• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.11-14
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• 2009

This paper is interested in the incorporation of crushed sand and desert sand in the composition the self compacting concretes (SCC). Desert dune sand, which has a fine extra granulometry, and the crushed sand, which contains an important content of fines, can constitute interesting components for SCC. Part II consists in studying the behaviour of SCC containing various sands with different origins. These sands, with different sizes, consist of several combinations of rolled sand (RS), crushed sand (CS) and desert sand (DS). The study examines the influence of the granular combination of sands on the characteristics in the fresh and the hardened state of SCC. The results of the experimental tests showed an improvement of the workability of the fresh SCC by combining sands of varied granulometry. The addition of the DS to CS or to RS allowed the increase of the mixture viscosity but decreased the mechanical strengths. Furthermore, the CS-RS combinations increased the compressive and the tensile strengths of the studied SCC. The optimized formulations of sands gave the highest performances of the SCC.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.3-9
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• 2009

This paper examines the incorporation of the crushed sand (CS) and desert sand (DS) in the formation of self compacting concrete (SCC). These sands have been substituted for the rolled sand (RS), which is currently the only sand used in concretes and which is likely to run out in our country. DS, which comes from the Tunisian Sahara in the south, is characterized by a tight distribution of grains size. CS, a by-product of careers containing a significant amount of fines up to 15%, is characterized by a spread out granulometry having a maximum diameter of around 5mm. These two sands are considered as aggregates for the SCC. This first part of the study consists in analyzing the influence of the type of sand on the parameters of composition of the SCC. These sands consist of several combinations of 3 sands (DS, CS and RS). The method of formulation of the adopted SCC is based on the filling of the granular void by the paste. The CS substitution to the RS made it possible, for all the proportions, to decrease the granular voids, to increase the compactness of the mixture and to decrease the water and adding fillers proportioning. These results were also obtained for a moderate substitution of DS/CS (< 40%) and a weak ratio of DS/RS (20%). For higher proportions, the addition of DS to CS or RS did not improve the physical characteristics of the SCC granular mixture.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.229-240
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• 2019

The physical models are useful to understand the soil behaviour. Hence, these tools allow validating analytical theories and numerical data. This paper addresses the design, construction and implementation of a physical model able to simulate the soil liquefaction under different cyclic actions. The model was instrumented with a piezoelectric actuator and a set of transducers to measure the porewater pressures, displacements and accelerations of the system. The soil liquefaction was assessed in three different grain size particles of a natural sand by applying a sinusoidal signal, which incorporated three amplitudes and the fundamental frequencies of three different earthquakes occurred in Colombia. In addition, such frequencies were scaled in a micro shaking table device for 1, 50 and 80 g. Tests allowed identifying the liquefaction susceptibility at various frequency and displacement amplitude combinations. Experimental evidence validated that the liquefaction susceptibility is higher in the fine-grained sands than coarse-grained sands, and showed that the acceleration of the actuator controls the phenomena trigging in the model instead of the displacement amplitude.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.183-196
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• 2018

The rheological behaviour of high strength self compacting concrete (HS-SCC) studied through an experimental investigation is presented in this paper. The effect of variation in supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) $vis-{\grave{a}}-vis$ four different types of processed crushed sand as fine aggregates is studied. Apart from the ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the SCMs such as fly ash (FA), ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) ultrafine slag (UFS) and micro-silica (MS) are used in different percentages keeping the mix -paste volume and flow of concrete, constant. The combinations of rheology, strength and durability are equally important for selection of mixes in respect of high-rise building constructions. These combinations are referred to as the rheo-strength and rheo-durability which is scientifically linked to performance based rating. The findings show that the fineness of the sands and types of SCM affects the rheo-strength and rheo-durability performance of HS-SCC. The high amount of fines often seen in fine aggregates contributes to the higher yield stress. Further, the mixes with processed sand is found to offer better rheology as compared to that of mixes made using unwashed crushed sand, washed plaster sand, washed fine natural sand. The micro silica and ultra-fine slag conjunction with washed crushed sand can be a good solution for high rise construction in terms of rheo-strength and rheo-durability performance.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.83-93
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 낙동강 하류 을숙도에 분포하는 0.558%의 세립분을 함유한 자연 사질토 지반에 대하여 느슨, 중간, 그리고 조밀한 지반 상태를 재현하여 초기정적전단응력의 영향을 정적 및 동적 시험을 통해 응력경로와 과잉간극수압 소산 및 잔류변형 거동을 규명하고, Bolton 이론에 의거한 파괴시 최대 유효마찰각을 상대밀도에 의한 영향과 구속압의 영향을 고려하여 제시하였다. 파괴선과 상전이점의 거리는 초기전단응력이 증가할수록 가까워지고, 느슨한 모래의 경우 그 영향이 커서 조밀한 모래의 응력경로로 접근하는 경향을 보인다. 압밀응력비 조건이 1.4에서 1.8로 변함에 따라, 상대밀도의 증가와 함께 보다 큰 액상화 저항강도를 보이고 조밀한 상대밀도 조건에서는 유사한 CSR값을 보였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2012

토질분류법에서 흙은 크게 사질토와 점성토로 분류되며, 실제 설계에서도 이와 같이 분류된 흙 종류에 따라 다른 예측식을 사용하여 흙의 거동을 평가하고 있다. 그러나, 모래-세립분 혼합토는 전형적으로 중간토(intermediate soil or transitional soil)로 구분되어 모래와 점토의 중간적인 성질을 나타내기 때문에, 이러한 혼합토에 대한 거동특성을 평가할 수 있는 기준이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 입도분포를 조정한 특정 모래에 세 가지 종류의 세립분으로 구성된 다양한 세립분함유율을 갖는 시료를 대상으로 일련의 반복 삼축압축시험을 수행하였다. 모래가 골격을 이루는 간극비(골격간극비)를 고려하여, Silica sand와 세립분(Iwakuni natural clay, Tottori silt, kaolinite)을 다양한 건조 중량비로 혼합하여 그 특성을 파악하였으며, 실험결과로 전환 세립분함유율(threshold fines content)을 넘지 않는 혼합토의 반복전단강도를 세립분 함유율 증가에 따라 평가하였다. 그 결과, 반복 전단응력비는 세립분 함유율 증가에 따라 조밀한 시료에서는 감소, 느슨한 시료에서는 증가하는 결과를 나타냈으며, 혼합토의 반복전단응력비를 등가골격간극비의 개념을 이용하여 평가했다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.49-63
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• 2014

모래지반의 지표면에 위치한 거친 바닥면을 가진 강체 연속기초와 원형기초에 대하여 수치해석을 이용하여 팽창각 변화에 따른 지지력계수 $N_{\gamma}$와 형상계수를 구하였다. 양해법(explicit method)에 기반한 유한차분해석을 이용하여 지지력계수를 산정하기 위한 수치모델과 해석절차를 개발하고, Mohr-Coulomb 소성모델을 이용하여 다양한 내부마찰각(${\phi}$)과 팽창각(${\psi}$) 범위에 대하여 지지력계수를 도출하였다. 팽창각이 감소됨에 따라 지지력도 감소하는 것으로 나타났으며, 보편적인 지지력계수 제안식들이 가정하고 있는 관련흐름법칙(associated flow-rule)이 적용된 경우(${\psi}={\phi}$)를 기준으로 비관련흐름법칙(nonassociated flow-rule)이 적용된 경우(${\psi}$ < ${\phi}$)의 상대적인 지지력 비율을 산출하였고, 일반적인 모래에 대한 관계식을 제안하였다. 원형기초의 형상계수는 연속기초의 평면변형률 조건의 고려 여부에 따라 크게 변하였으며, 평면변형률 조건을 고려하여 내부마찰각을 증가시킨 경우가 기존의 실험 결과와 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. 형상계수 제안식들의 경향이 차이를 나타내는 원인에 대하여 고찰하고 설계시 적용 방안을 제시하였다.