STONE AGGREGATES

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ates tto be tested is first sieved through a set of sieves and

o be
a g g r e g a t e s

Thesampe
f fied size ranges nges. Now to separate the flaky material, the aggregates
t e di n t o s p e c i f i c

riate elongated slot of the thickness gauge are found.

s p a r a t
a p p r o p r i a t e
slot would be 0.6 of the
average of the size range.
If the
20
w h u c hp a s s

ale in a group is 16 mm (1.e.,

wIdth o f
the
of
passing 20 mm and
he size
e e t h e width of the slót to be selected in thickness gauge would
r a n g e

ed
selected
The aky material passing the appropriate slot from each size
m m

16
on mm T
108.
etained

0.6 - added up and let this total weight of Naky particles be W1 g. If

hr x
range
18olaggrCgates from the different size ranges is W g, the flakiness
taken from
of sample
/W percent; in other words FI is the perccntage of
h et o t a l weiyhr

by
(100
w
00W, flaky
gven
which a r e less
than 0.6 of the mean dimensions.
1s
materials, t e widths
index widths of
cested that the Fl of aggregatcs used in bituminous concrete and
s u g g e s t e d

has
The
IRC chould not exceed 25 %: the aggregates used in water bound
surlace dressing
M a c a d a m should not exceed 15 .

and
Macadamandi
bituminous

Elongation i n d e x

of an aggregate is the percentage by weight of particles, the

ian index (El)
or
dimension of which its length is greater than one and four fifth or 1.8 times
preatest index test is not applicable for sizes smaller than
The elongation
dimension.
is used to gauge the greatest dimension or length of the
mean
their
Standard length gauge
am.
The elongated aggregates are those which do not pass
(see Fig. 6. 18).
63
samples 1.8 times of the respective
slots of the length gauge which are
Lgregate

h the designated
these elongated pieces of aggregates are separated.
aen size of the aggregate; 12.5 mm
50- 40 mm
40 25 25 20 20 1616
12.5 100
10-6.1

64.4 40.5
81.0

Fig. 6.18 Length gauge

e sample of aggregate to be tested is sieved through a set of sieves and separated
from each of the Size
pecified size ranges. The longest side of aggregate particles of the length gauge:
then individually passed through the appropriate gauge The portion of the
ingth would be 1.8 times the mean size of the aggregate. size
lon gauge from each
ggregate having length greater than the specified
hnge is weighed. stones is expressed as a
The total weight of the elongated
TCentage of the total weight of the sample taken to obtain the elongation index.

also likely to break

laky aggregates are less workable: they are
Flakiness index
azd elongatiu loads than the Sgregate which are spherical
or cubical.
aggregat are generally
considered
of 15 percent
0estrable; however
e vaues
in
no recognised limits have been laid
no
excess
down for clongation index.
Dtermi tion
recogn
of comnbined lakiness and elongation index
Ty of Road Govermment of India
pecified the pern Transport and Highways (MORTII).
S S b l e limit of the combined 1akiness and elongation index O