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Title:

AN EXPERIMENTAL ROAD OF CEMENT BOUND MACADAM

Accession Number:

00207158

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

AN EXPERIMENTAL ROAD OF CEMENT BOUND MACADAM WAS CONSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON MEATERIAL REQUIREMENTS, CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND DATA ON WHICH DESIGNS AND ESTIMATES COULD BE BASED. THE TEST ROAD INCLUDED 81 SECTIONS CONSTRUCTED WITH THREE SIZES OF LIMESTONE, THREE SIZES OF GRAVEL AND ONE SIZE OF SLAG COARSE AGGREGATE. THESE COARSE AGGREGATES WERE PENETRATED WITH GROUT OF DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS BY WEIGHT OF SAND OF VARIOUS COARSENESS WITH VARYING AMOUNTS OF WATER. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIFORM AND FULL PENETRATION OF COARSE AGGREGATES BY THE GROUT WAS STUDIED. COMPACTION METHODS WERE DESCRIBED. COMPACTION METHODS WERE DESCRIBED. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE GIVEN PERTAINING TO SUBGRADE, COARSE AGGREGATE, GROUT, COMPACTION, CONSTRUCTION METHODS, STRENGTHS, AND QUALITY OF MATERIALS.

Supplemental Notes:

Vol 13, ParT 1, PP 212-227, 6 FIG, 3 TAB; part of Report of Committee on Design. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01490412

Authors:

Fleming, E M
ANDERSON, A A
Litehiser, R R
SHELTON, W A

Editors:

Crum, Roy W

Publication Date:

1934

Serial:

Highway Research Board Proceedings

Volume: 13
Publisher: Highway Research Board

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Subject Areas:

Construction; Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 15 1971 12:00AM

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