Durability test methods for electronic displays

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Test Methods ◽  
Durability Test ◽  
Electronic Displays

Ethylene Glycol Accelerated Weathering Test: An Improved, Objective Aggregate Durability Test Method

2017 ◽  
Vol 2655 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Petrus G. L. van Blerk ◽  
Enrico Fletcher ◽  
Seosamh B. Costello ◽  
Theuns F. P. Henning
Keyword(s):  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Clay Minerals ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Accelerated Weathering ◽  
Visual Interpretation ◽  
Durability Test ◽  
Spalling Fracture ◽  
Accelerated Weathering Test

Ethylene glycol has been used extensively by the concrete and road construction industries to identify rock durability issues associated with smectite clay minerals. The presence of these clay minerals is synonymous with rock degradation under normal environmental wetting and drying cycles. However, such historical test methods are predominately based on a subjective visual interpretation, describing the observed degradation of individual rock pieces at fixed time intervals during the soaking process. In addition, some test methods include complex equations with multiple weighting factors applied to nominated degradation descriptors (e.g., spalling, fracture, and disintegration) used to calculate a single durability indicator. This paper describes the development and implementation of an alternative, nonsubjective accelerated weathering test that also uses ethylene glycol. The research included metamorphic and volcanic rock types used extensively in New Zealand for road construction. The greatest benefit of the proposed new test method is the ability to eliminate the subjective visual assessment described in historical test methods and adequately quantify results to specify contractual acceptance and rejection criteria. The test method also shows that good repeatability is possible from duplicate test samples. However, rock quality and quarry production consistency will influence the ability of the test method to report the same “percentage change in fines” over a prolonged test period. This phenomenon was particularly evident with problematic and lower quality rock. The test findings are well supported by observed field performance, thus giving confidence in the new method’s usefulness.

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