ASTM D6270-20 - Standard Practice for Use of Scrap Tires in Civil Engineering Applications
Standard Practice for Use of Scrap Tires in Civil Engineering Applications
| Standard number: | ASTM D6270-20 |
| Released: | 01.09.2020 |
| Status: | Active |
| Pages: | 22 |
| Section: | 11.04 |
| Keywords: | construction practices; landfills; leachate; lightweight fill; rail lines; retaining walls; roads; scrap tires; TDA; tire chips; tire-derived aggregate; tire shreds; vibration damping; |
1.1 This practice provides guidance for testing the physical properties, design considerations, construction practices, and leachate generation potential of processed or whole scrap tires in lieu of conventional civil engineering materials, such as stone, gravel, soil, sand, lightweight aggregate, or other fill materials.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.3 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.