HIGHWAY MATERIALS

Part 3
Aggregate

Mr Che Ros Ismail|Dr Norhidayah Abdul Hassan

Faculty of Civil Engineering
 Content

Origin and Production

Aggregate Size
Aggregate Physical Properties
Tests on Aggregate Properties
 Binder

Aggregate Filler

Road
materials

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 Origin

 Natural or artificial
Igneous
Ex. granite

Metamorphic Aggregate Sedimentary

classes
Ex. Quartzite (natural) Ex. Limestone

 Artificial aggregate – slag waste from ore to

produce steel

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 Aggregate Size

Coarse Aggregate Filler ≤ 75 µm

≥ 4.75 mm size

Fine
≤ 4.75 mm

 Nominal maximum aggregate size: “one sieve

larger than the first sieve to retain more than
10% of the materials”
 Maximum size: “one sieve larger than the
nominal maximum size”

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 Strength

Affinity Durability

Aggregate
properties

Relative Shape &

density & surface
absorption texture

Resistance Deleterious
to wear substance
(hardness)
Gradation

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 Aggregate Tests

Aggregate Crushing Value & Ten

Percent Fine Value

Aggregate Impact Value

Loss Angeles Abrasion Value

Soundness

Flakiness and Elongation Index

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 Aggregate Tests

Specific Gravity and Water

Absorption

Coating and Stripping

Polished Stone Value

(Pendulum test)

Sieve

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