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Handout BFC 3042 Chapter 2b
Handout BFC 3042 Chapter 2b
Handout BFC 3042 Chapter 2b
CHAPTER 2
HIGHWAY MATERIALS:
Design of Chip Seals
CHIP SEAL
The main purpose of the bituminous The purpose of the aggregate is:
binder is:
• to protect the binder from damage
• to seal the fine cracks in the by vehicle tires
underlying pavement’s surface
• to prevent the ingress of water • to provide a high skid resistance
surface for vehicles
• to hold the covered aggregate
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Chip seal is a non-structural layer, therefore, chip seal does not contribute to the
strength or bearing capacity in pavement thickness design.
However, the application technique of chip seal is relatively simple and fast and
involves relatively low construction cost.
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1st coat
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Clean - Bituminous binder will not “wet” and stick to dirty and dusty
chips.
Criterion: For chip with nominal size of 9 mm and above, the
amount of material passing 4.75 mm sieve is not more than 2
percent. Alternatively, some agencies expressed that not
more than 2 percent passing 75 micron sieve as cleanliness
requirement.
Cubical - Flakey chips may not lie flat and can crush against each other,
leaving a non uniform surface.
Criterion: The ratio of Average Greatest Dimension (AGD) and
Average Least Dimension (ALD) should not be more than 2.3
is normally applied. If this ratio is greater than 2.3, the chip is
considered as too flakey. In this situation, improve crusher or
a larger size should be tried.
Another shape requirement is that the portion by weight of
aggregate particle retained on a 4.75 mm sieve should have at
least two fracture faces.
However, for road with low traffic volume, some road agencies
allow the use of natural (uncrushed) gravel.
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Least
Crushing
Dimension
(thickness)
Greatest
Dimension
(length)
Flakey Chips
Cubical chip
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Nominal size
Existing Surface and traffic (mm)
Soft surface, such as Penetration Macadam with < 1000 20 mm
vehicle per day
Soft surface with > 1000 vehicle per day per lane 14 mm
Medium surface, such as rolled asphalt with < 1000 10 mm
vehicle per day
Hard surface, such as Portland Cement Concrete or 6 mm
Asphalt Concrete with > 1000 vehicle per day per lane
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Method of Determining
Size, Shape and
Grading of Chipping
Aggregates
Method A
ALD is derived from the
nomograph using the
median size (from seive ALD = 9 mm
analysis – size where
50% of sample passes)
and flakiness index.
Method B
This method includes manually measurement of individual chip for ALD and
groups of aggregate for AGD.
Dial
gauge
Chipping
aggregate
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Chipping aggregate
During the measurement, examine each chip in the sub-sample whether it has
at least two distinctly separate fractured faces. Record the number of chips
which comply in this respect.
ALD =
∑ Median size × Tally within size range
∑ Number of chips
Expresse the calculated ALD to the nearest 0.01 mm. Then, calculate percentage
of chips within 2.5 mm of ALD to the nearest 1%.
AGD =
∑ Number of chips
∑ Total length in the measure through ( mm)
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BITUMINOUS BINDER
Pen-grade 80/100 bitumen has been considered a general purpose binder for
chip seal.
Cutback bitumen and bitumen emulsion also used.
Polymer modified bitumen is also used for higher performance chip seal.
SELECTION OF BINDER
Factors which influence binder selection include:
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Kerosene can be added to adjust the viscosity according to the site requirement
as show in the table below:
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The method introduced by Hanson in 1930 probably is the first rational design
of chip seal. The method assumes that after construction and further
compaction by traffic, 70% the remaining 20% void between aggregate should
be filled with bitumen.
70 20
= × × ALD
100 100
= 0.14 ALD l / m 2
Chips dropped at random on the binder – Initially showing small area of binder exposed
Chips after initial compaction – Chips turn over and fully cover the surface – Binder higher upside of chips
Chips after trafficking – Chips oriented with Least Dimension Approximately Vertical
Bitumen to fill surface macro texture to be considered in binder application rate design
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After a number of trials in 1964, where texture depth of road surface and traffic were
considered, the binder application rate is determined as follows:
R = (0.138 ALD + e) Tf l / m2
where,
The binder application rate for nominal size 6 mm chip of second coat over 13
mm nominal size first coat is simply the lowest spray rate that a bar sprayer can
spray evenly and retain the cover chip aggregate; that is 0.8 l/m2 at sprayed
temperature.
The same rate of application is applied for second application of double seal with
nominal size of 10 mm second coat over 20 mm nominal size first coat.
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C = (1 − 0.4V ) × ALD × G × E
where,
C = Chips or cover aggregate (kg/m2)
V = Void in loose aggregate (%)
ALD = Aggregate Average Least Dimension (mm)
G = Aggregate Bulk Specific Gravity
E = Wastage factor, to account for loss of aggregate due to whip-off and
handling (1.05 to 1.15, depends on local experience)
C = 1.364 × ALD kg / m 2
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A single layer of chips is spread on a tray of known area. The chips are then
weighed; the process is repeated ten times, and the mean values are
calculated. An additional 5 to 10 percent are added to cover whipping off and
loss on handling.
The actual rate of chips is best judged by eye. When the single size chips are
initially spread, prior to rolling, make sure that small areas of about 30% of
the bitumen should appear exposed.
Then, when the chips are rolled, no bitumen should be left over.
A slight excess of chips is expected; some of this excess chips will fill left gap
between the chips and the rest will be whipped off by traffic later.
Nevertheless, if more than 5% of the chips are not bounded by bitumen,
then the application is considered as too many.
Over-chipping
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2 Fill the metal cylinder to the top with the natural silica sand and gently tap the
base of the cylinder three times on a rigid surface. Add more sand to fill the
cylinder again to the top and level the top with a straight edge.
3 Pour the measured sand on the test surface and spread it into a circular patch
with the surface depressions filled to the level of the peaks.
4 Measure the diameter of the sand patch at four or more equally spaced
locations and record to the nearest 5 mm.
CALCULATION
NOTE:
A volume V of 45 ml can be obtained by a
cylinder 25 mm in inside diameter and 91.7 mm
in height.
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