TABLE CONTENT

NO. TITLE PAGE

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1

2.0 OBJECTIVE 1

3.0 PROBLEM STATEMENT 1

4.0 APPARATUS & MATERIAL 1-2

5.0 PROCEDURE 2

6.0 DATA & ANALYSIS 3-4

7.0 DISCUSSION 5

8.0 CONCLUSION 5

9.0 APPENDIX 6-7

10.0 REFERENCE 7
1.0 INTRODUCTION (Nursyazana Afiqah)

A specific grading has been used to stockpiled, loaded into trucks, transported, tipped, spread
and compacted when a road aggregate is manufactured. Some degradation may take place when
the aggregate is weak. This results in change in grading or the production of excessive and
undesirable fines. When aggregates comply with the specifications at the quarry, aggregates will
be failed when the aggregate is in the pavement. The stress at the contact points of aggregates
can be quite high when the granular base layers and surfacings are subjected to repeated loadings
from truck tyres. Therefore, an aggregate impact test was made to determine the aggregate
properties subject to mechanical degradation of this form.

2.0 OBJECTIVES (Nursyazana Afiqah)

The objective for this lab test is to determine the ability of aggregates to resist any impact
applied.

3.0 PROBLEM STATEMENT (Nursyaana Afiqah)

Toughness is the property of a material to resist impact. Due to traffic loads, the road stones are
subjected to the pounding action or impact and there is possibility of stones breaking into smaller
pieces. The road stones should therefore be tough enough to resist fracture under impact.

3.0 APPARATUS & MATERIAL (Hanim Suraya)

1. Impact value test machine

2. Big mould
3. Small mould
4. Tamping rod
5. Weight balance
6. Brush
7. Sieve size 2.36mm, 10mm, 14mm

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 8. Tray
9. scoop

4.0 PROCEDURE (Hanim Suraya)

1. Aggregates were collected by using a scoop and were put in a tray.

2. Then, the aggregates were sieved through 10mm and 14 mm sieves by using a
mechanical sieve machine. The aggregates passing through 14mm sieve comprise the test
aggregate.
3. The small mould was cleaned up by using a brush to free it from dust. Next, the small
mould was weighed.
4. Small mould was filled up with ⅓ depth aggregates (mass A) at first.
5. The aggregates were then compacted by giving 25 gentle blows by using a tamping rod in
the small mould.
6. Step 5 was repeated, for the next two layers to make the small mould full.
7. Tamping rod was rolled on the surface small mould to strike off the surplus aggregates.
8. The small mould with the aggregates was weighed and recorded.
9. The big mould was placed on the circular base of the impact value test machine.
10. The screws for both the left and right side were tightened at the big mould.
11. The aggregates in the small mould were poured into the big mould.
12. The test samples were delivered 15 blows with the 13.5kg hammer, each blow was
delivered at an interval not less than one second.
13. The empty pan and 2.36mm sieve were weighed at first then the crushed aggregate from
the big mould was removed and sieved it through 2.36 mm sieves until no further
significant amount passed in one minute.

14. The fraction passing the sieve (mass B) and the fraction retained on the sieve (mass C)
were weighed.

15. The result has been calculated.

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5.0 DATA & ANALYSIS (Adli Amin)

Table 1: Weight of each item

Weight, (g)

Mould weight 1262.90

Mould weight + aggregates 1558.50

Empty pan 734.00

Empty pan + aggregates 793.70

Sieve 2.36 mm 994.50

Sieve 2.36 mm + aggregates 1229.80

Initial weight (Mass A) 295.90

Aggregate passing 2.36 mm sieve (Mass B) 59.70

Fraction retained on the sieve (Mass C) 235.39

AIV (%) 20.18

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Sample calculation

Initial weight (Mass A) = (Mould weight + aggregates) - Mould weight

= 1558.5 – 1262.9

= 295.9 g

Aggregate passing 2.36 mm sieve (Mass B) = (Empty pan + aggregates) - Empty pan

= 793.7 -734

= 59.7 g

Fraction retained on the sieve (Mass C) = (Sieve 2.36 mm + aggregates) - Sieve 2.36 mm

= 1229.8 – 994.5

= 235.39 g

A-(B+C)=295.9-( 59.7+235.39)=0.81 <1

Aggregate Impact Value, AIV (%)

AIV= (Weight of Aggregate passing 2.36 mm sieve)/(Initial weight) x100%

= (Mass B)/(Mass A) x100%

= 59.7/295.9 x100%

= 20.18 %

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6.0 DISCUSSION (Adli Amin)

The Aggregate Impact Value (AIV) Test is a test to find out how resilient coarse
aggregate is to sudden shock or impact as opposed to gradual compression. The purpose of this
experiment is to test the durability of the aggregates that will be used to construct roads.

In this experiment, the sample first must be clean and dry at a temperature not higher than
110 ℃ as it would damage the aggregate. The dried aggregate was placed inside in a small
mould by 3 layers and each layer was tamped 25 times by tamping rod to compact and reduce the
spaces between the aggregates.

From the weight data collected in this experiment,we can calculate using the formula
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝐴
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝐵
𝑥 100% to get the aggregate impact test value. The aggregate impact test values are

classified into exceptionally strong, strong, satisfy for surface course and weak for surface
course. From the experiment, the Aggregate Impact Value obtained is 20.18 % which can be
classified as strong and suitable to be used for road construction. Means that the aggregate is
strong enough to resist the impact of load.

7.0 CONCLUSION (Abdul Ronie)

From the experiment, it can be concluded that the objective of the experiment was to
assess the resistance of an aggregate to mechanical degradation by using an Aggregate Impact
Test was obtained. The Aggregate Impact Value obtained from this experiment proves that the
aggregate is tough and suitable for road construction. The impact load from being stockpiled,
transported, spread and compacted will be catered by the aggregates and mechanical degradation
can be withstand. In a nutshell, the objective is achieved.

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8.0 APPENDIX

Table 2: Recommended Aggregate Impact Test Value

Appendix 1: Table of recommended aggregate impact test values

Appendix 2: Aggregate Impact Test apparatus

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 Appendix 3: The test samples were delivered 15 blows with the 13.5kg hammer

9.0 REFERENCES

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2. Public Work Department Malaysia. Arahan Teknik (Jalan) 5/85-Manual on Pavement
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Values (AIV) and Los Angeles Abrasion Values (LAAV) of charnockites/charnockitic
gneisses in Sri Lanka.
5. Koch, H. A. (1973). A METHOD OF CALIBRATING THE IMPACT TESTING
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