WATER SUSCEPTIBILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF GEOPOL YMER BITUMINOUS MIXTURE

• Main Author: ABADI, AMEER MUSTAKIM
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2011
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10326/1/2011%20-%20Water%20susceptibility%20characteristics%20of%20geopolymer%20bituminous%20mixture.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10326/

This fmal report is produce to compile the findings of the project entitled 'Water Susceptibility Characteristics of Geopolymer Bituminous Mixture' for Final Year Project 2. This report contains project background, problem statement, objective & scope of study, literature review, methodology, result & discussion and also conclusion & recommendation section. Geopolymer bituminous mixture is a new finding that can replace the normal conventional bituminous mixture because it is higher in strength. It is a mixture which has strengthens by geopolymer slurry and proved its strength by Marshall Test. This project is to affirm the findings with the study on one of its performance which is the water susceptibility. The test needs to be conducted in order to understand how this material could resist one of the major failures in pavement that is stripping. Hence this project will assist us to get more information on the reaction of the presence of water to this mixture. Besides, we also can make comparison between geopolymer bituminous mixtures with the normal pavement in terms of moisture susceptibility. Therefore, this report will explain on the mechanism of moisture damage, factors that influence the damages, stripping & de bonding process, properties of water, lists of laboratory tests (qualitative & quantitative) that can be apply to achieve the objective, result and discussion gained from the test. Finally, we compare and conclude the overall findings on this study.