The behavior of reinforced concrete beams containing fibers made of waste plastic straws (WPSs) under the three point bending test is examined. The eect of WPS fiber addition on the compressive and split tensile strength is reported. Four concrete mixes were prepared. The control mix PS-0 had a proportion of 1 cement: 1 sand: 2 coarse aggregate and a water cement ratio of 0.4. In the other three mixes PS-0.5, PS-1.5 and PS-3, 0%, 0.5%, 1.5% and 3% of WPS fiber (by volume) was added respectively. The results show that at 0.5% WPS, there is slight increase in compressive strength. However, beyond 0.5% addition, a decrease in compressive strength is observed. The split tensile strength shows a systematic increase with the addition of WPS fibers. The reinforced concrete beams containing WPS fibers show higher ductility as demonstrated by the larger ultimate tensile strain and ductility index (Du/Dy). There is a tendency to have more fine cracks with the presence of WPS fibers. arabic 9 English 76
Hakim S. Abdelgader(10-2020)

بناءً على ما جاء في نتائج برنامج البحث الاستراتيجي للطرق Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) والذي تم في امريكا 1994 وهو إعادة النظر في و دراسة كل ما كان يجري من عمليات في تصميم وإنشاء الطرق والذي كان من أهم نتائجه إلغاء التصنيف السابق للمادة الرابطة الإسفلتية والمعتمد على درجة الغرز(Penetration Grades) ودرجة اللزوجة (Viscosity Grades) وأستبدل بتصنيف جديد يعتمد على درجة أداء (Performance Grades) (PG) المادة الرابطة الإسفلتية أثناء الخدمة وعلى الظروف المناخية بالحقل حيث يتم تحديد المادة الرابطة الإسفلتية المناسبة لإنشاء طريق بأي موقع بناءً على درجة حرارة الرصف القصوى والدنيا والتي يتم الحصول عليها بالقياس المباشر أو باستخدام معادلة رياضية تحسب درجة حرارة الرصف بالاعتماد على كل من ( درجة حرارة الهواء و دائرة العرض محل المشروع) لموقع الطريق يأتي هذا البحث للرصد المباشر لكل من ( درجة حرارة الرصف ودرجة حرارة الهواء وكمية الإشعاع الشمسي ) من خلال تنفيذ محطة رصد لهذا الغرض بشمال غرب ليبيا ضمن برنامج شامل يغطي جميع اقاليم ليبيا المختلفة وذلك للحصول على درجة الرصف القصوى والدنيا بموقع المحطة وقد انتج الباحث عدد من النماذج الرياضية ( معادلات ) تمثل العلاقة بين درجة حرارة الرصف وكل من درجة حرارة الهواء وكمية الإشعاع الشمسي وإنتخاب أفضل هذه النماذج لتكون نماذج محلية يمكن إستخدامها لتوقع درجة حرارة الرصف بجميع مناطق شمال غرب ليبيا ومقارنة النماذج المحلية بالنماذج المستخدمة بنظام الرصف الممتاز (Superpave) ونموذج برنامج (LTPP) وهو إختصار ل ((Long Term Pavement Performance فكانت النتيجة إنَّ النماذج المنتجه بهذه الدراسة أكثر ملائمة لتقدير درجة حرارة الرصف بشمال غرب ليبيا من النموذجين المذكورين وبالإعتماد على درجة حرارة الرصف القصوى والدنيا المتحصل عليها بالرصد المباشر بمحطة الرصد تم تحديد المادة الرابطة الإسفلتية المناسب استخدامها بالطرق بموقع المحطة وبشمال غرب ليبيا وفقاً لنظام الأداء (Performance Grades) . Abstract According to the results of the strategic highway research program in the U.S.A. (SHRP) Known as Superpave System ,that has been introduced in the nineties of last century The previous methods that still used for mix design and selection of binder use in our country proved to be not suitable and replaced with modern methods that depends on the performance of the binder according to the climate of the area According to the new procedure the selection of the binder depends on the maximum and minimum pavement temperature. The required pavement temperature could be measured actually or estimated by using a special mathematical model. Considering that asphalt pavements in Libya suffers from many distresses, much of them related to the environmental factors .Hence it was necessary to investigate the applicability of the models developed for this method to Libya’s environmental conditions and more generally to the hot arid climate. This research is part of a Comprehensive study aims to develop models to predict high and low Flexible pavement temperatures in Libya. A pavement monitoring station was set-up at the North West of Libya to monitor air, pavement temperatures and solar radiation. The temperatures were recorded at different points through the pavement depth. Collected data were analyzed to develop the low and high temperature models by using air temperature and solar radiation as independent variables. The developed models were compared with the SHRP and LTPP models. The Local models were found to be more suitable than the SHRP and LTPP models for predicting pavement temperatures in the Northern west part of Libya.
أحمد حسن المختار (2008)

The main purpose of this research is to improve the shielding of gamma rays by developing special concrete with high physico-mechanical properties using local aggregates. Various concrete mixtures are designed using heavy fine aggregate as a substitute for normal fine aggregate at rates of 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100%, by weight. Other concrete mixtures have been designed by replacing coarse aggregate with 50 and 60% of heavy fine aggregate. The properties such as density, compressive strength, and tensile strength of hardened mixtures were studied. Gamma ray attenuation has been studied on concrete mixtures after exposure to utilized radiation source comprised 137Cs radioactive element with photon energy of 0.662 MeV. From the results, we concluded that the density and compressive strength in addition to the linear attenuation coefficient of hardened mixtures increased with the ratio of replacing normal aggregate with heavy aggregate up to 60%. With an increase of the ratio more than 60%, compressive strength and tensile strength were reduced with the continued increase in density. On the other hand, density and the linear attenuation coefficient increased with the replacement of coarse aggregate by 50 and 60% of the heavy fine aggregate; while both compressive strength and tensile strength decreased. arabic 21 English 108
Hakim Salem Abdelgader Abdelgader (1-2019)