PAVEMENT MATERIALS

Module 2, Lecture 10
Aggregate Properties (Part 4)
NIKHIL SABOO
CIVIL ENGINEERING

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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LEARN?
• ORIGIN AND TYPES

• PRODUCTION AND STORAGE

• AGGREGATE CLASSIFICATION AND GRADATION

• AGGREGATE MINERALOGY AND IMPORTANCE

• AGGREGATE SHAPE AND TEXTURE

• AGGREGATE PROPERTIES

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Specific Gravity of Aggregates
• Accurate determination of specific gravity is very crucial for correct volumetrics
calculation
• Variability in lab can be high: Why??----SSD weight!
• Do the test at least 5 times: Specially finer fractions
➢ For same source of Aggregates, will the value of Gsb for different mixes (say BC, DBM
and SMA) be same?
“NO”
➢ If the SG of CA (>4.75 mm) is SG1 and SG of FA (<4.75 mm) is
SG2 , what will be the SG of mix with 60% CA and 40% FA.
0.6 SG1 + 0.4 SG2 ??

1/(0.6/SG1+0.4/SG2)

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Specific Gravity of Aggregates

If A, B and C get mixed at 40, 30 and 30 percent, final

SG?
A B 100 100 100
C 𝐺𝑠𝑏,𝐴 = 𝐺𝑠𝑏,𝐵 = 𝐺𝑠𝑏,𝐶 =
60 40 20 80 100
+ +
𝐺𝐶𝐴 𝐺𝐹𝐴 𝐺𝐶𝐴 𝐺𝐹𝐴 𝐺𝐹𝐴
60 Coarse 20 Coarse 0 Coarse
40 Fine 80 Fine 100 Fine

100
𝐺𝑠𝑏,𝑀𝑖𝑥 =
40 30 30
+ +
𝐺𝑠𝑏,𝐴 𝐺𝑠𝑏,𝐵 𝐺𝑠𝑏,𝐶

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 20 mm 10 mm 6.3 mm Stone Dust
Sieve Size Percentage Percentage Percentage
(mm) Percent Wt. Percent Wt. Percentage Wt. Percent Wt. Percent Wt.
Wt. Retained Wt. Retained Wt. Retained
Passing % Passing % Retained % Passing % Passing %
% % %
Blending Ratio 0 0.4 0 0.6
19 28.64 71.36 0 100.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 100.00
13.2 52.47 18.89 1.70 98.30 0.00 100.00 0.00 100.00
9.5 10.78 8.11 40.92 57.38 0.00 100.00 0.00 100.00
2.676
4.75 8.11 0 57.38 0.00 74.45 25.55 0.00 100.00
Blending Ratio 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
2.36 0 0 0 0.00 25.29 0.27 13.56 86.44
1.18 0 0 0 0.00 0.27 0.00 15.22 71.22
0.6 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.89 58.33 2.678
0.3 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.33 41.00
0.15 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.11 25.89
0.075 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.11 11.78
Pan 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.78 0.00

CA % 100 100 74.45 0

FA % 0 0 25.55 88.22
Filler% 0 0 0 11.77
SG, CA 2.699 2.688 2.667
SG, FA 2.662 2.662
SG, Filler 2.718
SG, Avg 2.699 2.688 2.665 2.668

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 Test IS Code ASTM
Aggregate Impact Test IS: 2386 (Part 4) -
Abrasion Test – Los Angeles Abrasion IS: 2386 (Part 4) ASTM C 131
Micro Deval Test IS: 2386 (Part 4) ASTM D6928
Durability and Soundness Test IS: 2386 (Part 5) ASTM C88

Sand Equivalent Test IS: 2720 (Part 37) ASTM D 2419

Liquid Limit and Plastic Limit IS: 2720 (Part 5) ASTM D 4318
Methylene Blue Test - ASTM D 837

Specific Gravity and Water Absorption of

IS: 2386 (Part 3) ASTM C 127
Coarse Aggregate

Specific Gravity and Water Absorption of Fine

IS: 2386 (Part 3) ASTM C 128
Aggregate

Flakiness Index and Elongation Index IS: 2386 (Part 1)

Flat and Elongated Particles Test - ASTM D 4791

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Materials in Subgrade, Base and Sub-base

✓ Elastoplastic behaviour under traffic loading

✓ Behaviour can be understood using shakedown
theory by Werkmeister
▪ Region 1: Elastic- Energy input in deforming the
elastic grains is released upon unloading
▪ Region 2: Elastic shakedown- limited slipping and
changes in density due to adjustments: Observed
during conditioning period during laboratory test
▪ Region3-4: Plastic shakedown- gradual and low level
abrasion of materials
▪ Region 5: Plastic strain until failure- crushing,
abrasion and breakdown
Region 2 and 3 used in pavement design
Resilient Modulus Test: Elastic modulus based on 𝝈𝒅
recoverable strain (after 100-200 rep) is the resilient 𝑴𝒓 =
𝜺𝒓
modulus: Mr
∆(𝜎1 − 𝜎3 )
𝑀𝑟 =
𝜀1,𝑟

𝜀3,𝑟
𝜇=−
𝜀1,𝑟
Resilient Modulus is directly used in Pavement design for calculation of stresses, strains and deflections
Base and Sub-base materials 𝑘 𝑘
𝑘2 𝜃 2 𝜏𝑜𝑐𝑡 3
𝜎3 𝑀𝑟 = 𝑘1 𝑃𝑎
𝑀𝑟 = 𝑘1 𝑃𝑎 𝑘2 𝑘3 𝑃𝑎 𝑃𝑎
𝑃𝑎 𝜃 𝜎𝑑
𝑀𝑟 = 𝑘1 𝑃𝑎 1
𝜃 2
𝑘 𝑃𝑎 𝑃𝑎 𝜏𝑜𝑐𝑡 = 𝜎1 − 𝜎3 2 + 𝜎2 − 𝜎3 2 + 𝜎1 − 𝜎2 2
𝑀𝑟 = 𝑘1 𝑃𝑎 3
𝑃𝑎
Pa is the atmospheric pressure; σ3 is the confining stress, θ is the bulk stress: σ1 + 2 σ3; τoct is the octahedral stress when σ2 is
not equal to σ3
k2 (positive) and k3 (negative) are regression coefficients
Recoverable deformation
recorded at the end of
200th repetition

Recoverable strain:
recoverable
deformation/sample
thickness

RM= Deviator
stress/recoverable strain
Stress-Strain Behavior of Aggregates
Unbound granular material exhibits cross anisotropic
behaviour. Modulus in vertical, radial and tangential directions
are different. Base layers are stiffer in vertical direction than in
horizontal direction.

IRC 37: 2018

𝑴𝒓,𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝒉𝟎.𝟒𝟓 𝑴𝒓,𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆

Papagiannakis, A. T., & Masad, E. A. (2008).

Pavement design and materials. Hoboken,
NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

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Thank You

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