PROCEDURE OF DBM MIX DESIGN

INDIVIDUAL GRADATION OF ALL SIZE OF AGGREGATES LIKE 20MM, 10MM, 6MM, STONE DUST,
AND FILLER CARRIED OUT WITH RESPECT TO DBM SIEVE SPECIFIED IN MOST TABLE 500-9.

WITH THE INDIVUDIAL GRADING DIFFERENT BLENDING MADE WITH DIFFERENT PROPERTIONS
TO GET A SUITABLE MEDIAN LINE INSIDE THE ENVELOP OF SPECIFIED COARSER AND FINER
LIMIT AS PER TABLE 500-9. THE COMPARABLE GRAPH, AND ALL BLENDING DATAS ENCLOSED.

BULK AND APPARENT SPECIFIC GRAVITY TEST OF ALL INDIVIDUAL MATERIALS CARRIED OUT,
TO FIND OUT COMBINED SPECIFIC GRAVITY Gsa, GSb OF BLENDED AGGREGATE.

FOR MECHANICAL PROPORTIES, AGGREGATE IMPACT VALUE TESTED TO CONFIRM TABLE 500-8
OF MOST AND FOUND WITHIN THE SPECIFIED LIMIT.

COMBINED FLAKINESS AND ELONGATION INDEX CHECKED FOR THE SUITABILITY OF

AGGREGATE SIZES.

TYPE OF BITUMEN SELECTED AS PER CL507.2.1, AND APPENDIX – 4 OF MOST.

STRIPPING VALUE OF AGGREGATE CHECKED WITH 60-70 GRADE OF BITUMEN FOR AGGREGATE
AND BINDER (BITUMEN) SUITABILITY.

BITUMEN CHECKED FOR PENETRATION SOFTENING POINT, FOR ITS CONFIRMITY OF GRADE AND
QUALITY.

MARSHALL SPECIMEN MADE WITH 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, AND 5.0 PERCENT OF BITUMEN CONTENT W.R.T.
TOTAL BITUMINOUS MIX, CONSIDERING MINIMUM 4.0 PERCENT SPECIFIED FOR DBM MIX AS PER
TABLE 500-10, S. NO 6. BITUMEN CONTENT OF 3.5 PERCENT MIX WAS TAKEN IN THE TRIAL FOR
GETTING PROPER GRAPH FOR DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.

INDIVIDUAL TEMPERATURE OF AGGREGATE AND BITUMEN MAINTAINED WITHIN THE RANGE OF

150OC TO 160OC FOR MARSHALL MOULDING. MIXING AND COMPACTING TEMPERATURE
DECIDEDTO MAINTAIN WITHIN (130-160) OC, AS PER CL.504.3.4 C OF MOST. THE RECORDED
TEMPERATURE DATA SUBMITTED ALREADY.

GMM (MAXIMUM THEORITICAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF MIX ) TEST CARRIED OUT PRACTICALLY
NEARER TO THE EXPECTED DESIGN BITUMEN CONTENT AND Gse CALCULATED FROM THE GMM
VALUE . WITH THE CALCULATED Gse VALUE, THE AIR VOIDS IN COMPACTED MIX CALCULATED
FOR OTHER RESPECTIVE BITUMEN CONTENTS.

OTHER VALUES OF VMA, VFB CALCULATED W.R.T. ALL BITUMEN CONTENT AS PER THE
FORMULAS ESTABLISHED BY MS-2. THE FLOW GRAPHS FOR COMPACTED DENSITY, MARSHALL
STABILITY, AIR VOIDS, FLOW, VMA, VFB PLOTTED FOR ALL BITUMEN CONTENT. ALSO THE
GRAPH PLOTTED TO GET ASUITABLE RANGE OF BITUMEN CONTENT TO SATISFY ALL THE
REQUIREMENTS OF TABLE 500-10 OF MOST.

FINALLY CONSIDERING AIR VOIDS TOWARDS SLIGHTLY HIGHER SIDE THAN THE INTERMEDIATE
VALUE OF ( 3-5 )% THE BITUMEN CONTENT FIXED AT 4.3% INSTEAD OF 4.4% (THE MEAN VALUE
OF THE RANGE OF 4.1%-4.7%), SO THAT BLEEDING CHANCES CAN BE MINIMISED AS THE ROADS
ARE UNDER DENSE TRAFFIC ZONE .