Haron, Zaiton and Jusli, Euniza and Md Nor, Hasanan and Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah and Yaacob, Haryati and Yahya, Khairulzan and Mohamad, Azman and Yahya, Musli Nizam (2018) Prediction of sound absorption coefficient for double layer rubberised concrete blocks. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (2.29). pp. 704-710. ISSN 2227-524X
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Nowadays rubberised concrete is used to support construction sustainability and contribute to a better development of efficient construction material, in particular by using waste rubber tyre. The use of rubber in block pavement is one of the actions in order to reduce the noise from tyre-road interaction and hence able to reduce pass by noise pollution. In this paper, the influence of waste rubber tyre as the replacement for aggregate on the sound absorption coefficient of double layer rubberised concrete blocks was investigated. Non acoustics and acoustics experimental investigations were carried out on a series of block with thickness of 80 mm with facing layer (FL) of block varies in thickness from 10 to 40 mm. FL and bottom layer consist of concrete mixture containing waste tyre rubber granules (RG) of 5 mm to 8 mm and 1 mm to 4 mm, respectively as replacement of natural aggregate within the range of 10-40%. The ratio for cement: aggregate: sand was 1: 1.7:1.5 and water to cement (w/c) ratio of 0.47. Noun acoustics parameters include density, compressive strength, water absorption and porosity. Acoustic parameters investigation of specimens of double layer block showed that concrete pavement blocks have maximum sound absorption located at low frequency of 500 to 700 Hz. This indicates that it is suitable for application of mitigation of low speed traffic condition. A model was developed to predict the maximum sound absorption coefficient of the double layer block pavements which included the percentage of rubber content, thickness of FL and porosity as statistically significant predictor (p < 0.05). This would benefit the road engineers in managing traffic noise management as the sound absorption coefficient is the key important element in reducing tyre/road interaction noise.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sound Absorption Coefficient; Double-Layer Concrete Block; Rubberised Concrete; Concrete Paving Blocks; Tyre/Road Interaction |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TH Building construction > TH1000-1725 Systems of building construction. Including fireproof construction, concrete construction |
| Divisions: | Center for General Studies and Co -curricular > Department of Social Science |
| Depositing User: | UiTM Student Praktikal |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2022 04:14 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2022 04:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/5857 |
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