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CE332 Test 3 - 03
Asphalt mixtures
Term | Definition |
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target air in Asphalt | 4% |
Bulk Dry Specific Gravity | GS of total Agg with empty voids |
SSD Specific Gravity | GS of total Agg with filled voids |
Apparent Specific Gravity | GS of Agg minus voids |
Affective Aggregate Specific Gravity | GS of Agg, effective asphalt, and absorbed asphalt |
Bulk Vs Theoretical Max Specific Gravity Gmb vs Gmm | Gmb uses Vmb, total volume Gmm uses Vmm, No air! Only mixtures |
Air Void Content | Target Value Less voids - Mixture prone to rutting More Voids - Mixture prone to cracking |
Air% and Asphalt content relationship | inversely proportional -Air% decreases as asphalt content increases |
Voids in Mineral Aggregate (VMA) | Minimum Limit: to ensure there is enough space to accommodate the effective asphalt without causing bleeding *Curved graph |
Voids Filled with Asphalt (VFA) | Acceptable Range - helps prevent marginally acceptable VMS values - linearly increases as asphalt content increases |