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3.4.2 Materials
DCPL-K4A02
Water bound macadam shall consist of clean, crushed aggregates mechanically
interlocked by rolling and bonded together with screenings, binding material, where
necessary and water, laid on a prepared subgrade or sub-base, as the case may be,
and finished in accordance with the requirements of these Specifications and in
conformity with the lines, grades and cross-sections shown on the drawings or
otherwise directed by the Engineer.
3.4.2.1 Coarse Aggregates - General Requirements
Coarse aggregates shall be either crushed or broken stone. The aggregates shall
conform to the physical requirements set forth in Table-III.
TABLE-III
Physical Requirements of Coarse Aggregates
for Water Bound Macadam
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Sl. Type of Test Test method Requirements
No. Construction
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1. Sub-base Los Angeles IS:2386 50 percent
Abrasion Value* (Part IV) maximum.
or
Aggregate IS:2386 40 percent
Impact Value (Part IV) maximum.
or
IS:5640**
2. Base a) Loss Angeles IS:2386 50 percent
Abrasion Value* (Part IV) maximum.
or
Aggregate IS:2386 40 percent
Impact Value Part IV) maximum.
or
IS:5640**
b) Flakiness IS:2386 15 percent
Index*** (Part I) maximum.
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* Aggregate may satisfy requirements of either of the two tests.
** Aggregates like brick metal, kankar and laterite which get softened
in presence of water, shall be tested for impact value under
conditions in accordance with IS:5640.
*** The requirements of Flakiness Index shall be enforced only in case of
crushed or broken stone and crushed slag.
3.4.2.2 Crushed or Broken Stone
Crushed or broken stone shall be hard, durable and free from excess of
flat, elongated, soft and disintegrated particles, dirt and other objectionable
matter.
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