VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVIDEO CITEVI
Students Career Civil Engineering at the University of Montevideo participate annually in a lab course Civil Laboratory III on aggregates, binders and asphalt mixtures in our facilities.
It is the fourth year that this laboratory is provided in the sionWhere an approach to building materials pavement comprising an asphalt mixture, testing quality control thereof, the design criteria of the mix, an evaluation of its mechanical properties and details of it gives the laboratory practical activity in respect of which represent its future activity, such as road builders.
The activity is focused on the design of an asphalt mixture according to the Marshall method, carrying out a theoretical review of the method as well as the national regulations. Subsequently, asphalt mixtures with different asphalt contents are made in the laboratory and test methods are evaluated to determine the characteristics of the mixture and the aggregates used. Once the capabilities of each of the systems have been determined, students process the information and interpret the results. In addition to carrying out classic tests, such as Los Angeles attrition or the dosage of mixtures by the Marshall method, it is intended to bring students closer to new testing technologies such as Microdeval and to comment on other existing dosage methodologies.
We thank the Quím. Paula Morales for the time given for the realization of this practice as well as the UM for the trust given to CITEVI industry as a technical reference.
