Visco-Elastic Characteristic of Bitumen Incorporating Nano Silica
Khairil Azman Masri1, Ramadhansyah Putra Jaya2, Mohamad Idris Ali3, Noram Irwan Ramli4,
Haryati Awang5, Ahmad Kamil Arshad6, Mohamad Saifullah Samsudin7, Mohd Khairul Idham Mohd
Satar8, Dewi Sri Jayanti9

1Khairil Azman Masri, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia.
2Ramadhansyah Putra Jaya, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia.
3Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia. Mohamad Idris Ali, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia.
4Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia. Noram Irwan Ramli, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia.
5Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia. Haryati Awang, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia.
6Ahmad Kamil Arshad, Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainability Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.
7Mohamad Saifullah Samsudin, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.
8Mohd Khairul Idham Mohd Satar, Faculty of Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
9Dewi Sri Jayanti, Faculty of Agricultural, Syiah Kuala of University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

Manuscript received on 13 March 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 20 March 2019 | Manuscript published on 30 March 2019 | PP: 45-49 | Volume-7 Issue-6, March 2019 | Retrieval Number: E2097017519/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: Conventional asphalt binder usually has a few deficiencies such as poor deformation resistance especially under various temperature and heavy repetitive loads. To certify that problem, the properties of the asphalt binder will be improved by utilising polymers. But, the utilisation of polymer materials will lead to poor stability of specimens as well as reducing the resistance towards the ageing condition. Another promising material that is used for asphalt modification is nanomaterial such as nano-silica. Therefore, this study utilised nano silica as an asphalt modifier. This study emphasizes on the resistance enhancement of NS modified asphalt binder (NS-MB) towards repetitive stresses, various temperature and ageing conditions. The test involve was Multiple Stress Creep & Recovery (MSCR) evaluation using Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR). The results show that modified NS-MB produced a lower value of accumulated strain & non-recoverable creep compliance (Jnr) compared to unmodified NS-MB for various temperature and ageing conditions. The results also show that the addition of 2% NS produced the highest value of Recoverable Strain (R), thus it can be concluded that NS is capable in enhancing the visco-elastic behaviour of asphalt binder under repetitive loads.
Keywords: Creep, Nanosilica, Recovery, Strain, Stress
Scope of the Article: Nano electronics and Quantum Computing