| Design |
DCP |
DCP Design Method |
MTRD |
2011-2012 |
| Design |
low volume roads |
Pavement Design Guidelines for low volume sealed roads in Kenya |
MTRD |
2014 |
| Design |
Pavement design |
Pavement Design on the Bulbul-Ngong Road |
MTRD |
1969 |
| Design |
Unpaved gravel road |
Gravel Standard Pavement Design |
MTRD |
|
| Drainage structures and bridges |
Cracking |
Cracks Investigation of a Box culvert at Km 4+750 along Ilasit-Olkiloriti/Njukini Road |
MTRD |
2005 |
| Drainage Structures and bridges |
flood estimation |
A Reservoir Model Alternative To The Unit Hydrograph For Flood Estimation |
MTRD |
1973 |
| Drainage Structures and bridges |
flood model |
The TRRL East African Flood Model |
MTRD |
1971-1975 |
| Drainage Structures and bridges |
investigation |
Investigations of Nginyang Bridge |
MTRD |
2002 |
| Drainage Structures and bridges |
timber Bridge |
The Kenyan low cost modular timber bridge |
MTRD |
1981 |
| ICT |
computer programme |
Two Computer Programmes for Road Maintenance and Research |
MTRD |
1974 |
| Geotechnical |
bridge |
Geotechnical Investigation for Bridge Site |
MTRD |
2001 |
| Geotechnical |
bridge |
Geotechnical Investigation for Footbridges |
MTRD |
2001 |
| Geotechnical |
Collapsible Soils |
Collapsible soils in Kenya |
MTRD |
1987 |
| Geotechnical |
Embankment |
Investigation of an embankment failure - Njoro-Mau Summit road (C56) (Elburgon fill) |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Geotechnical |
embankments & Pavements |
Studies of GRI on Embankments and Pavements |
MTRD |
1987-2013 |
| Geotechnical |
embankments |
Study of Red Clay Highway Embankments with reference to Collapse and Cracking(1987) |
MTRD |
1987 |
| Geotechnical |
Embankments |
Penetrometric Investigation of High Embankments |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Geotechnical |
failure study |
Investigations into the likely causes of failure of the Embankment at Mikindani on A109 road |
MTRD |
1982 |
| Geotechnical |
foundation |
Foundation conditions in Red soil |
MTRD |
1969 |
| Geotechnical |
Geo-synthetic |
Performance Evaluation of Geo-synthetic -Reinforced Earth walls |
MTRD |
|
| Geotechnical |
LL |
Determination of Liquid Limit (LL) using Cone-Penetrometer and Casagrande method for some Kenyan Soils |
MTRD |
1986 |
| Geotechnical |
SPT/Su |
Standard Penetration Test, SPT (N) Versus Shear Strength (Su) for Cohesive Soil (Clay) |
MTRD |
1985 |
| Geotechnical |
stabilized soils |
Alternative Soils Stabilizers-Anyway (RBI) |
MTRD |
2005 (Ongoing) |
| Geotechnical |
stabilized soils |
Alternative Soils Stabilizers-Novocrete |
MTRD |
2008-2015 Ongoing |
| Geotechnical |
stabilized soils |
Alternative Soils Stabilizers-Pavezyme |
MTRD |
Ongoing |
| Geotechnical |
stabilized soils |
Alternative Soils Stabilizers-Permazyme |
MTRD |
2005 (Ongoing) |
| Geotechnical |
stabilized soils |
Alternative Soils Stabilizers-Probase |
MTRD |
Ongoing |
| Geotechnical |
stabilized soils |
Alternative Soils Stabilizers-Superpave |
MTRD |
2005 (Ongoing) |
| Geotechnical |
stabilized soils |
Soil stabilization for Roads: Consideration on Specifications of Stabilizer Quantities. |
MTRD |
1968 |
| Geotechnical |
Red coffee soil |
Case History of Some Examples of Engineering Problems encountered in the Red Clay soil. |
MTRD |
1983-1990 |
| Geotechnical |
red soil |
Problems of Red Coffee Soils in Kenya |
MTRD |
1987 |
| Geotechnical |
road base |
Tensile And Compressive Strength Of Some Stabilized Road Bases In Kenya |
MTRD |
1973 |
| Geotechnical |
stabilizers |
Research trials on alternative stabilizers |
MTRD |
2005-2008 |
| Maintenance |
investigation |
Investigations on the repairing and traffic growth on roads |
MTRD |
2002 |
| Maintenance |
Unpaved Roads |
|
MTRD |
1983 |
| Maintenance |
Unpaved Roads |
|
MTRD |
1981-1983 |
| Maintenance |
Unpaved Roads |
|
MTRD |
1981-1983 |
| Monitoring |
Performance monitoring |
Assessment of the Nairobi - Mombasa Road |
MTRD |
1977 |
| Monitoring |
Performance monitoring |
Makutano-Muranga Road - Report on Karugia section Failure |
MTRD |
|
| Pavement |
assessment |
Assessment of Low Standard Roads - Assessment of Lanet-Dundori Road |
MTRD |
1978 |
| Pavement |
assessment |
Assessment of Low Standard Roads - Assessment of Naivasha-Kinangop Road (C67-D393) |
MTRD |
1977 |
| Pavement |
assessment |
Assessment of Low Standard Roads - Assessment of Nakuru-Solai Road |
MTRD |
1977 |
| Pavement |
assessment |
Assessment of Low Standard Roads - Assessment of Nakuru-Solai Road |
MTRD |
1978 |
| Pavement |
assessment |
Turbo-Webuye Road-Assessment of the condition and proposals for remedial measures |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Pavement |
base materials |
|
MTRD |
1985 |
| Pavement |
binder |
An evaluation of binder ageing in Kenya |
MTRD |
1986 |
| Pavement |
concrete |
Dowel Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement |
MTRD |
Ongoing |
| Pavement |
condition survey |
A standard procedure for a Pavement Condition Survey and a Preliminary Overlay Design method |
MTRD |
1974 |
| Pavement |
construction |
Investigation of Pavement Construction |
MTRD |
1966 |
| Pavement |
cracking |
The Relation between Soil Shrinkage and the Development Of Surface Cracks in an Experimental Road in Kenya |
MTRD |
1966 |
| Pavement |
DCP |
An Investigation to determine the structural capacity and rehabilitation utilization of a road pavement using the pavement dynamic cone penetrometer |
Transvaal Roads Department |
1980-1982 |
| Pavement |
deflection |
Measurement Of Pavement Deflections In Tropical And Sub-Tropical Climates |
MTRD |
1980 |
| Pavement |
design |
Bitumen Standard Pavement Design |
MTRD |
1972 |
| Pavement |
Design-paved |
Bitumen Standard Pavement Design |
MTRD |
1969 |
| Pavement |
Design-paved |
Bitumen Standard Pavement Design |
MTRD |
1969 |
| Pavement |
Design-paved |
Bitumen Standard Pavement Design |
MTRD |
1969 |
| Pavement |
Design-paved |
Bitumen Standard Pavement Design |
MTRD |
1969 |
| Pavement |
Design-paved |
Gravel Standard Pavement Design |
MTRD |
1969 |
| Pavement |
earth slips |
Port Reitz Airport, Mombasa - Earth slips |
MTRD |
1968 |
| Pavement |
Design-unpaved |
Gravel Standard Pavement Design |
MTRD |
1968 |
| Pavement |
Failures and strengthening |
Investigation of Failures and Report on Pavement Strengthening |
MTRD |
1966-1968 |
| Pavement |
GCS investigation |
Report on Pavement Failures & construction problems with GCS Base |
MTRD |
1992 |
| Pavement |
Inventory |
Pavement assessment of Thuchi-Nkubu Road B6 road |
MTRD |
2006 |
| Pavement |
investigation |
Assessment of the condition and proposals for remedial measures |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Pavement |
investigation |
Inspection of Juja Road and Laikipia Air Force Base Road |
MTRD |
2000 |
| Pavement |
investigation |
Investigation of Failure and Pavement Design for proposed new construction |
MTRD |
1966 |
| Pavement |
investigation |
Investigations on Early Road Failures |
MTRD |
2001 |
| Pavement |
investigation |
Investigations on failure of Kakamega-Broderick falls road |
MTRD |
1970 |
| Pavement |
investigation |
Performance of Sections of the Nairobi to Mombasa Road in Kenya |
MTRD |
1980 |
| Pavement |
life cycle |
Excessive Axle Loading Curtailment of Road Pavement Life |
MTRD |
1973 |
| Pavement |
Low cost roads |
Research trials on labour intensive low cost bitumen surfaced pavements |
MTRD |
2013 |
| Pavement |
Low volume seals |
KEN-042 Study on low volume roads |
MTRD |
|
| Pavement |
materials |
An Investigation into the use of Lateritic and other locally occurring materials as bases for bituminous-surfaced low volume roads. |
MTRD |
|
| Pavement |
overlay |
A preliminary Investigation and Assessment of the overlay strengthening requirements and defects of the paved areas at JKIA, Nairobi |
MTRD |
1986 |
| Pavement |
overlay |
Pavement Evaluation and Overlay design |
MTRD |
2008-2009 |
| Pavement |
overlay |
Preliminary Report on strengthening of the Nairobi-Mombasa road |
MTRD |
|
| Pavement |
Roughness |
Roughness Measurements of the Paved Road Network |
MTRD |
1978-1983 |
| Pavement |
soil additives |
Soil Additives - Road packer and Soil-Consolidation RPS; investigation of Effects on Soil for Road-building purposes |
MTRD |
1970 |
| Pavement |
stabilized soils |
Experimental Stabilized-Soil Road, Makuyu, after one year in service |
MTRD |
1958-1959 |
| Pavement |
stabilized soils |
Stabilization of soils with Reynolds Road Packer (RRP). |
MTRD |
1980 |
| Pavement |
strengthening |
Investigation of Failures and Report on Pavement Strengthening |
MTRD |
1968 |
| Pavement |
strengthening |
Strengthening of Flexible Roads in the Tropics; the use of Deflection Measurements |
MTRD |
1971 |
| Pavement |
strength testing |
|
MTRD |
1984 |
| Pavement |
subgrade |
Tana Basin Road Project Phase II - Hola-Garsen-Malindi (B8) Road, Results of Full-Scale for Lime-Improved subgrade. |
MTRD |
1999 |
| Studies |
surface dressing |
Surface dressing in Developing Countries: Research in Kenya |
MTRD |
1975-1982 |
| Pavement |
surfacing |
A study of Bitumen and Bituminous mixes for Road pavements in Kenya |
MTRD |
|
| Pavement |
surfacing |
Deflection-Temperature Relationships For Bituminous Road Surfacings In Kenya |
MTRD |
1980 |
| Pavement |
Surfacing |
Early Performance of Some experimental Bituminous Overlays in Kenya |
MTRD |
1978-1983 |
| Pavement |
surfacing |
Experimental Bitumen-Mackinnon Road |
MTRD |
1999 |
| Pavement |
Surfacing |
Low Cost Surfacing for Semi-Arid Areas MOW/NRRL project 1977-1980 Turkana Road Trial Sections 1978 Performance. |
MTRD |
1977-1978 |
| Pavement |
surfacing |
Research on the repairing and resealing of roads |
MTRD |
1997-2001 |
| Pavement |
Surfacing |
Road Surfacing Premix |
MTRD |
1968 |
| Pavement |
surfacing |
Study of performance of locally available quartz gravel utilized as stone material in the surfacing |
MTRD |
1982-1989 |
| Pavement |
surfacing |
The Effect of tyre pressure on the Road Deterioration in Kenya with emphasis on Low traffic Roads with Thin Bituminous Surfacings. |
MTRD |
1987 |
| Pavement |
Traffic/ evaluation |
Traffic Flow and Pavement Evaluation on the London- Airport Road |
MTRD |
1980 |
| Pavement |
Trial sections |
Experimental Sections at Mau Summit |
MTRD |
1957-1962 |
| Pavement |
unpaved |
Un-surfaced Base Investigations |
MTRD |
1983-1984 |
| Pavement |
Unpaved gravel road |
Gravelling Programme in Kiminini Area |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Road Furniture |
Road marking paint |
Derivation of Specification on Road Marking Paints and Proposed Field Trials in Kenya. |
MTRD |
1970 |
| Road Furniture |
Road marking paint |
Paint Testing: Comparison of Artificial and Natural Weathering |
MTRD |
1967-1969 |
| Road Furniture |
Road marking paint |
Road Marking Paint Failures on Mombasa Airport |
MTRD |
1977 |
| Studies |
compaction |
The Compaction of Soils and Stabilized Base on Roads in East Africa |
MTRD |
1974 |
| Studies |
dry compaction |
An Investigation into the Dry Compaction of Lateritic Sandy Gravel. |
MTRD |
1977-1978 |
| Studies |
gravel |
A study on Gravel Deposits for the Rural Access Roads construction Programme |
MTRD |
1978 |
| Studies |
gravel study |
Report on a visit to Kwale District, Kenya for a survey of Gravel Resources for the rural access roads construction programme |
MTRD |
1978 |
| Studies |
Hydraulic binders |
Hydraulic binders (with motor strength less than 42.5N/mm2) |
MTRD |
Ongoing |
| Studies |
Institutional |
Road Research Unit Organization |
MTRD |
1975 |
| Studies |
Low standard roads |
Assessment of low standard roads |
MTRD |
1984 |
| Studies |
Research survey on transport |
1983 World Survey of Current Research and Development On Roads and Road Transport |
MTRD |
1980-1983 |
| Studies |
roads investment |
A road transport investment model for developing countries |
MTRD |
1975 |
| Studies |
roads investment |
The TRRL road investment model for developing countries (RTIM2) |
MTRD |
1974 |
| Studies |
stabilization |
Uyole-Tukuyu Road, Tanganyika-Stabilization of Volcanic ash |
MTRD |
1984 |
| Studies |
stabilized gravel |
Bitumen Stabilized Gravel |
MTRD |
Ongoing |
| Studies |
stabilized gravel |
Foamed Bitumen Stabilized Gravel |
MTRD |
Ongoing |
| Studies |
stone study |
Kisumu Area Stone Survey |
MTRD |
1973 |
| Studies |
stone study |
Mombasa-Nairobi Road Stone Survey |
MTRD |
1973 |
| Studies |
stone study |
North Coast Stone Survey |
MTRD |
1974 |
| Studies |
Stone study |
North Coast Stone Survey |
MTRD |
1974 |
| Studies |
stone study |
Nyeri Area Stone Survey |
MTRD |
1972 |
| Studies |
quarry |
Re-evaluation of Rock Quarries |
MTRD |
1982 |
| Studies |
quarry |
Stone Quarry sites in Nyeri |
MTRD |
1972 |
| Transport & Traffic |
accidents |
An Analysis of Road Accidents in Kenya in 1972 |
MTRD |
1972 |
| Transport & Traffic |
accidents |
A Study of Accident Rates in Developing Countries |
MTRD |
1968 |
| Transport & Traffic |
accidents |
A Study of Accident Rates on Rural Roads in Developing Countries |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Transport & Traffic |
axle loads |
Axle-Loads on Paved Roads Kenya |
MTRD |
1971-1974 |
| Transport &Traffic |
car ownership |
Car Ownership and use in Kenya |
MTRD |
1981-1982 |
| Transport & Traffic |
economic analysis |
An Improved Data Base for Estimating Vehicle Operating Costs in Developing Countries |
MTRD |
1972 |
| Transport & Traffic |
economic analysis |
Road Deterioration Parameters for Estimating Vehicle Operating Costs in Developing Countries |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Transport & Traffic |
economic analysis |
Tables for Estimating Vehicle Operating Costs on Rural Roads in Developing Countries |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Transport & Traffic |
economic analysis |
The Kenya Road Transport Cost Study: Research on Vehicle Operating Costs |
MTRD |
1975 |
| Transport & Traffic |
economic analysis |
Vehicle operating costs in the Caribbean: an experimental study of vehicle performance |
MTRD |
1982 |
| Transport & Traffic |
fuel |
Effect of prices on petrol and diesel sales in Kenya |
MTRD |
1981-1982 |
| Transport & Traffic |
modelling |
Revision 1 of the Road Transport Investment Model |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Transport & Traffic |
overloading |
Overloading on Nakuru-Malaba Road |
MTRD |
1977 |
| Transport &Traffic |
Policies |
Current road policy issues in Kenya with particular reference to axle load limits, Road User charges and Road Safety |
MTRD |
1981 |
| Transport & Traffic |
Rural Transport |
Thuchi-Nkubu Road Evaluation Study: A Baseline Study of Rural Transport Services |
MTRD |
1983 |
| Transport & Traffic |
Traffic Data |
Thuchi-Nkubu Road Evaluation Study: Baseline and First Year Traffic Data |
MTRD |
1983 |
| Transport & Traffic |
Transportation |
Transportation study for ore movements from Kimwasor Flourspar mine |
MTRD |
1972 |
| Transport & Traffic |
travel |
A study of household travel in the Meru District of Kenya |
MTRD |
1982-1989 |
| Transport & Traffic |
travel |
Forecasting Rural Road Travel in Developing Countries from Studies of Land Use |
MTRD |
1977 |
| Transport & Traffic |
Travel Demand |
Thuchi-Nkubu Road Evaluation Study: Rural Passenger Travel Demand, Surveys |
MTRD |
1983 |
| Transport & Traffic |
vehicle counter |
Experience with The Fischer and Porter Vehicle-Counter under Tropical Conditions |
MTRD |
1968 |
| Transport &Traffic |
weight statistics |
Evaluation of Vehicle Weight Statistics |
MTRD |
1976 |
| Transport & Traffic |
weight statistics |
Evaluation of Vehicle weight statistics in Kenya for the period 1977-1984 |
MTRD |
1977-1984 |
