Measuring the specific gravities of fine aggregates: An automated procedure

International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 37-50

  You, Zhanping ^a   Mills Beale, Julian ^a   Williams, R Christopher ^b   Dai, Qingli ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

AASHTO T 84; Fine aggregate; Specific gravity; SSDetect

Indexed keywords

AASHTO T-84; AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS; AUTOMATED PROCEDURES; FINE AGGREGATE; FINE AGGREGATES; INFRA RED; MICHIGAN; SATURATED SURFACES; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SSDETECT; STANDARD METHOD; TEST PROCEDURES;

AGGLOMERATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HIGHWAY PLANNING; LIGHT REFLECTION; STANDARDS;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 78651572366     PISSN: 19966814     EISSN: 19971400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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