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Fundamental Study on Pervious Concrete Materials for Airport Pavement Cement Treated Base Course (공항포장 시멘트안정처리기층에 적용하기 위한 투수콘크리트 개발에 관한 기초연구)

  • Kim, Seung Won;Oh, Ji Hyeon;Jang, Bong Jin;Ju, Min Kwan;Kim, In Tai;Park, Cheol Woo
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.65-73
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    • 2013
  • PURPOSES : As a research to develop a cement treated base course for an airport pavement which can enhance its drainage, this paper investigated the strength, infiltration performance and durability of the pervious concrete with respect to maximum coarse aggregate sizes and compaction methods. METHODS : This study measured compressive strength, infiltration rate, continuous porosity and freeze-thaw resistance of pervious concrete specimens, which were fabricated with five different compaction methods and different maximum aggregate sizes. In addition, in order to reduce the usage of Portland cement content and to enhance environment-friendliness, a portion of the cement was replaced with Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS). RESULTS: Compressive strength requirement, 5 MPa at 7 days, was met for all applied compaction methods and aggregate sizes, except for the case of self-compaction. Infiltration rate became increased as the size of aggregate increased. The measured continuous porosities varied with the different compaction methods but the variation was not significant. When GGBS was incorporated, the strength requirement was successfully satisfied and the resistance to freezing-thawing was also superior to the required limit. CONCLUSIONS: The infiltration rate increased as the maximum size of aggregate increased but considering construct ability and supply of course aggregate, its size is recommended to be 25mm. With the suggested mix proportions, the developed pervious concrete is expected to successfully meet requirements for strength, drainage and durability for cement treated base or subbase course of an airport pavement.

Evaluation of Applicability of penetrating-type Nano-Coat for Preventing Deterioration of Concrete (침투형 Nano-Coat를 이용한 콘크리트 열화 방지 적용성 평가)

  • Lee, Jun Hee;Kim, Jo Soon;Sim, Yang Mo;Lee, Seung Woo
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.7-15
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    • 2017
  • PURPOSES : Infiltration of moisture, polluted material, and deicer into concrete, accompanied by freeze and thaw can cause significant deterioration of concrete pavement. In order to protect concrete from deterioration, it is necessary to prevent the infiltration of these concrete external materials. The moisture-repellent agent, which is a surface treatment and maintenance material added to concrete structures to render them water resistant, has advantages such as prevention of water infiltration and security against air permeation. Nano-coat, which is referred to as silicon hydride, is typically used as a moisture-repellent agent. Therefore, in this study, an attempt is made to use penetration-type Nano-coat as an alternative in order to evaluate its applicability through environmental resistance tests. METHODS : This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of penetration-type Nano-coat, which can provide water repellency to concrete, in concrete pavements, through various environmental resistance tests such as freezing and thawing resistance, chloride ion penetration resistance, and surface scaling resistance tests. The applicability of penetration-type Nano-coat was demonstrated based on the specification of KS F 2711, KS F 2456, and ASTM C 672. RESULTS :In the case of penetration-type Nano-coat applied on sound concrete, an increase in concrete durability was demonstrated by the negligible chloride ion penetrability and the absence of scaling, as revealed by visual observation of the surface, after 50 cycles of scaling resistance test. In addition, test result of the application of penetration-type Nano-coat on deteriorated concrete established that concrete surface pretreated by grinding provided improved durability than non-treated concrete. CONCLUSIONS :This study indicates that penetration-type Nano-coat is applicable as an effective alternative, to increase the durability of concrete structures. In addition, it was known that pretreatment of deteriorated concrete surface, such as grinding, is required to improve the long-term performance of concrete pavement.

A Fundamental Study on the Influence of Performance of Cementitious Composites of Inorganic Core Material for Self-Healing Capsule of Cracks (균열 자기치유를 위한 캡슐용 무기계 코어재료의 시멘트 복합체 성능에 미치는 영향에 관한 기초적 연구)

  • Choi, Yun-Wang;Oh, Sung-Rok;Choi, Byung-Keol;Kim, Cheol-Gyu
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.74-82
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    • 2017
  • In this study, we prepared a core material based on the inorganic materials in liquid form for applying an inorganic-based core material to a core material for the self-healing capsules as a part of the basic study to manufacture of self-healing capsule that can heal cracks of cementitious composite. Manufactured core material based on the inorganic materials were applied directly to the cement composite before its encapsulation, were evaluated the effect on performance of cementitious composite as wall as repair performance of the cracks in the cracks. The test results showed that core material based on the inorganic materials was effective to improve the compressive and adhesion strength, had an absorption, permeation water, penetration of chloride iones and freeze-thaw resistance performance. Through the results of this paper, we want to utilize the results as a basis data of the performance of the cement composite that can be obtained when applied to inorganic core materials based on self-healing capsules and future advances localized self-healing capsule technology.

Screening of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitory Activity of Ethanol and Methanol Extracts from Cereals and Regumes (곡류 및 두류 추출물로 부터 HMG-CoA reductase 저해활성 검색)

  • Ha, Tae-Youl;Cho, Il-Jin;Lee, Sang-Hyo
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.224-229
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    • 1998
  • A study was conducted to screen the inhibitory activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A(HMG-CoA) reductase, which is known to be rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol bosynthesis, from the extracts of 80% methanol and 70% ethanol of cereals and regumes. The strongest inhibitory activity was shown in the ethanol extract of sorghum among the ethanol extracts. The inhibitory activity of HMG-CoA reductase of prosomillilet methanol extract was 73%, and highest among the methanol extracts. The inhibitory activity of 44.7% was observed in sorghum methanol extract. The methanol extracts of prosomillet and sorghum were further fractionated with hexane, chloroform, ethylacetate, butanol and water. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitory activity was shown in all fractions of prosomillet and sorghum methanol extracts. Hexan fraction of both prosomillet and sorghum had the strongest inhibitory activity among five fractions, and the inhibitory activity was increased compared to each crude extracts.

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Properties of Starch Gels Mixed with Mugwort Juice (쑥즙을 첨가한 전분겔의 성질)

  • Chung, Koo-Min;Lee, Won-Jong
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.693-699
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    • 1997
  • The effects of mugwort juice on the gel properties of corn starch (CS), mung bean starch (MS), and potato starch (PS) were investigated. Water holding capacities of three starches were increased with addition of the juice. Solubilities of CS and MS were also increased. Swelling power was increased in CS but decreased in MS. Viscoamylogram showed that 5% addition of the juice lowered the initial gelatinization temperatures of CS and MS, but raised the temperature of PS. While peak viscosities of CS and MS pastes were decreased a little, the viscosity of PS paste was decreased remarkably from 2,280 BU to 845 BU. Addition of mugwort juice did not affect significantly the hardness of starch gels during 7 days of storage at $25^{\circ}C\;and\;4^{\circ}C$. Degrees of gelatinization of the starch gels were affected by addition of the juice, especially in PS, during storage. Freeze-thaw stabilities of three gels were not changed by addition of the juice. The starch gels added with the mugwort juice had smooth surface visually because the crude fibrous materials of mugwort were removed during juice preparation.

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Isolation and Charaterization of Bioactive Peptides from Hwangtae (yellowish dried Alaska pollack) Protein Hydrolysate

  • Cho, San-Soon;Lee, Hyo-Ku;Yu, Chang-Yeon;Kim, Myong-Jo;Seong, Eun-Soo;Ghimire, Bimal Kumar;Son, Eun-Hwa;Choung, Myoung-Gun;Lim, Jung-Dae
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.196-203
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    • 2008
  • Hwangtae, dried Alaska pollack, is a major storage product in the fish processing industry. Hwangtae is prepared by removing the internal organs and drying outdoors during the cold witner months by allowing it to thaw during the daytime and re-freeze at night under sub-zero ($-10^{\circ}C$) conditions and gradually dry from December until the next April for around 5 months from Myungtae. In this study, ground Hwangtae was hydrolyzed using two proteolytic enzymes (pepsin and alcalase) which produced five soluble active peptides from Hwangtae (yellowish dried Pollack, Theragra chalcogramma) protein. Two different peptides with strong antioxidative activity were isolated from the hydrolysate using consecutive chromatographic methods of Sephadex G-25 gel, ion-exchange chromatography on a Sepharose-Sephadex C-25 gel, and high-performance liquid chromatography. The isolated peptides, APO1 and APO2, were composed of 16 and 13 amino acid residues, respectively. Both peptides contained a Gly residue at the C-terminus and the repeating motif Gly-Pro-Hyp. The peptide with a molecular weight less than 1,000 Daltons (APACE) obtained from enzymatic hydrolysates of Hwangtae exhibited the highest ACE inhibitory activity. The APACE peptides was composed of 4 amino acid residues (Gly-Leu-Leu-Pro). These results suggest that Hwangtae hydrolysates could be a good source of peptides with ACE inhibitory activity. Biochemical analysis indicated that two 70 kDa peptides (APG1 and APG2) isolated from the hydrolysate had gelatinoytic activity, which was shown to be a calcium dependent protease type as showed by gelatin SDS PAGE.

Proposal of Spacing Distribution Index Reflected Actual Air Void Characteristics in Concrete (콘크리트의 실제 공극구조 특성을 반영한 간격분포지수 제안)

  • Jeon, Sung Il;An, Ji-Hwan;Kwon, Soo Ahn;Yun, Tae Young
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.31 no.6A
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    • pp.449-456
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    • 2011
  • Spacing factor proposed by Power is a concept of averaging air void spacing composed of geometric models. Thus, there's a limitation on simulating actual air void characteristics in concrete. This study presents SDI(spacing distribution index) to overcome the limitation of spacing factor. SDI is also evaluated through comparing SDI with SF(spacing factor). In this study, it was confirmed that SF decreased due to increasing air-entrainer content but SDI increased. This occurs because SDI is the area of spacing distribution curve and SDI increases with increasing the frequency of spacing. SDI is evaluated to have better coverage below $300{\mu}m$ of SF so that determination of critical point of SDI above 80% of durability index can be easily obtained with more reliability. SDI is the area of spacing distribution curve and reflects actual air void characteristics in concrete. A comparative study of SDI and results of freeze-thaw test will be performed later.

Bond Strength of Carbon Fiber Sheet on Concrete Substrate Processed by Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding

  • Uddin, N.;Shohel, M.;Vaidya, U.K.;Serrano-Perez, J.C.
    • Advanced Composite Materials
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.277-299
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    • 2008
  • High quality and expedient processing repair methods are necessary to enhance the service life of bridge structures. Deterioration of concrete can occur as a result of structural cracks, corrosion of reinforcement, and freeze.thaw cycles. Cost effective methods with potential for field implementation are necessary to address the issue of the vulnerability of bridge structures and how to repair them. Most infrastructure related applications of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) use traditional hand lay-up technology. The hand lay-up is tedious, labor-intensive and relies upon personnel skill level. An alternative to traditional hand lay-up of FRP for infrastructure applications is Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM). VARTM uses single sided molding technology to infuse resin over fabrics wrapping large structures, such as bridge girders and columns. There is no work currently available in understanding the interface developed, when VARTM processing is adopted to wrap fibers such as carbon and/or glass over concrete structures. This paper investigates the interface formed by carbon fiber processed on to a concrete surface using the VARTM technique. Various surface treatments, including sandblasting, were performed to study the pull-off tensile test to find a potential prepared surface. A single-lap shear test was used to study the bond strength of CFRP fabric/epoxy composite adhered to concrete. Carbon fiber wraps incorporating Sikadur HEX 103C and low viscosity epoxy resin Sikadur 300 were considered in VARTM processing of concrete specimens.

The Freezing Temperature of Chemical Admixtures for Concrete and the Quality Vareation of Concrete Using the Frozen Admixtures (콘크리트용 혼화제의 동결온도 및 동결된 혼화제의 사용에 따른 콘크리트의 품질변화)

  • 한천구;한경익;이건철
    • Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.205-212
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    • 1998
  • Frost damage of a storage tank for chemical admixtures caused by a low temperature in winter and quality deterioration of chemical admixtures have been often reported. However, there have been few regulations and researches related to the frost damage of chemical admixtures and facilities. Therefore, this paper is intend to investigate not only, the freezing points of chemical admixtures such as AE admixtures and water-reducing AE admixtures, etc., but also the quality variation of concrete used with chemical admixtures before freezing and after freeze-thaw cycles. According to the results of experiments, most chemical admixtures except anti-freezing agent and accelerating water-reducing AE admixtures should be kept from being frozen in low winter temperatures. However, full agitation of frozen chemical admixtures dose not cause the problems of concrete related to the quality of chemical admixtures.

Physical Properties of Planting Concrete Using Recycled Aggregates (재생골재를 이용한 식재용 콘크리트의 물리적 특성)

  • 한천구;오선교;이상태;김정진
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2002
  • In construction field, million tons of demolished concrete are produced in korea. It is urgently needed that they are used as recycled materials in order to prevent environment pollution and gain economic profits. However, existing recycling methods of demolished concrete have their limits for wide application. They have been only focused on the burying and banking. Therefore, in this paper, physical and mechanical properties of planting concrete using construction wastes for aggregates are described in order to investigate the validities of demolished concrete as recycled aggregates. The Properties of strength and durability are tested. According to the experimental results, compressive strength and freeze-thaw resistance of planting concrete using recycled aggregates shows worse performance than those using crushed stone concrete. But, it shows positive performance on the absorption ratio and thermal conductivity. Especially, considering the side of recycling of concrete wastes, it is recommended that recycled aggregates made with construction wastes is applied to planting concrete.