CEG552 HIGHWAY & TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

AGGREGATE IMPACT TEST

OPEN-ENDED LAB LEVEL 1

PREAMBLE Introduction
When a road aggregate has been manufactured to a specified grading, it is
stockpiled, loaded into trucks, transported, tipped, spread and compacted. If
the aggregate is weak, some degradation may take place and result in a
change in grading and/or the production of excessive and undesirable fines.
Thus, an aggregate complying with a specification at the quarry may fail to do
so when it is in the pavement. Granular base layers and surfacings are
subjected to repeated loadings from truck tyres, and the stress at the contact
points of aggregate particles can be relatively high. These crushing tests can
reveal aggregate properties subject to mechanical degradation of this form.
Objectives
The objective of this study is to assess the resistance of an aggregate to
mechanical degradation by the Aggregate Impact Test.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this activity, the students should be able to:
1. Determine the toughness (impact value) of aggregates
PROBLEM Toughness is the property of a material to resist impact. Due to traffic loads,
STATEMENT the road stones are subjected to the pounding action or impact, and there is a
possibility of stones breaking into smaller pieces. The road stones should,
therefore be tough enough to resist fracture under the impact.

Modification of Instruction (Online Distance Learning)

You can replace the laboratory procedure with any possibility of data access.
For example, from an online source such as video recording (refer to the
linked video provided) and raw data provided in the appendices which
represent different data sources. Each group should choose a different data
source provided in the appendices.
WAYS & The apparatus consists of a steel test mould with a falling hammer, as shown
MEANS in Figure 1. The hammer slides freely between vertical guides so arranged
that the lower part of the hammer is above and concentric with the mould.
1. Prepare the material that is the aggregate passing a 12.70 mm sieve and
retained on a 9.52 mm sieve. It shall be clean and dry (washed if
necessary), but it must not be dried for longer than 4 hours, nor at a
temperature higher than 110oC otherwise, certain aggregates may be
damaged.
2. Fill this aggregates in the steel cylinder in 3 layers, tamping each layer 25
times with the tamping rod. Level the surface with the tamping rod as a
straight edge.
3. Weight the aggregates and recorded.
4. Assemble the sample in the apparatus, and then release the hammer to fall
freely on the aggregates. The test sample is subjected to a total of 15 blows.
Each should be delivered at an interval not less than one second.
5. Sieve the crushed aggregate over a 2.36 mm sieve.
6. Weigh the fraction passing 2.36 mm to the nearest 0.1 g (mass B).
7. Also weigh the fraction retained on the sieve (mass C). If {A-(B+C)}>1 gram,
the result shall be discarded and a new test made.
 Figure 1: Apparatus for the aggregate impact test

Reference:
1. Ref. Standard Procedure: ArahanTeknik (Jalan) 5/85
2. SS (1974). SS73:1974 Specification for methods for sampling and testing of
mineral aggregates, sand and fillers - Determination of aggregate impact
value, aggregate crushing value and ten per cent fines value. Singapore
Standard, Singapore.
3. Recorded video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMOjNz9ykWE&t=5s
RESULTS The group is required to submit a technical report within a week to present the
study. In the report, you should include the proper data analysis, results,
discussion and conclusion of the study
 APPENDIX A

Weight of sample (g)

Aggregate size Weight of sample (g)
Sample After crushed AIV (%)
(mm) Before crushed
(passing 2.36mm sieve)
A 10 303.6 59.7
B 10 300.0 60.0
Average

APPENDIX B

Weight of sample (g)

Aggregate size Weight of sample (g)
Sample After crushed AIV (%)
(mm) Before crushed
(passing 2.36mm sieve)
A 10 303.6 73.3
B 10 300.0 70.0
Average

APPENDIX C

Weight of sample (g)

Aggregate size Weight of sample (g)
Sample After crushed AIV (%)
(mm) Before crushed
(passing 2.36mm sieve)
A 10 303.6 86.9
B 10 300.0 90.0
Average