• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.203-204
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• 2019

Recently, exposed concrete designs have been placed everywhere due to increased interest in indoor residential environments. In addition, in order to overcome the disadvantages of litracon, which was developed by mixing optical fiber, LEFC(Light Emotion Friendly Concrete) was developed in Korea, which improved unit price and constructivity by inserting hard acrylic rods. LEFC, using foaming agent and lightweight aggregate for light weighting, has disadvantages that decrease mechanical properties, and thus improved mechanical properties by using ultra-high performance concrete. Also, due to the characteristics of UHPC materials, it showed excellent self-consolidating performance. Considering these characteristics, a LEFC mold with pattern design was developed. The LEFC blocks were built so that pattern shapes could be seen and these were applied on-site to Sewoon plaza, located in Seoul.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.142-143
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• 2020

A study was conducted on the production of LEFC using the Precast method, not the on-site construction. LEFC, Light Emotion Friendly Concrete, has the advantage of plastic rods being inserted to allow light to transmit, but because of the lack of adhesion to concrete, it leads to a decline in mechanical performance and durability. Therefore, it is necessary to apply precasting techniques to ensure homogeneous and superior quality of LEFC. In this study, wooden molds were used and plastic rods were arranged on porous acrylic plates. Prototyping was carried out with a UHPC mix proportioning to ensure flowability, self-consolidating performance and mechanical performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.25-26
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• 2018

Various concrete material technologies and new materials have been developed in accordance with the advancement of buildings. As part of these new technologies, light transparent concrete, which was invented by Hungarian architect Aron Losonczi and attracted worldwide attention, has a technique of arranging optical fiber inside concrete and transmitting the light from exterior to concrete to show silhouette inside. However, due to many disadvantages, application to the field was limited and commercialization was not easy. In Korea, Light Emotion Friendly Concrete has been developed for commercialization. In order to solve the degradation of construction performance caused by the arrangement of expensive optical fiber, which is pointed out as a disadvantage of translucent concrete, It converts expensive fiber into low cost acrylic rod, easy to arrange, pre-assembled to form and post-cast. Therefore, this study aims to improve the mechanical properties of LEFC and to derive optimal combination.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.35-39
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• 2016

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.17-18
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• 2018

With the technological advancement of the construction industry, construction materials with future direction appeared. In Korea, LEFC(Light Emotion Friendly Concrete) has been developed and studied, which has improved labor productivity and economic efficiency over semi-transparent concrete by introducing transparent plastic rods into concrete matrix. However, there is a problem in that the bending performance is lowered according to the insertion of the rod and the bending performance is different according to the light transmission direction. In this study, the incorporation of PVA fibers in the direction of light transmission was increased and the change of flexural performance according to the interval of light transmission was examined.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.63-64
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• 2019

Due to the rapid deterioration of the domestic atmosphere, people are suffering from inconveniences such as wearing fine dust masks all the time during outdoor activities. In this study, light transmitting concrete, LEFC(Light Emotion Friendly Concrete), using TiO2 photocatalyst was produced. Since the characteristics of LEFC where acrylic rods are inserted require self-consolidating performance, the purpose was to utilize UHPC(Ultra High Performance Concrete) materials to obtain high-flowability. Further, the compressive strength and flexural strength were evaluated to prevent the reduction of epidemiological performance by utilizing UHPC materials. As such, a basic study was carried out to develop LEFC materials using photocatalyst that can purify the air and stimulate human sensibility.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.40-41
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to develop advaced furture type of concrete which utilizes transpart plastic types of fiber replacing previously used high price optical fiber and porous type of steel mold to induce its mass production. New type of concrete solved problems of construction and economy can make it easily their application to construction market.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.139-140
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• 2020

LEFC, a emotional concrete and one of light-transmitting concrete, has a characteristic of transmitting light, so its utility is great. In this study, in order to utilize LEFC under ultraviolet conditions, GST, a low-cost high-performance photocatalyst, was incorporated into the UHPC mix proportion. Specimens were prepared by applying ISO 22197-1. The test was conducted according to the standard and it was confirmed that the NO removal performance was over 50%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.152-153
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• 2021

Various types of panels can be designed using acrylic rods, which are materials that allow light to pass through existing concrete. After designing using people, animals and objects, a prototype was produced by mixing ultra-high-strength concrete, and taking care not to damage the fixed acrylic rod during pouring and demolding. Yun Dong-ju's free design of a figure and a researcher were inserted into the wall inside the interior space, and then the installation was completed on-site. For installation, a metal frame was installed on the temporary wall, which is a non-structural wall, and then a relatively heavy concrete panel was fixed using a structural sealant and then applied to the field.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.120-131
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• 2019

Recently, the level of fine dust and ultrafine dust has reached its highest level, threatening the public's health. If the air purifier was not operated indoors, natural ventilation would not be possible. In this study, photocatalyst is applied to building materials to purify air in a passive manner. In order to use photocatalyst for LEFC(Light Emotion Friendly Concrete), it is necessary to secure self-consolidating capability. Therefore, self-consolidating performance was evaluated by slump test, J-ring test and L-box test with UHPC materials applied. Based on these results, the mixture proportion was determined, and the mechanical performance was evaluated by compressive and flexural tests. Concrete blocks were constructed with a fabrication method that improved the existing process of making LEFC. Also, the concrete block was emptied as a way to reduce the use of expensive photocatalyst. Finally, in order to identify the distribution of TiO₂, an EDS analysis was performed.