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Genetic Algorithm in Mix Proportioning of High -Performance Concrete (고성능 콘크리트 배합 설계에서의 유전자 알고리즘의 적용)

  • 임철현;윤영수;이승훈;손유신
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.551-556
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    • 2002
  • High-performance concrete is defined as concrete that meets special combinations of performance and uniformity requirements that cannot always be achieved routinely using conventional constituents and normal mixing, placing, and curing practices. Ever since the term high-performance concrete was introduced into the industry, it had widely used in large-scale concrete construction that demands high-strength, high-flowability, and high-durability. To obtain such performances that cannot be obtained from conventional concrete and by the current method, a large number of trial mixes are required to select the desired combination of materials that meets special performance. In this paper, therefore, using genetic algorithm which is a global optimization technique modeled on biological evolutionary process-natural selection and natural genetics-and can be used to find a near optimal solution to a problem that may have many solutions, the new design method for high-performance concrete mixtures is suggested to reduce the number of trial mixtures with desired properties in the field test. Experimental and analytic investigations were carried out to develop the design method for high-performance concrete mixtures and to verify the proposed mix design.

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The Experimental Study on Engineering Properties of Recycled Concrete Using Recycled Fine and Coarse Aggregate (재생 잔골재 및 굵은골재를 사용한 재생콘크리트의 공학적 특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Park Jong-Ho;Moon Hyung-Jae;Kim Young-Sun;Kim Young-Duk;Kim Jae-Hwan;Kim Moo-Han
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.169-172
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    • 2004
  • Recently, because of the shortage of natural aggregate and the environment regulation of government, the application of recycled aggregate by solution method is observed according as the concern for the reuse of waste concrete. But because the quality of recycled aggregate is poor and quantitative quality judgment standard of recycled aggregate is fluffy, construction field application is difficult. Therefore, this study compares and investigates effect that quality of recycled aggregate influencing recycled concrete. As the result of this study, the more quality of aggregate increases, the more recycled concrete quality increased and high quality recycled aggregate generally displayed performance of similar level with nature aggregate. But, durability of recycled concrete using recycled aggregate appeared lower than concrete using natural aggregate without reference to aggregate quality.

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Characteristic of Swedish Modern Furniture Design in the 20th Century - In Reference to Works by 8 Prominent Furniture Designers in Sweden - (20세기 스웨덴 현대 가구디자인의 특성 - 스웨덴의 대표적인 8인 가구디자이너의 작품을 중심으로 -)

  • Choi, Jung-Shin
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.148-157
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to identify characteristic of Swedish modern furniture design through design works made by 8 prominent Swedish furniture designers during the 20th century. The study was completed through literature reviews and searching for web-sites of Swedish distinguished furniture companies. 8 furniture designers, eg. Erik Gunnar Asprund, Carl Malmsten, Josef Frank, John Kandell, Mats Theselius, Bruno Mathsson, $\AA$ke Axelsson and Yngve Extr$\ddot{o}$m were selected to identify the characteristics of Swedish modern furniture design. The results are as follows: 1) they pursuit simple and functional design beyond time. 2) they pursuit functionalism modified with Swedish traditional craftsmanship. 3) natural wood is considered as the most beloved material for the furniture together with other natural materials such as hemp, leather and cane. 5) easy maintenance and durability of the furniture are considered as important factors to make it last long. 6) ecological concept is fulfilled to meet environmental legislation.

The Study on the Wedding Dress Design by Using the Korean Paper - The Focus on the Ornamental Details- (한지를 이용한 웨딩드레스 디자인 연구 - 장식적 디테일을 중심으로 -)

  • 이수정;채선미
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study was to design wedding dress by using Korean paper(Hanji). The Korean paper showed the good(excellent) properties of durability, softness, and tensile strength was 3.7Kg, tear index was 6 mN$.$$m_2$/g and folding numbers was 466. The appreance of Hanji was widely varied by blending(mixing) with other materials and various effects, pleating, crumpling, twisting and so on were achieved. The dress silhouette and form transformation of Hanji was very easy. Detailed points those are frill, pleats, gather, bow, paper casting, pin tuck for wedding dress were able to express easily. Hanji wedding dress has the natural texture because of natural properties of Hanji and that is echo friendly products.

Correlation between frequency and Poisson's ratio: Study of durability of armchair SWCNTs

  • Muzamal Hussain;Mohamed A. Khadimallah;Abdelouahed Tounsi
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.303-311
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    • 2023
  • An analysis of the Poisson's ratios influence of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) based on Sander's shell theory is carried out. The effect of Poisson's ratio, boundary conditions and different armchairs SWCNTs is discussed and studied. The Galerkin's method is applied to get the eigen values in matrix form. The obtained results shows that, the decrease in ratios of Poisson, the frequency increases. Poisson's ratio directly measures the deformation in the material. A high Poisson's ratio denotes that the material exhibits large elastic deformation. Due to these deformation frequencies of carbon nanotubes increases. The frequency value increases with the increase of indices of single walled carbon nanotubes. The prescribe boundary conditions used are simply supported and clamped simply supported. The Timoshenko beam model is used to compare the results. The present method should serve as bench mark results for agreeing the results of other models, with slightly different value of the natural frequencies.

Structural characteristics of Zachery treated turquoise (Zachery 처리 터키석의 표면 특성 평가)

  • Kwon, Ki-Ran;Bang, Sin-Young;Park, Jong-Wan;Shim, Kwang-Bo
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.95-101
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    • 2009
  • The surface characteristics of Zachery-treated turquoise stones have been studied in detail with a comparison of natural and plastic-impregnated turquoise. The SEM-EDS analysis exhibited that Zachery-treated turquoise was characterized by the uniform distribution of potassium element through the specimen and did not show the sharp crystalline $SiO_2$ facet and boundary phase which are common in natural ore. The potassium element shown in the Zachery-treated turquoise seemed to be occurred during the treatment process for the improvement of durability. The bar-shaped crystals observed in the pore was found to be a feature of Zachery treated turquoise and are expected to influence on their stability and durability, while the pore sizes in turquoise stones depends on the parameter of the treatment procedure.

Impact of aggressive exposure conditions on sustainable durability, strength development and chloride diffusivity of high performance concrete

  • Al-Bahar, Suad;Husain, A.
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.35-48
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    • 2015
  • The main objective of this study is to evaluate the long-term performance of various concrete composites in natural marine environment prevailing in the Gulf region. Durability assessment studies of such nature are usually carried out under aggressive environments that constitute seawater, chloride and sulfate laden soils and wind, and groundwater conditions. These studies are very vital for sustainable development of marine and off shore reinforced concrete structures of industrial design such as petroleum installations. First round of testing and evaluation, which is presented in this paper, were performed by standard tests under laboratory conditions. Laboratory results presented in this paper will be corroborated with test outcome of ongoing three years field exposure conditions. The field study will include different parameters of investigation for high performance concrete including corrosion inhibitors, type of reinforcement, natural and industrial pozzolanic additives, water to cement ratio, water type, cover thickness, curing conditions, and concrete coatings. Like the laboratory specimens, samples in the field will be monitored for corrosion induced deterioration signs and for any signs of failureover initial period ofthree years. In this paper, laboratory results pertaining to microsilica (SF), ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), epoxy coated rebars and calcium nitrite corrosion inhibitor are very conclusive. Results affirmed that the supplementary cementing materials such as GGBS and SF significantly impacted and enhanced concrete resistivity to chloride ions penetration and hence decrease the corrosion activities on steel bars protected by such concretes. As for epoxy coated rebars applications under high chloride laden conditions, results showed great concern to integrity of the epoxy coating layer on the bar and its stability. On the other hand corrosion inhibiting admixtures such as calcium nitrite proved to be more effective when used in combination with the pozzolanic additives such as GGBS and microsilica.

Application of Nylon Fiber for Performance Improvement of Recycled Coarse Aggregate Concrete (순환 굵은골재 사용 콘크리트의 성능향상을 위한 나일론 섬유의 적용성 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Tae
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.785-792
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    • 2017
  • In recent times, the lack of good quality natural aggregate has led to the alternative use of recycled aggregate. However, the adhered mortars in recycled aggregate lower the performance of the concrete, such as by reducing its strength and causing deterioration and cracking. In this study, the effects of nylon fiber (NF) on the mechanical and durable performance of recycled coarse aggregate concrete (RAC) were experimentally examined. Concrete specimens with natural coarse aggregate (NA) or RA were produced by adding 0, 0.6 and $1.2kg/m^3$ of NF. Various mechanical properties and the durability of the RAC were measured and compared with those of the NAC. In addition, in order to observe the hydrates and ITZ, SEM observations were made of the 28-day concrete samples. From the test results, as expected, it was found that the RAC exhibited lower performance than the NAC. However, the addition of NF to the concrete was effective in significantly enhancing the performance of the RAC due to the bridge effect of the NF.

Basic Study on Development of Forest Road Pavement Using Eco-Friendly Method (친환경 임도포장공법 개발을 위한 기초연구)

  • Oh, Sewook;Lee, Gilho;Kim, Donggeun
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2013
  • This study carried out fundamental study on the forest road pavement method of cementing the ground using the compaction equipment after laying by mixing with eco-friendly stabilizer, natural soil and water. Target strength of pavement was set to 2.0MPa and the specimen was produced per mixing ratio of cement, kinds of natural soil and curing period to evaluate the durability and unconfined compressive strength. Unconfined compressive strength test was conducted to compare strength by producing the test specimen mixing environment-friendly cement as well as the test specimen mixing cement with the same mixing ratio. To evaluate the durability, surface abrasion test and water flow resistance test were conducted. In addition, SB and GB tests were conducted using iron marble and golf ball to evaluate the walking satisfaction since it can be used by visitors due to the feature of forest road.

Application of Earth Natural Grouting Using Micro Cement and Inorganic material (마이크로시멘트 무기질계 그라우팅 ENG의 적용성 연구)

  • Jung, Min-Hyung;Kim, Yong-Sik;Jung, Chun-Hak;Lee, Song
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.109-116
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    • 2010
  • The Water glass grouting method has been applied frequently to penetration grouting in practice, but some problems, such as decrease of durability with the elapsed time and environmentally adverse effect, are raised recently. Hence, the Earth Natural Grouting method which uses micro cement and inorganic material is developed to overcomes those problems of the water glass grouting method, and is aimed for extensive ground injection bound. Volumetric strain test, syneresis test, unconfined compression test, triaxial permeability test, in-situ permeability test and heavy metal analysis were conducted to verify application of the ENG. As the result of tests, volumetric strain, syneresis and unconfined strength of the ENG were superior to those of the Water Glass SGR and ENG was proved to be impermeable. Also it is expected that the ENG would not have an effect on environmental pollution.