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Highway Materials Tutorial

This document contains a tutorial sheet on aggregates for a Masters in Transportation Engineering course. It includes questions on the types of aggregates, the contributions of aggregates in Portland cement concrete and asphalt concrete, types of igneous and sedimentary rocks, properties of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, types of metamorphic rocks, and uses of various rocks. The tutorial sheet provides information and questions to help students learn about aggregates used in highway materials and construction.

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Highway Materials Tutorial

This document contains a tutorial sheet on aggregates for a Masters in Transportation Engineering course. It includes questions on the types of aggregates, the contributions of aggregates in Portland cement concrete and asphalt concrete, types of igneous and sedimentary rocks, properties of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, types of metamorphic rocks, and uses of various rocks. The tutorial sheet provides information and questions to help students learn about aggregates used in highway materials and construction.

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MASTERS IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

CE-566 HIGHWAY MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION


Tutorial sheet 6 – Aggregates Prof. Dr. Adnan Qadir Student Id____________________________

Q1) What are various types of aggregates

Q2) What are the contributions of aggregate in PCC and AC? Why they differ?

Q3)

Q2) Igneous Rocks and Minerals

1. Granite contains _______________________

2. __________ contains feldspar & one or more dark mineral. Feldspar is dominant.

3. Gabbro contains _________________. ____________________ are dominant.

4. _____________ contains iron and is black or dark.

5. Pegmatite is a _______________ with large crystals of __________________

Q3) Identify six types of sedimentary rocks

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MASTERS IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
CE-566 HIGHWAY MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION
Tutorial sheet 6 – Aggregates Prof. Dr. Adnan Qadir Student Id____________________________

Q5
Properties Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic

Color

Texture

Mineral
constituents

Mode of
occurrence

Importance to
highway
Engineer

Apparent
specific
gravity

Porosity

Unit weight
(pcf)

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MASTERS IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
CE-566 HIGHWAY MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION
Tutorial sheet 6 – Aggregates Prof. Dr. Adnan Qadir Student Id____________________________
Absorption,%

Q6) What are the Types of Metamorphic Rocks?

Q7) Use of rock

Rock Utility

Granite

Slate

Limestone

Basalt

Alluvial and glacial deposits

Sandstone

Mudstone

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