• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.201-219
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• 2017

With the rapid growth in construction sector, it becomes all the more important to assess the amount of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste being generated and analyze the practices needed to handle and use this waste before final disposal. This serves waste management and disposal issues, paving way to waste utilization in construction industry from the sustainability point of view. C&D waste constitutes a major bulk of total solid waste produced in the world. In this work, an attempt is made to study the performance of concrete using water soaked Recycled Coarse Aggregates (RCA) in replacement levels of 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% to Natural Coarse Aggregates (NCA). Experiments were designed and conducted to study the performance of RCA based concrete. Further suitable performance enhancement techniques to RCA based concrete were attempted, to achieve compressive strength at least equal to or more than that for no RCA based concrete (control concrete). Performance enhancement study is reported here for 50% and 100% RCA based concretes. All four techniques attempted have given favorable results encouraging use of RCA based concretes with full replacement levels, to adopt RCA based concrete in structural applications, without any kind of concern to the stake holder. Further attempts have also been made to use Recycled Fine Aggregates (RFA) with appropriate modifications to serve as fine aggregates in mortar and concrete. Using RFA blended with river sand fractions as well as RFA with Iron Ore Tailings (IOT) fractions, have given good results to serve as fine aggregates to the extent of 100% replacement levels in mortars and concretes.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.55-69
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• 2015

Tailing Material (TM) and Fly Ash (FA) are obtained as waste products from the mining and thermal industries. Studies were carried out to explore the possibility of utilizing TM as a part replacement to fine aggregate and FA as a part replacement to cement, in concrete mixes. The effect of replacing fine aggregate by TM and cement by FA on the standard sized specimen for compressive strength, split tensile strength, and flexural strengths are evaluated in this study. The concrete mix of M40 grade was adopted with water cement ratio equal to 0.40. Concrete mix with 35% TM and 65% natural sand (TM35/S65) has shown superior performance in strength as against (TM0/S100, TM30/S70, TM40/S60, TM50/S50, and TM60/S40). For this composition, studies were performed to propose the optimal replacement of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) by FA (Replacement levels studied were 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%). Replacement level of 20% OPC by FA, has shown about 0-5% more compressive strength as against the control mix, for both 28 day and 56 days of water curing. Interestingly results of split tensile and flexural strengths for 20% OPC replaced by FA, have shown strengths equal to that of no replacement (control mix).

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2020

이 연구에서는 입경이 큰 골재를 사용하면서 2% 이상의 인장변형률 성능을 나타내는 고연성 PE 섬유보강 시멘트 복합체 개발을 목적으로 골재의 크기와 입도분포에 따른 고연성 섬유보강 시멘트 복합체의 인장거동 특성을 살펴보고자 하였다. 0.6 mm 이하의 입경들로 구성된 규사를 사용한 배합을 기준으로 최대입경 2.36 mm, 4.75 mm, 5.6 mm, 6.7 mm의 강모래 및 강자갈을 사용한 배합을 비교하여 성능평가를 실시하였다. 골재의 입도분포는 수정 A&A 모델에 기반한 최적입도분포곡선에 가깝도록 세분화된 입경별 혼합비율을 조절하였다. 직접인장실험을 통해 구한 인장거동은 모든 배합에서 뚜렷한 인장변형률 경화 거동을 보였다. 골재 입경별 혼합비율을 조절하여 입도분포가 최적곡선에 가깝도록 한 경우에는 모든 배합에서 규사를 사용한 경우보다 높은 인장변형률 성능을 나타내었다. 또한 골재의 최대입경이 커서 입도분포가 넓을수록 높은 인장변형률 성능을 보였으며, 최대입경 5.6 mm, 6.7 mm의 굵은 골재를 포함하는 경우 각각 4.83%와 5.89%의 매우 높은 인장변형률 성능을 나타내었다. 이 연구를 통해 적절한 입도분포 조절을 통해 굵은 골재를 사용하면서도 고연성 섬유보강 시멘트 복합체의 제조가 가능함을 보였다.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2016

10 MW급 부유식 파력-해상풍력 복합발전 플랫폼의 석션 매립 앵커 시스템 설계를 위하여 제주도 차귀도 서북쪽 인근해역에서 퇴적 환경 및 퇴적물 성분 조사를 수행하였다. Chirp III을 이용하여 획득한 탄성파 단면도를 Chough et al.[2002]의 분류 방법에 따라 음향상 분류를 수행하였다. 그 결과, 조사 해역내의 중앙 및 서북부 지역에서는 주로 편평한 해저면 아래 두께 5~15 m의 내부 반사층이 존재하는 Type I-3으로 확인되었다. 반면 동남부 지역에서는 표층 반사 신호가 상대적으로 큰 Type I-1, I-2 그리고 III-1로 확인되었다. 또한 8개의 대표 정점에서 채취한 시료에 대하여 5종류의 물리적 시험(단위중량, 함수비, 입도분석, 액성 및 소성 한계, 비중)을 수행한 결과 조사 해역 내에는 모래(SP)와 실트가 섞인 모래(SM) 그리고 SP-SM이 혼합된 퇴적물이 존재함을 확인하였다.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.333-348
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• 2023

Fast infrastructure development boosts the demand for shotcrete. Despite sand and stone being the most common coarse and fine aggregates for shotcrete, excessive exploration of these materials challenges the ecological environment. This study utilized an industrial solid waste, high-titanium heavy slag, blended with steel fibers to form Wet Shotcrete of Steel Fiber-reinforced High-Titanium Heavy Slag (WSSFHTHS). It investigated its workability, shotcrete performance and mechanical properties under different water-to-cement ratios, fly ash content, superplasticizer dosage, and steel fiber content. The tunnel excavation and support were investigated by conducting finite element numerical simulation analysis and was used in 3 tunnel lining pipes in Zhonggouwan tailing pond. The major findings are as follows: (1) The water-to-cement ratio (w/c ratio) significantly impacted the compressive strength of WSSFHTHS. The highest 28-day compressive strength of 60 MPa was achieved when the w/c ratio was 0.38; (2) Adding fly ash improved the workability and shotcrete performance and strength development of WSSFHTHS. The best anti-permeability performance was achieved when the fly ash constituted 15%, with the lowest permeability coefficient of 4.596 × 10-11 cm/s; (3) The optimum superplasticizer dosage for WSSFHTHS is 0.8%. It provided the best workability and shotcrete performance. Excessive dosage resulted in water bleeding and poor aggregate encapsulation, while insufficient dosage decreased flowability and adversely affected shotcrete performance; (4) The dosage of steel fibers significantly impacted the flexural and tensile strength of WSSFHTHS. When the steel fiber dosage was 45 kg/m³, the 28-day flexural and tensile strengths were 8.95 MPa and 6.15 MPa, respectively; (5) By integrating existing shotcrete techniques, the optimal lining thickness was 80 mm for WSSFHTHS per simulation. The results revealed that after using WSSFHTHS, the displacement of the tunnel surrounding the rock significantly improved, with no cracks or hollows, similar to the simulation results.