Alternative design of pipe sleeve for liquid removal mechanism in mortar slab layer

[摘要] Porosity is one of the mortar's characteristics that can cause problems, especially in the room space that used high amount of water, such as bathrooms. Waterproofing is one of the technology that normally used to minimize this problem which is preventing deep penetration of liquid water or moisture into underlying concrete layers. However, without the proper mechanism to remove liquid water and moisture from mortar system, waterproofing layer tends to be damaged after a long period of time by the static formation of liquid water and moisture at mortar layer. Thus, a solution has been proposed to drain out water that penetrated into the mortar layer. This paper introduces a new solution using a Modified Pipe Sleeve (MPS) that installed at the mortar layer. The MPS has been designed considering the percentage surface area of the pipe sleeve that having contact with mortar layer (2%, 4%, 6%, 8% and 10%) with angle of holes of 60°. Infiltration test and flow rate test have been conducted to identify the effectiveness of the MPS in order to drain out liquid water or moisture from the mortar layer. In this study shows that, MPS surface area 10%, angled 60°, function effectively as a water removal compared to other design.

[发布机构] Jamilus Research Center, Department of Structural and Material Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Parit Raja Batu Pahat; 86400, Malaysia^1;Research Centre of Soft Soil, Department of Infrastructure and Geomatic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja Batu Pahat; 86400, Malaysia^2;Smart Driving Research Centre, Department of Infrastructure and Geomatic Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Parit Raja Batu Pahat; 86400, Malaysia^3;Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Research Institute for Environmental Sustainability, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor; 81310, Malaysia^4

[效力级别] 土木建筑工程

[关键词] Alternative designs;Concrete layer;Deep penetration;Infiltration tests;Liquid water;Removal mechanism;Surface area;Water removal