• Computers and Concrete
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.407-417
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• 2018

Concrete which is a composite material is one of the most important construction materials. Compressive strength is a commonly used parameter for the assessment of concrete quality. Accurate prediction of concrete compressive strength is an important issue. In this study, we utilized an experimental procedure for the assessment of concrete quality. Firstly, the concrete mix was prepared according to C 20 type concrete, and slump of fresh concrete was about 20 cm. After the placement of fresh concrete to formworks, compaction was achieved using a vibrating screed. After 28 day period, a total of 100 core samples having 75 mm diameter were extracted. On the core samples pulse velocity determination tests and compressive strength tests were performed. Besides, Windsor probe penetration tests and Schmidt hammer tests were also performed. After setting up the data set, twelve artificial intelligence (AI) models compared for predicting the concrete compressive strength. These models can be divided into three categories (i) Functions (i.e., Linear Regression, Simple Linear Regression, Multilayer Perceptron, Support Vector Regression), (ii) Lazy-Learning Algorithms (i.e., IBk Linear NN Search, KStar, Locally Weighted Learning) (iii) Tree-Based Learning Algorithms (i.e., Decision Stump, Model Trees Regression, Random Forest, Random Tree, Reduced Error Pruning Tree). Four evaluation processes, four validation implements (i.e., 10-fold cross validation, 5-fold cross validation, 10% split sample validation & 20% split sample validation) are used to examine the performance of predictive models. This study shows that machine learning regression techniques are promising tools for predicting compressive strength of concrete.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.339-345
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• 2013

이 연구는 200000 $m^3$의 용량을 갖는 지하식 LNG 저장탱크의 지붕 콘크리트에 대한 요구성능 및 이에 따른 콘크리트의 최적배합비를 도출하고, 현장시공의 자료로 제안하기 위한 것이다. 지붕 콘크리트는 돔형 지붕의 경사기울기에 따라 굳지 않은 콘크리트의 시공성 및 충전성이 요구된다. 또한, 1.4~0.6 m의 지붕두께를 고려한 수화열 저감과 콘크리트 타설 후의 프리스트레싱 작업 및 air support의 제거공정에 따른 단계별 압축강도의 확보가 중요한 요구성능이다. 이러한 조건을 고려하여 지붕의 기울기가 $20^{\circ}$ 미만일 경우에는 슬럼프 $100{\pm}25$ mm, $20^{\circ}$ 이상일 경우에는 $150{\pm}25$ mm로 선정하였으며, 경시변화 60분을 만족해야 한다. 특히, 91일 재령의 설계기준강도 30 MPa, 프리스트레싱 작업시 7일 재령의 압축강도 10 MPa, air support 제거공정에서 21일 재령의 압축강도 14 MPa을 만족해야 한다. 석회석 미분말의 최적 치환율은 구속시험 결과에 따라 정하였으며, 주요 배합변수는 물-시멘트비, 잔골재율 및 고성능 AE감수제의 첨가율 등이다. 배합시험 결과, 저열 포틀랜드 시멘트 및 석회석 미분말을 사용한 지붕 콘크리트의 최적배합 조건은 석회석 미분말의 최적 치환율 25%(내할), 물-시멘트비 57.8%, 잔골재율 42.0%로 나타났으며, 공기량 및 슬럼프의 시험결과도 경시변화 60분까지 성능을 만족하였다. 또한, 단열온도 상승시험의 결과, 단열온도 상승양($Q{\infty}$)이 $26.3^{\circ}C$, 상승속도(${\gamma}$) 0.58로 선행탱크(TK-13,14)와 비교해 볼 때 매우 낮게 나타나 수화열 저감의 효과를 기대할 수 있다. 이러한 요구성능 및 최적배합 조건을 만족하는 설계기준강도 30 MPa(배합강도 36 MPa)의 지하식 LNG 저장탱크의 지붕 콘크리트용으로 제안하였다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2011

This study was performed to evaluate the void ratio, compressive and flexural strength, and permeability coefficient used powdered waste glass, $CaCO_3$, recycled coarse aggregate and unsaturated polyester resin to find optimum mix design of permeable polymer concrete for pavement. The void ratio and permeability coefficient of permeable concrete for pavement was decreased with increasing the powdered waste glass, respectively. The compressive strength and flexural strength was increased with increasing the powdered waste glass, respectively. In addition, this study found out that required amount of binder was decreased with increasing the powdered waste glass. This fact is expected to have economical effects during the use of powdered waste glass in the manufacture of permeable polymer concrete for pavement. Therefore, powdered waste glass and recycled coarse aggregate can be used for permeable polymer pavement.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.583-595
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• 2011

This paper studied the cement efficiency factor (k factor) of high calcium Class F fly ash. This k factor represents a unit of fly ash with efficiency equivalent to k unit of cement. The high calcium Class F fly ash was used to replace cement in concrete. The modified Bolomey's law with linear relationship was used for the analysis of the result of compressive strength, cement to water ratio (c/w) and fly ash to water ratio (f/w) by using the multi-linear regression to determine the k factor and other constants in the equations. The results of analysis were compared with the results from other researcher and showed that the k factor of high calcium Class F fly ash depends on the fineness of fly ash, replacement level and curing age. While the amount of CaO content in Class F fly ash not evident. Furthermore, necessary criteria and variables for the determination of the k factor including the use of the k factor in concrete mix design containing fly ash were proposed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2014

This paper reports an experimental study into the rheological behaviour of self consolidating concrete (SCC). The investigation aimed at quantifying the impact of the varying amounts of mineral admixtures on the rheology of SCC containing natural sand. Apart from the ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the cementitious materials such as fly ash (FA), ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and micro-silica (MS) in conjunction with the mineral admixtures were used in different percentages keeping the mix paste volume and flow of concrete constant at higher atmospheric tempterature ($30^{\circ}$ to $40^{\circ}C$). The rheological properties of SCC were investigated using an ICAR rheometer with a four-blade vane. The rheological properties of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) containing different mineral admixtures (MA) were investigated using an ICAR rheometer. The mineral admixtures were fly ash (FA), ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), and micro silica (MS). The results obtained using traditional workability results are compared with those obtained using ICAR rheometer. The instrument ICAR (International Center for Aggregate Research) rheometer employed in the present study for evaluating the rhelogical behaviour of the SCC is found to detect systematic changes in workability, cementitious materials, successfully. It can be concluded that the rheology and the slump flow tests can be concurrently used for predicting the flow behaviours of SCC made with different cementitious materials.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.63-73
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• 2013

In this study, the effect of reducing cement by proportional addition of waste powder rubber on the performance of concrete under impact three-point bending loading were investigated experimentally and numerically. Concrete specimens were prepared by adding 5%, 10% and 20 % of rubber powder as filler to the mix and decreasing the same percentage of cement. For each case, three beams of $50mm{\times}100mm{\times}500mm$ were loaded to failure in a drop-weight impact machine by subjecting them to 20 N weight from 300mm height, while another three similar beams were tested under static load. The bending load-displacement behavior was analyzed for the plain and rubberized specimens, under static and impact loads. A three dimensional finite-element method simulation was also performed by using LUSAS V.14 in order to study the impact load-displacement behavior, and the predictions were validated with the experimental results. It was observed that, despite decreasing the cement content, the proportional addition of powder rubber until 10% could yield enhancements in impact tup, inertial load and bending load.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.295-322
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• 2013

Steel fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete (SFRSCC) is a relatively new composite material which congregates the benefits of self-compacting concrete (SCC) technology with the profits derived from the fiber addition to a brittle cementitious matrix. Steel fibers improve many of the properties of SCC elements including tensile strength, toughness, energy absorption capacity and fracture toughness. Modification in the mix design of SCC may have a significant influence on the SFRSCC mechanical properties. Therefore, it is vital to investigate whether all of the assumed hypotheses for steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) are also valid for SFRSCC structures. Although available research regarding the influence of steel fibers on the properties of SFRSCC is limited, this paper investigates material's mechanical properties. The present study includes: a) evaluation and comparison of the current analytical models used for estimating the mechanical properties of SFRSCC and SFRC, b) proposing new relationships for SFRSCC mixtures mechanical properties. The investigated mechanical properties are based on the available experimental results and include: compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, strain at peak compressive strength, tensile strength, and compressive and tensile stress-strain curves.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.709-722
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• 2014

Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) is an innovative new material that, in comparison to conventional concretes, has high compressive strength and excellent ductility properties achieved through the addition of randomly dispersed short fibers to the concrete mix. This study presents the results of an experimental investigation on the behavior of axially loaded UHPC short circular columns wrapped with Carbon-FRP (CFRP), Glass-FRP (GFRP), and Aramid-FRP (AFRP) sheets. Six plain and 36 different types of FRP-wrapped UHPC columns with a diameter of 100 mm and a length of 200 mm were tested under monotonic axial compression. To predict the ultimate strength of the FRP-wrapped UHPC columns, a simple confinement model is presented and compared with four selected confinement models from the literature that have been developed for low and normal strength concrete columns. The results show that the FRP sheets can significantly enhance the ultimate strength and strain capacity of the UHPC columns. The average greatest increase in the ultimate strength and strain for the CFRP- and GFRP-wrapped UHPC columns was 48% and 128%, respectively, compared to that of their unconfined counterparts. All the selected confinement models overestimated the ultimate strength of the FRP-wrapped UHPC columns.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.589-596
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• 2020

In an effort to find alternate, environment friendly and sustainable building materials, the scope of possible utilization of iron slag (I-sand), generated as a by-product in iron and steel industries, as fine aggregates in reinforced cement concrete (RCC) made with manufactured sand (M-sand) is examined in this manuscript. Systematic investigations of the physical, mechanical, microstructural and durability properties of I-sand in comparison with RCC made with M-sand have been carried out on various mix designs prepared by the partial/full replacement of I-sand in M-sand. The experimental results clearly indicate the possibility of utilizing iron slag for preparing RCC in constructions without compromising on the property of concrete, durability and performance. This provides an alternate possibility for the effective utilization of industrial waste, which is normally disposed by delivering to landfills, in building materials which can reduce the adverse environmental effects caused by indiscriminate sand mining being carried out to meet the growing demands from construction industry and also provide an economically viable alternative by reducing the cost of concrete production.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.23-34
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• 1986

레미콘의 슬럼프 손실량(損失量)을 추정(推定)할 수 있는 중회귀식(重回歸式)을 유도하였으며, 이 식의 실용성(實用性)을 현장실험을 통하여 확인하므로써 레미콘 생산관리(生産管理)에 응용할 수 있도록 하였다. 레미콘의 슬럼프 손실에 영향을 미치는 요인(要因) 중에서 운반거리와 운반시간에 대하여 조사 분석하고, 레미콘 트럭의 대기시간과 배출시간이 슬럼프 관리면에서 문제시되고 있음을 지적하였다. 그리고 콘크리트의 배합, 온도 및 혼화제의 종류와 사용량이 슬럼프 손실에 미치는 영향을 검토한 결과, 일반적으로 단위시멘트량 및 믹싱직후의 슬럼프값의 크기에 따른 슬럼프 손실은 큰 차이가 없는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 혼화제의 종류에 따라 슬럼프 손실을 크게 하는 경우도 있었으나, 혼화제의 사용량에 따른 차이는 거의 없었다.