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Fly Ash Facts for Highway Engineers

Appendices

Appendix A - Conversion Factors

Conversion Factors
1 inch2.54 cm
1 foot0.305 m
1 pound0.436 kg
1 ton0.907 tons (metric)
1 psi6.895 kPa
1 psf0.479 kPa
1 gal/sy4.527 liters/m3
° C5/9 (° F - 32°)
° F9/5 (° C + 32°)

Appendix B - Specifications and Recommended Practice Guidelines

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
AASHTO M 85Specification for Portland Cements
AASHTO M 172Standard Specification for Mineral Filler for Bituminous Paving Mixtures
AASHTO M 240Specification for Blended Cements
AASHTO M 295Standard Specifications for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use as a Mineral Admixture in Concrete
AASHTO T 26Standard Method of Test for Quality of Water to be Used in Concrete
AASHTO T 99Standard Method of Test for Moisture-Density Relation of Soils Using a 2.5kg (5.5 pound) Rammer and 305mm (12 inch) Drop
AASHTO T 106Standard Method of Test for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortar (Using 50 mm or 2 inch) Cube Specimens
AASHTO T 197Standard Method of Test for Time of Settling of Concrete Mixtures by Penetration Resistance
AASHTO T 232Standard Method of Test for Cement Content of Freshly Mixed Soil-Cement
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
ASTM C 29Test Method for Unit Weight and Voids in Aggregates
ASTM C 33Specification for Concrete Aggregates
ASTM C 39Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
ASTM C 78Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam with Third-Point Loading)
ASTM C 94Specification for Ready Mixed Concrete
ASTM C 109Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or 50-mm Cube Specimens)
ASTM C 150Specification for Portland Cement
ASTM C 403Test Method for Time of Setting of Concrete Mixtures by Penetration Resistance
ASTM C 494Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete
ASTM C 593Fly Ash and Other Pozzolans for Use with Lime
ASTM C 595Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements
ASTM C 596Test Method for Drying Shrinkage of Mortar Containing Portland Cement
ASTM C 618Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use as a Mineral Admixture in Portland Cement Concrete
ASTM C 666Test Method for Resistance of Concrete to Rapid Freezing and Thawing
ASTM C 672Test Method for Scaling Resistance of Concrete Surfaces Exposed to Deicing Chemicals
ASTM C 685Specification for Concrete Made by Volumetric Batching and Continuous Mixing
ASTM C 917Test Method for Evaluation of Cement Strength Uniformity From a Single Source
ASTM C 928Specification for Packaged, Dry, Rapid-Hardening Cementitious Materials for Concrete Repairs
ASTM C 939Test Method for Flow of Grout for Preplaced-Aggregate Concrete (Flow Cone Method)
ASTM C 1157Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement
ASTM D 698Test Method for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,400 ft-lbf/ft3 (600kN-m/m3))
ASTM D 2901Test Method for Cement Content of Freshly Mixed Soil-Cement
ASTM D 4318Test Method for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils
ASTM D 4829Test Method for Expansion Index of Soils
ASTM D 5239Practice for Characterizing Fly Ash for Use in Soil Stabilization
ASTM E 1861Guide for Use of Coal Combustion By-Products in Structural Fills
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
ACI 211.1Standard Practice for Selecting Proportions of Normal, Heavyweight, and Mass Concrete
ACI 211.4RGuide for Selecting Proportions for High-Strength Concrete with Portland Cement and Fly Ash
ACI 212.3RChemical Admixtures for Concrete
ACI 214Recommended Practice for Evaluation of Strength Results of Concrete Strength Testing
ACI 226.1RGround Granulated Blast Furnace Slag as A Cementitious Constituent in Concrete
ACI 229RControlled Low Strength Materials (CLSM)
ACI 232.2RUse of Fly Ash in Concrete
ACI 301Specifications for Structural Concrete for Buildings
ACI 305RHot Weather Concreting
ACI 306RCold Weather Concreting
ACI 318Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete
ACI 363RState-of-the-Art Report on High-Strength Concrete
ACI 363.2RGuide to Quality Control and Testing of High Strength Concrete
Other Test Methods
ANSI / AWWA C105 / A21.5 American National Standard for Polyethylene Encasement for Ductile-Iron Pipe Systems

Appendix C - Design and Construction References - Fly Ash Facts for Highway Engineers

Portland Cement Concrete

  • ACI Manual of Concrete Practice, American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Michigan.
  • Fast Track Concrete Pavements, Technical Bulletin 004P, American Concrete Pavement Association, Skokie, Illinois, 1994.

Stabilized Base Course

  • Coal Fly Ash in Pozzolanic Stabilized Mixtures for Flexible Pavement Systems (Flexible Pavement Manual), American Coal Ash Association, Washington, DC.
  • Guidelines and Guide Specifications for Using Pozzolanic Stabilized Mixture (Base Course or Subbase) and Fly Ash for In-Place Subgrade Soil Modifications, AASHTO Task Force Report 28, Washington, DC.
  • Soil and Pavement Base Stabilization with Self-Cementing Coal Fly Ash, American Coal Ash Association, Alexandria, Virginia, May 1999.

Flowable Fill

  • ACI 229R,Controlled Low Strength Materials, American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Michigan.
  • NRMCA Flowable Fill Pamphlet, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association.

Grouts for Pavement Subsealing

  • Slab Stabilization Guidelines for Concrete Pavements, Technical Bulletin 018P, American Concrete Pavement Association, Skokie, Illinois, 1994.

Soil Improvement

  • Soil and Pavement Base Stabilization with Self-Cementing Coal Fly Ash, American Coal Ash Association, Alexandria, Virginia, May 1999.
  • Fly Ash for Soil Improvement, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 36, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, New York, 1993.
  • Guidelines and Guide Specifications for Using Pozzolanic Stabilized Mixture (Base Course or Subbase) and Fly Ash for In-Place Subgrade Soil Modifications, AASHTO Task Force Report 28, Washington, DC.

Structural Fills/Embankments

  • ASTM E 1861, Structural Guide for the Use of Coal Combustion By- Products in Structural Fills, American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
  • Technical Advisory T 5080.9, Use of Coal Ash in Embankments and Bases, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, May 1988.

Asphalt Pavements

  • American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials. Standard Method of Test, Mineral Filler for Bituminous Paving Mixtures, AASHTO Designation M17-83, Part 1 Specifications, 14th Edition, 1986.
  • L. Allen Cooley, Jr. and Michael H. Huner.Evaluation of Fly Ash Sources for Use as Mineral Filler in Hot Mix Asphalt, Proceedings: 14th International Symposium on Management and Use of Coal Combustion Products, Volume 2, Palo Alto, California, January 2001.
  • Guidelines for Materials, Production, and Placement of Stone Matrix Asphalt, National Asphalt Pavement Association, Information Series 118, August 1994.
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