Gradation of aggregate

BLENDING OF AGGREGATES
The following aggregates are selected for the mix

• Recycled coarse aggregate-20mm (Behavior of geopolymeric recycled aggregate

concrete-filled FRP tube (GRACFFT) columns under lateral cyclic loading Jingming
Caia , Haoyu Haoa , Togay Ozbakkaloglub , Yamei Zhangc , Jinlong Pan).

• RAP 10mm-old aggregate from R2# (Optimization of gradation design of recycled

asphalt mixtures based on fractal and Mohr-Coulomb theories Yuanyuan Pan a ,
Jing Li a , Tao Yang a , Guoqiang Liu a , Jian Zhou a , Peng Guo b , Yongli Zhao a)
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• Crushed brick 31.5 mm(Effects of Brick Content on Crushing Behavior of Subgrade

Backfill Material Composed of Construction Waste Dequan Kong, Ph.D.1 ; Rong
Wan, Ph.D.2 ; Lixin Zhang3 ; Ziqi He4 ; Yonghui Wang5 ; and Weiming Huang)

• Stone dust (Suitability of crushed stone dust as fine aggregate in mortars)

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➢ TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD(Excel)

Sieve analysis

Trial and error

31.5mm-55.55%, 20mm-14.4%, 10mm-5.55%, Stone dust-24.54%

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Gradation chart
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FULLER-THOMSON MODEL

Gradation Chart
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%passing by Fuller-Thomson model recommended

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TRIANGULATION CHART METHOD

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ROTHFUCH’S BALANCE AREA METHOD

37.5mm-68%
20mm-25%
10mm-12%
Stone dust-5%
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Checking grade
SHILESTONE CHART OR COARSENESS FACTOR CHART