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Mechanical Properties of Concrete Using Recycled Coarse Aggregate from Nuclear Power Plant Simulated Concrete

원자력발전소 모의 콘크리트로부터 생산된 순환 굵은 골재 활용 콘크리트 역학적 특성

  • Lee, Seong-Cheol (Dept. of Architecture, Civil, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Shin, Kyung-Joon (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Lak (Dept. of NPP Engineering, KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School)
  • 이성철 (경북대학교 건설환경에너지공학부) ;
  • 신경준 (충남대학교 토목공학과) ;
  • 김창락 (한국전력국제원자력대학원대학교 원자력산업학과)
  • Received : 2020.02.13
  • Accepted : 2020.04.23
  • Published : 2020.06.30

Abstract

Many researches have been conducted to utilize recycled aggregates in Korea, but since most sources of recycled aggregates are not clear, there is a lot of uncertainty in applying the existing research results on recycle of aggregates generated from nuclear power plants. In this study, therefore, in order to investigate the possibility of recycling coarse aggregates generated through dismantling of nuclear power plants in Korea, recycled coarse aggregates were produced from concrete simulating nuclear power plants in Korea. Using the recycled coarse aggregates, concrete was mixed in consideration of the mixing ratio of the recycled coarse aggregates, and the mechanical properties were experimentally investigated. From the test results, as the mixing ratio of recycled coarse aggregates increased. concrete compressive strength, tensile strength, and elastic modulus generally decreased up to 36, 37, and 27% from the mechanical properties of normal concrete, respectively. Therefore, it can be concluded that limitation on the mixing ratio of recycled coarse aggregates is necessary when coarse aggregates are recycled through dismantling of nuclear power plants.

순환 골재 활용에 대한 연구가 국내에서도 비교적 많이 이루어져 왔으나, 대부분 순환 골재의 출처가 명확하지 않아, 국내 원자력 발전소와 같이 출처가 분명한 순환 골재를 재활용하는데 직접적으로 연구 결과를 적용하기에는 많은 불확실성이 존재한다. 따라서, 이 연구에서는 국내 원자력발전소 해체 시 발생하는 콘크리트 폐기물로부터 순환 굵은 골재를 생산 및 재활용할 수 있는 가능성에 대해 분석하기 위해, 국내 원자력발전소 모의 콘크리트를 제작 후 순환 굵은 골재를 생산하였다. 생산된 순환 굵은 골재를 활용하여 순환 굵은 골재 혼입률을 고려한 콘크리트를 배합하고, 역학적 특성을 실험적으로 분석하였다. 실험 결과 순환 굵은 골재 혼입률이 증가할수록 콘크리트 압축강도, 인장강도, 탄성계수 모두 전반적으로 감소하는 것으로 나타났으며, 순환 굵은 골재만을 사용한 경우 일반 콘크리트 대비 각각 최대 36, 37, 27% 정도로 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 향후 원자력발전소 해체로부터 생산된 순환 굵은 골재를 활용할 경우 혼입률에 대한 제한이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

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