATA AVAILABLE, THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF WEAR APPEAR TO BE SUITABLE FOR USE IN SPECIFICATIONS TO CONTROL THE QUALITY OF COARSE AGGREGATES: CONCRETE 50%, BITUMINOUS SURFACING 40%, SURFACE TREATMENT 40%. DEFINITE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE LOSS IN THE LOS ANGELES TEST AND THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE ARE FOUND, NAMELY, THE LOWER THE PERCENTAGE OF WEAR, THE HIGHER THE CONCRETE STRENGTH. DEFINITE CORRELATIONS ARE ALSO FOUND WITH THE RESULTS OF A CIRCULAR TRACK ROLLER TEST AND A TEST FOR SOFT OR FRIABLE PIECES. IT APPEARS THAT THE LOS ANGELES TEST GIVES ACCURATE INDICATION OF THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL UNDER TEST, AND THAT ITS USE IN SPECIFICATIONS CONTROLLING THE ACCEPTANCE OF COARSE AGGREGATE IS WARRANTED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol17, Part I, PP 350-359, 7 FIG, 9 TAB; part of Report of Committee on Correlation of Research in Mineral Aggregates. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Woolf, D O
• Publication Date: 1938

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. November 30, December 1, 2, 3, 1937. Part I
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 17
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous construction; Bituminous materials; Coarse aggregates; Concrete; Correlation analysis; Rollers; Specifications; Strength of materials; Surface treating; Wear
• Identifier Terms: Los Angeles Abrasion Test
• Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous surface treatments; Bituminous surfacings
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217604
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 15 1994 12:00AM