• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권5A호
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• pp.511-518
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 콘크리트와 철근과의 부착강도에 영향을 미치는 요인 중 철근의 위치를 수평하부철근(Horizontal reinforcement at Bottom position, HB), 수평상부철근(Horizontal reinforcement at Top position, HT), 및 수직철근(Vertical reinforcement type, V)으로 변화시킨 시험체를 제작하여 3수준의 콘크리트 강도 변화(30, 50 및 70 MPa)에 따른 고유동 자기충전 콘크리트(High flowing Self-compacting Concrete, HSCC) 및 일반콘크리트(Conventional Concrete, CC)와 이형철근의 부착 특성을 비교 분석 하였다. HSCC 및 CC의 상부근 철근계수를 평가하기 위하여 HB/HT 철근의 부착강도비를 측정한 결과 50 및 70 MPa의 경우 HB/HT의 부착강도비는 1.3이하로 나타났으며, 30 MPa의 경우 HSCC 및 CC에서 각각 1.2 및 2.1로 나타났다. 따라서 HSCC 30, 50 및 70 MPa의 경우 콘크리트구조설계기준(2007) 정착길이 설계시 상부근 계수에 제시되는 수평상부철근에 대한 정착길이 보정계수를 CC의 1.3보다는 감소시켜 적용하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.433-450
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• 2022

The conventional disposal methods of waste tires are harmful to the environment. Moreover, the recycling/reuse of waste tires in domestic and industrial applications is limited due to parent product's quality control and environmental concerns. Additionally, the recycling industry often prefers powdered rubber particles (<0.60 mm). However, the processing of waste tires yields both powdered and coarser (>0.60 mm) size fractions. Reprocessing of coarser rubber requires higher energy increasing the product cost. Therefore, the waste tire rubber (WTR) less favored by the recycling industry is encouraged for use in construction products as one of the environment-friendly disposal methods. In this study, WTR fiber >0.60 mm size fraction is collected from the industry and sorted into 0.60-1.18, 1.18-2.36-, and 2.36-4.75-mm sizes. The effects of different fiber size fractions are studied by incorporating it as fine aggregates at 10%, 20%, and 30% in the self-compacting rubberized concrete (SCRC). The experimental investigations are carried out by performing fresh and hardened state tests. As the fresh state tests, the slump-flow, T500, V-funnel, and L-box are performed. As the hardened state tests, the scanning electron microscope, compressive strength, flexural strength and split tensile strength tests are conducted. Also, the water absorption, porosity, and ultrasonic pulse velocity tests are performed to measure durability. Furthermore, SCRC's energy absorption capacity is evaluated using the falling weight impact test. The statistical significance of content and size fraction of WTR fiber on SCRC is evaluated using the analysis of variance (ANOVA). As the general conclusion, implementation of various size fraction WTR fiber as fine aggregate showed potential for producing concrete for construction applications. Thus, use of WTR fiber in concrete is suggested for safe, and feasible waste tire disposal.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제13권1호통권53호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 강섬유보강 콘크리트의 시공성 및 품질향상 방안의 일환으로 고유동 자기충전 콘크리트(HSCC)에 형상비 및 길이를 달리한 강섬유(SF)를 혼입한 콘크리트를 제조하여 강섬유보강 일반콘크리트(CC)와 유동 및 강도 특성을 비교 검토하였다. 실험결과 SF를 혼입한 HSCC는 높은 유동성 및 점성의 영향으로 SF 자체의 뭉침현상이 발생하지 않아 강섬유보강 CC의 경우보다 유동성능 및 통과성능이 크게 향상 되었으며, 동일한 압축강도 범위에서 SF를 혼입하지 않은 HSCC의 경우보다 쪼갬 및 휨강도는 SF의 형상비와 관계없이 길이가 길어질수록 증가하는 경향이 나타났다. 이상의 실험결과를 통하여 강섬유를 혼입한 HSCC를 현장 적용할 경우 기존에 사용되고 있는 강섬유보강 CC의 경우보다 시공성 및 품질 향상이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.285-296
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• 2018

In the present paper, the results of an experimental study of the bond between repair materials and mortar substrate subjected to hot climate is presented. Half-prisms of size $40{\times}40{\times}80mm$, serving as a substrate mortar samples (SUBM) were manufactured in the laboratory and then stored at an ambient temperature for 6 months. Five self compacting mortar mixes (SCMs) incorporating 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% of natural pozzolana as white cement replacement were used as repair materials. Repaired composite samples (SCMs/SUBM) were cured at hot climate for different lengths of time (28 and 56-days). During the first week of curing, the composite samples were watered twice a day. The test carried out to assess the bond between SCMs and SUBM was based on three-point bending (3 PB) test. The obtained results have proved that it was feasible to produce compatible repair materals in this curing environment by using up to 30% natural pozzolana as white cement replacement.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.359-375
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• 2017

This paper presents a study of the properties and behavior of self-compacting concretes (SCC) in the hot climate. The effect of curing environment and the initial water curing period on the properties and behavior of SCC such as compressive strength, ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) and sorptivity of the SCC specimens were investigated. Three Water/Binder (W/B) ratios (0.32, 0.38 and 0.44) have been used to obtain three ranges of compressive strength. Five curing methods have been applied on the SCC by varying the duration and the conservation condition of SCC. The results obtained on the compressive strength show that the period of initial water curing of seven days followed by maturation in the hot climate is better in comparison with the four other curing methods. The coefficient of sorptivity is influenced by W/B ratio and the curing methods. It is also shown that the sorptivity coefficient of SCC specimens is very sensitive to the curing condition. The SCC specimens cured in water present a low coefficient of sorptivity regardless of the ratio W/B. Furthermore, the results show that there is a good correlation between ultrasonic pulse velocity and the compressive strength.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.969-982
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• 2016

This paper investigates the compressive fatigue behaviour of polypropylene fibre reinforced self compacting concrete with Granite Sawing Waste (GSW). An experimental programme was conducted to obtain the fatigue lives of fibre reinforced self compacting concrete (FRSCC) at various stress levels. The stress ratio was kept constant as 0.3. Compressive fatigue test was conducted on 60 cubic specimens with 100mm edge length and 0.1% of polypropylene fibres at a frequency of 0.05Hz. The test results indicate that the fatigue lives of concretes containing granite sawing waste follow the double-parameter Weibull distribution. The fatigue strength equations have been developed based on different probabilities of failure.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.61-74
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• 2008

Digital image processing algorithms for the analysis and characterization of grains and voids in cemented materials were developed using toolbox functions of a mathematical software package. Utilization of grayscale, color and watershed segmentation algorithms and their performances were demonstrated on artificially prepared self-compacting concrete (SCC) samples. It has been found that color segmentation was more advantageous over the gray scale segmentation for the detection of voids whereas the latter method provided satisfying results for the aggregate grains due to the sharp contrast between their colors and the cohesive matrix. The watershed segmentation method, on the other hand, appeared to be very efficient while separating touching objects in digital images.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.461-473
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• 2008

The paper explores the potential of Support Vector Machines (SVM) approach in predicting 28-day compressive strength and slump flow of self-compacting concrete. Total of 80 data collected from the exiting literature were used in present work. To compare the performance of the technique, prediction was also done using a back propagation neural network model. For this data-set, RBF kernel worked well in comparison to polynomial kernel based support vector machines and provide a root mean square error of 4.688 (MPa) (correlation coefficient=0.942) for 28-day compressive strength prediction and a root mean square error of 7.825 cm (correlation coefficient=0.931) for slump flow. Results obtained for RMSE and correlation coefficient suggested a comparable performance by Support Vector Machine approach to neural network approach for both 28-day compressive strength and slump flow prediction.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2014

The present research work is on the effect of sawdust ash (SDA) on the mechanical strengths of self compacting concrete (SCC) using naphthalene sulfonate (NS) as a plasticizer. Experiments on compressive, flexural and splitting tensile strengths are conducted and the data analyzed using the Minitab 15 software. The results showed that SDA can defer the reaction of cement hydration and prolong the setting times of cement paste. This was very much pronounced on the flexural and splitting tensile strengths at 90 days of curing which are 36 % and 33 % higher than the control strengths, respectively. The study has proposed strength relations of mortar compressive strength with the flexural and splitting tensile strengths and these are, 5 and 7 times respectively. The flexural strength is 1.5 times that of the splitting tensile. Finally, linear models were developed on these relationships.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.357-367
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• 2016

This paper illustrates an experimental study on a self compacting polymer concrete called isobeton made of polyurethane foam and expanded clay. Several experiments were conducted to characterize the physic-mechanical properties of the considered material. Application of the Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) and determining the toughness of two isobetons based on Belgian and Italian clay, was conducted to determine the stress intensity factor $K_{IC}$ and the rate of releasing energy $G_{IC}$. The material considered was tested under static and dynamic loadings for two different samples with $10{\times}10{\times}40$ and $10{\times}15{\times}40cm$ dimensions. The result obtained by the application of the Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) shows that is optimistic and fulfilled the physic-mechanical requirement of the study.