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SURFACE TEXTURE OF

AGGREGATE
CLASSIFICATION
1. Glassy
2. Smooth
3. Granular
4. Crystalline

5. Honeycombed

EXAMPLES
Black flint
Chert, slate,
marble
Sandstone, Oolites
Fine: basalt,
trachyte
Medium: dolerite,
granulite
Coarse: gabbro,
granite, gneiss
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Scoria, pumice,

IMPORTANCE OF GRADING OF
AGGREGATE
Good workability

Increased economy
Higher strength
Lower shrinkage
Greater ductility
SIEVE ANALYSIS
Method which is used to determine
particle size distribution in a sample
of aggregate (also called gradation)
Convenient system of gradation is by
taking consecutive sieve openings are
constantly doubled, say, 10,20,40...
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METHODS OF SIEVING
Manual sieving
Mechanical sieving eg. sieve shaker

DIFFERENT AGGREGATE
SIZE

SIEVE
SHAKER

RESULT ON SIEVE ANALYSIS


Fineness modulus (FM):
An empirical factor obtained by
adding the cumulative percentage of
aggregates retained on each of the
standard sieves ranging from 80 mm
to 150 micron and dividing this sum
by an arbitrary number 100.
Larger the FM, coarser is the material.
Based on FM, FA is designated as fine
sand, medium sand and coarse sand.
Fine sand :
Medium sand :
Coarse sand :

FM 2.2 to 2.6
FM 2.6 to 2.9
FM 2.9 to 3.2

Typical example of sieve analysis of


IS
Weight
Cumulative
Cumulative %
Cumulative
CA
Sieve
retained
weight
weight
% passing
size
(mm)

(kg)

retained (kg)

Retained (%)

(%)

80

100

40

100

20

(6/15)*100=40

60

10

6+5=11

(11/15)*100=73.3
3

26.7

4.75

11+4=15

100

2.36

100

1.18

100

600

100

300

100

150

100

150

Total
F.M of 15
C.A = 713.3/100
=
7.133
713.33

Typical example of sieve analysis of


IS
Weight
CumulativeFA Cumulative %
Cumulative
Sieve
retained
weight
weight
% passing
size
(mm)

(gm)

retained (gm)

Retained (%)

(%)

10

(0/500)*100=0

100

4.75

10

10

98

2.36

50

60

12

88

1.18

50

110

22

78

600

95

205

41

59

300

175

380

76

24

150

85

465

93

150

35

500

Total

500

246

F.M of F.A = 246/100 = 2.46


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