• Computers and Concrete
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.351-363
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• 2023

Reducing the self-weight of reinforced concrete structures problem is discussed in this paper by using two types of self-weight reduction, the first is by using lightweight coarse aggregate (crushed brick) and the second is by using styropor block. Experimental and Numerical studies are conducted on (LWAC) lightweight aggregate reinforced concrete slabs, having styropor blocks with various sizes of blocks and the ratio of shear span to the effective depth (a/d). The experimental part included testing eleven lightweight concrete one-way simply supported slabs, comprising three as reference slabs (solid slabs) and eight as styropor block slabs (SBS) with a total reduction in cross-sectional area of (43.3% and 49.7%) were considered. The holes were formed by placing styropor at the ineffective concrete zones in resisting the tensile stresses. The length, width, and thickness of specimen dimensions were 1.1 m, 0.6 m, and 0.12 m respectively, except one specimen had a depth of 85 mm (which has a cross-sectional area equal to styropor block slab with a weight reduction of 49.7%). Two shear spans to effective depth ratios (a/d) of (3.125) for load case (A) and (a/d) of (2) for load case (B), (two-line monotonic loads) are considered. The test results showed under loading cases A and B (using minimum shear reinforcement and the reduction in cross-sectional area of styropor block slab by 29.1%) caused an increase in strength capacity by 60.4% and 54.6 % compared to the lightweight reference slab. Also, the best percentage of reduction in cross-sectional area is found to be 49.7%. Numerically, the computer program named (ANSYS) was used to study the behavior of these reinforced concrete slabs by using the finite element method. The results show acceptable agreement with the experimental test results. The average difference between experimental and numerical results is found to be (11.06%) in ultimate strength and (5.33%) in ultimate deflection.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2019년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.34-35
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• 2019

In recent years, the construction industry has also applied the dry method that can be assembled in the field by industrialization and factory production, which is free from climatic effects and can reduce the cost due to mass production and simplify the work in the field. Among the building materials used in this dry method, ALC products are made by mixing calcium oxide, gypsum, cement, and water in silica and putting them in an autoclave to create voids in the interior through steam curing at high temperature and pressure. But it requires curing cycle conditions of warming, isothermal, and temperature curing. It depends on the performance of the product depending on the curing conditions, the economical efficiency due to high oil prices, the emission of greenhouse gases by the use of fossil fuels. Experiments were conducted to select an appropriate animal protein foam for lightweight foamed concrete block which was cured by applying a prefilling method to replace existing ALC products. As a result of investigating the characteristics of lightweight foamed concrete by type of animal protein foam, it is considered that FP3 is most suitable for manufacturing lightweight foamed concrete block.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 봄학술 발표회 논문집(II)
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• pp.461-464
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• 2005

As the research on the development of the lightweight concrete block by the hydro-thermal synthetic reaction mixed with the calcareous material and bottom ash that is used less among siliceous material, we studied on the physical and chemical characteristics in the changes of hydro-thermal synthetic reaction of lightweight concrete block compounded with the PP fiber to increase flexural toughness and to prevent fragility failure. The results of the experiment are as follow. According to the increase of hydro-thermal synthetic reaction and the fiber content, compressive and flexural strength increased. Despite the changes of the hydro-thermal synthetic reaction time, tobermorite was produced on each of the specimens similarly. However, the phase of tobermorite was changed in accordance with the changes of time. Also, $CaCo_{3}$ appeared on the surface of the 9 hour hardened specimen.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2012년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.247-250
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• 2012

As industrialization progresses is rapidly growing, the city of density and temperature is rising successively. It leads to the status of environmental issues. It is needed to develop process of planting concrete block using by Eco-materials for replacing to he existing rooftop light soil that imported. In this study, developing the process of planting lightweight block is researched on using applications of 6 Sigma technique. It makes process object improve standard by using statistical method. Also, there are suggestion that it is optimum mix design conditions and affection of experimental factors in matters of developing planting concrete block for rooftop greening.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2016

최근 도시철도 터널내부에서 콘크리트 도상의 확대로 유발된 반사마찰소음에 대한 저감대책으로 다공성 흡음블럭이 적용되고 있다. 운영 중인 도시철도용 품질시험기준과 제정 중인 철도표준규격을 만족하는 흡음블럭의 개발을 위하여 3 단계의 최적 배합설계를 위한 주요 변수시험을 수행하였다. 순환 골재인 플라이애쉬를 혼합하여 건비빔 발포 시료를 개발하여 요구되는 구조성능을 시험하고 혼화재의 영향성을 평가하였다. 또한 도시철도 터널 내부에 시공할 경우 열악한 작업환경과 원활한 유지관리에 대한 대책으로 대표적인 경량골재들을 혼합하여 경량화와 구조성능을 평가하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.457-468
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• 2007

Analytical and experimental investigation on dynamic properties of extra lightweight concrete sandwich beams reinforced with various lay ups of carbon reinforced epoxy polymer composites (CFRP) are discussed. The lightweight concrete used in the core of the sandwich beams was made up of extra lightweight aggregate, Lica. The density of concrete was half of that of the ordinary concrete and its compressive strength was about $100Kg/cm^2$. Two extra lightweight unreinforced (control) beams and six extra lightweight sandwich beams with various lay ups of CFRP were clamped in one end and tested under an impact load. The dimension of the beams without considering any reinforcement was 20 cm ${\times}$ 10 cm ${\times}$ 1.4 m. These were selected to ensure that the effect of shear during the bending test would be minimized. Three other beams, made up of ordinary concrete reinforced with steel bars, were tested in the same conditions. For measuring the damping capacity of sandwich beams three methods, Logarithmic Decrement Analysis (LDA), Hilbert Transform Analysis (HTA) and Moving Block Analysis (MBA) were applied. The first two methods are in time domain and the last one is in frequency domain. A comparison between the damping capacity of the beams obtained from all three methods, shows that the damping capacity of the extra lightweight concrete decreases by adding the composite reinforced layers to the upper and lower sides of the beams, and becomes most similar to the damping of the ordinary beams. Also the results show that the stiffness of the extra lightweight concrete beams increases by adding the composite reinforced layer to their both sides and become similar to the ordinary beams.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제88권2호
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• pp.169-178
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• 2023

Lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC) has various advantages, but it has limitations in ensuring sufficient ductility as structural members such as reinforced concrete (RC) columns due to its low confinement effect of core concrete. In particular, the confinement effect significantly decreases as the axial load increases, but studies on evaluating the ductility of RC columns at high axial loads are very limited. Therefore, this study examined the effects of concrete unit weight on the seismic performance of RC columns subjected to constant axial loads applied with different values for each specimen. The column specimens were classified into all-lightweight aggregate concrete (ALWAC), sand-lightweight aggregate concrete (SLWAC), and normal-weight concrete (NWC). The amount of transverse reinforcement was specified for all the columns to satisfy twice the minimum amount specified in the ACI 318-19 provision. Test results showed that the normalized moment capacity of the columns decreased slightly with the concrete unit weight, whereas the moment capacity of LWAC columns could be conservatively estimated based on the procedure stipulated in ACI 318-19 using an equivalent rectangular stress block. Additionally, by applying the section lamina method, the axial load level corresponding to the balanced failure decreased with the concrete unit weight. The ductility of the columns also decreased with the concrete unit weight, indicating a higher level of decline under a higher axial load level. Thus, the LWAC columns required more transverse reinforcement than their counterpart NWC columns to achieve the same ductility level. Ultimately, in order to achieve high ductility in LWAC columns subjected to an axial load of 0.5, it is recommended to design the transverse reinforcement with twice the minimum amount specified in the ACI 318-19 provision.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.206-213
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 고성능의 하드웨어 장비가 아닌 일반적으로 사용되는 개인용 컴퓨터와 CCD 카메라를 이용하여 자동으로 경량기포 콘크리트(autoclaved lightweight concrete) 블록간의 상하 경사도, 두께의 불균일성, 그리고 불량 여부를 판별할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 치수측정 및 불량검사 자동화 알고리즘은 실제 작업환경을 고려하여 일반적인 조명조건에서의 전처리과정과 작업공정내의 피사체의 진동을 고려한 단위길이 결정방법, 카메라의 곡률보정에 의한 치수오차 보정 방법 등을 적용하였으며, 실제공정에서의 실험 결과를 통해 블록군의 계측에 있어서 0.8초 이내에 측정오차 1%이내의 데이터를 산출해 냄으로서 제안한 불량검사 자동화시스템의 신뢰성을 검증할 수 있었다.

• 한국건설순환자원학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.28-36
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• 2009

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 ALC 블록대체를 위한 고성능 기포콘크리트 배합설계를 개발하는 것이다. 대기양생 하에서 기포콘크리트의 고강도 발현(특히 초기재령에서)을 위하여 결합재 및 혼화제를 사전연구에서 다음과 같이 설계하였다. 규산3칼슘이 60% 이상인 보통포틀랜드시멘트에 무수석고 3%를 첨가하였으며, 폴리카르본산계 감수제에서 폴리알킬에테르 성분을 28%로 조절하였다. 이들 재료를 사용하여 물-결합재비와 단위결합재양을 변수로 기포콘크리트 11배합을 실험하였다. 배합된 기포콘크리트의 품질 및 실용성은 KS 규격의 ALC 블록의 요구조건 및 기존의 일반 기포콘크리트와 비교하였다. 실험결과 본 연구의 고성능 기포콘크리트는 ALC 블록의 요구조건을 만족하면서 높은 실용가능성을 보였다.