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Figure 4.8:5 Functional overview <strong>of</strong> the test arrangment used to measure the surface<br />

friction angle <strong>of</strong> aggregates (Cheung 1994).<br />

The surface friction at the contact points <strong>of</strong> particles can be assumed to affect the<br />

resilient deformation <strong>behaviour</strong>, especially when the external load reaches the value that<br />

makes the particles slide. The reason is that the maximum frictional force value resisting<br />

sliding is defined as a mathematical product <strong>of</strong> the coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction and the normal<br />

force acting at the contact point. It should be mentioned that the value <strong>of</strong> the surface<br />

friction angle determined using the friction test as proposed by Cheung (1994) does not<br />

necessarily correlate with the visual assessment <strong>of</strong> the surface roughness. Therefore, the<br />

recoverable deformation and the macro level surface roughness do not necessarily<br />

interrelate. However, the macro level surface roughness (visible roughness <strong>of</strong> the<br />

individual particles based on the number <strong>of</strong> protrusions in the surface) probably<br />

correlates better with the ability <strong>of</strong> the material to resist permanent deformations (Thom<br />

and Brown 1989, Brown and Selig 1991). The surface structure <strong>of</strong> mineral crystals<br />

probably has more significant influence on the friction, because the surface structure<br />

basically determines the micro level influencing mechanisms <strong>of</strong> the sliding resistance.

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