• Advances in materials Research
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.219-231
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• 2020

The aim of this study is to investigate the durability of fly ash based geopolymer mortar with and without protective coatings in aggressive chemical environments. The source materials for geopolymer are Fly ash and Ground Granulated Blast furnace Slag (GGBS) and they are considered in the combination of 80% & 20% respectively. Two Molarities of NaOH solution were considered such as 8M and 10M. The ratio of binder to sand and Sodium silicate to Sodium hydroxide solution (Na₂SiO₃/NaOH) are taken as 1:2 and 2 respectively. The alkaline liquid to binder ratio is 0.4. Compressive strength tests were conducted at various ages of the mortar specimens. In order to evaluate the performance of coatings on geopolymer mortar under aggressive chemical environment, the mortar specimens were coated with two different types of coatings such as epoxy and Acrylic. They were then subjected to different chemical environments by immersing them in 10% standard solutions of each ammonium nitrate, sodium chloride and sulphuric acid. Drop in compressive strength as a result of chemical exposure was considered as a measure of chemical attack and the drop in compressive strength was measured after 30 and 60 days of chemical exposure. The compressive strength results following chemical exposure indicated that the specimens containing the acrylic coating proved to be more resistant to chemical attacks. The control specimen without coating showed a much greater degree of deterioration. Therefore, the application of acrylic coating was invariably much more effective in improving the compressive strength as well as the resistance of mortar against chemical attacks. The results also indicated that among all the aggressive attacks, the sulphate environment has the most adverse effect in terms of lowering the strength.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2010

폐콘크리트를 굵은 골재의 대체 재료로 재활용하게 되면, 건설폐기물의 증가위기와 천연골재의 고갈문제를 해결해 줄 수 있다. 그러나 순환골재는 콘크리트용 골재의 품질보다 저하되는 경향이 있기 때문에, 이를 개선하여 콘크리트 재료로 활용해야 한다. 순환골재 콘크리트의 내구성에 관한 논문은 부족한 실정이므로, 본 연구에서는 염화물 확산계수에 의해 포졸란재를 혼입한 순환골재 콘크리트의 염화물 확산성에 대한 기초적인 자료를 제시하는데 그 목적이 있다. 주요 결과로는 다음과 같다. 1) 재령에 따라 포졸란재를 혼입한 순환골재 콘크리트의 압축강도가 증가하였으며, 염화물 확산성은 감소하였다. 2) 모든 재령에서, 순환굵은골재의 치환율이 30%인 경우 고로슬래그 및 메타카올린을 혼입한 순환골재 콘크리트의 염화물 확산계수는 플레인 콘크리트와 유사하거나 더 낮은 결과를 나타내었다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.107-115
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• 2022

With the improvements in computer technologies, utilization of image processing techniques has increased in many areas (such as medicine, defence industry, other industries etc.) Many different image processing techniques are used for surface analysis, detection of manufacturing defects, and determination of physical and mechanical characteristics of composite materials. In this study, cementitious composites were obtained by addition of Grounded Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag (GGBFS), Styrene Butadiene polymer (SBR), and Grounded Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag and Styrene Butadiene polymer together (GGBFS+SBR). Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) beads were added to these cementitious composites in different ratios (20%, 40% and 60%). The mechanical and physical characteristics of the composites were determined, and homogeneity indexes of the composites were determined by image processing techniques to determine EPS distribution forms in them. Physical and mechanical characteristics of the produced samples were obtained by applying consistency, density, water absorption, compressive strength (7 and 28 days), flexural strength (7 and 28 days) and tensile splitting strength (7 and 28 days) tests on them. Also, visual examination by using digital microscope, and image analysis by using image processing techniques with open source coded ImageJ program were performed. As a result of the study, it is determined that GGBFS and SBR addition strengthens the adhesion sites formed as it increases the adhesion power of the mixture and helps to get rid of the segregation problem caused by EPS. As a result of the image processing analysis it is demonstrated that GGBFS and SBR addition has positive contribution on homogeneity index.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.7-17
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• 2024

지하터널 굴착 시 발파로 인한 진동의 영향이 지표면에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해 GTX-A 굴착현장 상부에서 진동을 측정하였다. 또한 해당 현장과 동일한 지반조건 및 발파조건으로 역해석을 실시하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 다른 GTX-A 노선 현장들에 대해서 수치해석을 실시하여 비교·분석하였다. 수치해석을 통해 각 현장의 발파지점 직상부로 부터 일정 간격으로 최대 진동속도를 도출하였으며, 결과 값을 국내·외 진동 허용기준과 비교하여 진동 계측의 영향 범위를 산정하였다. 이를 통해 국내 규정에서 "발파원으로부터 가장 근접한 구조물 기초 부위에서 측정하고 여건상 불가능한 경우 이에 근접한 지표에서 측정"으로 명시되어 있는 지반진동 측정 위치에 대해 보다 명확한 진동 계측 위치를 산정하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.71-79
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• 2021

In this study, a real-scale fuel-cell room of volume 1.36 m³ is constructed to confirm the explosion characteristics of hydrogen-air mixture gas in a hydrogen-powered house. A volume concentration of 40% is applied in the fuel-cell room as the worst-case scenario to examine the most severe accident possible, and two types of doors (made of plastic sheet and wood) are fabricated to observe their effects on the overpressure and impulse. The peak overpressure and impulse based on distance from the ignition source are experimentally observed and assessed. The maximum and minimum overpressures with a plastic-sheet door are about 20 and 6.7 kPa and those with a wooden door are about 46 and 13 kPa at distances of 1 and 5 m from the ignition source, respectively. The ranges of impulses for distances of 1-5 m from the ignition source are about 82-28 Pa·s with a plastic-sheet door and 101-28 Pa·s with a wooden door. The amount of damage to people, buildings, and property due to the peak overpressure and impulse is presented to determine the safe distance; accordingly, the safe distance to prevent harm to humans is about 5 m based on the 'injuries' class, but the structural damage was not serious.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2016

A technique for improving estimation accuracy is introduced in order to locate the impact position of artillery shell during the weapon scoring test. Study on localization of impacts using acoustic measurement has been conducted and the usability of sensor array is verified with experiments. When the blast occurs above the ground in the firing range, the acoustic sensor above the ground can measure the directly propagated sound with the ground-reflected one. In this study, a method for reducing estimation error by using the reflection signal measurements based on the time difference of arrival method. Considering the reflection sound works as same as placing a virtual sensor symmetrically through the ground. This idea enables a virtual three-dimensional array configuration with a two-dimensional plane array above the ground as such. The time difference between the direct and the reflected propagations can be estimated using cepstrum analysis. Performance test has been made in the simulation experiment in the football size area.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.253-262
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• 2004

Construction of tunnels in a deep crystalline host rock for a potential High-Level Radioactive Waste(HLW) repository inevitably generates an excavation disturbed zone (EDZ). There have been a series of debates on whether a permeability in an EDZ increases or not and what would be the maximum depth of an EDZ. Recent studies show mixed opinions on permeability. However, there has been an international consensus on the thickness of an EDZ; 30 cm for TBM and 1 meter for controlled blast. One of the impacts of an EDZ is on determining the distance between adjacent deposition holes. The void gap by the excavation hinders relaxation of temperature profiles so that the current Korean reference designing distance between holes should be stretched out more to keep the maximum temperature in a buffer region below 100 degrees Celsius. The other impact of an EDZ is on the long-term post closure radiological safety. To estimate the impact, the reference scenario, the well scenario, is chosen. Released nuclides diffuse through a bentonite buffer region experiencing strong sorption and reach a fracture surrounded by a porous medium. Inside a fractured porous region, radionuclides migrate by advection and dispersion with matrix diffusion into a porous medium. Finally, they reach a well assumed to be a source of potable water for local residents. The annual individual dose is assessed on this well scenario to find out the significance of an EDZ. A profound sensitivity study was performed, but all results show that the impact is negligible. Even though the role of an EDZ turns out to be limited on overall safety assessment, still it is worthwhile to study the chemical role of an EDZ, such as a potential source for natural colloids, potential sealing of an open fracture by fine clay particles generated by the process of an EDZ, and alteration of a sorption mechanism by an EDZ in the future.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.71-86
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 암반 발파 시 발생하는 사면 재해를 방지하기위해 지중 관입형 변위센서를 이용한 암반 발파 시험을 수행하고 3차원 유한요소 수치해석을 통해 지중 관입형 변위센서의 적용성 검증 및 암반 발파 시 진동속도에 영향을 미치는 매개변수에 대해 고찰하였다. 암반 발파 시험 결과 지중 관입형 변위센서는 암반사면 거동 계측에 적용 가능한 시스템임을 확인하였으며, 수치해석 결과 암반 발파 시 진동속도에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 매개변수는 단위중량인 것으로 분석되었다. 또한, 발파원과 멀어질수록 진동속도는 급격하게 줄어들고 발파원과 가까울수록 동탄성계수와 단위중량의 차이에 따라 최대 진동속도 차이는 크게 발생하며 내부마찰각과 점착력 변화에 따른 영향은 거의 없는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.58-71
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• 2009

레이저는 도구의 개념을 넘어서 추력 및 동력을 발생시키는 새로운 에너지원으로 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 위성의 자세제어 시 필요한 추력을 레이저 추진 방식으로 구축하는 방안과 마이크로 추진기술을 활용한 약물전달 연구를 소개한다. 또한 레이저를 새로운 에너지원으로 적용하여 친환경 그린 에너지를 획득하고, 고에너지 물질을 점화 가열하며, 나아가서는 우주에서의 파편 제거 등 레이저 킬무기체계 구축과 행성 위성 탐사 시 구성 물질의 성분을 분석할 수 있는 효과적인 방법에 대하여 논하였다.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.193-202
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• 2013

Geopolymer mortar compressed blocks were prepared using fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, silica fume and metakaolin as binders and sand/quarry dust/pond ash as fine aggregate. Alkaline solution was used to activate the source materials for synthesizing the geopolymer mortar. Fresh mortar was used to obtain the compressed blocks. The strength development with reference to different parameters was studied. The different parameters considered were fineness of fly ash, binder components, type of fine aggregate, molarity of alkaline solution, age of specimen, fluid-to-binder ratio, binder-to-aggregate ratio, degree of saturation, etc. The compressed blocks were tested for compression at different ages. It was observed that some of the blocks attained considerable strength within 24 h under ambient conditions. The cardinal aim was to analyze the experimental data generated to formulate a phenomenological model to arrive at the combinations of the ingredients to produce geopolymer blocks to meet the strength development desired at the specified age. The strength data was analyzed within the framework of generalized Abrams' law. It was interesting to note that the law was applicable to the analysis of strength development of partially saturated compressed blocks when the degree of saturation was maintained constant. The validity of phenomenological model was examined with an independent set of experimental data. The blocks can replace the traditional masonry blocks with many advantages.