ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY COCONUT SHELL AS A FILLER IN STONE MASTIC ASPHALT

Abstract

For reducing the Cost and increasing the efficiency of roads. Many different alternative are used for improvement by using different waste materials as fillers among them Coconut shell charcoal is one of them. In the Research work, the main objective is to compare the results obtained by using fillers like Stone dust, Portland cement, Fly ash with Coconut Shell charcoal. The Properties that Coconut shell Charcoal possesses are resistance to crushing, absorption, surface moisture, grading, resistance to freezing, light weight, heating and synthetic resin glues which is most important for pavement of roads. Therefore its Stability and flow parameters and Air Void ratio are obtained so that it can be compared with different types of Fillers. From that we can establish a perfect combination so that it can be useful as a substitute as a filler for improving the quality and durability of pavement of roads.