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Maximum Specific Gravity of Bituminous Mixtures (GMM) : Employer: Engineer: Ethiopia Road Authority (ERA)
Maximum Specific Gravity of Bituminous Mixtures (GMM) : Employer: Engineer: Ethiopia Road Authority (ERA)
Test No. 01 02 03 04 05
Bitumen Content 6.0 6.0
Trial No./ Bottle No. 1 2
Temp. of test water o
C 250C 250C
Wt. of sample g 1198.0 1181.0
Wt. of ssd sample 1198.0 1181.0
Wt. of Pycnometer filled with water g 7396.0 7424.0
Wt. of Pycno. filled w/ sample + g 8126.00 8142.00
Max. Specific Gravity , Gmm 2.560 2.551
correction factor , k 1.0 1.0
Corrected , Gmm 2.560 2.551
100 - Pb
Gse = = 2.823
(100 / Gmm) - (Pb / Gb)
where :
Gse = effective specific gravity of combined agg
Pb = % AC by wt. of total mixtures
Gb = specific gravity of bitumen
Gmm = maximum specific gravity
Remarks
Tested By: Checked By: Approved By:
-0.009
Employer: Engineer:
Ethiopia Road Authority ( ERA)
Test No. 01 02 03 04 05
Bitumen Content 5.5 5.5
Trial No./ Bottle No. 1 2
Temp. of test water o
C 250C 250C
Wt. of sample g 1183.0 1179.0
Wt. of ssd sample 1183.0 1179.0
Wt. of Pycnometer filled with water g 7396.0 7424.0
Wt. of Pycno. filled w/ sample + g 8124.00 8147.00
Max. Specific Gravity , Gmm 2.600 2.586
correction factor , k 1.0 1.0
Corrected , Gmm 2.600 2.586
100 - Pb
Gse = = 2.847
(100 / Gmm) - (Pb / Gb)
where :
Gse = effective specific gravity of combined agg
Pb = % AC by wt. of total mixtures
Gb = specific gravity of bitumen
Gmm = maximum specific gravity
Remarks
Tested By: Checked By: Approved By:
SAMPLING DEPTH AC Mix Design Trial using 6.0% SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF BITUMEN 1.028
A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q
Specimen
No.
- - - - - - - G-F E/H ( D-J)*100/ D 100-(100-A)*J/ B (L-K)*100 /
N*Ring F O*P
L
A1 6.0 2.790 2.823 2.556 1174.8 700.8 1175.1 474.3 2.477 3.1 16.5 81.4 59.8 ### 1.11 13.7 2.87
A2 6.0 2.790 2.823 2.556 1179.6 705.6 1179.9 474.3 2.487 2.7 16.2 83.5 59.9 ### 1.10 14.7 2.65
A3 6.0 2.790 2.823 2.556 1179.2 702.8 1176.5 473.7 2.489 2.6 16.1 83.9 59.3 ### 1.12 13.8 2.01 Stability/Flow
2 - 3.5
Specification Requirements 3 - 5% >13% 65 - 73% >9KN
mm <3.5
214 225 5
100.0
60.0
% of Passing
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
0.0 0.1 1.0 10.0 100.0
Sieve Size, mm
100.0
60.0
% of Passing
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
0.0 0.1 1.0 10.0 100.0
Sieve Size, mm
100.0
60.0
% of Passing
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
0.0 0.1 1.0 10.0 100.0
Sieve Size, mm
2.374 3.8
Density,Kg/m3
2.372 3.3
Flow,mm
2.37 2.8
R² = 0.192156862745098
2.368
2.3
2.366
2.364 1.8
4.45 4.5 4.55 4.6 4.65 4.7 4.75 4.8 4.85 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 5.1
73 14.4
R² = 0.949486652977412
70
VFA,%
VMA,%
13.6
67 12.8
64 12
4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 5.1 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 5.1
Bitument content,% Bitument content,%
2 4.5 65 4.5 13 4.5 5
2 5 65 5 13 5 5
3.5 4.5 73 4.5 3
3.5 5 73 5 3
19.8
R² = 0.421639344262264
stability,KN
156862745098 18.2
16.6
5
4
3
Vair,%
2
1
0
4.8 4.9 5 5.1 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 5.1
ontent,% Bitument content,%