LANDMARK UNIVERSITY OMUARAN, KWARA STAT

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

HIGHWAY MATERIALS TESTING&TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING LABORATORY
MARSHAL STABILITY AND FLOW TEST RESULT SHEE
%
VOLUME VOLUME
SAMPLE MASS MASS
% BC GT GM OF VOID OF VMA (%)
NO IN AIR IN H2O
(Vv) BITUMEN(
Vb)
1 5.5 1256.5 728.5 2.472 2.380 3.722 13.635 17.357
2 5 1353.5 755 2.493 2.261 9.306 12.954 22.260
3 4.5 1350.5 738.5 2.514 2.207 12.212 12.644 24.856
4 4 1385 762.5 2.536 2.225 12.263 12.747 25.010
5 3.5 1345.5 744.5 2.558 2.239 12.471 12.828 25.299

%
BITUME WT OF SG OF
WT OF WT OF WT OF
N BITUME MATERIAL
CA FA FILLER
CONTE N S
NT

5.5 2700 240 840 220 CA 2.75

5 2720 240 840 200 FA 2.5

4.5 2740 240 840 180 FILLER 2.7

4 2760 240 840 160 BITUMEN 0.96
3.5 2780 240 840 140

THEREFO
BITUMEN
4.625%
GM VS % BITUMEN
2.400 FLOW VS % BITUM
2.380 12
2.360
2.340 10
 2.360
2.340 10
2.320
2.300 8
2.280
2.260 6
2.240
4
2.220
2.200
2
2.180
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0
0 1 2

Vv VS % BITUMEN
VFB VS % BITUME
14.000
90.000
12.000 80.000

10.000 70.000
60.000
8.000
50.000
6.000 40.000
30.000
4.000
20.000
2.000 10.000
0.000 0.000
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 1 2

STABILITY VS %BITUMEN
40

35

30

25

20

15

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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RESULT SHEET

UNCOR CORRE
RECTED CTED FLOW
VFB CF
STABILI SATBILI (mm)
TY (Kn) TY (Kn)

78.556 32.6 1.000 32.6 6.5

58.194 26.1 1.000 26.1 10
50.869 31.6 1.000 31.6 10.5
50.968 36 1.000 36 9
50.706 27.0 1.000 27.0 11

PARAME
TERS

MAX
STABILIT 4
Y
MAX
5.5
GM
MAX
3.5
FLOW
Vv=4% 5.5
AVERAG
4.625
E

THEREFORE OPTIMUM
BITUMEN CONTENT =
4.625%

FLOW VS % BITUMEN
 3 4 5 6

VFB VS % BITUMEN

3 4 5 6