Sk Muiz Sk Abd Razak

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Senior Lecturer at University of Malaysia, Perlis

Thermal comfort is a part of indoor environmental quality that should be considered to ensure the occupants' well-being. Unconducive buildings not only bring occupants discomfort but also tend to affect health, disrupt the process of teaching and learning, and reduce work productivity. Thus, this study determines the thermal condition of existing w...

Reducing dependent on naturally sourced materials is among the priority in improving the sustainability of road construction. The subbase layer which provides strength and stability across the road profile, comprised mainly of natural aggregates. This study aims to explore the feasibility of partial replacement of natural aggregates in subbase laye...

Malaysia is fortunate because it is located outside the Pacific Ring-Fire region which is seismically active. However, it still exposes to earthquake hazard from Far-Field earthquake from neighbouring countries. In Peninsular, it is exposes to Sumatra-Andaman earthquake from Indonesia. In East Malaysia, to states namely as Sabah and Sarawak are exp...

Previously, damaging earthquakes were fortunately rare in Malaysia. However, after Sumatera-Andaman earthquake on 26 December 2004 affected Peninsular Malaysia causing deaths, injuries and loss of property. Furthermore, some of the local earthquake that had occurred in Malaysia are probably due to the reactivations of ancient inactive fault due to...

This paper presents the development and verification of a three-dimensional (3D) numerical modelling to predict the thermal performance of reinforced concrete encased wide-flanged steel (RCEWFS) column. The numerical model was developed using finite element software, ABAQUS. Then, the verified model was used to determine the suitable value for heat...

The rapidly increasing in population has led to the higher of construction, repairing and renovation activity that lead to produce large amount of construction material waste. The disposal of broken ceramic tiles during construction is one of the factors which contribute to this matter and can lead to land pollution. On the other hand, the natural...

Rainwater harvesting system is one of the measures for reducing the water consumption. The rainwater normally used for non-potable and potable usage. The water demand still increasing due to population growth and higher standard of living. The study is aiming to investigate the quantity of rainwater and to determine the reliability of volume of rai...

This paper presents a structural design capacity checker that has been developed by using Microsoft Excel in order to carry out the calculations of simply supported beam as based on Eurocode 2. The purpose of this research is to develop an Excel User Interface and to perform structural design adequacy check of simply-supported beam under constructi...

Overdesign of structural components may result in unnecessary wastage of materials and contribute towards higher construction cost. One structural component most frequently overdesigned is the Reinforced Concrete beam where the amount of steel reinforcements used are way much higher than required to cater for intended design loading. This paper scr...

Excessive lateral drift can contribute significantly towards crack formation, leading to structural damage. The structural damage will in turn reduce the capacity of the structure and weaken it from the intended design capacity. Generally, lateral drift is more pronounced in higher and longer structure, such as high rise buildings and bridges. A ty...

Structural responses should be reduced to minimize the consequent structural damage caused by dynamic excitation. The one-way translational magnetic mass damper model is developed as a new type of damper for the purpose of structural response control. The damper utilizes the concept of repulsive force between magnets with same poles to create a mag...

This paper reviews the chronological history of significant earthquakes in Malaysia and surrounding region including Indonesia, the Philippines and other SouthEast Asia countries as well as the implications towards disaster mitigation against earthquakes in Malaysia. Malaysia is surrounded by earthquake prone region despite not directly located on...

Enhancing the sustainability of an urban city need to consider the public demand and facilities. The growth of the city is coloration of the community on their satisfaction and daily activities in terms of environment, social and economic. Public transportation is a structured networking tool in any places that cannot be separated from the living c...

An industrialized building system (IBS) may be defined in which all building components such as wall, floor slab, beam, column and staircase are mass produced either in factory or at site under strict quality control and minimal on-site activities [1,2]. IBS is a continuum beginning from utilizing craftsmen for every aspect of construction to a sys...

This research presents a numerical performance-based evaluation of three dimensional reinforced concrete moment resisting frame (RCMRF) with rectangle cross-section and continuous rectangular spiral shear reinforcement under cyclic loading for ductility class medium. The finite element study includes two (2) full scale RCMRF which were designed acc...

Earthquake is one of the most devastating natural disasters on earth. Earthquake effects can cover hundreds of thousands of square kilometers; cause damage to structures or infrastructures facilities, result in loss of life and injury to hundreds of thousands of people, and disrupt the social and economic functioning of the affected area. Usually t...

Concrete plate form many part of structures nowadays. As part of the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), early damage detection in the structures is vital to assess the severity of the damages and remaining life. Damage in the concrete usually begin with crack initiation. This paper presented a study on new method of crack detection in concrete pla...

The ground motion prediction equation (GMPE) was developed using regression analysis. This estimation process needs to use a GMPE which provides peak ground acceleration (PGA) estimates incorporating a number of earthquake magnitude, distance and other seismic parameters. The database consisting of more than 35 PGA dataset from different earthquake...

Through time masonry block has improved construction method and structural performance. Not many investigations have been conducted to propose new concept for nonloadbearing concrete blocks because strict limitation provided by the existing standards. Three types of concrete blocks have been identified and benchmarked to be potential blocks to embe...

The seismic performance of RC columns can considerably be improved through the use of continuous spiral reinforcement in terms of ductility and energy dissipation capacity. Since the beam-column connections were subjected to brittle failure after earthquakes, the simultaneous application of this method in both beams and columns could greatly improv...

The shear performance of reinforced concrete beams with rectangle cross-section and two different continuous rectangular spiral shear reinforcement under monotonous loading is numerically evaluated. Further, the behaviour of two continuous shear reinforcement systems named, “Single Square Spring Shear Resistance System” (SSSSRS) and “Double Square...

The shear performance of reinforced concrete beams with rectangle cross-section and two different continuous rectangular spiral shear reinforcement under monotonous loading is numerically evaluated. Further, the behaviour of two continuous shear reinforcement systems named, “Single Square Spring Shear Resistance System” (SSSSRS) and “Double Square...

This paper discusses the experimental results on the mechanical properties of hybrid fibre reinforced composite concrete (HyFRCC) containing different proportions of steel fibre (SF) and polypropylene fibre (PPF). The mechanical properties include compressive strength, tensile strength, and flexural strength. SF is known to enhance the flexural and...

Monitoring of earthquake ground motions required separate use of seismometer and accelerometer, to measure magnitude and distance, and intensity of the earthquake respectively. However, systems currently available are expensive, limiting user's monitoring capability. This paper presents the development of tri-axial Seismo-Accelero-Crackometer for e...

An attenuation relationship for far field earthquakes considered by strike slip has been developed. The attenuation relationship function was develop using regression analysis. The database consisting of more than 130 peak ground accelerations from seven earthquake sources recorded by Seismology Station in Malaysia have been used to develop the rel...

This paper presents the experimental results and discussed the feasibility of adding hooked-end deformed type steel fibre (SF) and fibrillated type virgin polypropylene fibre (PPF) in concrete. A number of tests are conducted to investigate the fresh and hardened state properties of hybrid fibre reinforced composite concrete (HyFRCC) such as concre...

This paper discusses the experimental results on the mechanical properties of hybrid fibre reinforced composite concrete (HyFRCC) containing different proportions of steel fibre (SF) and polypropylene fibre (PPF). The mechanical properties include compressive strength, tensile strength, and flexural strength. SF is known to enhance the flexural and...