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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2014, Article ID 596364, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/596364
Research Article

Effects of Using Silica Fume and Polycarboxylate-Type Superplasticizer on Physical Properties of Cementitious Grout Mixtures for Semiflexible Pavement Surfacing

Suhana Koting,1 Mohamed Rehan Karim,1 Hilmi Mahmud,1 Nuha S. Mashaan,1 Mohd Rasdan Ibrahim,1 Herdayati Katman,1,2 and Nadiah Md Husain1

1Centre for Transportation Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Putrajaya Campus, Jalan Ikram-Uniten, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Received 23 August 2013; Accepted 12 October 2013; Published 2 January 2014

Academic Editors: F. Pacheco-Torgal and İ. B. Topçu

Copyright © 2014 Suhana Koting et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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