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BS 4987-1:2003

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Coated macadam (asphalt concrete) for roads and other paved areas – Specification for constituent materials and for mixtures

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BSI 2003 32
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1 BRITISH STANDARD
2 Committees responsible for this British�Standard
3 Contents
7 1 Scope
2 Normative references
8 3 Terms and definitions
3.1 test sieve
3.2 traffic categories
3.2.1 traffic category
3.2.2 traffic category A
3.2.3 traffic category B
3.3 commercial vehicle
4 Constituent materials
4.1 Binder
9 4.2 Coarse aggregate
4.3 Fine aggregate
10 4.4 Added filler
4.5 Composition of mixtures
4.6 Terminology of dense, heavy duty and high modulus base (roadbase) and binder course mixtures
11 4.7 Design of dense (DBM 50), heavy duty (HDM 50) and high modulus base (HMB 35) base (roadbase) …
5 Group one: dense base (roadbase) mixtures
5.1 Clause deleted
5.2 0/32 mm size dense base (roadbase) including HMB�35, DBM�50, DBM�125, DBM�190 and HDM�50
Table 3 Aggregate grading for 0/32 mm size dense base (roadbase) recipe mixtures and target aggregate gra…
12 Table 4 Bitumen content and grade for 0/32 mm size dense base (roadbase) recipe mixtures and target bitum…
6 Group two: binder course mixtures
6.1 0/20 mm size open graded binder course
Table 5 Aggregate grading for 0/20 mm size open graded binder course
Table 6 Bitumen content and grade for 0/20 mm size open graded binder course
13 6.2 0/32 mm size single course
Table 8 Aggregate grading for 0/32 mm size single course
Table 9 Bitumen content and grade for 0/32 mm size single course
6.3 Clause deleted
6.4 0/32 mm size dense binder course, including HMB 35, DBM�50, DBM�125, DBM�190 and HDM�50
14 Table 13 Aggregate grading for 0/32 mm size dense binder course recipe mixtures and target aggregate gradi…
Table 14 Bitumen content and grade for 0/32 mm size dense binder course recipe�mixtures and target bitumen…
6.5 0/20 mm size dense binder course, including HMB 35, DBM�50, DBM�125, DBM�190 and HDM�50
Table 15 Aggregate grading for 0/20 mm size dense binder course recipe mixtures and target aggregate gradi…
15 Table 16 Bitumen content and grade for 0/20 mm size dense binder course recipe�mixtures and target bitumen…
7 Group three: surface course mixtures
7.1 0/14 mm size open graded surface course
Table 17 Aggregate grading for 0/14 mm size open graded surface course
Table 18 Bitumen content for 0/14 mm size open graded surface course
16 7.2 0/10 mm size open graded surface course
Table 20 Aggregate grading for 0/10 mm size open graded surface course
Table 21 Bitumen content for 0/10 mm size open graded surface course
7.3 0/14 mm size close graded surface course (preferred mixture)
Table 23 Aggregate grading for 0/14 mm size close graded surface course
17 Table 24 Bitumen content for 0/14 mm size close graded surface course
Table 25 Grade of bitumen for 0/14 mm size close graded surface course
7.4 0/10 mm size close graded surface course (preferred mixture)
Table 26 Aggregate grading for 0/10 mm size close graded surface course
18 Table 27 Bitumen content for 0/10 mm size close graded surface course
Table 28 Grade of bitumen for 0/10 mm size close graded surface course
7.5 0/6 mm size dense surface course (preferred mixture)
Table 29 Aggregate grading for 0/6 mm size dense surface course
19 Table 30 Bitumen content for 0/6 mm size dense surface course
Table 31 Grade of bitumen for 0/6 mm size dense surface course
7.6 0/6 mm size medium graded surface course (preferred mixture)
Table 32 Aggregate grading for 0/6 mm size medium graded surface course
20 Table 33 Bitumen content and grade for 0/6 mm size medium graded surface course
7.7 0/4�mm size fine graded surface course
Table 34 Aggregate grading for 0/4 mm size fine graded surface course
Table 35 Bitumen content for 0/4 mm size fine graded surface course
21 Table 36 Grade of bitumen for 0/4 mm size fine graded surface course
7.8 Coated chippings for fine graded surface course
7.9 Coated grit
8 Group four: porous asphalt surface course mixtures
8.1 6/20 mm size porous asphalt surface course
Table 37 Aggregate grading for 6/20 mm size porous asphalt surface course
Table 38 Bitumen content and grade for 6/20 mm size porous asphalt surface�course
8.2 2/10 mm size porous asphalt surface course
22 Table 39 Aggregate grading for 2/10 mm size porous asphalt surface course
Table 40 Bitumen content and grade for 2/10 mm size porous asphalt surface�course
9 Mixing
9.1 General
9.2 Temperature of mixed macadam
23 Table 41 Maximum temperatures of mixture
10 Sampling and testing
10.1 Binder
10.2 Aggregates and fillers
10.3 Coated macadam
10.4 Coated chippings
24 Annex A (normative) Fluxing of hand laid macadams
A.1 The workability of mixtures for immediate hand laying may be enhanced by the addition of a flux, …
A.2 The flux shall have the following characteristics:
A.3 The addition of the flux shall not result in fluxed bitumen with a penetration softer than 400�pen.
A.4 No flux shall be used in the production of dense base (roadbase) and dense binder course macadams.
A.5 Fluxed mixtures shall be clearly identified on delivery notes by including the letter F in the mi…
A.6 Deferred set macadams, for use as depot stock materials in temporary works, shall be clearly iden…
Annex B (informative) Guidance on the selection of materials and mixtures
B.1 General
25 B.2 Aggregate
B.3 Dense base (roadbase) and binder course mixtures
B.3.1 Composition of dense mixtures
B.3.2 Thickness of dense base (roadbase)
B.4 Other binder course mixtures
B.4.1 Composition of mixtures
B.4.2 Surface dressing
26 B.5 Surface course mixtures
B.5.1 Binder
B.5.2 Aggregate
B.5.3 Composition of mixtures
B.5.4 Application of coated grit
27 B.5.5 Porous asphalt surface course
B.5.6 Compaction of surface courses
B.5.7 Hand laid macadams in lightly constructed permanent works
28 Recommended storage temperatures for bitumen
Recommended storage temperatures for bitumen
Annex C (normative) Terminology of dense base (roadbase) and binder course�mixtures
Table C.1 Terminology for referring to designed dense mixtures in groups�one�and�two
29 Table C.2 Terminology for referring to recipe dense mixtures in groups�one�and�two
Table C.3 Tolerances for aggregate grading and bitumen content of designed�dense, heavy duty and high modul…
30 Annex D (informative) Specifying coated macadam
D.1 General
D.2 Type and size of coated macadam
D.3 Type of aggregate
D.4 Type and grade of binder
D.5 Method of laying
D.6 Levels of surfaces other than highways
BS 4987-1:2003
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