AN INPLANT TRAINING REPORT

MATERIAL TESTING IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION

SUBMITTED BY: U . J A G A D E E S WA R A N REG NO:212412413004

ABOUT
HRS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1957. THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF HRS ARE

RESEARCH. TRAINING. CONSULTANCY THE FOUR MAJOR LABORATORIES ARE FUNCTIONING AT HIGHWAY RESEARCH STATION. SOIL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING LABORATORY. CONCRETE AND STRUCTURES LABORATORY. BITUMEN AND AGGREGATES LABORATORY. TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORATION LABORATORY.

INTRODUCTION
STUDIES ON ROAD CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS TRAFFIC CONDITION,

ACCIDENT, SPEED AND EVOLVING REMEDIAL MEASURES. EVOLVING JOB MIX FORMULA FOR BITUMINOUS BASES AND WEARING COURSES FOR ROAD WORKS AND MIX DESIGN FOR CONCRETE MIX FOR BRIDGE WORKS. TESTING OF MATERIALS USED FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION SUCH AS SOILS,AGGREGATES,CONCRETE,BITUMEN ETC. IMPLEMENTING QUALITY CONTROL ON ROAD AND BRIDGE WORKS ARE EXECUTED BY HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.

STAGES OF TESTING
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORATION LABORATORY SOIL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING LABORATORY CONCRETE AND STRUCTURES LABORATORY

BITUMEN AND AGGREGATES LABORATORY

TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORATION LABORATORY

TRAFFIC

SURVEYS ARE CONDUCTED MAINLY FOR BETTER PAVEMENTS AND IS OF TWO TYPES FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS RIGID PAVEMENTS EQUIPMENTS FOR TRAFFIC SURVEY ARE BUMP INTEGRATOR TEST DIGITAL HANDLED SPEEDOMETER HANDLED ROUGHOMETER MEASURE ARE TAKEN TO COUNT NUMBER OF VEHICLES PASS BY. AXEL LOAD SURVEY IS USED TO SURVEY THE THICKNESS OF THE ROAD. IT IS USUALLY DONE ON COMMERCIALLY MOVING VEHICLES, IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN THE PAVEMENTS.

EQUIPMENTS

BUMP INTEGRATOR

HAND HELD ROUGHOMETER

SOIL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

SOIL PROPERTIES ARE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE WHEN THEY CARRY HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND ITS PROPERTIES ARE USED TO DETERMINE THE DESIGN OF PAVEMENTS. THE SUPPORTING SOIL BENEATH THE PAVEMENT UNDER ITS VARIOUS COURSES IS KNOWN AS THE SUB GRADE SOIL. TESTS PERFORMED IN THE SOIL LABORATORY FOR PREPARATION OF STABILIZED SUB GRADE TO GIVE SUFFICIENT SUPPORT TO PAVEMENT AND HENCE IT SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF HIGH STABILITY UNDER UNFAVORABLE CLIMATIC AND LOADING CONDITIONS. TESTS PERFORMED ARE GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS. PROCTOR DENSITY. ATTERBERG LIMITS. CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO (CBR) TEST

CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO TEST

PROCTOR DENSITY

CONCRETE AND STRUCTURES LABORATORY

CONCRETE: IT IS A MIXTURE OF CEMENT,FINE AGGREGATE,COARSE AGGREGATE, AND WATER. TYPES: PORTLAND BLAST FURNACE SLAG CEMENT SULPHATE RESISTING PORTLAND CEMENT RAPID HARDENING PORTLAND CEMENT ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT (OPC) PORTLAND POZOLONA CEMENT (PPC) OIL WELL CEMENT CLINKER CEMENT WHITE CEMENT

TEST ON CEMENT

VICAT APPARATUS

LECHATELIER APPARATUS

NEED: CONSISTENCY OF CEMENT INITIAL SETTING TIME FINAL SETTING TIME

NEED: EXPANSION OF CEMENT

TESTING
AGGREGATE: FINE AGGREGATE SIEVE ANALYSIS HARDENED CONCRETE: NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY REBOUND HAMMER TEST

COARSE AGGREGATE IMPACT VALUE TEST

CRUSHING VALUE TEST LOS ANGELES ABRASION TEST SPECIFIC GRAVITY

DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
COMPRESSION TEST

BITUMEN AND AGGREGATES LABORATORY

BITUMEN: BITUMEN IS A MIXTURE OF ORGANIC LIGUID THAT ARE HIGHLY VISCOUS,BLACK, STICKY, ENTIRELY SOLUBLE IN CARBON DISULFIDE AND COMPOSED PRIMARLY OF HIGHLY CONDENSED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON. DESIRABLE PROPERTIES OF AGGREGATE: STRENGTH HARDNESS TOUGHNESS SHAPE OF AGGREGATES ADHESION WITH BITUMEN DURABILITY FREEDOM FROM DELETERIOUS PARTICLES

TESTING
BITUMEN:
SOFTENTING POINT TEST DUCTILITY TEST FLASH AND FIRE POINT TEST

AGGREGATE: CRUSHING VALUE TEST

IMPACT VALUE TEST SPECIFIC GRAVITY FLAKINESS INDEX

CONCLUSION
I LEARNED THE PROCEDURE INVOLVED IN STUDY OF TESTING OF VARIOUS MATERIALS LIKE CEMENT, AGGREGATES, BITUMEN, SOIL FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EACH DEPARTMENT .

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