LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACV Aggregate Crushing Value
ASTM American Society for Testing Materials
B Ballast for Railways
BP Borrow Pit
CBR California Bearing Ratio
Ch Surfacing Aggregates or Chips
CO Coarse Aggregate for Concrete
CR Crusher-Run Basecourse
Cx Basecourse, Chips, Concrete, Ballast
DR District Road
FACT Fines Aggregate Crushing Test
FR Farm Road
GM Grading Modulus
LL Liquid Limit
LS Linear Shrinkage
Ma Million anni (years)
MAASHO Modified AASHO
MR Main Road
NP Non Plastic
pH pH value
PI Plasticity Index
PL Plastic Limit
R R-Factor: Coefficient of Correlation
SABS South African Bureau of Standards
SP Slightly Plastic
TR Trunk Road
NOTA : Abbreviations like reference numbers of borrow pits, of geological groups and
formations, sample numbers, mathematical expressions and variables, dimensions, trade
marks, chemical expressions etc are not listed in the List of Abbreviations. They are
explained in the text.