of 75

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B I T U M I

etfort
because h e compacting Therefore
Therefore
it
it is
1s

ur the specCImens This is in all the

tests.
tests.
OTr
co
onns
stta
annt
t
value o
load value
side Is kept
the s ther correction
actor to the maximum

aply appropriat
1ate specimen.
s pecimen.

tstdard re
r cc
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test
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63.5 mm, it is not

necessary to apply
3
ahue
a i u e

is exactly is not
wastabulity
of the
specimen
is not 63.5 if the volume
mm or
ickness value
s E a b r l i t y

thic e aveage thic.

kness
given in
correction factors
t a c

theh e
t o r .
2verage
I f t h e .

to apply appropriate
necessary If the
it is value of cach specimen.
fac stabil1ty
22 cm arrected Marshall the correction
standard value of 63.5,
obtaim the corrected

the
is less than factor is
oba specimen
thickness is more the correction
ofthe
tha'krw:ssof 1.0 nd if the the
a n d .

is higherthan
hignCr
than

maximum load in kg is to be multiplied by

1s
d value of
h
ar
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y / h c
T d
h e m e a s u r e d

value' Marshall Stability.

the 'corrected of
obtain
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Marshall stability values
factors:for
Correction

6.10
Average thickness Correction |
Table
Volume of
of specimen, mim factors
specime1, cm
57.2 1.19
457-4770

58.7 1.14
471-482
60.3 1.09
483-495
61.9 1.04
496-508
1.00
509-522 63.5
65.1 0.96
523-535
66.7 0.93
536-546 0.89
547-559 68.3
69.8 0.86
560-573

a and voids analysis

bituminous mix
k propertiesofcompacted
mix consists of mineral aggregates (coarse
compacted specimen of bituminous The
ggregates and filler), bituminous binder and some air voids.
mineral
in
composition of compacted bituminous mix is shown diagrammatically
ibe voumes are represented as given below: