TY - GEN AU - Ahmed Moustafa Ahmed AU - Mohamad Rashad Elmitiny , AU - Samah Ahmed Galal , TI - Effect of particle shap and texture of natural and manufactured coarse aggregate on hot - mix asphalt characteristics / PY - 2008/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Moustafa Ahmed , KW - Aggregate shape and texture KW - Coarse aggregate KW - Particle orientation N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Engineering - Department Of Civil Engineering; Issued also as CD N2 - Asphalt concrete is a composite consisting of mineral aggregate and asphalt cement.since mineral aggregate comprises more than of the composite by weight it is reasonable to insure that aggregate quality is a major factor in determining the performance of pavement constucted with asphalt concrete.the objective of this thesis is to determine natural and crushed aggregate shape characteristics including elongation flakiness and other shape indices and to evaluate the influence of these characteristics on hot asphalt mix properties UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -