Ten Percent Fines Value
The ten percent fines value is a measure of an aggregate’s resistance to crushing, and it is applicable to all aggregates. This test is quite similar to the aggregate crushing test, which measures the...
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The ten percent fines value is a measure of an aggregate’s resistance to crushing, and it is applicable to all aggregates. This test is quite similar to the aggregate crushing test, which measures the...
Stone aggregates used in the construction of road pavements should be resistant to crushing under the roller during construction and to heavy wheel loads on the pavement during its service life. The crushed (or...
Dry Lean Concrete (hereinafter referred to as “DLC”) is first layer of rigid pavement, mechanically rolled and compacted over sub-base (GSB). For all major State Highway and National Highway projects, a thickness of at...
Hill roads are the terms used to refer to the roads built in a country’s mountainous areas. India has a sizable amount of hilly regions; among the 28 states and 8 union territories, 9...
The growth and sustainability of human civilization depend heavily on the road infrastructure. A nation’s overall progress and the health of its economy are reflected in the quality and condition of its road network....
UHPFRC (stands for “Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete”) is an advanced construction material. It is generally consists of high amount of cement and silica fume as binder, relatively short steel fibers, hard fine...
India’s goal of having an economy of $5 trillion involves infrastructure as a key component. It has been proven that the nation’s socioeconomic development and the rate of infrastructure expansion are strongly correlated, with...
ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION The road network is the most significant system in a country’s transportation infrastructure. It supports business in almost every sector of the national economy and is utilized by almost every person...
Piezocone Penetration Testing (from now on represent as “CPTu”) is a quick, accurate, and efficient process for site characterization, stratigraphic profiling, soil engineering parameter evaluation, and geotechnical design for soft ground. It is also...
Time is indeed a continuum of successive events that take place in sequence, from the past through the present to the future. The length of events or the intervals between them may be measured,...