THE ABRASION TESTING OF CONCRETE PAVERS （混凝土铺路石的磨损测试）.pdf

PAVE 92 THE ABRASION TESTING OF CONCRETE PAVERS Brian Shackel Head, Department of Geotechnical Engineering School of Civil Engineering University of New South Wales, Australia Xlaoplng Shl Visiting Fellow, School of Civil Engineering University of New South Wales, Australia SUMMARY This paper describes an in-depth evaluation of an abrasion testing procedure for concrete pavers developed in Australia The test involves abrasion of the paver surface by a rapidly rotating ball race under load. Water is used both to lubricate the race and to remove debris. The investigation included the study of factors affecting the test results such as the load applied to the ball-race, the speed inclination and numbers of revolutions of the race, the speed inclination and numbers of revolutions of the race, the water flow and the hardness and wear of the ball bearings. Additional tests were conducted to establish the intrinsic variability of the test procedure. Based on the test results both the advantages and limitations of the test as a means for characterising the abrasion resistance of pavers are outlined and discussed. INTRODUCTION The initial development of concrete block paving occurred in Europe. Here resistance to frost required high strengths and therefore high cement contents in paver manufacture. Consequently, abrasion wear was not a major problem and measures of wear resistance were not generally included in European paver specification