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