• Computers and Concrete
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• 제3권2_3호
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• pp.163-175
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• 2006

This research was conducted to determine effect of pumice aggregate ratio, cement dosage and slumps on freeze-thaw resistance, density, water absorption and elasticity of concrete. In the first batch, $300kg/m^3$ cement dosage were kept constant and pumice ratios were changed as 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of replacement for normal aggregate by volume for $3{\pm}1cm$, $5{\pm}1cm$ and $7{\pm}1cm$ slumps. Other batches were prepared with $200kg/m^3$, $250kg/m^3$, $350kg/m^3$, $400kg/m^3$ and $500kg/m^3$ cement dosages and 25% pumice aggregate +75% normal aggregate at a constant slump. Test results showed that when pumice-aggregate ratio decreased the density and freeze-thaw resistance of concretes increased. With increasing of cement dosage in the mixtures, density of the concretes increased, however, freeze-thaw resistance of concretes decreased. Water absorption of the concrete decreased with increasing cement dosage but increased with the pumice ratio. Water absorption of the concrete also decreased after freeze-thaw cycles. Freeze-thaw resistance of concretes was decreased with increasing the slumps.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.909-918
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• 2015

This paper presents an experimental study for determining the bond performance of lightweight concretes produced using pumice aggregate coated with colemanite-cement paste. For this purpose, eight hinged beam specimens were produced with four different concrete mixtures. 14 mm deformed bars with $10{\Phi}$ development lengths were selected constant for all test specimens. All the specimens were tested in bending and load-slip values were measured experimentally to determine the effect of colemanite-cement coated pumice aggregate on bond performances of lightweight concretes. Test results showed that, colemanite-cement coated pumice aggregate increases compressive strength and bond performance of the lightweight concretes, considerably.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.241-252
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• 2021

An experimental program was conducted to investigate the fresh properties, mechanical properties and durability characteristics of the self-compacting mortars (SCM) produced with pumice powder and Artificial Lightweight Fine Aggregate (aLWFA). aLWFA was produced by using fly ash. A total of 16 different mixtures were designed with a constant water-binder ratio of 0.37, in which natural sands were partially replaced with aLWFA and pumice powder at different volume fractions of 5%, 10% and 15%. The artificial lightweight aggregates used in this study were manufactured through cold bonding pelletisation of 90% of class-F fly ash and 10% of Portland cement in a tilted pan with an ambient temperature and moisture content. Flowability tests were conducted on the fresh mortar mixtures beforehand, to determine the self-compacting characteristics on the basis of EFNARC. To determine the conformity of the fresh mortar characteristics with the standards, mini-slump and mini-V-funnel tests were carried out. Hardened state tests were conducted after 7, 28 and 56 days to determine the flexural strength and axial compressive strength respectively. Durability, sorptivity, permeability and density tests were conducted at the end of 28 days of curing time. The test results showed that the pumice powder replacement improved both the fresh state and the hardened state characteristics of the mortar and the optimum mixture ratio was determined as 15%, considering other studies in the literature. In the aLWFA mixtures used, the mechanical and durability characteristics of the modified compositions were very close to the control mixture. It is concluded in this study that mixtures with pumice powder replacement eliminated the negative effects of the aLWFA in the mortars and made a positive contribution.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.83-95
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• 1996

The normal cement concrete is widely used material to build the construction recently, but it has a fault to increase the dead load on account of its unit weight is large compared with strength. So, main purpose of this study was to establish the physical and mechanical properties of lightweight concrete using expanded polystyrene bead on fine aggregate and natural gravel, expanded clay and pumice stone on coarse aggregate. The test rusults of this study are summarized as follows; 1. The water-cement ratio of concrete using pumice stone was larger than that of the concrete using natural gravel and expanded clay. 2. The unit weights of concrete using pumice stone and expanded caly were shown less than 1,000g/$m^3$. 3. The compressive strengths of all types were shown less than 60kg/$cm^2$, tensile and bending strengths were shown less than l3kg/$cm^2$ and 3lkg/$cm^2$$^2$, respectively. 4. The pulse velocity of concrete was shown similar with using natural gravel and pumice stone, and shown the lowest using pumice stone. 5. The dynamic modulus of elasticity of concrete was shown considerably smaller, and shown the lowest using pumice stone. 6. The static modulus of elasticity of concrete using expanded clay and pumice stone were shown considerably smaller, and shown 22% ~29% as compared with the dynamic modulus of elasticity. 7. The stress-strain curves of concrete were shown similar, generally. And the curves were repeated at short intervals increase and decreased irregularly.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.182-193
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• 1997

본 실험은 세골재로 퍼라이트와 조골재로 인공 경량골 재인 팽창점토와 경석을 사용하여 제조된 인공경량골재 콘크리트의 물리 역학적 특성을 구명하여, 이의 실제 사용여부를 검토하기 위하여 실시되었으며, 실험을 통하여 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 물-시멘트비는 조골재로 팽창점토를 사용한 경우는 47%로 나타났고, 경석을 사용한 경우는 56%로 크게 나타났는데, 이는 사용조골재의 흡수율 차이에서 기인된 결과라 하겠다. 2. 단위중량은 조골재로 팽창점토를 사용한 경우는 $1.622kgf/m^3$, 경석을 사용한 경우는 $1,596kgf/m^3$으로 상당히 경 량성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 3. 흡수율은 팽창점토와 경석을 사용한 경우 똑같이 17%로 나타나, 강자갈을 사용한 경우의 14%보다 약간 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 4. 압축강도는 모두 $228kgf/cm^2$ 이상으로 비교적 큰 강도발현을 보였으며, 인장강도 및 휨강도도 $27kgf/cm^2$, $58kgf/cm^2$ 이상으로 크게 나타났고, 팽창점토 및 경석 사용에 의한 강도차이는 크게 나타나지 않았다. 5. 슈미트 햄머에 의한 반발도는 압축강도가 클수록 크게 나타났으며, 팽창점토 및 경석의 사용에 의한 반발도 차이는 크게 나타나지 않았다. 6. 정탄성계수는 조골재로 팽창점토를 사용한 경우는 $1.12{\times}10^5kgf/cm^2$, 경석을 사용한 경우는 $1.09{\times}10^5kgf/cm^2$으로 사용골재에 의한 차이는 크게 나타나지 않았다. 7. 응력-변형율곡선은 응력의 증가와 함께 변형율이 증가하여 최대응력에서 파괴된 후 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 최대응력에서의 변형율은 $2.0{\times}10^{-3}$정도로 거의 유사하게 나타났다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2017

This paper presents the effect of aggregate type on high temperature resistance of self-compacting mortars (SCM) produced with normal and lightweight aggregates like expanded perlite and pumice. Silica fume (SF) and fly ash (FA) were used as mineral additives. Totally 13 different mixtures were designed according to the aggregate rates. Mini slump flow, mini V-funnel and viscometer tests were carried out on the fresh mortar. On the other hand, bulk density, porosity, water absorption and high temperature tests were made on the hardened SCM. After being heated to temperatures of 300, 600 and $900^{\circ}C$, respectively, the tensile strength in bending and compressive strength of mortars determined. As a result of the experiments, the increase in the use of lightweight aggregate increased total water absorption and porosity of mortars. It is observed that, the increment in the usage of lightweight aggregate decreased tensile strength in bending and compressive strengths of mortar specimens exposed to high temperatures but the usage of up to 10% expanded perlite in mortar increased the compressive strength of specimens exposed to $300^{\circ}C$.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.451-455
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• 2017

Technological advancements in the field of building materials are achieved day by day. In this study, a new lightweight concrete aggregate is produced by mixing certain rates of colemanite (0%, 7.5%, 12.5%, 17.5%), cement and coating the surface of pumice aggregate with this mixture. Thin aggregate sections are analyzed with specific gravity, unit weight, water absorption, impact, and crushing experiments. In this way, the production of cement and cement+colemanite coated lightweight concrete aggregates is investigated and an opinion on the likely behavior of these concrete types is provided.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.833-845
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• 2015

In the world total boron reserve rating, Turkey is taken place on the first rank, meeting the demand of refined mineral and main boron chemicals. Development of the new boron products and production technologies, spreading the using area of the boron are the study topics which must be finically discussed. In this study, with the help of colemanite taken in ratio as (0%, 7.5%, 12.5%, and 17.5%) by being mixed by the cement, surfaces of the pumice aggregates have been covered. Permeability of the samples has been investigated by producing lightweight concrete with 400 dose with the help of aggregates covered with colemanite. For this, the experiments of water absorption, capillary water absorption, depth of penetration of water under pressure and rapid chloride permeability have been performed. In addition, analyses of the thin section of covered and uncovered pumice aggregates and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) have been investigated. When the control samples produced with the covered aggregates and concretes produced with colemanite covered aggregates are compared each other, it has been determined that special lightweight concretes whose values of capillary water absorption experiment, depth of penetration of water under pressure experiment and rapid chloride permeability are low can be produced.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.327-337
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• 2023

Concrete is the most widely used building material, with various types including high- and ultra-high-strength, reinforced, normal, and lightweight concretes. However, accurately predicting concrete properties is challenging due to the geotechnical design code's requirement for specific characteristics. To overcome this issue, researchers have turned to new technologies like machine learning to develop proper methodologies for concrete specification. In this study, we propose a highly accurate deep learning-based predictive model to investigate the compressive strength (UCS) of lightweight concrete with natural aggregates (pumice). Our model was implemented on a database containing 249 experimental records and revealed that water, cement, water-cement ratio, fine-coarse aggregate, aggregate substitution rate, fine aggregate replacement, and superplasticizer are the most influential covariates on UCS. To validate our model, we trained and tested it on random subsets of the database, and its performance was evaluated using a confusion matrix and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) overall accuracy. The proposed model was compared with widely known machine learning methods such as MLP, SVM, and DT classifiers to assess its capability. In addition, the model was tested on 25 laboratory UCS tests to evaluate its predictability. Our findings showed that the proposed model achieved the highest accuracy (accuracy=0.97, precision=0.97) and the lowest error rate with a high learning rate (R2=0.914), as confirmed by ROC (AUC=0.971), which is higher than other classifiers. Therefore, the proposed method demonstrates a high level of performance and capability for UCS predictions.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.120-130
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• 1996

본 연구는 세골재는 사용하지 않고 인공경량조골재로써 팽창점토와 경석을 사용하여 제작된 인공경량골재 콘크리트의 응력-변형율특성을 구명하기 위하여 실시되었으며, 시험을 통하여 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 동탄성계수는 인공경량조골재인 팽창점토와 경석을 사용한 경우 $1.9{\times}10^5kg/cm^2$과 $2.0{\times}10^5kg/cm^2$으로 나타났으며, 경석을 사용한 경우가 5%정도 크게 나타났다. 2. 정탄성계수는 팽창점토 및 경석을 사용한 경우 $1.8{\times}10^5kg/cm^2$과 $1.6{\times}10^5kg/cm^2$으로 나타났으며, 정탄성계수는 동탄성계수보다 10~30%정도 작게 나타났다. 3. 사용골재에 따른 하중-이력곡선은 하중이 증가하여 최대하중에서 파괴가 이루어진 후 급격히 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 특히 기포제를 첨가한 경우는 최대하중에서 파괴된 이후에도 상당시간 내하능력을 유지하는 것으로 나타났다. 4. 응력-변형율곡선은 사용골재의 종류에 관계없이 응력의 증가와 함께 증가하여 최대하중에서 파괴가 된 후 급격히 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 취성이 크다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 5. 최대응력하에서의 변형율은 팽창점토를 사용한 경우 $1.7{\times}10^{-3}$, 경석을 사용한 경우는 $2.83{\times}10^{-3}$로써, 팽창점토보다 경석을 사용한 경우의 변형율이 66%정도 크게 나타났다.