• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.197-198
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to compare chloride attack resistibility of light weight aggregate concrete to chloride attack resistibility of normal concrete and confirm the utility. As a result, light weight aggregate concrete's chloride attack resistibility is lower than normal concrete's chloride attack resistibility.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.491-497
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• 2013

The objective of the present study is to establish a straightforward mixture proportioning procedure for structural lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC), and evaluate the selection range of the targeted dry density of concrete against the designed concrete compressive strength. In developing this procedure, mathematical models were formulated based on a nonlinear regression analysis over 347 data sets and two boundary conditions of the absolute volume and dry density of concrete. The proposed procedure demonstrated the appropriate water-to-cement ratio and dry density of concrete to achieve the designed strength decrease with the increase in volumetric ratio of coarse aggregates. This trend was more significant in all-LWAC than in sand-LWAC. Overall, the selection range of the dry density of LWAC exists within a certain range according to the designed strength, which can be obtained using the proposed procedure.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.335-336
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• 2009

In this study, the properties of lightweight concrete which is beneficial to cost and technique by reducing self weight of structure member was carried out basic research. The unit weight, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength test have been conducted with producting plain concrete, lightweight aggregate concrete type I and type II to check the basic properties. The compressive strength of 21MPa was obtained easily by using lightweight aggregate concrete and addition of silica fume increase the compressive strength slightly. To use lightweight aggregate concrete for civil engineering structure, systematic and rigorous studies are necessary.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.405-412
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• 2008

Six alkali-activated (AA) concrete mixes were tested to explore the significance and limitations of developing an environmental friendly concrete. Ground granulated blast-furnace slag and powder typed sodium silicate were selected as source material and an alkaline activator, respectively. The main parameter investigated was the replacement level of lightweight fine aggregate to the natural sand. Workability and mechanical properties of lightweight AA concrete were measured: the variation of slump with time, the rate of compressive strength development, the splitting tensile strength, the moduli of rupture and elasticity, the stress-strain relationship, the bond resistance and shrinkage strain. Test results showed that the compressive strength of lightweight AA concrete sharply decreased when the replacement level of lightweight fine aggregate exceeded 30%. In particular, the increase in the discontinuous grading of lightweight aggregate resulted in the deterioration of the mechanical properties of concrete tested. The measured properties of lightweight AA concrete were also compared, wherever possible, with the results obtained from the design equations specified in ACI 318-05 or EC 2, depending on the relevance, and the results predicted from the empirical equations proposed by Slate et al. for lightweight ordinary Portland cement concrete. The stress-strain curves of different concrete were compared with predictions obtained from the mathematical model proposed by Tasnimi. The measured mechanical properties of lightweight AA concrete generally showed little agreement with the predictions obtained from these equations.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.669-677
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• 2009

Twenty-four beam specimens were tested to examine the effect of the maximum aggregate size on the shear behavior of lightweight concrete continuous beams. The maximum aggregate size varied from 4 mm to 19 mm and shear span-to-depth ratio was 2.5 and 0.6 in each all-lightweight, sand-lightweight and normal weight concrete groups. The ratio of the normalized shear capacity of lightweight concrete beams to that of the company normal weight concrete beams was also compared with the modification factor specified in ACI 318-05 for lightweight concrete. The microphotograph showed that some unsplitted aggregates were observed in the failure planes of lightweight concrete beams, which contributed to the enhancement of the shear capacity of lightweight concrete beams. As a result, the normalized shear capacity of lightweight concrete continuous beams increased with the increase of the maximum aggregate size, though the increasing rate was lower than that of normal weight concrete continuous beams. The modification factor specified in ACI 318-05 was generally unconservative in the continuous lightweight concrete beams, showing an increase of the unconservatism with the increase of the maximum aggregate size. In addition, the conservatism of the shear provisions of ACI 318-05 was lower in lightweight concrete beams than in normal weight concrete beams.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.169-171
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• 2003

최근 환경문제가 대두됨에 따라 산업폐기물의 처리문제에 많은 관심과 연구가 진행되고 있다. 또한 현대의 콘크리트 구조물은 거대화, 고층화되어 그 중량이 계속 커지고 있으므로 구조물을 경량화 하려는 노력과 개발이 계속 진행되어 왔다. 구조물의 주재료로 사용되고 있는 콘크리트는 강도 및 내구성에 비해 비중이 크다는 결점을 가지고 있으므로 강하고 가벼운 고강도의 경량골재 콘크리트 개발이 행해져 왔다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.21-28
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• 2017

The steel-plate concrete(SC) is used in a form of module assembly construction in the outer wall of nuclear-power plant and LNG containment. Since the steel-plate concrete modules are generally manufactured from the plant, the weight of SC has significantly effect on the total construction cost in the aspect of shipment. Therefore, the use of lightweight aggregates concrete(LWAC), which fill the inside of SC module can be a solution. However, the amount of used lightweight aggregates(LWA) is limited in the use of current concrete mixing process due to the concrete quality problems and it also determines the allowable minimum density of LWAC. In this research, the preplaced casting method is applied because of increasing the volume fraction of LWA significantly, which results from the producing process of pre-packing the LWA in the formwork and filling the interstitial voids between LWA using cement paste grout. The density and compressive strength of selected preplaced LWAC were $1,600kg/m^3$ and 30MPa and it was applied for the mock-up specimens of SC panel. It was used for the 3-point bending test for evaluating its structural performance. The results show that the preplaced LWAC can reduce the density of concrete with the adequate mechanical and structural performance.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.727-738
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• 2023

In concrete, the interface between the aggregate and cement paste is often the most critical factor in determining strength, representing the weakest zone. Lightweight aggregate, produced through expansion and firing of raw materials, features numerous surface pores and benefits from low density; however, its overall aggregate strength is compromised. Within concrete, diminished aggregate strength can lead to aggregate fracture. When applying lightweight aggregate to concrete, the interface strength becomes critical due to the potential for aggregate fracture. This study involved coating the surface of the aggregate with blast furnace slag fine powder to enhance the interfacial strength of lightweight aggregate. The impedance of test specimens was measured to analyze interface changes resulting from this surface modification. Experimental results revealed a 4% increase in compressive strength following the coating of the lightweight aggregate surface, accompanied by an increase in resistance values within the impedance measurements corresponding with strength enhancement.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.425-428
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• 2008

To use lightweight aggregate concrete with the structural material, it was need to evaluate property of mechanic and drying shrinkage and creep of the lightweight aggregate concrete, but these weren't. So the purpose of this study which it sees follows the mechanical property of the eco lightweight aggregate concrete according to the water binder ration in the high strength concrete. Eco lightweight aggregate was made with clay and crushed rock in this study. To make experiment, water binder ratio was divided 35% and 39%. And the fresh concrete properties were that slump flow was 500${\pm}$50mm, air contents was 2.0${\pm}$1.0%. It evaluated the hold a drying shrinkage and the creep the effect, it analyzed quality and reliability of the eco lightweight aggregate concrete.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.427-434
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to propose a mixture proportioning approach based on the replacement level of natural sand for reducing $CO_2$ emissions from artificial lightweight aggregate concrete(LWAC) production. To assess the effect of natural sand on the reduction of $CO_2$ emissions and compressive strength of LWAC, a total of 379 specimens compiled from different sources were analyzed. Based on the non-linear regression analysis using the database and the previous mixture proportioning method proposed by Yang et al., simple equations were derived to determine the concrete mixture proportioning and the replacement level of natural sand for achieving the targeted performances(compressive strength, initial slump, air content, and $CO_2$ reduction ratio) of concrete. Furthermore, the proposed equations are practically applicable to straightforward determination of the $CO_2$ emissions from the provided mixture proportions of LWAC.