4/13/2021 LABORATORY EVALUATION OF GRANULAR MIXES FOR BASE AND SUB-BASE COURSES

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LABORATORY EVALUATION OF GRANULAR MIXES

FOR BASE AND SUB-BASE COURSES
The California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test is the most widely used method of evaluating
subgrade, sub-base, and basecourse materials in pavements, but has many limitations,
primarily because it is arbitrary. In 1982, a Modi ed Bearing Ratio (MBR) test was
proposed for base/sub-base aggregates of larger size. Both tests use a simple
apparatus, consisting of a mould, a piston, and surcharge weights. This paper describes
the apparatus used in the MBR test, and reports a laboratory investigation including
the determination of CBR and MBR values of di erent granular mixes with di erent
moisture content and compaction. The tests used three aggregate grades, from single
size to dense, and two types of aggregate, crushed brick and crushed quartzite gravel.
The average CBR and MBR values, at optimal moisture content and BS vibratory
compaction, were tabulated for the di erent grades. An approximately linear
relationship was plotted between MBR and CBR for a wide range of initial grading,
aggregate type, and moisture content. Attempts were made to use pressure cells, to
determine the con ning stresses which develop during MBR testing. Six conclusions of
the study are presented.

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Corporate Authors:
Indian Roads Congress
Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
New Delhi,   India  110 011
Authors:
ZAKARIA, M
Lees, G
Publication Date: 1998-3

Language
English

Media Info
Features: References;
Pagination: p. 13-23
Serial:
Indian Highways (/Results?q=&serial="Indian%20Highways")
Volume: 26
Issue Number: 3
Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
ISSN: 0376-7256

Subject/Index Terms
TRT Terms: Aggregates (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Aggregates"); Base course
(Pavements) (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Base%20course%20(Pavements)");
Building materials (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Building%20materials"); California
bearing ratio (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="California%20bearing%20ratio");
Compaction (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Compaction"); Evaluation and assessment
(/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Evaluation%20and%20assessment"); Measuring
instruments (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Measuring%20instruments"); Mixtures
(/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Mixtures"); Moisture content (/Results?
q=&datein=all&index="Moisture%20content"); Pavements (/Results?
q=&datein=all&index="Pavements"); Subgrade (Pavements) (/Results?
q=&datein=all&index="Subgrade%20(Pavements)"); Tests (/Results?
q=&datein=all&index="Tests")
ITRD Terms: 4577: Aggregate (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Aggregate"); 6155:
Apparatus (measuring) (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Apparatus%20(measuring)");
2990: Basecourse (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Basecourse"); 3087: California
bearing ratio (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="California%20bearing%20ratio"); 3686:
Compaction (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Compaction"); 9020: Evaluation
(assessment) (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Evaluation%20(assessment)"); 4555:
Material (constr) (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Material%20(constr)"); 9047: Mixture
(/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Mixture"); 5920: Moisture content (/Results?
q=&datein=all&index="Moisture%20content"); 2955: Pavement (/Results?
q=&datein=all&index="Pavement"); 2961: Roadbase (/Results?
q=&datein=all&index="Roadbase"); 2950: Subgrade (/Results?
q=&datein=all&index="Subgrade"); 6255: Test (/Results?q=&datein=all&index="Test")
Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements;

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Accession Number: 00750829
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
Files: ITRD
Created Date: (/edit/487294)Jul 31 1998 12:00AM

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