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Transportation Engineering - I Sessional COURSE NO: 3502

The document describes tests conducted on a coarse aggregate sample to determine its angularity number. The objectives were to determine the sample's angularity number and shape. The test followed BS specifications and involved compacting the aggregate in layers in a cylinder, weighing it, and calculating the angularity number based on the weight and volume measurements. The results found the sample's angularity number to be 5, which is a very poor value as numbers from 7-10 are generally preferred for road construction.

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Transportation Engineering - I Sessional COURSE NO: 3502

The document describes tests conducted on a coarse aggregate sample to determine its angularity number. The objectives were to determine the sample's angularity number and shape. The test followed BS specifications and involved compacting the aggregate in layers in a cylinder, weighing it, and calculating the angularity number based on the weight and volume measurements. The results found the sample's angularity number to be 5, which is a very poor value as numbers from 7-10 are generally preferred for road construction.

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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING - I SESSIONAL

COURSE NO: 3502


TESTS ON SUB-GRADE , SUB-BASE
AND BASE MATERIALS

PREPARED BY
Md. Parvej
CE-3/2 SEC A
St. ID: 131046
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
DHAKA UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, GAZIPUR.
AUTHORISED BY

Mr. PRONOB KUMAR BISWAS MR. MD. RAKIBUL ISLAM


LECTURER, LECTURER,
DEPERTMENT OF CIVIL DEPERTMENT OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING,
DHAKA UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA UNIVERSITY OF
ENGINEERING & TECHONOLOGY, ENGINEERING & TECHONOLOGY,
GAZIPUR GAZIPUR

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CONTENTS
 Tittle
 Introduction
 Objectives
 Specification
 Significance
 Apparatus
 Procedure
 Observation & Calculation
 Result & Discussion

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DETERMINATION OF ANGULARITY
NUMBER OF COARSE AGGREGATE
SAMPLE.
OBJECTIVES
• To determine the Angularity number of coarse
Aggregate Sample.
• To determine the shape of aggregate

Test Specification

BS 812: Part 105: 1975 Sec 105.2


INTRODUCTION
This test is carried out for determining shape of
the aggregates.
It is a non- destructive quality test for aggregate.
It gives the qualitative representation of the shape
of the aggregate.
The more angular the aggregate is, the more is the
Angularity number
ANGULARITY is the absence of roundness. An
aggregate particle, which is more rounded, is less
angular and vice versa.
CONT’D……
ANGULARITY NUMBER
the angularity number of an aggregate is the
amount by which the percentage of voids exceeds
33 after being compacted in a prescribed manner.
 When rounded aggregate is filled in a vessel, it
leaves about 33% void in it. If a well compacted
Aggregate in the same vessel of rounded aggregate
leaves 43% voids then its Angularity Number is 10.
The value of angularity number generally lies
between 0 & 12.
SIGNIFICANCE
 The degree of packing of particles depends upon the
angularity of aggregate.
 Higher the angularity lower the workability
 In road construction, angularity number of 7 -10 is
generally preferred
 In cement concrete roads (rigid pavements) rounded
aggregates are preferred because of better workability
and higher strength.
 In bituminous or water bound macadam construction
(like flexible pavements), angular aggregates with high
angularity number are preferred because of high
stability due to better interlocking and friction.
• A sample of
aggregate
containing
element of
different sizes for
the experiment.

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1 – A metal cylinder
of about 3-liter capacity.
2 – Temping rod of
circular cross-section,
16mm Φ, 60cm in length.
Rounded at one end.
4 – A weighing balance.

A digital
balance with
capacity of
10kg, accurate
to 1g.
5-BS Standard Test Sieves

•Sieves of sizes
20mm, 14mm,
10mm,
6.3mm and
5.00mm must
be available.
TEST SAMPLE PREPARATION
The test sample consist of aggregate retained between the appropriate
pair of BS sieves from the following sets.
The aggregate to be tested is dried for at least 24 hours in a well
ventilated oven maintained at a temperature of 100 to 1100C.
PASSING RETAINED

20 mm 14 mm

14 mm 10 mm

10 mm 10 mm

10 mm 6.3 mm

6.3 mm 5.0 mm
PROCEDURE
1.The aggregate is compacted in three layers, each layer being
given 100 blows using the standard tamping rod at a rate of 2
blows/second from 5 cm above the surface of the aggregate
and then allowing it to fall freely.
2.The blows are uniformly distributed over the surface of the
aggregate.
3.Excess material is removed off with temping rod as a straight
edge.
4.The aggregate with cylinder is then weighed.
5.Three separate determinations are made and mean weight of
the aggregate in the cylinder is calculated.
Observations & Calculations
Specific gravity of the aggregate = 2.67
Total volume of the cylinder = 2490 cm3

Weight (grams)

Volume Angularity
of Water Number
Empty Cylinder + (ml)
Cylinder + Average
Cylind Aggregate
Water Aggregate
Mean er s
Value to
be used
3410 7570

3410 7510
5900 4160 2490 5
3410 7360

3410 7620
angularity number calculation

Where,
W = mean weight of the aggregate filling cylinder. = 4160gm
C = Weight of water required to completely fill the cylinder (i.e.
Volume of cylinder) =2490gm
Gs = Specific Gravity of the aggregate =2.67

So, Angularity number=67-(100x4160)/(2490x2.67)


=4.58 = 5
The Angularity number of the provided coarse
aggregate sample is 5.

The value is very poor. In road construction, the


preferable value of AN is 7 to 10. So the sample is
not suitable for road construction.

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THANK YOU

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