Paige-Green, P2008-12-122008-12-122006-02-27Paige-Green, P. 2006. Predicting the durability of basic crystalline rocks for use as road construction materials. CSIR Research and Innovation Conference: 1st CSIR Biennial Conference, CSIR International Convention Centre Pretoria, 27-28 February 2006, pp 32http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2740CSIR Research and Innovation Conference: 1st CSIR Biennial Conference, CSIR International Convention Centre Pretoria, 27-28 February 2006One of the major construction materials for high-quality pavement layers in roads in South Africa is the basic crystalline group of rocks, which outcrop locally and/or regionally over at least 60% of South Africa. Problems related to the in-service deterioration of road aggregates produced from these materials, despite their conforming to the necessary specifications at the time, have been experienced in South Africa and internationally for many years. An investigation was carried in which 12 materials were collected from various areas of southern Africa and tested using a range of standard and non-standard tests. Based on the results obtained and a review of the test methods and variation of results, a range of tests and tentative specification limits have been proposed for assessing and predicting the durability of these materials obtained by crushing unweathered material sourcesenRoad construction materialBasic crystalline rocksDurability predictionSouth AfricaConference PresentationPaige-Green, P. (2006). Predicting the durability of basic crystalline rocks for use as road construction materials. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2740Paige-Green, P. "Predicting the durability of basic crystalline rocks for use as road construction materials." (2006): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2740Paige-Green P, Predicting the durability of basic crystalline rocks for use as road construction materials; 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2740 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Paige-Green, P AB - One of the major construction materials for high-quality pavement layers in roads in South Africa is the basic crystalline group of rocks, which outcrop locally and/or regionally over at least 60% of South Africa. Problems related to the in-service deterioration of road aggregates produced from these materials, despite their conforming to the necessary specifications at the time, have been experienced in South Africa and internationally for many years. An investigation was carried in which 12 materials were collected from various areas of southern Africa and tested using a range of standard and non-standard tests. Based on the results obtained and a review of the test methods and variation of results, a range of tests and tentative specification limits have been proposed for assessing and predicting the durability of these materials obtained by crushing unweathered material sources DA - 2006-02-27 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Road construction material KW - Basic crystalline rocks KW - Durability prediction KW - South Africa LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2006 T1 - Predicting the durability of basic crystalline rocks for use as road construction materials TI - Predicting the durability of basic crystalline rocks for use as road construction materials UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2740 ER -