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RECOMMENDED PRACTICE
FOR
BITUMINOUS PENETRATION
MACADAM
(FULL GROUT)
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IRC
20-1966
RECOMMENDED PRACTICE
FOR
BITUMINOUS PENETRATION
MACADAM
(FULL GROUT)
Published by
New
Delhi
10 Oil
1992
Price
Rs. 40/-
(Plus Packing
&
Postage)
IRC: 20-1966
First
Published
July.
1966
Reprinted
January, 1973
Reprinted
April, 1978
Reprinted
March, 1992
Reprinted
March, 2002
August, 2005
Reprinted
Reprinted
June, 2009
(Rights of Publication
(500 Copies)
resei-ved)
IRC
20-1966
1.
The Recommended
dam
INTRODUCTION
Penetration Maca-
This
Recommended
Practice
is
under
localities,
average
there will
conditions.
be
Recommended
It
is
is
special conditions
laid
down
in this
Practice.
Provisions
made
in
this
Recommended
take
Practice
shall
apply
conditions.
2.
DESCRIPTION
macadam shall consist of the construcone or more courses of compacted crushed aggregates bonded
and keyed by alternate applications cf bituminous materials and
filling aggregate (key aggregates) and the applications of a seal coat,
when specified. Thickness of n individual course shall not exceed
Bituminous penetration
tion of
75
mm.
1
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20-1966
3.
3.1.
MATERIALS
Bituminous Materials
3.2.
Aggregate
3.2.1.
General requirements
The aggregate
of crushed
shall consist
stone,
and
fairly
fragments
cubical
vegetable
crushed slag,
and
shall
free
have
from
dis-
matter,
coatings.
3.2.2.
Physical requirements
The aggregate
Max. 40
Max. 30
shall not
be
less
Stripping
all
these
five cycles
Flakiness Index
Where
than
conditions
max.
max.
cannot
be
12 per cent
25 per cent
satisfied,
it
is left
to
The size of the coarse aggregate and the key aggregate shall
depend upon the intended thickness of the bituminous penetration
macadam (vide Tables I and 3).
3.2.4.
The coarse
specified in Table
aggregate
shall
1.
conform
to
the grading
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tABLfi
20-1966
Compacted thickness
Per cent passing, sieve No.
mm
50
75
mm
mm
38 mm
25 mm
19 mm
12 mm
9 mm
4.75 mm
2.36 mm
63
100
100
50
35-70
35-70
shall
be spread
mm
0-15
0-15
0-5
0-5
in
or by approved
manual means.
Table 2
Compacted thickness
50
75
3.2.5.
mm
mm
per 10
m^
0.90 m= per 10
m'
0.60
m'
Key aggregate
Key aggregate
Table
Quantity
shall
conform
to
the
grading specified
3.
Table
Compacted
thickness
50
mm
mm
19 mm
12 mm
9 mm
4.75 mm
2.36 mm
mm
75
mm
38
25
100
100
35-70
35-70
0-15
0-15
0-5
0-5
in
iRC
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shall be
spread at
the
rate
specified in
4.
Table
Quantity
Compacted thickness
Cu. metre per 10 m50
75
mm
mm
3.2.6.
0.15
0.18
Seal coat
Table
Material
Size
Chipping
mm passing
mm and
retained on 6 mm
9
0.09
to 0.11
12
I.
9.8 to 12
kg
or
II.
Road
4.
4.
1 .
No
CONSTRUCTION METHODS
bituminous penetration
macadam
shall be constructed
when
Equipment
4.2.
All
work
shall
Grade
use in
warm
175/225
is
suggested for
climates.
Grade R.T. 2
is
3 for
use in plains.
Ike
4.3.
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Preparation of Base
dam
is
to be laid
shall
be
prepared,
4.4.1.
The coarse aggregate shall be spread (with suitable edge
protections) and hand packed to a uniform depth and true to alignment profile and grade.
testing template cut to the camber of the
finished pavement shall be used to obtain uniformity of the surface.
advance of the
completed in one
or aggregate mixed with
rolling
in
Rolling
The aggregate
shall
be
After the
initial rolling,
dry
The
the
surface
shall
be
checked with a
crown template and a 3-metre straight edge. The surface shall not
vary more than 12 mm from the template or straight edge. All
surface irregularities exceeding the above limit shall be corrected by
removing or adding aggregates as required.
Each course
shall
be
uniformly
compacted,
as
5.
After the coarse aggregate has been rolled and checked, the
shall be applied at a temperature appropriate to
bituminous binder
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20-1966
is
The
binder.
rate
of application
Table
6
Quantity
Compacted
mm
(i)
(ii)
75 ram
(i)
(ii)
Straight- run
Road
tar
bitumen
50
60-65
Straigbtrun bitumen
Road
tar
its
per 10
RT-4/RT-5
RT-4/RT-5
in
Binder
thickness
Kg
50
for
specified in Tabic 6.
68
82-88
shall
be surface dry
entire depth.
The bituminous material shall preferably be applied by a pressure distributor uniformly over the surface at the specified rate.
Over small areas, where the use of a spray bar is impracticable, the
Only when permaterial shall be applied by the nozzle attachment.
mitted, pouring pots may be used according to the directions of the
Engineer-in-charge.
4.6.
Application of
Key Aggregate
and cross-section.
4.7.
Seal Coat
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4.8.
20-1966
Finishing
The
lines,
be
uniform
permissible undulation on
also the
longitudinal
the
number of undulations
exceed 30
in a
length of 300
is
of
metre.
8
10
mm
The
profile
is
12
mm and
more
should not
maximum
permissible
or
mm.
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