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Aggregates undergo substantial wear and tear throughout their life. Generally, they should be
hard and tough enough to resist crushing, degradation and disintegration from any activities.

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This test is performed by AASHTO T96 or ASTM C131: for resistance to small size coarse
aggregation by abrasion and impact in a Los Angeles machine.

Los Angeles's abrasion test on aggregates is a measure of aggregate toughness and abrasion
resistance such as crushing, corrosion and disintegration. Aggregate abrasion characteristics are
important because the component aggregates in HMA (Hot Mix Asphalt) must resist crushing,
degradation, and disintegration to produce high quality HMA. Categories

Principle of the Test:

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To produce the abrasive action by use of standard steel balls which when mixed with the Civilfield (35)
aggregate and rotated in a drum for specific number of revolution cause impact on aggregate. The
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%age wear due to rubbing with steel balls is determined and is known as abrasion value.
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Prepare the sample by the portion of an aggregate sample retained on the 1.70 mm sieve and Construction Planning (12)
place in a large rotating drum that contains a shelf plate attached to the outer wall.
Design Plan (6)

Apparatus required: Interview (2)

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1.Steel Spherical Balls- Cast iron or steel balls, approximately 48mm in diameter and each
weighing between 390 to 445 g; six to twelve balls are required. Primavera (13)

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2.Los Angeles Machine (The machine is equipped with a counter. The machine shall consist of
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hollow steel cylinders closed at both ends. An opening shall be provided in the cylinder to present
the specimen. Testing (12)

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3.Sieves-1.70, 2.36, 4.75, 6.3, 10, 12.5, 20, 25, 40, 50, 63, 80 mm IS Sieves.

4.Balance of capacity 5 kg or 10 kg.

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Procedure for Los Angeles Test: Design Plan Interview Numericals

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1.The test specimen consists of clean aggregates dried in an oven at 105 ° - 110 ° C. The sample
must correspond to any of the grading shown in Table 1. Water Resource Engineeering

2.Select the grading used in the test in such a way that it conforms to the grading used in the
construction, to the maximum extent possible.

3.Take a sample of 5 kg for grading A, B, C and D and 10 kg for grading E, F & G.

4.Depending on the grading of the aggregate, choose the abrasive charge according to Table 2.

5.Place aggregates and abrasive charges on the cylinder and fix the cover.

6.Rotate the machine at a speed of 30 to 33 revolutions per minute. The number of revolutions is
500 for A, B, C and D and 1000 for grading E, F & G. The machine must be balanced and operated
so that there is equal peripheral speed.

7.The machine is stopped after the desired number of revolutions and the material is discharged
into a tray.

8.The entire stone dust is sieved on a 1.70 mm IS sieve.

9.A material thicker than 1.7 mm in size weighs up to one gram.

Table-1:Grading of test samples

Test Suitability:

The L.A. Abrasion test is an empirical test; it is not directly related to field performance of
aggregates.

Field observations generally do not show a good relationship between L.A. abrasion values and
field performance.

L.A. abrasion loss is unable to predict field performance.

Table 2- Abrasion charge

Uses & Significance of Los Angeles Abrasion Test :

For an aggregate to perform satisfactory in pavement, it must be sufficiently hard to resist the
abrasive effect of traffic over long period of time. The soft aggregates will be quickly ground to
dust, whilst the hard aggregates are quite resistant to crushing effect.

The test also will determine the quality of the aggregate.

The L.A. Abrasion test is widely used as an indicator of the relative quality or competence of
mineral aggregates.

Recommended Los Angeles Test Values for Pavements

Los Angeles test is commonly used to evaluate the hardness of aggregates. The test has more

acceptability because the resistance to abrasion and impact is determined simultaneously.

Depending upon the value, the suitability of aggregates for different road constructions can be

judged as per IRC specifications as given:

S.No. Type of Pavement Max. permissible abrasion

value in %

1 Water bound macadam sub base course 60

2 WBM base course with bituminous surfacing 50

3 Bituminous bound macadam 50

4 WBM surfacing course 40

5 Bituminous penetration macadam 40

6 Bituminous surface dressing, cement concrete 35

surface course

7 Bituminous concrete surface course 30

Observations of Los Angeles Test:

Original weight of aggregate sample = W1 gm

Weight of aggregate sample retained = W2 gm

Weight passing 1.7mm IS sieve = W1 – W2 gm

Abrasion Value = (W1 – W2 ) / W1 X 100

Table-3: Abrasion test values

Results:

Average Los Angeles Abrasion Value (from table-3) = 14.94

Note: The reading will be different whenever you will perform the los angeles test. In this article,
i have given the readings and it calculations for computing average abrasion values so that it will
be helpful for the students undergoing civil engineering degree.

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