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DISCUSSION

Toughness is the property of a material to resist impact. Due to movement of vehicles


on the road, the aggregates are subjected to impact which causes them to break into smaller
pieces. So, the aggregates that are going to be used in the road or highway must have
sufficient toughness where the AIV test should be 10%-20%, to resist their disintegration due
to impact.

From the data obtained and the Aggregate Impact Value Test (AIV) that we have done, it
shows that our mean value from all three samples is 22.11%. Based from the Aggregate
Impact Standard, for the aggregate impact value of 21.11% which is 20% - 30% is
satisfactory strong for road surfacing. It shows that this aggregate is satisfactory in term of
impact value of the road aggregates and its suitability in road construction on the basis of
impact value.

A lot of advantages can be obtained from the AIV test, and one of the advantages of
aggregate impact test is that the test equipment and the test procedure are simple and it can
obtain the resistance and impact of stones simulating field condition. The test also can be
done in short period of time whether it is at construction site or stone quarry. Higher
resistance to impact can be provided in well-shaped cubical stones compared to flaky and
elongated stones. On the other hand, volume and height may vary depending on specific
gravity of aggregate and shape factors. So the specified rate of application of the blows of the
impact rammer may be also varying.

There are some errors that may occurred in the experiment and effects the result such as
different data will be collected when the weighting process because of wind resistance. The
sample data may be higher or lower than the reading data because of the reading error. Beside
that, the distance of the person hand while tamping may cause different result. Tamping layer
also can affect the error reading because its done manually and not consistence with the
others. Then, the brass plate are not closed may cause reduction to the weight of sample after
being crushed. The aggregate will fall out from brass plate because of the hammer was
released freely and fall on the aggregate. The height of hammer and brass plate can also be
the factor to the error data. For the precaution, laboratory must been closed area especially at
the measuring area to avoid the wind resistance affected the weight data or closed box of
measuring machine. Second, to avoid error to the sample data. Only one person with
consistence strength and distance can reduced the error. Its more effective if can be doing
using a machine than manually. The brass plate must been in closed machine to make sure
that the sample not fall out from brass plate. Hammer must in same size with the brass plate
to ensure that the aggregate are crash accurately.

CONCLUSION

After conducting this experiment, we can say that it is important to test the aggregates
in order to construct a quality pavement for the highway construction. Thus, the result of the
experiment, the aggregates impact value are 23.26% , 21.08% and 22% for 3 samples that we
conducted respectively. This value is acceptable because it is between 20-30% which
classified as satisfactory for road surfacing. The lower the value, the higher the strength of the
road surface. On the other hand, the objective of this experiment is achieved.
DATA RESULT

Sample 1 2 3
Weight of steel 3100 3100 3100
cylinder (g)
Weight of aggregates 3419 3435 3422.7
+ cylinder (g)
Weight of 319 335 322.7
aggregates, M1 (g)
Weight of aggregates 318 334 318.9
after 15 blows (g)
Weight of aggregates 74.2 70.6 71
pass 2.36 mm, M2
(g)
Weight retained 241.5 262.9 246
2.36mm, M3 (g)
Total weight of 315.7 333.5 317
aggregates (M2+M3)
M1-(M2+M3) 3.3g 1.5g 5.7g
AIV 23.26% 21.08% 22%

Formula:
M2
AIV =
100
M1

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