Properties of Cement-Based Material Consisting Shredded Rubber as Drainage Material

Waste tyre caused disposal problem in country all over the world. A lot of research has been done to make use of recycled tyre rubber to minimize waste tyre disposal problem. Recycled tyre rubber has been widely used for civil engineering application such as lightweight concrete and asphalt pavement. However only a few study focused on the development of material using recycled tyre rubber as drainage material for geotechnical purposes. This paper presents the experimental on properties of cement-based material consisting recycled tyre rubber. Specimens were prepared by incorporating different percentage of shredded rubber tyre with mortar. Summation of ten (10) mixes has been investigated to determine the compressive strength, density, porosity and water absorption. From the results, it is concluded that the higher percentage of shredded tyre rubber used, will decreased the compressive strength and increased the porosity and of the material.