I found this link over the internet and it confuses me...it says that a high quality crushed stone material should have a CBR approx equal to 100%. What about my natural base-course? Still possible to exceed 100%? See below....
"The California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test is a simple strength test...
I would like to find out if an unsoaked CBR value can exceed 100% for a base-course material: maximum size aggregate 37.5mmm and having a continuous grading curve, sourced from a borrow pit.
Technical specifications impose a value of minimum 80% for base-course.
Thanks for your help.
I would like to find out if an unsoaked CBR value can exceed 100% for a base-course material: maximum size aggregate 37.5mmm and having a continuous grading curve, sourced from a borrow pit.
Thanks for your help.
From my knowledge, sodium sulphate soundness test is to approximate weathering associated with the expansion on freezing of water in aggregate pores and the expansion of salts on rehydration in marine conditions following repeated wetting and drying.
I have this test imposed by specifications on...