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    APEL Lab Manual

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    This document is a laboratory manual for advanced pavement engineering. It provides procedures for various tests related to pavement materials including aggregates and bitumen. The table of contents lists 16 different tests covering areas like sieve analysis, density determination, specific gravity, abrasion testing, bitumen properties of penetration, ductility, softening point, and procedures for asphalt mix design using methods like Marshall and gyratory compaction. The manual was prepared by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for their Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning.

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    VTI

    ADVANCED PAVEMENT ENGINEERING


    LABORATORY MANUAL

    Prepared by:

    Dr. Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri


    Senior Research Scientist

    Patil K. S., Suraj M. S., Sumit Jain


    Postgraduate Research Interns

    Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning


    Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, INDIA

    CiSTUP, IISc Advanced Pavement Engineering Laboratory

    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Page
    1.

    SIEVE ANALYSIS...................................................................................................................6

    2.

    DENSITY DETERMINATION BY PYCNOMETER.............................................................9

    3.

    SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND WATER ABSORPTION TEST .............................................. 11

    4.

    FLAKINESS INDEX TEST ................................................................................................. 14

    5.

    ELONGATION INDEX TEST ............................................................................................. 16

    6.

    LOS ANGELES ABRASION TEST .................................................................................... 18

    7.

    SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF BITUMEN .................................................................................. 21

    8.

    PENETRATION TEST ......................................................................................................... 23

    9.

    DUCTILITY TEST .............................................................................................................. 25


    10. SOFTENING POINT TEST ............................................................................................. 28
    11. FLASH & FIRE POINT TEST ......................................................................................... 30
    12. DETERMINATION OF BINDER CONTENT FOR ASPHALT MIX ............................ 32
    13. BITUMINOUS MIX DESIGN BY MARSHALL METHOD .......................................... 35
    14. SUPERPAVE GYRATORY COMPACTOR (SGC) ......................................................... 44
    15. DYNAMIC CONE PENETROMETER ........................................................................... 47
    16. BENKELMAN BEAM DEFLECTION MEASUREMENTS .......................................... 50

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