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Aggregate Impact Test

The aggregate impact test measures the resistance of fracture aggregates to repetitive impacts and has been standardized by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The test involves dropping a hammer onto aggregate samples placed in a metal cup from a height of 380mm, then sieving the crushed aggregates. The average of two test results provides the aggregate impact value, with lower values indicating stronger aggregates suitable for use in pavements.

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Aggregate Impact Test

The aggregate impact test measures the resistance of fracture aggregates to repetitive impacts and has been standardized by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The test involves dropping a hammer onto aggregate samples placed in a metal cup from a height of 380mm, then sieving the crushed aggregates. The average of two test results provides the aggregate impact value, with lower values indicating stronger aggregates suitable for use in pavements.

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AGGREGATE IMPACT TEST

The aggregate impact test is conducted to measure resistance to the impact of fracture
aggregates under repetitive impacts; the test has been standardized by the Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS).

During the building process of pavement layers, in particular, the compaction of heavy rollers
and even the passage of heavy wheel loads of traffic, road aggregates are prone to impact or
crushing action and certain stones may be split into smaller parts. Therefore, the stone
aggregates should be sufficiently robust to withstand fracture under impact loads. This
property can vary from the resistance to crushing of aggregates under increasingly can
compressive stress.

The aggregate impact test machine consists of a metal foundation and a cylindrical steel cup
with an internal diameter of 102 mm and a depth of 50 mm in which the aggregate specimen
is mounted. A cylindrical metal hammer with a weight of 13.5 to 14.0 kg, having a free fall
from a height of 380 mm, is arranged to drop by vertical guides. The aggregate impact test
machine is as shown.

The aggregates of the sample crossing 12.5 mm of sieve then retained on a 10 mm sieve are
packed in a cylindrical measure in 3 levels by compacting each level by 25 strokes by the
tamping rod. The sample shall be measured and moved from the scale to the cup of the
aggregate impact test unit and compressed by tamping 25 times. The hammer is lifted to a
maximum of 380 mm just above the top aggregate surface within the cup and seems to be
free to collapse on the specimen. After the test specimen has been exposed to 15 blows, the
crushed aggregate is sieved on a 2,36 mm sieve created by the total weight of the sample.

All above process is performed using the other sample of the very same aggregate sample,
having taken the very same weight like in the first test. The average of the two results is
noted as the aggregate impact value (AIV) of the sample to the closest total number.

Based on the results, the strength of the aggregate may be noted below.

The key benefit of the aggregate impact test has been that the testing method and the test
technique are very easy; the test has been carried out in a limited period at the building site or
the stone quarry since the apparatus is portable. Another benefit is that, in addition to
calculating the strength value, the test outcome is known to provide an indirect indicator of
the strength characteristics.

Generally, the aggregate impact value does not exceed 30% for the aggregate to be used in
pavement wear. The highest allowable value is 35 percent for bituminous macadam and 40
percent for water-bound macadam base. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(MORTH), Government of India, has reported that the AIV, of course, aggregates used in the
Dense Bituminous Macadam (DBM) binder course and the Semi Dense Bituminous Concrete
(SDBC) surface finish should not exceed 27 percent and that used in the Bituminous
Concrete (BC) surface area should not exceed 24 percent.

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