Page 44 - Unit 2: Pavement Material

Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

Explain the objectives and characteristics
AC Mix
of asphaltic concrete mix

• Asphalt Concrete is the asphalt mix in place on the road including levelling and surface
courses during and after spreading and compacting. This work shall consist of furnishing,
placing, shaping and compacting asphaltic concrete binder course and/or wearing
course on a prepared and accepted bituminous or bitumen primed pavement course,
and shall include the careful and thorough cleaning of surfaces which are to be covered
without receiving a bituminous tack coat.

Different between Asphalt vs Bitumen

Asphalt Bitumen

American European

Thailand Malaysia

Asphalt / Asphalt Cement (AC) Bitumen

Hot Mix = AC + Aggregate Premix = Bitumen + Aggregate

Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) / Asphaltic Asphalt Concrete

Concrete / Asphalt Concrete

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