Testing and analysis on road surfaces
List of tests carried out on road surfaces. The references in brackets refer to the standards used for each test.
In laboratory
Bituminous mixtures
- Drilling and thickness measurement (CME 54.01)
- Drilling
- Total thickness (CME 54.01)
- Layer thickness (CME 54.01)
- Apparent density (CME 54.09 and NBN EN 12697-6)
- Maximum density (CME 54.0 et NBN EN 12697-5)
- Relative compaction (CME 54.08)
- Binder content
- By Soxhlet (CME 54.05)
- By centrifugation (CME 54.06)
- Grain size distribution (CME 54.07)
- Binder extraction by under vacuum evaporation (CME 08.26)
- Sharp sand content - Microscope
- Sampling (NBN EN 12697-27)
- Determination of void characteristics (NBN EN 12697-8)
- Determination of water sensitivity (NBN EN 12697-12)
- Particle loss of porous asphalt specimen (NBN EN 12697-17)
- Binder drainage (NBN EN 12697-18)
- Determination of the indirect tensile strength (NBN EN 12697-23)
- Determination of the dimensions of a bituminous specimen (NBN EN 12697-29)
- Specimen preparation by impact compactor (NBN EN 12697-30)
- Specimen preparation gyratory compactor (NBN EN 12697-31)
Bituminous binders
- Penetration test (NBN EN 1426)
- Softening point - from 20°C to 80°C (NBN EN 13075-4)
- Determination of water content in bitumen emulsions (NBN EN 1428)
On site
- Sampling by drilling
- in bituminous road surface
- in concrete
- in reinforced concrete
- Plate bearing test
- 200 cm2 plate
- 750 cm2 plate
- CBR test
- Hammering probe
- Apparent density measurement
- Inspection by camera
- Westergaard plate bearing test
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