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AS 2758.6:2019
[Current]The objective of the standard is to provide designers and suppliers with information on the properties of rock sources that may allow the supply of large rock blocks suitable for the protection of sea walls, river banks, dam facings and other structures requiring protection against wave action or erosion caused by flowing water.
Published: 20/12/2019
Pages: 20
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope
2 Application
3 Normative references
4 Terms and 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
9.9 Other methods
Appendix A
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DR AS 2758.6:2019