With the CGM equipment, the following road pavement tests can be performed (granular materials, bituminous mixtures, soil-cement, etc.).

Characterization of basic materials

  • Bulk density and porosity (UNE-EN 1097-3).
  • Determination of water content by kiln drying (UNE-EN 1097-5).
  • Particle density and water absorption (UNE-EN 1097-6)
  • Determination of the real density of the filler. Pycnometer method (UNE-EN 1097-7)
  • Determination of particle size. Sieving method (UNE-EN 933-1).
  • Determination of particle shape. Index of slabs (UNE-EN 933-3)
  • Determination of the percentage of fracture faces of the coarse aggregate particles (UNE-EN 933-5).
  • Evaluation of fines. Sand equivalent test (UNE-EN 933-8).
  • Evaluation of fines. Methylene blue test (UNE-EN 933-9).
  • Evaluation of fines. Granulometry of the fillers (sieving in air current) (UNE-EN 933-10)
  • Classification test of the components of recycled coarse aggregates (UNE-EN 933-11).
  • Proctor (UNE 103500)
  • Modified Proctor (UNE 103501)
  • CBR index test in the laboratory (UNE-EN 13286-47)
  • Determination of penetration with needle of bitumens and bituminous binders (UNE-1426).
  • Determination of the softening point of bitumens and bituminous binders. Ring and ball method (UNE-1427).
  • Determination of the resistance to hardening by the effect of heat and air of bitumens and bituminous binders. Part 1: RTFOT method (thin film and rotary) (UNE-EN 12607).
  • Determination of the dynamic viscosity of bituminous binders using a needle rotation viscometer (UNE-EN 13302).
  • Determination of the tensile properties of modified bitumens by the force-ductility method (UNE-EN 13589).
  • Bitumens and bituminous binders. Determination of the elastic recovery of modified bitumens (UNE-EN 13389).
  • Conditioning by accelerated long-term aging of bitumens and bituminous binders using a pressure aging vessel (PAV: Pressure Ageing Vessel) (UNE-EN 14769).
  • Determination of the complex shear modulus and phase angle of bituminous binders using a Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) (UNE-EN 14770).
  • Determination of the flexural strength of bituminous binders. Flexion Rheometer (BBR) (UNE-EN 14771).
  • NLT-133/99 Saybolt viscosity of bituminous materials.

Boiling Water Test (ASTM D 3625-96).

Test methods for hot bituminous mixtures. Determination of the affinity between aggregate and bitumen. Rotating bottle method (UNE-EN 12697-11).

  • Density and voids in compacted bituminous mixtures (NLT 168).
  • Resistance to plastic deformation of bituminous mixtures using the Marshall apparatus (NLT-159/86).
  • Hot asphalt mixtures. Content of soluble binder (UNE-EN 12697-1)
  • Bituminous mixtures. Compactibility (UNE-EN 12697-10)
  • Bituminous mixtures. Determination of the sensitivity to water. Indirect traction after immersion (UNE-EN 12697-12 and UNE-EN 12697-23).
  • Bituminous mixtures. Resistance to permanent deformation. Test of rolling or laboratory track in air and water (UNE-EN 12697-22).
  • Bituminous mixtures. Fatigue resistance by indirect tensile test on cylindrical specimens (Annex E – UNE-EN 12697-24).
  • Bituminous mixtures. Uniaxial cyclic compression test with confinement (Annex A – UNE-EN 12697-25).
  • Bituminous mixtures. Triaxial cyclic compression test for bituminous mixtures (Annex B – UNE-EN 12697-25).
  • Bituminous mixtures. Stiffness analysis by obtaining the indirect tensile resilient modulus (Annex C – UNE-EN 12697-26).
  • Bituminous mixtures. Stiffness analysis by direct tensile-compression stiffness (Annex D – UNE-EN 12697-26).
  • Effect of water on the cohesion of compacted bituminous mixtures (Immersion-compression test) (NLT-162).
  • Simple compressive strength of materials treated with hydraulic binders (NLT-305).

Triaxial test with cyclic loading for mixtures without binder and granular materials (UNE-EN 13286-7).

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