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A short review on using crumb rubber as modification of bitumen binder
Zohair Ahmed Altieb1, Md. Maniruzzaman A. Aziz2, Khairul Anuar Kassim3, Hauwa Baffa Jibrin4.
The increasing consumption of waste tire has generated many problems such as
increasing landfill space, environmental pollution and causing health hazards. Parallel
to this is the increasing of roads construction as a result of heavy traffic on roads. This
study reviews to the use of crumb rubber (waste tires in powder form) in bitumen using
the wet process. The study focuses on the crumb rubber as a replacement to the total
weight of bitumen. The design or life span for all highways and urban roads is 10 – 20
years. Unfortunately, damages or distresses on pavements are still occurring before
reaching the maximum period of the designed road serviceability. Among the major
influencing factor that is contributing to this distress is the repeated heavy traffic loading
on the road surfaces. Moreover, the use of waste crumb rubber in road construction as
a pavement surface has a better skid resistance, fatigue crack resistance and
increased rut resistance. The review includes physical tests that are used to determine
the physical properties of bitumen and modified crumb rubber mix. The physical tests
involve penetration test, softening point test and viscosity test. The second stage is
rheological tests like rolling thin film oven test (RTFOT), pressure aging vessel (PAV) and
dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) tests. The expectations from the study are to develop
bitumen with waste crumb rubber that would minimize the costs of bitumen and
providing better physical and rheological properties compared to the convention
bitumen based on the tests that was conducted. Crumb rubber modifier as improved
resistance to rutting due to high viscosity, Improved resistance to surface initiated,
reduce fatigue/ reflection cracking, lower pavement maintenance costs, and saving in
energy and natural resource.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
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