Civil & Environmental Engineering: UTP Publications

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Editor(s): Bashar S. Mohammed, Mohd Shahir Liew, Nursyuhada Mahamood
Publication Year: 2020 (Printed) 2021 (eBook)
Pages: 277 pages
ISBN: 978-967-2048-31-2  | eISBN:978-967-2048-32-9

Synopsis:
Scrap tires number is increasing dramatically every year due to the significant increases in the automotive industry. To ease the negative impact of the accumulation of scrap tires on the environments, it is essential to recycling them in mass production, especially in the construction industry. In this book, the development of interlocking rubbercrete bricks has been introduced and discussed in details, such as physical and chemical properties of the raw materials (cement, fly ash, sand and crumb rubber), trail dry mixes, development of dry mix design using the response surface methodology (RSM), and the process of producing the interlocking rubbercrete bricks. In addition, test procedures and results of the interlocking rubbercrete bricks have been presented in this book to the extent required for its uses in the construction industry.

Author(s): Bashar S. Mohammed, Mohd Shahir Liew
Publication Year: 2019
Pages: 97 pages
ISBN: 978-967-2048-12-1 | eISBN:978-967-2048-13-8

Synopsis:

Highway bridge designs are composed of multiple spans of steel or concrete girders, which are simply supported at piers and bents. A mechanical joint is usually installed toward the end of the simple span deck to allow movement, shrinkage, and temperature adjustment. The deck joint of the bridge is expected to be the most expensive part for installation and maintenance. Water leakage through these joints causes corrosion at the ends of the deck and also at the piers. Therefore, maintaining bridges to prevent corrosion is a critical challenge, and engineers are trying to establish an innovative method by utilizing new design and materials to reduce rehabilitation costs. Therefore, Engineered Cementitious Composites link slab has been introduced to replace conventional construction joints in the bridge.