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Asphalt Mixture Design Methods

The document outlines the structural design principles for asphalt mixtures in highways and airports engineering, focusing on the properties and specifications of asphalt. It includes examples using the Marshall method to determine the optimum asphalt content based on stability, flow, and volumetric properties. Key calculations and results for different asphalt content percentages are provided to illustrate the design process.

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Asphalt Mixture Design Methods

The document outlines the structural design principles for asphalt mixtures in highways and airports engineering, focusing on the properties and specifications of asphalt. It includes examples using the Marshall method to determine the optimum asphalt content based on stability, flow, and volumetric properties. Key calculations and results for different asphalt content percentages are provided to illustrate the design process.

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Fourth Year Civil

Highways and Airports Engineering


Dr. Eng. Ahmed Semeida

Lecture 4
Structural Design
‫الحسابات والنتائج‬

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Asphalt Properties Limit of Specifications


Stability (Ibs) Not less than 700 Ibs (340 Kg)
Unit Wt. (gm/cm3) -----
Flow (0.01 inch) (8-16) 0.01 inch
AV % (3-5) %
VMA % Not less than 14 %

‫المنحنيات القياسية‬

Job Mix of Asphalt % = Values (1 + 2 + 3) /3

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‫أمثلة علي تصميم الخلطات األسفلتية باستخدام طريقة مارشال‬

Example (1)

Solution

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Example 2:

Determine the optimum asphalt content of the hot asphaltic concrete mixture if the
results obtained using the Marshall method are shown in the following table. The
specific gravity of the asphalt is 1.02. The average effective specific gravity of
aggregate is 2.8.

% of asphalt Weight of Weight of


Stability Flow
by weight of specimen in specimen in
(Lbs) 0.01(inch)
total mix air (gms) water (gms)
3 1230 735 1400 7
4 1240 745 1900 9.5
5 1250 755 1500 15
6 1260 756 1100 21

Solution:

Case 1:

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Wagg . + Wasph. (0.97  1230) + (0.03  1230) 1230


Gt = = = = 2.66 gm / cm3
Wagg . Wasph. 0.97  1230 0.03  1230 426.11 + 36.18
+ +
Gagg . Gasph. 2.8 1.02

1230
Gm = = 2.48 gm / cm3
1230 − 735

(2.66 − 2.48)
AV =  100 = 6.77%
2.66

36.9
Vasph. = 1.02  100 = 7.29%
1230
2.48

VMA = 6.77 + 7.29 = 14.06%

Case 2:

Wagg . + Wasph. 1240


Gt = = = 2.62 gm / cm3
Wagg . Wasph. 425.14 + 48.63
+
Gagg . Gasph.

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1240
Gm = = 2.51gm / cm3
1240 − 745

(2.62 − 2.51)
AV =  100 = 4.2%
2.62

49.6
Vasph. = 1.02  100 = 9.84%
1240
2.51

VMA = 4.2 + 9.84 = 14.04%

Case 3:
Wagg . + Wasph. 1250
Gt = = = 2.58 gm / cm3
Wagg . Wasph. 424.11 + 61.27
+
Gagg . Gasph.
1250
Gm = = 2.53gm / cm3
1250 − 755

(2.58 − 2.53)
AV =  100 = 1.94%
2.58

62.5
Vasph. = 1.02  100 = 12.4%
1250
2.53

VMA = 1.94 + 12.4 = 14.34%

Case 4:
Wagg . + Wasph. 1260
Gt = = = 2.53gm / cm3
Wagg . Wasph. 423 + 74.12
+
Gagg . Gasph.
1260
Gm = = 2.5 gm / cm3
1260 − 756

(2.53 − 2.5)
AV =  100 = 1.19%
2.53

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75.6
Vasph. = 1.02  100 = 14.71%
1260
2 .5

VMA = 1.19 + 14.71 = 15.9%

‫الخمسة منحنيات القياسية‬

Asphalt Unit wt. Gm Flow Stability


AV % VMA %
Content % (gm/cm3) (0.01 inch) (Ibs)
3 6.77 14.06 2.48 7 1400
4 4.2 14.04 2.51 9.5 1900
5 1.94 14.34 2.53 15 1500
6 1.19 15.9 2.5 21 1100

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Job Mix of Asphalt % = Values (4.07 + 5 + 4) /3= 4.36 %

Check by VMA and Flow Curves

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