Page 11 - Unit 2: Pavement Material

Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

Material use The materials used in highway construction

also known as reinforcing steel, Aggregate
reinforcement steel, or a main material that makes up about 93 % of the mix. The
deformed bar, is a common steel strength is resulted from the interlocks between the aggregate
bar and is commonly used as a and assist to distribute loads from the traffic in the pavement
tensioning device in reinforced
concrete and reinforced masonry
structures holding the concrete in
compression.
Steel
Reinforce Fillers
ment
The materials
used in highway its fills the voids between aggregate
construction and help stiffening the binder to
produce a stronger and stiffer mix
that could last long.

Bitumen
Cement And
Asphalt

is a binder to glue the aggregate together
is a binder, a substance that sets and to form an improved mix
hardens independently and can bind other
materials together.
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