FACULTY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND GEOMATIC ENGINEERING

SEMESTER 1- SESSION 2013/2014

BFC 31802 Highway Engineering
Assignment

Type of mix :
SG Agg. blend :
SG.Bitumen :
Gred Bitumen (PEN):
Spec. No

% Bit.
Cont.

Weight (gram)
Saturated
Surface Dry

ACW14
2.76
1.02
80/100

In Air

Bulk Vol
In Water
f

Spec. Grav
Max
Bulk
Theo
g

Volume % Total
Bit.

Agg.

Void

Agg

Voids %
Filled
(Bit)
m

Corr
Fact
Total
Mix
n

Stabillity-kg
Meas

Corrected

Flow mm

Stiff-ness

S1

4.0

1255.0
1250.0
1245.0

1253.6
1248.6
1243.6

736.8
729.4
722.6

1155
1440
1038

2.5
2.5
2.5

AVG
S2

4.5

1232.0
1227.2
1229.6

1231.2
1226.4
1228.8

715.4
717.8
719.9

1245
1398
1404

2.5
2.8
3.0

AVG
S3

5.0

1264.7
1244.7
1251.4

1263.1
1242.5
1250.1

738.6
723.5
727.8

862
744
773

7.5
7.5
7.3

AVG
S4

5.5

1220.4
1229.8
1218.5

1220.0
1229.4
1218.1

705.1
719.1
703.7

775
697
755

8.5
7.5
8.8

AVG
S5

6.0

1279.1
1263.6
1253.6

1278.3
1262.2
1253.6

742.4
736.5
730.5

665
597
668

8.8
8.8
9.0

AVG

================================================================================================================
According to the Marshall test results for the bituminous mixture design (ACW 14) as shown in table below,
Determine the optimum bitumen content for this bituminous mixture.