Academic Year 2019 - 2020 (B.E.

YEAR, semester) 3rd 5th

Subject :- HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

SR
NAME OF EXPERIMENT
NO.
CBR (California Bearing Ratio
1 CBR Machine
Test)
2 Aggregate Crushing Test
3 Aggregate Impact Test
4 Los Angeles Abrasion Test
Flakiness Index And Elongation A standard thickness gauge , A standard length gauge , IS : 2386 - I
5 IS sieves of sizes 63,50,40,31.5,25,20,16,12.5,10,6.3mm.
Index
6 Marshall Stability Test
7 Specific Gravity Test
8 Penetration Test For Bitumen
9 Softening Point Test For Bitumen Ring and ball apparatus.
10 Ductility Test For Bitumen
Flash And Fire Test For Bitumen Pensky-martens closed tester.
11
Specific Gravity Test For
12 Bitumen
APPARTUS IS CODE SIGNIFICANCE
IS : 2720 – Used in evaluating the strength of the compacted soil.
XVI Used in pavement design for both roads and airfields.
The aggregate get crushed, by movement of roller during construction or due to heavy wheel loads.
They must therefore be strong enough to support these loads.
Compression testing machine , Cylindrical mould 15cm Crushing value test measure the strength.
IS : 2386 - IV
dia., Tamping rod 16mm dia. 45-60cm long , Balance , IS It gives relative measures of the resistance of on aggregate crushing under gradually applied
Sieves , dial gauge. compressive load.
Aggregate used in road construction must be strong enough to withstand crushing under roller and
traffic
Impact testing machine , A cylindrical steel cup with Aggregate in pavement are also subjected to impact/blows of wheels, specially at irregularities in roads
internal dia 102mm , depth 50mm,A cylindrical metal IS : 2386 - IV resulting in their breaking down into smaller pieces.
measure internal dia 75mm, depth 50mm,Tamping rod, It helps in determining the resistance of stones to fracture or break down under shock and impact.
Balance , IS sieves. It measures “Toughness” of the aggregate.
The aggregate to be used for wearing course of pavement must have certain hardness against abrasive
action.
Los angeles abrasion testing machine , Balance , Set of
IS : 2386 - IV The soil particles between the pneumatic tyres of the moving vehicles and the road surface causes
standard sieves , Drying oven , Steel balls having
abrasion of road aggregates. The steel reamed wheels of animals drawn vehicles also cause considerable
dia 4.8cm , weight 390-445gm
abrasion of the road surface.
Road aggregate should be hard enough to resist the abrasion.
Flaky and elongated stones pieces produce unstable and weak mix. They are usually unsuitable for road
works.
Flaky are those having least dimension (thickness)smaller than 0.6times the mean dimension of
aggregate.
Elongated are those having greater dimension (length) greater than 1.8 times of the mean dimension of
the aggregate.
It is difficult to get edges of flaky particles coated with bitumen in premixes elongated particles have
poor strength and create problem during compaction
Marshall test method is a most common and convenient method of bituminous mix design.
Marshall stability test apparatus. ASTM : D-
1559(8)
In design of bituminous mixes, this test determines the two important properties of strength and
flexibility.
It is desirable to know specific gravity of the bitumen used, for making volume correction when volume
IS: 1202-
Pycnometer or specific gravity bottle.
1978
measurements are made at high temperature.
It is also used as one of the factor determining of voids in compacted bituminous paving mixes.
This test is used for classification of bitumen grade and for evaluating consistency of bituminous
materials.
Penetrometer. IS:1203-1978
The penetration value as such has identification character and bears no quality statement.
The lower the value of penetration, the harder or more viscous is the bitumen.
The softening point of bitumen is the temperature at which the substance attains a particular degree of
IS:1205 &
softening.
IS:334 -1982
Determination of softening point helps to know the temperature up to which a bituminous binder should
be heated to have sufficient fluidity for application in road use.
This test is another measure of consistency, and is also called “Ring and Ball Test”.
 Ductility is the important characteristic of bitumen. A ductile material is one which elongated when in
IS:1208-1978 tension. Since road bituminous should be elastic to overcome the surface movement.
Standard ductilometer.
 Ductility is define as the distance in cm, to which a standard or briquette of the material will be
elongated without breaking.
The “Fire Point” of bitumen indicates the temperature to which the material may be safety heated
IS:1209 without danger of instantaneous flash, in the presence of a open flame.
This temperature however is usually well below that at which the material will burn.
This temperature is called “Fire Point”.
This test is done to determine the specific gravity of semi-solid bitumen road tars, creosote and
Specific gravity bottle, anthracene oil.
IS:2720-III
Balance, Bitumen binder has specific gravity in the range of 0.97 to 1.02.
Distilled water. Specific gravity tests are useful in making volume correction based on temperature.

It is measure of the resistance to flow.

Viscosity Test For Bitumen IS:1206-1978
13 Saybolt Viscometer and Bath. Higher the viscosity of liquid bitumen, the more nearly it approaches a semi-solid state in consistency.
Saymbol furol viscosity test is used to determine viscosity of liquid bitumen.