• Advances in concrete construction
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.71-77
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• 2022

Creep phenomenon affects the stability and integrity of concrete structures. An inaccurate prediction of these strains may lead to the appearance of cracks and excessive deflections which may cause in some cases the demolition of structures. In fact, the measured values of these uncontrolled strains appear often to be clearly different and larger than the expected ones. Therefore, an accurate prediction of concrete deformations is a necessity. As a matter of fact, the codified descriptions of this phenomenon are unreliable and don't consider the effect of admixtures. The physical nature of creep is not well understood and almost all creep models are mainly of empirical nature. To overcome this issue, a study of the correlation between different parameters affecting concrete creep is performed and a new model for predicting creep of concrete is elaborated. This new model considers the effect of admixtures, specifically the silica fume, in predicting concrete creep and allows an accurate prediction of this phenomenon. The proposed model is based on the observation of physical behavior of creep phenomenon. It targets at expressing creep compliance in terms of structural and environmental parameters. In fact, the experimental observations show that creep curves follow two kinetic regimes leading to a model called Phenomenological Creep Model. By adequate regressions and substitutions, and according to this model, we can express creep compliance in terms of structural, environmental parameters and admixture types and percentage. The proposed new Phenomenological Creep Model Silica Fume (PCM19SF) calculates accurately creep of concrete by considering the effect of silica fume.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.483-486
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• 2007

The present study is an exploratory research concerned with evaluation of three types of high performance concrete for bridge deck applications. These include A-Type (silica fume 6%), B-Type (silica fume 6% plus fly ash 20%), C-Type (silica fume 6% plus blast-furnace slag 40%). Test results compare with Latex modified concrete (LMC) and Ordinary portland cement concrete (OPC). The results indicates that high performance concrete for bridge deck overlay shows the excellent mechanical and durability performance for LMC and OPC in case of static loading test. Analytical results are similar with experimental results. However there are relative errors of $1{\sim}4mm$ for deflection and maximum 12% for strain.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.142-147
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• 1994

Lately, among concrete component used in construction works, the aggregate is the most important material because it hold about 70~80 Vo1% of most structural materials. Considering that the demand of aggregate is on the continuous increase in the construction works year after year, it is a very urgent thing to develop a substitute aggregate for river aggregate. This paper, an experimental study on the effect of corrosion protection by tighting concrete used fly-ash and silica fume, is to investigate workability and engineering properties of concrete used fly-ash and silica fume. As a test results, contrary to SF, workability of concrete used FA is inclined to be improved. And in the case of containing SF, the compressive strength containing admixtures is higher than plain concrete with increasing curing age.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.98-103
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• 2004

Shotcrete needs the enough durability without deterioration for life time. But shotcrete is being deteriorated according to aging like concrete by internal causes whithin itself and by external causes which can be physical, chemical, or mechanical. Durable shotcrete can be made by incresing the cement content, adding chemical and mineral admixtures and so on. So, in this study, chloride ion penetration test, freeze and thaw test, neutralization test were conducted to examine the durability characteristice of shotcrete with mineral admixtures such as silica fume, blast-furnace slag and fly ash. These results indicate that shotcrete with silica fume is durable. Therefore, the present study provides a firm base to make high performance shtcrete.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1998.10c
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• pp.139-144
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• 1998

This study is intended to devolop the self waterproof agents for high performance concrete by analyzing the properties of fresh and hardened mortar with various addition ratios of the inorganic admixture and zinc stearate. As the results of the test, the flow and air content increase with the addition of expansive additives. When the replacement rate of silica fume increases, the flow decreases for the increased viscidity. And the flow and sir content decrease with the addition of zinc stearate. At hardened state, the compressive strength, tensile strength and flexual strength decrease with the addition of expansive additives and zinc stearate. With the increase of silica fume's replacement, they show a little decrease at early age and then increase gradually. Also, absorption and permeability show a steep decrease when zinc stearate is added, and a slack decrease with the replacement of silica fume.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.281-286
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• 2001

The utilization of metakaolin as a pozzolanic material for mortar and concrete has received considerable attention in recent years. This paper estimates the fundamental properties of metakaolin as a pozzolanic material in view of fluidity and compressive strength of cement paste and mortar in comparison of silica fume, fly ash and slag. The results show that in order to obtain the same initial fluidity, metakaolin needs higher dosage of PNS superplasticizer than fly ash and slag, however, less dosage than silica fume. In view of compressive strength of mortar, metakaolin exhibits much higher compressive strength than fly ash and slag, and similar compressive strength with silica-fume when 10 % of cement is replaced with a pozzolanic material.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.687-692
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• 2002

The chemical shrinkage and the autogenous shrinkage have been determined experimentally for cement pastes incorporating different W/C ratio and different amount of the following addition: silica fume, fly ash and sand. The measurement method of the chemical shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage both were the volumetric technique. The silica fume has a effect of increasing the autogenous shrinkage while have a minor effect on the chemical shrinkage. The addition of fly-ash and sand both decreased the amount of chemical shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.379-384
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• 2002

The deterioration of concrete due to sulfate ions in various sulfate environments such as groundwater, soil and seawater is one of important factors degrading the durability of concrete structure. The aim of this paper is to evaluate on the magnesium sulfate alttack resistance of mortars with silica fume. In this study, compressive strength loss and length change of prismatic mortars, containing silica fume, immersed in 5% magnesium sulfate solution for 270 days were investigated. Additionally, paste powders with same binder were used to observe reactants of cement matrices through the instrumental analysis such as XRD, SEM and MIP. Results obtained from this study indicate that the greater damaging effects of the magnesium soulution are due to the decomposition of the C-S-H gel to M-C-S-H.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.151-162
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• 2013

The performance characteristics of high-strength and high-performance concrete are discussed in this review. Recent developments in the field of high-performance concrete marked a giant step forward in high-tech construction materials with enhanced durability, high compressive strength and high modulus of elasticity particularly for industrial applications. There is a growing awareness that specifications requiring high compressive strength make sense only when there are specific strength design advantages. HPC today employs blended cements that include silica fume, fly ash and ground granulated blast-furnace slag. In typical formulations, these cementitious materials can exceed 25% of the total cement by weight. Silica fume contributes to strength and durability; and fly ash and slag cement to better finish, decreased permeability, and increased resistance to chemical attack. The influences of various mineral admixtures such as fly ash, silica fume, micro silica, slag etc. on the performance of high-strength concrete are discussed.

• Computers and Concrete
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.477-488
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• 2016

This paper aims to model the effects of five different variables which includes: cement content (C), the steel fiber amount (F), the silica fume amount (SF), the superplasticizer (SP), the silica fume amount (SF), and the water to cementitious ratio (w/c) on 28 days flexural toughness of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) as well as, a study on the variable interactions and correlations by using analyze of variance (ANOVA) and response surface methodology (RSM). The variables were compared by fine aggregate mass. The model will be valid for the mixes with 0.18 to 0.32 w/c ratio, 4 to 8 percent steel fiber, 7 to 13 percent cement, 15 to 30 percent silica fume, and 4 to 8 percent superplasticizer by fine aggregate mass.