BULK DENSITY OF AGGREGATES VOIDS AND BULKING
BS EN 1097-3:1998
Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates
Part 3: Determination of loose bulk density and voids
Scheme
Lab Ref
Client Ref.
Job Ref
Supplier
Source
Location
Date
Material Type
Type 1 General Granular Materials
Type 2 General Cohesive Materials
Type 3 General Chalk Materials
Type 4 - Landscape Fill
Type 5 - Top Soil
Type 6 - Selected Granular Fill
Type 7 - Selected Cohesive Fill
Type 8 - Miscellaneous Materials
Type 9 - Stabilized Materials
Others
Date Format
Default - mm/dd/yy
ISO 8601 - yy-mm-dd
Short - d M, y
Medium - d MM, y
Full - DD, d MM, yy
With text - 'day' d 'of' MM 'in the year' yy
Material Name
Aggregates
Clays
Rocks
Silts
Peats
Soils
Specification
Aggregate Type
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Wt of Container and Compacted/Uncompacted* Aggregate A(kg)
Weight of Container
B(kg)
Wt of Compacted/Uncompacted* Aggregate
A-B (kg)
Diameter of Container (mm)
Depth of Container (mm)
Volume of Calibrated Container
V(m^3)
Bulk Density
b =
(A-B )
/ V
Percentage Voids =
100
* ( (a - (b/100))/a)
Percentage Bulking at Test Moisture Content
=
(b1 * ( 100 + M) / c) - 100
*Oven Dry/
*Oven Dry/
Saturated/
Saturated/
SSD
SSD
a =
relative density (Oven dried) of aggregate
b =
bulk density (Oven dried)
b1 =
Uncompacted bulk density of oven dried fine aggregate
c =
Uncompacted bulk density of fine aggregate at test moisture content
M =
Test Moisture Content
* Delete as appropriate
Note:- 1. Report Bulk Density to Nearest 10kg/m^3
2. Report Voids and Bulking to Nearest whole number
3. Condition of Sample at time of test (o.d./Satd/ssd)
Comments
Tested By
Date
Checked By