Treating Loess, Fine Sands and Soft Limestones With Liquid Binders

Details

• Creators:
  Csanyi, Ladis H
• Corporate Creators:
  Iowa State College. Iowa Engineering Experiment Station
• Corporate Contributors:
  Iowa Highway Research Board
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bituminous binders
  • Bituminous mixtures
  • Limestone aggregates
  • Loess
  • Road construction
  • Sand
• Publication/ Report Number:
  IHRB Project HR 20, IEES Project 295-S
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa ; United States
• Edition:
  Progress Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Iowa Highway Research Board
• Abstract:
  Certain areas of Iowa abound in loess, others contain soft limestones that are readily and cheaply available, and a large portion of the state is underlaid with sand. None of these materials is considered suitable in present practices for use in all-weather road construction. The loess is too fine and too difficult to handle; the limestones are considered too soft, and some of the harder ones unsound for this use; the sands are not naturally of the desired gradation and do not lend themselves to blending into satisfactory gradations. The purpose of this project is, therefore, to study and develop means and to determine the feasibility of using these materials, loess, fine sand, and soft limestones, either separately or in combinations in conjunction with liquid binders to produce paving mixtures applicable for all-weather road construction. Also included in the project was the development of methods of processing any of these materials, if necessary, to make them suitable for the desired purpose.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66839/dot_66839_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.95 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dc8df4d049ca47a5f4f3b6f389e225dac1e45da3e3a97c3d35463708193ef685