Jumana Shadid

202010398

Core test
Dr: Jamil Hamadneh
In Road Construction Projects, engineers carry out Asphalt core testing to *
confirm the quality of the works like the density of the asphalt, the thickness
.of the layer, air permeability, asphalt compression strength, asphalt mix test

*Asphalt Coring
Hot-mix asphalt is batched with mineral aggregates and a specified amount
of heated asphalt bitumen. The hot mixture is placed and leveled while still
malleable, gaining strength and stiffening as it cools and is densities with
rolling compactors. It does not become “hard”; in fact, it is a flexible
pavement.
Removing cores from asphalt pavement is a normal part of planned quality
control procedures. Project specifications for new pavement installations
often factor in design versus actual thickness and density values to determine
specification compliance and pay factor. Asphalt core samples are also used
for some of the same tests performed on specimens prepared or molded in
the laboratory.
*Concrete cores are used for testing of actual properties of concrete in
existing structures such as strength, permeability, chemical analysis,
carbonation etc. Sampling of concrete cores and testing its strength is
described. While Rebound Hammer, CAPO/Pullout, Windsor
probe and ultrasonic pulse velocity tests give indirect evidence of concrete
quality, a more direct assessment on strength can be made by core sampling
and testing.
*Core Sampling and Testing of Concrete:
Concrete cores are usually cut by means of a rotary cutting tool with
diamond bits. In this manner, a cylindrical specimen is obtained usually with
its ends being uneven, parallel and square and sometimes with embedded
pieces of reinforcement. The cores are visually described and photographed,
giving specific attention to compaction, distribution of aggregates, presence
of steel etc.