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Experiment: - 3 Elongation Test

This document describes an experiment to determine the elongation index of an aggregate sample. Aggregate particles are gauged using length gauges of specified sizes and the percentage of elongated particles is calculated based on the weight retained on the gauges. The procedure involves sieving the sample into fractions, weighing 200+ pieces of each fraction, and gauging individual fractions to separate elongated material. The elongation index is the total weight of material retained on length gauges expressed as a percentage of the total sample weight gauged.

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Experiment: - 3 Elongation Test

This document describes an experiment to determine the elongation index of an aggregate sample. Aggregate particles are gauged using length gauges of specified sizes and the percentage of elongated particles is calculated based on the weight retained on the gauges. The procedure involves sieving the sample into fractions, weighing 200+ pieces of each fraction, and gauging individual fractions to separate elongated material. The elongation index is the total weight of material retained on length gauges expressed as a percentage of the total sample weight gauged.

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EXPERIMENT-3 ELONGATION TEST

1. AIM: To determine the elongation index of an aggregate sample.


2. APPARATUS:
The apparatus consists of length gauge, sieves of the sizes specified and the
balance.
3. THEORY:
The particle shape of aggregate is determined by the percentages of flaky and
elongated particles contained in it. For the base course and construction of bituminous and
cement concrete types, the presence of flaky and elongated particles are considered
undesirable as they may cause inherent weakness with possibilities of breaking down
under heavy loads.
The elongation index of an aggregate is the percentage by weight of particles
whose greatest dimension (length) is greater than one and four fifth times (1.8 times) their
mean dimension. The elongation test is not applicable to sizes smaller than 6.3 mm.
4. PROCEDURE:
a. The sample is sieved through the IS sieves specified in table 1 .
b. A minimum of 200 pieces of each fraction is taken and weighed.
c. In order to separate elongated material, each fraction is then gauged individually
for length in a length gauge.
d. The gauge length used should be those specified in column 4 of the table for the
appropriate material.
e. The pieces of aggregates from each fraction tested which could not pass through
the specified gauge length with its long side are elongated particles and are
collected separately to find the total weight of aggregate retained on the length
gauge from each fraction.
f.

The total amounts of elongated material retained on the length gauge are weighed
to an accuracy of at least 0.1 percent of the weight of the test sample.

5. CALCULATIONS:
In order to calculate the elongation index of the entire sample of aggregates, the weight of
aggregate, which is retained on the specified gauge length from each fraction, is noted.
With its longest side and those elongated pieces which do not pass the gauge are separated
and the total weight determined = W1 gm.
Similarly the weight of each fraction of aggregate passing and retained on specified sieve
sizes are found, W1, W2, W3. And total weight of the sample determined = W1+
W2 +W3+..=W gm.
Also the weight of material from each fraction retained on the specified gauge length is
found = x1, x2, x3.. and the total weight retained is determined = x1+ x2+ x3+..=X
gm.
The elongation index is the total weight of the material retained on the various length
gauges, expressed as a percentage of the total weight of the sample gauged.
Elongation Index = (x1+ x2+ x3+..) x100 = X x 100 %
W1+ W2 +W3+

TABLE-1
Size of aggregate
Retained on IS sieve, mm

Thickness gauge( 0.6 times


the mean sieve), mm

63.0

50.0

50.0

40.0

81.00

40.0

25.0

58.50

31.5

25.0

25.0

20.0

40.50

20.0

16.0

32.40

16.0

12.5

25.60

12.5

10.0

20.20

10.0

6.3

14.70

Passing through IS sieve


mm

6. OBSERVATION SHEET:
Size of aggregates
Passing
through IS
sieve, mm

Retained on
IS sieve, mm

Weight of the
fraction consisting
of atleast 200
pieces, g

63

50

50

40

81.0

40

25

58.0

31.5

25

25

20

40.50

20

16

32.4

16

12.5

25.5

12.5

10.0

20.2

10.0

6.3

14.7

Total

7. RESULTS:

8. COMMENTS:

W=

Length gauge
size, mm

Weight of aggregates
in each fraction
retained on length
gauge, g

5
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x=

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