Stone Mastic Asphalt

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Stone Mastic Asphalt

The Product
Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) is one of the newer generation of mixes within the country. It was developed and has been successfully used in Germany over the past 25years. In order to the comply with requirements of the Irish market however, this design was modified to meet NRA texture requirements. It is a material with a high mineral aggregate (stone) content generally in the range of 70-80% coarse aggregate. The remaining % of material is a combination of CRF (crushed rock fines) filler (material passing the 75 micron sieve) and bitumen resulting in a material with approximately 4% voids. Similar to a macadam, the strength of the mix is achieved through the self supporting stone skeleton and the bitumen rich mastic which binds the skeleton together. Given the high aggregate content, it has a high resistance to deformation and is used primarily as a road surfacing. 0/14mm SMA is the predominant size manufactured by Roadstone.

Material Composition
0/14mm SMA Material Characteristics Nominal size 14mm High PSV Thickness Binder grade Binder content 40-50mm 40/60 pen with fibres or polymer modified bitumen 5.7% 0.3%

Uses:
Primarily road surfacing for National roads and urban streets

Properties:
SMA can pr ovide
A high degree of stone to stone contact thereby increasing the deformation resistance Reduced tyre noise Reduced spray in wet roads

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