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    SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

    UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA


    LABORATORY 6

    COURSE HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

    COURSE CODE ECG344

    LEVEL OF OPENNESS 0

    CATEGORY TRADITIONAL

    DEGREE OF OPEN-ENDED (%) 0

    PERIOD OF ACTIVITY 1 WEEK

    TITLE LA ABRASION TEST

    Introduction
    Level 0 or known as a traditional method of conducting laboratory activities will
    not be able to provide the avenue for students to enhance independent learning
    activities and inculcate creativity and innovation. The traditional method is fully
    prescriptive where the three elements namely problem, ways & means and
    answers are guided/fully given to the students. However, it is still necessary to
    be implemented as part of the whole laboratory course activity especially to first
    and second year students.

    In these laboratory activities, students are required to set-up an aggregate tests


    in order to evaluate the strength (toughness and durability) characteristic of
    aggregate. Students are encouraged to develop their critical analysis skills by
    analyzing and presenting the experimental results appropriately.

    Objectives

    PREAMBLE I. To determine LA abrasion value of aggregate.


    II. To determine the suitability of aggregate use for road construction.

    Learning Outcomes
    At the end of the laboratory activities, students would be able to:
    1. Identify the aggregate impact value (strength value of aggregate)
    of road stone
    2. Analyze the data correctly and present in typical format
    3. Work in a group to produce a technical report

    Theoretical Background
    Aggregates play an important role in the design and construction of highway
    and air-field pavements. They are also major part of rigid (concrete) and flexible
    (asphalt) pavements. The aggregate used in the pavement are subjected to
    wearing due to movement of traffic. Aggregates used in road construction
    should be strong enough to resist crushing and abrasion action under traffic
    wheel loads. This applies in particular to aggregate present in wearing courses

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    SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
    UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
    LABORATORY 6

    and surface treatment. If the aggregate is weak, the stability of pavement


    structure is likely to be adversely affected.
    Los Angeles abrasion test is to produce abrasive action by use of standard steel
    balls which when mixed with aggregates and rotated in a drum for specific
    number of revolutions to causes impact on aggregate. The test will give a
    measure of aggregates hardness, as specified and required for use in both road
    and highway pavement construction projects.

    Problem Statement
    Pavement structure comprises of several layers, surfacing, base, sub-base and
    sub-grade. The most important layer which has direct contact with traffic is
    PROBLEM surfacing layer. The surfacing layer consists of aggregate and binder. The
    (Guided) aggregates must possess adequate strength and durability to withstand moving
    and static load. Soft aggregates will be quickly ground to dust while harder
    aggregates have higher resistance to abrasion and grinding effects. Laboratory
    tests are carried out to determine the characteristic of such aggregates.
    WAYS & MEANS
    (Guided)
    Apparatus
    i. Los Angeles Abrasion Machine
    ii. Steel balls (spheres)
    iii. Sieve shaker
    iv. Sieves sizes of 25 mm, 20 mm, 14 mm, 10 mm, 1.7 mm and pan
    v. Metal trays
    vi. Scoops
    vii. Electronic balance of accuracy to 0.01g
    viii. Laboratory oven
    ix. Fine haired brush (3 mm)

    Procedures
    i. Approximately 5000g of aggregates including 2500 ± 10g of 20 to 14mm,
    and 2500 ± 10g of 14 to 10mm sizes are used.
    (Note : this is for aggregates graded mainly between 20mm and 10mm
    sizes).
    ii. Prepare the aggregates sample in such ways that the aggregates is first
    washed, followed by dried and weighted.
    iii. Place the aggregates sample in the LA Abrasion machine.
    iv. Add eleven (11) steel balls in the machine.
    v. Rotate the drum for 500 revolutions at a speed of 30 to 33 rpm.

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    SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
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    LABORATORY 6

    vi. After the drum has stopped for the prescribed number of revolutions, the
    sample is removed and the aggregate portion is sieved using sieve of size
    1.70mm (No. 12).
    vii. The sample that is retained on the sieve is washed and then dried in the
    laboratory oven at temperature of between 105 and 110OC for twenty four
    hours.
    viii. After a-day oven-dry heating at 105 to 110OC to obtain constant weight, the
    aggregate sample is taken out from the oven and it is cooled in the lab
    atmosphere. Then, weigh the sample immediately to the nearest 1g (MS
    30: Part 11: 1995).
    Table 1: Grading of test samples (ASTM, 1994)

    Table 2: Grading and mass of charge

    The difference between the original weight and the final weight of the test
    sample is expressed as a percentage of the original weight of the test sample.
    This value is reported as the percentage of wear.
    RESULTS
    (Open) Aggregate Abrasion Value = ((A-B)/A) X 100
    where,
    A = weight in g of oven-dried sample.

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    SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
    UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
    LABORATORY 6

    B = weight in g of fraction retained on 1.70 mm Sieves after washing and oven-


    dried up to constant weight.

    The group will be required to prepare the technical report of the laboratory study
    highlighting the procedures adopted, data acquisition process/analysis carried
    out and the relevancy of the parameters obtained to address the problem given.
    A technical report should be submitted one (1) week after the laboratory test
    with the relevant results, analyses and application to civil engineering projects.

    The report must be submitted 7 days after the completion of the test.

    ©UiTM OCT 2021

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