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stability as
m ethod
method

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n t h o d d e s I g n
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Meetth
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Mars
Spcilcatrons by
by'
Design
Design

Mix
Mix

Bituminous
us bituminous mir
bitum
on
test
o..3

compacted cylindrical
stability
on

mcept
of
Marshal

Stability
test
is
is
101.6
1 01.6
conducted
conduct

m
mmm and thickness mm.63.5 The specimen
loadi
M a r s h a l l

mix of
ter
d i a m e t e r

cylindrical
specimen through a testing appesd
head consis
hitumuinous

the
the axis
axis ofthe
of the constant rate deformas.
of deformation of
of
p e r p e n d i c u l a r
to
segments,
at a 51 mm
of
cylindrical
temperature
of 60°C.
of a pair test
standard
at the bituminous mix specimen is defined as ama
Stability' of the
minute

The
'Marshall

the standard
test temperature of load is 60Cwhen
appliedu
kg at
'Flow Value' is the total deformatiau
deformation that the Mash
conditions. The
specified
test
at the
maximum load, expressed in m m
test sDecimen under-goes specimen of
bituminous mix indicates its Teci
bility value of a compacted and the flow value indicates the Cxtes
incremental load
defornmation under applied
deformation it undergoes due
to loading or its flexibility'. The Marshall!Stahilit
6.28.
conceptis illustrated in Fig.
STABILITY
MAX. LOAD, kg

FLOW VALUE
DEFORMATION,
(AT MAX. LOAD)

TEST SPECIMEN

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Fig. 6.28 Marshall stability test concept
Preparation of test specimens
The ca