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Research
Questions, Aim and
04 Objectives, and
Hypothesis
05 Proposed Methodology
06 Conclusion
07 References
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1 Introduction
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Introduction
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Introduction
Vaishali and Reviewed the use of fly ash as Fly ash can be used to partially replace
Gayathri, (2017) partial cement replacement in the cements without significantly sacrificing the
base course UCS and durability of base course.
M.Yin-hua and Conducted dry shrinkage The addition of fibre can reduce the dry
J.Gu (2012) performance and temperature shrinkage coefficient and temperature
shrinkage performance on fibre- shrinkage coefficient of cement stabilized
reinforced cement stabilized base.
aggregate base under different It improves the crack resistance of stabilized
content and different lengths base
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Summary of literature
review
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3 Problem
Statements
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• JKR spent RM1,788,711,865.16 (80%) of
RM2,248,971,329.08 for road
maintenance between 2011 and 2015
(Public Works Department of Sarawak,
2016)
• Malaysian Budget 2016 and 2017, RM
8,600,000,000.00 for road upgrades and
maintenance for rural and state roads
(Ministry of Finance Malaysia, 2015;
Ministry of Finance Malaysia, 2016)
• In 2019, Malaysian government
committed RM 926,000,000.00 for
building, upgrading roads, rural roads
and bridges (Ministry of Finance
Malaysia, 2018)
Figure of road condition against failure percentage
• Issues with cement stabilized road
base:
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Research
Questions
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Aim and Specific
Objectives
Aim:
▪ To investigate ways to achieve more durable and sustainable
method/mix design for cement stabilization of road base
Specific Objectives:
▪ To investigate the performance of current cement stabilized road base design
▪ To evaluate the effects of adding fly ash and polypropyene fibre into road base
design
▪ To determine the performance of modified cement stabilized road base design
against the current design
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Hypotheses
• Significance of research
Summary and • Study limitation
Recommendation • Recommendations for future
research
(Chapter 5)
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UNCONFINED
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
(UCS) TEST
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UNCONFINED
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
(UCS) TEST
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WET-DRY CYCLE TEST
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WET-DRY CYCLE TEST
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6 Conclusion
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Conclusion
Literature Review
Identify Problem
Statement
Preliminary Work
Proposal Defence
Experimental
Work and Data
Collection
Experimentation
Result and Data
Analysis
Evaluation of
Data
Publication 1
Publication 2
Thesis Writing
Thesis
Submission
7 References
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References
▪ Alireza Rezagholilou, & Hamid Nikraz. (2016). Effective Use of Cement for
Modification of Base Course Material. Journal of Civil Engineering and
Architecture, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.17265/1934-7359/2016.04.006
▪ Ashish, P. K., Havanagh, G. V., Tiwari, D. (2014). “Shrinkage and Cracking
Behaviour of Cement Stabilized Material in Flexible Pavement – A Critical
Review. Indian Highways, Indian Road Congress-New Delhi, (August
2016).
▪ Fedrigo, W., Núñez, W. P., Kleinert, T. R., Matuella, M. F., & Ceratti, J. A. P.
(2017). Strength, shrinkage, erodibility and capillary flow characteristics of
cement-treated recycled pavement materials. International Journal of
Pavement Research and Technology, 10(5), 393–402.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijprt.2017.06.001
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References
▪ Sahu, V., & V, G. (2015). The use of stabilized fly ash as a green material
in pavement substructure: A review. International Journal of Advanced
Science and Technology, 4(1), 76–80.
https://doi.org/10.6088/ijcser.201304010030
▪ Yeo, Y. S., Nikraz, H., & Jitsangiam, P. (2012). Tube suction test to
measure moisture susceptibility of Australian pavements. Engineering
Journal, 16(4), 159–168. https://doi.org/10.4186/ej.2012.16.4.159
▪ Yin-hua, M., & Gu, J. (2012). The Shrinkage Performance of Flexible Fiber
Reinforced Cement-stabilized Aggregate Base. International Journal On
Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 4(21), 363–369.
https://doi.org/10.4156/aiss.vol4.issue21.45
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