Page 16 - UNIT 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT

Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

Concept Wet-Mix Macadam Road Base

• Spreader dry coarse aggregate and compact
• Spreader fine aggregate, vibrated / rolled

• Flush 2.5% of water to the surface that compacted and rolled the coating
• Water acts as a lubricating agent for aggregates and as an adhesive to filler

• Advantage:

 Not applicable isolation, tractable and easily compacted
• Disadvantages:

 For the compacted layer should have time to dry

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Prepared by : SITI ZURAIFA BINTI MD SAH, zuraifa@pmu.edu.my