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AS 2758.6-2008
[Superseded]Aggregates and rock for engineering purposes, Part 6: Guidelines for the specification of armourstone
Provides designers and specifies with a basis for developing the criteria for selection of natural, boulder-sized rock materials for use as armour stone on sea walls, harbour and river foreshores or dam walls.
Published: 30/06/2008
Pages: 34
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Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope
2 Application
3 Referenced documents
4 Definitions
5 Resource availability
6 Design considerations
7 Exposure risk classification
8 Resource investigation
8.1 General
8.2 Rock type and mineralogy
8.3 Resource variability
8.4 Defect spacing
8.5 Existing quarries—Blast damage
8.6 Access
9 Material requirements
9.1 Sampling
9.2 Grading requirements
9.3 Armourstone shape
9.4 Rock mass defects
9.5 Abrasion resistance
9.6 Particle density and water absorption
9.7 Salt attack and freeze thaw
9.8 Durability tests
Appendix A
Appendix B
Amendment control sheet
AS 2758.6—2008
Amendment No. 1 (2009)
Correction
Cited references in this standard
ASTM C295
Standard Guide for Petrographic Examination of Aggregates for Concrete
EN 13383-2
Armourstone, Part 2: Test methods
EN 13383-1
Armourstone, Part 1: Specification
BS 6349-7
Maritime structures, Part 7: Guide to the design and construction of breakwaters—Section 4 Rubble mound structures
BS 6349-1
Maritime structures, Part 1: Code of Practice for general criteria
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