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TEST
1
Sampling Aggregates
SIGNIFICANCE
FORMULA
NOTES
influences the type of construction from the standpoint of
economics and governs the necessary material control to
ensure durability if the resulting structure, from the aggregate
standpoint
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TEST
SIGNIFICANCE
FORMULA
NOTES
P = (Ra/Ws)x100
P = [1606(R-1)a/Ws]x100
D = [30nL/980(Gs-Gm)T]
can be separated much more efficiently and completely by %passing 0.075mm by wet
wet sieving prior dry sieving; AASHTO T 27
sieve = (orig dry - dry after
washing)/orig dry
%Moisture =
[(W1-W2)/W2]x100
W1-wet; W2-dry
PL = [(Wa-Wb)/Wb]x100
Wa-crumbled; Wb-dry
PI = LL - PL
SL = w-[(V-Vo)/Wo]x100
w=[(wet-dry)/dry]x100
Gs=WsGtx/[Ws+(Wa-Wb)]
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Gs-specific gravity of soil; Ws-mass of oven-dried soil, Wamass of pycnometer+water at T1; Wb-mass of
pycnometer+water+soil at T1; Tx-temperature of contents;
Gtx-density of distilled water at Tx
TEST
Compaction
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SIGNIFICANCE
FORMULA
NOTES
w=[(A-B)/(B-C)]x100;
W=[W1/(w+100)]x100;
optimum moisture contentvertex of the curve; max dry
density-corresponding
density of optimum
moisture content
w-% of moisture on oven-dry mass; A-container+wet soil; Bcontainer+dry soil; C-container; W-dry mass of compacted
soil; W1-wet mass of compacted soil; using 2.5kg rammer &
305mm drop (5.5lb/12");
use sample from (17); wash until NaOH has been removed;
test using phenolphthalein or litmus; stength comparison at 7
days (3 batches unwashed & 3 batches washed - mold 3 2"
cube per batch); consistency = 1005; 231.7C; 600g
cement/360mL water
sodium sulfate soln - 350g anhydrous salt/L water or 750g
decahydrate salt/L water; SG=1.54-1.174 magnesium sulfate
soln - 1400g heptahydrate/L water; SG=1.295-1.174; 5
cycles of immersion & drying; 12.7mm depth @ 211C
TEST
20 Mortar Strength Test
SIGNIFICANCE
FORMULA
NOTES
1part cement:2.75part sand water-cement ratio = 0.485 for
portland cement; 0.460 for air-entraining portland cement
flow = 1105
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