• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2013

PURPOSES: Simulation of aggregate slump test using equivalent sphere particle in DEM and its validity evaluation against lab aggregate slump test METHODS : In this research, aggregate slump tests are performed and compared with DEM simulation. To utilize spheric particles in YADE, equivalent sphere diameter concept is applied. As verification measures, the volume in slump cone filled with aggregate is used and it is compared with volume in slump cone filled with equivalent sphere particle. Slump height and diameter are also used to evaluate the suggested numerical method with equivalent concept RESULTS : Simulation test results show good agrement with lab test results in terms of loose packing volume, height and diameter of slumped particle clump. CONCLUSIONS : It is concluded that numerical simulation using DEM is applicable to evaluate the effect of aggregate morphological property in loose packing and optimum gradation determination based on the aggregate slump test simulation result.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.97-110
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• 2005

Rheological behaviour of fresh concrete is an important factor in controlling concrete quality. It is recognized that the measurement of the slump is not a sufficient test method to adequately characterize the rheology of fresh concrete. To further understand the slump measurement and its relationship to the rheological properties, an elasto-viscoplastic, 2-D axisymmetric finite element (FE) model is developed. The FE model employs the Bingham material model to simulate the flow of a slump test. An experimental program is carried out using the Slump Rate Machine (SLRM_II) to evaluate the finite element simulation results. The simulated slump-versus-time curves are found to be in good agreement with the measured data. A sensitivity study is performed to evaluate the effects of yield stress, plastic viscosity and cone withdrawal rate on the measured flow curve using the FE model. The results demonstrate that the computed yield stress compares well with reported experimental data. The flow behaviour is shown to be influenced by the yield stress, plastic viscosity and the cone withdrawal rate. Further, it is found that the value of the apparent plastic viscosity is different from the true viscosity, with the difference depending on the cone withdrawal rate. It is also confirmed that the value of the final slump is most influenced by the yield stress.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2016

PURPOSES : In this paper, the analytical solutions suggested to simulate the behavior of rheological fluids were rigorously re-derived and investigated for fixed conditions to evaluate the applicability for the solutions on a mini-cone slump test of cement paste. The selected solutions with proper boundary conditions can be used as reference solutions to evaluate the performance of numerical simulation approaches, such as the discrete element method. METHODS : The slump, height, and spread radius for the given boundary and yield stress conditions that are determined by five different analytical solutions are compared. RESULTS : The analytical solution based on fluid mechanics for pure shear flow shows similar results to that for intermediate flow at low yield stresses. The fluid mechanics-based analytical solution resulted in a very similar trend to the geometry-based analytical solution. However, it showed a higher slump at high yield stress and lower slump at low yield stress ranges than the geometry-based analytical model. The analytical solution based on the mini-cone geometry was not significantly affected by the yield criteria, such as von Mises and Tresca. CONCLUSIONS : Even though differences among the analytical solutions in terms of slump and spread radius existed, the difference can be considered insignificant when the solutions were used as reference to evaluate the appropriateness of numerical approaches, such as the discrete element method.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1049-1060
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• 2018

토압식(Earth Pressure Balanced, EPB) 쉴드 TBM 굴착에서 첨가제 사용을 통해 막장 안정과 배토효율을 증대시키며, 토사지반에의 적용범위를 확대시킬 수 있다. 첨가제로 배합된 굴착토사는 배합 전과 그 거동을 달리하는데, 일반적으로 워커빌리티를 평가하여 비교할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내 화강풍화토와 첨가제를 배합한 후 슬럼프 시험을 통해 워커빌리티를 평가하고, 적절한 배합비를 도출하고자 하였는바, 매 경우마다 슬럼프 시험을 실시하는 것이 많은 노력을 요하므로 실내 혹은 현장에서 슬럼프 시험보다 간편한 시험법이 필요하다고 판단되어 대체 실험으로서 낙하 콘 시험을 고안하였다. 같은 시료에 대하여 슬럼프 시험에 의한 슬럼프 치와 낙하 콘 시험에서의 콘 관입깊이와의 상관관계를 구한 결과 매우 상관성이 높음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 국내에 편재해있는 화강풍화토에 대한 쏘일 컨디셔닝의 평가에 핵심인 슬럼프 치 대신 낙하 콘 시험을 이용할 수 있는 관계식을 제안하였다.

• 한국유변학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국유변학회 2001년도 Australian-Korean Rheology Conference 2001
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• pp.159.2-159
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• 2001

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 비정질 강섬유의 길이 및 혼입률 변화에 의한 섬유보강콘크리트의 작업성과 섬유분산성에 대한 기초연구를 수행하였다. 일반적인 슬럼프시험 외에 역슬럼프 및 베베시험을 이용하여 일반 강섬유와는 외관 및 형상이 다른 비정질 감섬유의 유동성을 평가하였다. 실험결과, 얇은 판상형의 비정질강섬유의 작업성 평가를 위해서는 일반적인 슬럼프시험보다는 진동 하에서 수행된 역슬럼프 및 베베시험을 통한 유동성 평가가 바람직한 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 섬유의 혼입률 및 길이 증가는 콘크리트의 유동성을 현저히 감소시켰으며, 시멘트 메트릭스내에서 섬유간 간격 또한 감소시키는 결과를 보여주었다.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2006

This study investigates the influence of various blending factors on cement paste fluidity and find out the most effective evaluation method of cement paste flow, comparing flow test apparatuses such as ring flow(R-F), flow cone(F-C) and mini slump(M-S). A viscometer also measures the rheology coefficients to secure faithful numerical data. Firstly, series I examines cement paste, affected by several cement products and mineral admixture types in the range of W/B 40%, ordinary fluidity, and W/B 30%, high fluidity. In this series, the three types of cement product depended on companies, are randomly used and the mineral admixture, such as fly ash, blast furnace slag and silica fume, are incorporated in the cement paste, in response to the ratio of 10, 20, to 30%, respectively. In addition, series II studies various chemical admixture types, affecting the cement paste. This series is carried out with manufacturing companies and component types in the range of W/C 30%, high fluidity. For the manufacturing companies, randomly four products are used and for the component types, polycaboxylate, melamine, naphthalene and lignosulfonate type are chosen. Test results showed that in the fluidity test of cement paste considering various types of blending factors, R-F exhibited similar tendency with F-C and M-S. In the analysis of consistency curves measured by viscometer, the fluidity evaluation method using flow test apparatuses was significantly effective, except for the some of the low fluidity specimens. In conclusion of this study, R-F was the most convenient, faithful and effective fluidity evaluation method of cement paste.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2012

The G-class cement is usually used for geothermal well grouting to protect a steel casing which is equipped in a geothermal well to transfer geothermal water from deep subsurface to ground surface. In geothermal grouting process, obtaining appropriate fluidity is extremely important in order to fill cement grout flawlessly. In this paper, a series of the V-funnel and Slump Flow test was performed on both of the Portland cement and the G-class cement in order to compare fluidity and filling ability of those kind of cements. In the result of V-funnel test, the fluidity of G-class cement was evaluated much better than the Portland cement at the water/cement ratio of 0.8. In the case of Slump Flow test, the fluidity of G- class cement was estimated slightly better than the Portland cement at both the water/cement ratio of 0.55 and 0.8. Even though the initial fluidity and filling ability of G-class cement were relatively higher than the Portland cement, the results could be considerably changed with time. The results show that the fluidity and filling ability for geothermal well cementation can be properly controlled with water content and additives for adverse geothermal well environment.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 추계 학술발표회 제17권2호
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• pp.675-678
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• 2005

Cement paste is originally the basic material and crucial factor consisting concrete. This study investigates the relationship between flow apparatuses, which are ring flow, flow cone and mini slump, in order to estimate the fluidity of cement paste. For quantitatively evaluating the measured data, this study also analyses the calibration of the rheology consistents of cement paste using viscometer. For this purpose, the present work discusses the influence of the differences of companies and ingredients, affecting the fluidity of cement paste

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2012

Sand-concrete is being researched for potential usage in construction in Saharan regions of Algeria, because of shortage in coarse aggregate resources. This research work deals with the effect of dune sand, available in huge quantities in these regions, on the properties of flowing sand-concrete (FSC) prepared with different proportions of dune and river sands. Mini-cone slump test, v-funnel flow-time test and viscosity measurements were used to characterize the behaviour of FSC in fresh state. The 28-day compressive strength was also determined. Test results show that an optimal content of dune sand, which makes satisfied fresh and hardened properties of FSC, is obtained. Moreover, the obtained flow index (constant b) calculated by the help of power-law viscosity model is successfully correlated to the experimental results of v-funnel flow time.