• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.203-207
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• 2003

Protein aggregation could be problematic as causes of diseases and hindrance in the production of useful recombinant proteins. Aggregation of mutant tryptophan synthase $\alpha$-subunits was examined by treatment with urea and at high temperature. Large amorphous aggregate seemed to appear by heat treatment, while more various aggregates in size were formed by treatment with urea at low concentration. The result indicates that different aggregate in size could be formed depending on the treatment condition, suggesting different mechanisms underlying aggregation processes.

• Computers and Concrete
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• v.3 no.6
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• pp.423-437
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• 2006

Stress wave propagation through concrete is simulated by finite element analysis. The concrete medium is modeled as a homogeneous material with smeared properties to investigate and establish the suitable finite element analysis method (explicit versus implicit) and analysis parameters (element size, and solution time increment) also suitable for rigorous investigation. In the next step, finite element analysis model of the medium is developed using a digital image processing technique, which distinguishes the mortar and aggregate phases of concrete. The mortar and aggregate phase topologies are, then, directly mapped to the finite element mesh to form a heterogeneous concrete model. The heterogeneous concrete model is then used to simulate wave propagation. The veracity of the model is demonstrated by evaluating the intrinsic parameters of nondestructive ultrasonic pulse velocity testing of concrete. Quantitative relationships between aggregate size and testing frequency for nondestructive testing are presented.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.485-488
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• 2003

The results of an experiment on the sound absorption of the porous concrete using recycled aggregates and its influence on the compressive strength are reported in this paper. The content of recycled aggregate of 0, 10, 30, 50 and 70%, and the design void ratio of 30 percent for a given size of aggregate were used. In the compressive strength, an aggregate of the size of 5~13mm is much higher strength than that of the 13~20mm, In sound absorption experiment, the sound absorption ratio was is subjected to decreased as the content of recycled aggregates was increased. As a result, Porous concrete using recycled aggregates and by-products sufficiently have the performance of sound absorption.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.241-245
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate the bloating mechanism of artificial lightweight aggregates with different sizes (ESA, effective surface area). Aggregates were produced using hard clay, stone sludge, and a bloating agent in order to observe the effect of the gradation of the artificial lightweight aggregates. Kerosene and amorphous carbon were used as bloating agent. The particle size of the produced aggregate ranged from 3 mm to 9 mm. With regard to the amount of bloating agent to be used, 2 ~ 6 parts by weight were used. The specific gravity, absorption rate, and the type of aggregates produced by rapid sintering at $1075{\sim}1200^{\circ}C$ were determined. Microstructures were observed. When ESA had a value of 1 or below, kerosene, which has a high burning rate, was found to be advantageous for use as a bloating agent. When ESA had a value of 1 or above, carbon, which has a relatively low burning rate was found to be an advantageous bloating agent. It is thought that kerosene is more advantageous, as ESA decreases, for the production of aggregates having low water absorption rate.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.42-50
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• 2001

The activity of immobilized cell-support particle aggregates is influenced by physical and biochemical elements, mass transfer, and physiology. Accordingly, the mathematical model discussed in this study is capable of predicting the steady state and transient concentration profiles of the cell mass and substrate, plus the effects of the substrate and product inhibition in an immobilized cell-support aggregate. The overall mathematical model is comprised of material balance equations for the cell mass, major carbon source, dissolved oxygen, and non-biomass products in a bulk suspension along with a single particle model. A smaller bead size and higher substrate concentration at the surface of the particle, resulted in a higher supply of the substrate into the aggregate and consequently a higher biocatalyst activity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.145-146
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• 2023

One of the causes of recent construction site collapses was that the compressive strength of concrete was less than half of the allowable design standard strength range. In the safety diagnosis of structures, the compressive strength of concrete is a factor that determines the durability of a building. Therefore, in this study, we aim to examine the characteristics of compressive strength according to the particle size distribution of coarse aggregate among the compressive strength factors using small-diameter cores. To avoid problems when collecting cores, core specimens with diameters of 100×200, 50×100, and 25×50 (mm) were manufactured directly. As a result of measuring the compressive strength of concrete for each diameter, the larger the core diameter, the higher the compressive strength. has increased.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.41-42
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• 2015

The concrete aggregate generates carbon dioxide in production but its demanding is gradually increased in accordance with the depletion of natural resources. Therefore we evaluated compatibility and basic physical properties of Silicon manganese slag generated in iron production as an applicable concrete aggregate. In our test, the silicon maganese slag shows 2.8g/㎥ of density in 10mm of maximum particle size similar to a natural aggregate, and its absorption rate was 0.3% similar to the electric furnace slag. Unit volume weight and ratio of absolute volume was respectively 2,001㎏/㎥ and 51%. Strength properties of Silicon manganese slag will be evaluated with further studies and experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.82-89
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• 2009

Recently, the study is progressing actively about manufacture skill of concrete for promoted recycled aggregate and concrete made into recycled aggregate in the construction production field. But, application and study about recycled fine aggregate insufficient compared to recycled coarse aggregate. So, in this study, it presents basic data for development of environmental load reduction fiber reinforcement recycled fine aggregate concrete by comparison and investigation about engineering properties and shrinkage cracking of fiber reinforcement recycled find aggregate concrete for increasing shrinkage cracking reduction and long term stability of environmental load reduction concrete used recycled fine aggregate. In the result of the study, compared to natural fine aggregate, a crack-extent increased by applying recycled fine aggregate, moreover, as a water cement ratio increased, the crack size increased, as well. In addition, it's shown that the specimen mixed with PVA and Nylon, among all kinds of fibers, showed the smallest crack size, so it's verified that the mix of fiber had an effect on decreasing crack-extent.

• KIEAE Journal
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.69-76
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• 2008

This is an experimental study on the maximum load value and structural behavior of reinforced concrete columns containing shells as a substitute fine aggregate of concrete, through making reinforced concrete test columns with shells. In this study, the main factors consist of the grain sizes and the percentage of substitution of shells to fine aggregate in two kinds of water cement ratio. The results of the study showed as followed. The maximum load value decreased with increased the rate of substitution about shells and as the grain size of shells became smaller, the load values of them were somewhat changed higher but it is important that we must consider absorption rate of shells sufficiently. If we have a proper water cement ratio in column productions containing the shells, we can meet the requirement of the percentage of substitution until 30%. The deflection and deformation properties of reinforced concrete columns with shells represented typical curves like that of normal reinforced concrete. But as the failture types, they are able to make some change without being out of the fundamental graph forms. After the analyzing structural behaviors and the properties of reinforced concrete test columns containing shells, the most excellent grain size of shells represented 3.0mm and less with taking uniformly, and the percentage of practicable substitution of them to fine aggregate was about 30%.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.130-135
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to examine the physical properties of water-permeable concretes. The water-permeable concrete with cement-aggregate ratios of 1:3.5 to 1:6.0 and two type of coarse aggregate size of 8~13 and 13~18mm used OPC(ordinary portland cement) as a binder and superplasticizer are prepared, and then tested for flexural strength, compressive strength, compressive strength, continuous void percentage and coefficient of water permeability. It is concluded from the test result that the superior flexural and compressive strengths, coefficient of water permeability and continuous void percentage of water-permeable concretes that use OPC were obtained at cement-aggregate ratios of 1:3.2, 1:6.0 respectively, The water-permeable concretes with coarse aggregate of 8~13 and 13~18mm size used OPC as a binder havinga flexural strength of 24.81~45.56kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, 21.99~40.62kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, a compressive stength of 93.63~ 242kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, 114.8~191.7.kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, a coefficient of permeability of 0.59~1.85kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, 0.73~ 2.25kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, and a continuos void percentage of 16.6~26.32%, 13.52~24.35% respectively during 28 curing days.