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Comparison of 9.5 mm SuperPave and Marshall Wearing I Mixes in ...

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10SieveAllowable PercentPass<strong>in</strong>g Sieve1/2” 1003/8” 85 – 100#4 80 max#8 30 - 55#200 2.0 – 9.0The percent material pass<strong>in</strong>g a sieve when blend<strong>in</strong>g multiple stockpiles is computed as (Robertset al, 1996):P aA Bb Cc[2.1]Where,P = percentage <strong>of</strong> material pass<strong>in</strong>g a given sieve for the comb<strong>in</strong>ed aggregates A, B, C,…A, B, C,… = the percent <strong>of</strong> material pass<strong>in</strong>g a given sieve for each aggregatea, b, c,… = proportions <strong>of</strong> aggregates A, B, C,… to be used <strong>in</strong> the blend,a + b + c… = 1.00.The comb<strong>in</strong>ed specific gravity <strong>of</strong> an aggregate blend is needed to correctly calculate eachcompacted sample <strong>of</strong> asphalt pavement. The equation used to determ<strong>in</strong>e the comb<strong>in</strong>ed specificgravity is:GP1P1G1P2P2G2PnPnG3[2.2]Where,G = comb<strong>in</strong>ed specific gravityG 1 , G 2 , … , G n = specific gravity values for fraction 1, 2, … nP 1 , P 2 , … , P n = weight percentages <strong>of</strong> fraction 1, 2, … n.Once a suitable gradation is determ<strong>in</strong>ed, <strong>Marshall</strong> samples are compacted. The WVDOH uses 75<strong>and</strong> 50 blows per side for heavy <strong>and</strong> medium traffic volume designs, respectively. The <strong>Marshall</strong>

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