BC Mix Design Final
BC Mix Design Final
BC Mix Design Final
Date
Laboratory Job No. BC/TM-001
Location
TEST DATA OF MATERIALS
AGGREGATES
Source of coarse aggregates
Source of fine aggregates
S.No Test Conducted Results Limits Method of test
20mm 35 % As per Grading-1 of
1 Gradation 10mm 21 % Table 500-17 of IS 2386 Part I
Crusher Dust 44 % MORT&H 5th Revision
BITUMEN
Source Indian Oil Corporation Limited - Chennai
Grade of Bitumen VG30
S.No Test Conducted Results Limits Method of test
1 Specific Gravity of Bitumen 1.02 g/cc Min 1.0 g/cc IS 1202
2 Ductility 76 cm Min 40cm IS 1203
3 Softening Point 52.4 degC Min 47degC IS 1205
4 Penetration at 25degC 64.33 mm 50-70 mm IS 1203
Marshall Properties
Marshall Stability 15.6 KN Min 9KN
Marshall flow 3.2 mm 2-4 mm
5 Va 4 % 4% MS - 2
VMA 16 % Min 12% Sixth Revision
VFB 74 % 65-75%
Unit weight 2.391 g/cc -
6 Bitumen Content (%wt of mix) 5.3 % Min 5.2%
Bituminous Concrete - Calculations
1 Aggregate Proportions
Size Proportion
20mm 35 %
10mm 21 %
Crusher Dust 44 %
Size Bulk Sp.Gravity (Gb) App Sp.Gravity (Ga) Water Absorption (%)
20mm 2.730 2.766 0.49 %
10mm 2.72 2.755 0.48 %
Crusher Dust 2.656 2.777 1.64 %
100
Gsb =
P1 P2 P3
+ +
Gb1 Gb2 Gb3
100 2.695
= =
35 21 44
+ +
2.73 2.719 2.656
100
Gsa =
P1 P2 P3
+ +
Ga1 Ga2 Ga3
100
= = 2.769
35 21 44
+ +
2.766 2.755 2.777
Gb = 1.02
Pmm
7 Gmm calculations =
Ps Pb
+
Gse Gb
At 4.0 % = 2.539
At 4.5 % = 2.519
At 5.0 % = 2.500
At 5.5 % = 2.481
At 6.0 % = 2.462
Bituminous Concrete - Calculations
Gmm - Gmb
9 Va = x 100 Va Vs Bitumen %
Gmm 8.0
7.0
At 4.0 % = 7.4 % 6.0
5.0
At 4.5 % = 6.1 % 4.0
At 5.0 % = 4.3 % 3.0
At 5.5 % = 3.9 % 2.0
1.0
At 6.0 % = 3.5 % 0.0 5.5125
3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5
Gmb x Ps
10 VMA = 100 - VMA Vs Bitumen %
Gsb 24.0
22.0
At 4.0 % = 16.3 % 20.0
At 4.5 % = 16.1 % 18.0
16.0
At 5.0 % = 15.6 %
14.0
At 5.5 % = 16.4 % 12.0
At 6.0 % = 17.1 % 10.0
3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5
VMA - VA
11 VFB = x 100 VFB Vs Bitumen %
VMA 85.0
80.0
At 4.0 % = 54.3 % 75.0
70.0
At 4.5 % = 62.4 %
65.0
At 5.0 % = 72.8 %
60.0
At 5.5 % = 76.2 % 55.0
At 6.0 % = 79.5 % 50.0
3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5
4.000
At 4.0 % = 2.200 mm
3.500
At 4.5 % = 2.733 mm
At 5.0 % = 3.200 mm 3.000
Bitumen %
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
6.0
15.6
15.9
16.0
16.1
VMA Too high
72.8
74.0
75.0
VFB Too low Too high
73
VA Too low
4.3
4.1
4.0
3.8
15.3
15.5
15.6
15.8
Stability
Flow
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.3
Minimum Binder content (%) Too high
Sieve Size Mix Grading Lower Limit Upper Limit MoRTH Limits
% Air voids
Wt. of specimen (gm) % VMA %VFB Stability (KN)
(Va)
Bulk Sp. Gr. of
Maximum Compacted mix
%Bitumen by %Agg by Volume of
Theorotical In air In water SSD Volumetric
S.No. total wt. of total wt. of Specimen Flow (mm)
Sp. Gr. Of 100-{(7x3)/ Dial Gauge Correction Factor Corrected Load
mix mix (C - B) {(4-7)/4}100 {(9-8)/9}100 Load (Kg)
mix Gsb} Reading (As per table 5.1 (KN)
(A) (B) (C) (A)/(6) of MS-2)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 1280.0 739 1284.0 545 2.349 7.48 16.3 54.2 375.0 1428.8 0.93 13.0 2.3
2 4.0 96.0 2.539 1253.0 724 1257.0 533 2.351 7.39 16.2 54.5 350.0 1333.5 0.96 12.5 2.1
3 1238 714 1241 527 2.349 7.46 16.3 54.3 365.0 1390.7 0.96 13.1 2.2
4 1253 727 1256 529 2.369 5.97 16.1 62.8 385.0 1466.9 0.96 13.8 2.8
5 4.5 95.5 2.519 1248 723 1251 528 2.364 6.17 16.2 62.0 375.0 1428.8 0.96 13.4 2.6
6 1268 736 1272 536 2.366 6.09 16.2 62.3 400.0 1524.0 0.93 13.9 2.8
7 1244.0 727 1247.0 520 2.392 4.30 15.7 72.5 415.0 1581.2 1 15.5 3.4
8 5.0 95.0 2.500 1250.0 731 1253.0 522 2.395 4.21 15.6 73.0 420.0 1600.2 1 15.7 3.2
9 1254.0 732 1256.0 524 2.393 4.27 15.6 72.7 405.0 1543.1 0.96 14.5 3.0
% Air voids
Wt. of specimen (gm) % VMA %VFB Stability (KN)
(Va)
Bulk Sp. Gr. of
Maximum Compacted mix
%Bitumen by %Agg by Volume of
Theorotical In air In water SSD Volumetric
S.No. total wt. of total wt. of Specimen Flow (mm)
Sp. Gr. Of 100-{(7x3)/ Dial Gauge Correction Factor
mix mix (C - B) {(4-7)/4}100 {(9-8)/9}100 Load Corrected Load
mix Gsb} Reading (As per table 5.1
(A) (B) (C) (A)/(6) of MS-2)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 1251.0 728 1253.0 525 2.383 3.95 16.4 76.0 445.0 1695.5 0.96 16.0 3.5
2 5.5 94.5 2.481 1248.0 728 1251.0 523 2.386 3.81 16.3 76.6 439.0 1672.6 0.96 15.7 3.2
3 1263 735 1265 530 2.383 3.94 16.4 76.0 435.0 1657.4 0.96 15.6 3.4
4 1265 735 1268 533 2.373 3.61 17.2 79.0 420.0 1600.2 0.96 15.1 4.0
5 6.0 94.0 2.462 1248 725 1250 525 2.377 3.45 17.1 79.8 425.0 1619.3 0.96 15.2 4.1
6 1264 734 1266 532 2.376 3.50 17.1 79.5 405.0 1543.1 0.96 14.5 4.5