• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.33-45
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• 1983

In the course of transportation of ready mixed concrete, it sometimes happens that time of haul from mixing at a batching plant to placing of the concrete at a job site is prolonged too much. When it does happen, improvement in the concrete workability needs to be made by proper measures. It is proposed, therefore, to discuss the quality of concrete modified by time of haul and to search for methods for improvement of the quality by means of adding cement and water or superplasticizer. It was found in this experiment that retempering concrete with superplasticizer is useful in coping with the quality deterioration.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.14-17
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• 1995

This study is designed for producing and analyzing the structure application properties of the ready mixed concrete of specified concrete strength about 400kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$ in the batcher plant. And this part is designed for analyzing to the slump, slump flow, air content and unit weight in fresh state. By the test results of fresh concrete state, the slump, slump flow and air content are decreased, but unit weight is increased while open time is passed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.8-13
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• 1995

High strength ready-miced concrete with delivering time of about 90 minutes is successfully produced at ready-mixed concrete plant and placed columns and retaining walls of a tall building without any problems. The design strength of the concrete is 450 kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and the required average compressive strength is 540 kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$ according to ACI 363R-84 report with assumed coefficient of variation of 12% For the producing of good quality concrete, many laboratary and field tests are carried out. As the results of this study, the slump loss of high strength concrete is largely influenced by kinds of superplasticizer. The measured pump pressure of high strength concrete with slump of 22cm is higher than that of normal strength concrete with slump of 18cm by about 20~30% The measured average 28-day compressive strength of the concrete is 551 kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and the coefficient of variation is 2.3%

• Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Structure & Construction
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.29-34
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• 2018

In this research, regarding the cement supplied to ready mixed concrete plant, the feasibility of rapid acquisition test for cement fineness using hydrometer which used for early strength evaluation of concrete was analyzed. Additionally, regarding the rapid test with hydrometer control factors were provided. As a result of analysis, quality control using hydrometer was possible with the regressive equation obtained in five minute between density of suspension and fineness of cement powder. As the control factors, dispersing admixture, replacing kerosene as a medium, and temperature of cement and water were evaluated. According to the control factor evaluation, the tap water was optimum as a medium and calibration of keeping the temperature of water to $20^{\circ}C$ or correction factor was needed for density results. Finally, it is considered that the suggested rapid quality evaluation method using hydrometer is cheaper and easier method than currently used Blaine test.

• Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Structure & Construction
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.13-18
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• 2018

In this research, regarding the type three blast furnace slag (BS) regulated by KS F 2563 and supplied to actual ready mixed concrete plant, the fineness on specification and actually measured fineness by Blain test were compared, and by applying the hydrometer method used for early prediction of concrete strength, the feasibility of the hydrometer method for acquisition inspection of BS was analyzed. Additionally, the influence of various fineness of BS on properties of cement mortar was also assessed. According to the experimental results of this research, correlation of fineness values between specification and actually measured data were not matched. In the case of the rapid evaluation method using hydrometer, a good relation was shown between the fineness data obtained from hydrometer and Blain test. furthermore, from the cement mortar properties test, there was a good relation was obtained between fineness data from rapid evaluation method by hydrometer and cement mortar properties, while there was no clear relation between fineness data from specification and cement mortar properties. Hence, as a qulity controlling method of BS fineness, a rapid evaluation method using hydrometer is suggested as a new method.

• IE interfaces
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.44-53
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• 2003

Ready-Mixed Concrete transportation business has been managed by the manual operation and intuitive decision making. This study is on the process improvement on ordering process, and allocation/transportation of trucks commuting between the batching plant and construction sites. Processes of order collection, job dispatch and allocation, and on-time-delivery are analysed and improved. The logistics control system, with GPS system, was developed and implemented based on the reconstructed processes. Performances are evaluated after improved business process and logistics system was applied, and it is shown that waiting time loss is decreased by 55%, and that efficiency is increased by 15%.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.427-434
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• 2015

The objective of this study is to establish an rational mixture-proportioning procedure for low-$CO_2$ concrete using supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) achieving the targeted $CO_2$ reduction ratio as well as the conventional requirements such as initial slump, air content, and 28-day compressive strength of concrete. To evaluate the effect of SCM level on the $CO_2$ emission and compressive strength of concrete, a total of 12537 data sets were compiled from the available literature and ready-mixed concrete plants. The amount of $CO_2$ emission of concrete was assessed under the system boundary from cradle to concrete production stage at a ready-mixed concrete plant. Based on regression analysis using the established database, simple equations were proposed to determine the mixture proportions of concrete such as the type and level of SCMs, water-to-binder ratio, and fine aggregate-to-total aggregate ratio. Furthermore, the $CO_2$ emissions for a given concrete mixture can be straightforwardly calculated using the proposed equations. Overall, the developed mixture-proportioning procedure is practically useful for determining the initial mixture proportions of low-$CO_2$ concrete in the ready-mixed concrete field.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.33-39
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• 2002

레미콘의 품질성능을 좌우하는 것은 콘크리트 사용재료 및 배합뿐만 아니라 레미콘을 제조하는 믹서 및 이를 현장까지 운반하는 트럭 에지테이터의 품질성능에 크게 좌우된다. 그러나, 레미콘 공장의 혼합 설비인 믹서 및 트럭 에지테이터에 관한 국내 자료는 거의 전무한 실정이며 이에 관한 연구도 상대적으로 매우 부족하다. 특히, 최근에는 고강도 콘크리트, 고유동 콘크리트, 고강도 경량 콘크리트, 수중불분리 콘크리트, 섬유보강 콘크리트 등 고성능 콘크리트 성능에 대한 요구가 날로 증가하는 추세이며 이에 따라 레미콘 공장에서도 혼합설비 및 운반설비가 고성능화 되어 가는 추세이다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.25-28
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• 2007

In this study we measured the changes according to time respectively on the basis of 0, 30, 60 and 90 minutes, taking into consideration the decline in fluidity of concrete according to elapsed time to analyze manufacturing capability of batcher plant according to elapsed time of ready-mixed concrete manufactured in batcher plant, and offer basic data for mixture design of ultra-high strength concrete. The proportion of water-binder was 23.55, water content was 160kg/m3, proportion of replacement of crushed sand was 0, 20 and 40% at 3 level, and we applied to the same condition of triaxial component using blast furnace slag powder and silica fume as admixture. And to meet the demand of certain fluidity, we measured respectively on property before and after hardening of ultra-high strength concrete using superplasticizer. As a result of experiment, before hardening of ultra-high strength concrete showed the best fluidity in conditions of crushed sand replacement rates of 20% and superplasticizer composition of 1.95%, but it appeared that fluidity drops as time goes by in the same composition condition. And it appeared that when it comes to hardened, the changes of compression strength according to elapsed time by crushed sand replacement rates were within 1MPa. Therefore, it turned out that the difference of strength according to elapsed time was low and compression strength of 280dys in composition mentioned above appeared highly as 88MPa.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.1
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• pp.247-250
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• 2006

Integrating a GPS based vehicle navigation system and the latest optimal algorithms, this research aims to develop a real-time decision support platform for concrete plant to provide the optimal solutions for ready mixed concrete delivery. The platform includes fleet tracking system, simulation and optimization tools, and visual interface which is useful to monitor delivery progress, to obtain crucial historical and real-time data for simulation, and to improve the efficiency of the plant operation. This paper presents configuration of the system and performance evaluation based on operational data.