• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2019

This paper reports an experimental investigation conducted to evaluate the durability performance of concrete mixtures prepared utilizing blends of Type I Portland cement (OPC) and natural pozzolans (NPs) obtained from three different sources in Saudi Arabia. The control concrete mixture containing OPC alone as the binder and three concrete mixtures incorporating NPs were prepared keeping water/binder ratio of 0.4 (by weight), binder content of $370kg/m^3$, and fine/total aggregate ratio of 0.38 (by weight) invariant. The compressive strength and durability properties that included depth of water penetration, depth of carbonation, chloride diffusion coefficient, and resistance to reinforcement corrosion and sulfate attack were determined. Results of this study indicate that at all ages, the compressive strength of NP-admixed concrete mixtures was slightly less than that of the concrete containing OPC alone. However, the concrete mixtures containing NP exhibited lower depth of water penetration and chloride diffusion coefficient and more resistance to reinforcement corrosion and sulfate attack as compared to OPC. NP-admixed concrete showed relatively more depth of carbonation than OPC when subjected to accelerated carbonation. The results of this investigation indicates the viability of utilizing of Saudi natural pozzolans for improving the durability characteristics of concrete subjected to chloride and sulfate exposures.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2002

High fluid concrete unlike OPC concrete is made with various material, and the phase of fresh concrete is considerably different. In order to understand fluidity phase and mix properties of high fluid concrete, concrete is required to access as suspension structure which consists of aggregate and paste. The focus of this paper is to analyze the test results and quantify the effect of mix proportions of mortar and fineness modulus of sand on the properties of fresh mortar. The effect of water-binder ratio. sand-binder ration. contents of ggbs (by mass of total cementitious materials). and various contents of water reducing agent on the yield stress and plastic viscosity of the mix is studied. Based on the experimental results, the fellowing conclusions can be drawn: (1) The mixing time needed for high fluid mortar was approximately two times more than that of ordinary portland mortar. (2) The fluidity phase of mortar could be explained by yield stress of mix and the fluidity of mortar. (3) As the content of ggbs increased, yield stress of mortar was decreased and plastic viscosity of it was increased. (4) For the high fluid mortar, it was appeared that sand-binder ratio should be below 1.5.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.543-555
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• 2017

The mechanical properties of steel fiber reinforced high strength concrete (SFRHSC) made with binary and ternary blends of metakaolin (MK) and ground pumice (GP) are investigated in this study. The investigated properties are ultrasonic pulse velocity ($U_{pv}$), compressive strength ($f_c$), flexural strength ($f_f$) and splitting tensile strength ($f_{st}$) of SFRHSC. A total of 16 steel fiber reinforced concrete mixtures were produced by a total binder content of $500kg/m^3$ for determining the effects of MK and GP on the mechanical properties. The design $f_c$ was acquired from 70 to 100 MPa by using a low water-binder ratio of 0.2. The test results exhibit that high strength concrete can be obtained by replacing the cement with MK and GP. Besides, correlations between these results are executed for comprehending the relationship between mechanical properties of SFRHSC and the strong correlations are observed between these properties. Moreover, two models in the gene expression programming (GEP) for predicting the $f_c$ of SFRHSC made with binary and ternary blends of MK and GP have been developed. The results obtained from these models are compared with the experimental results. These comparisons proved that the results of equations obtained from these models seem to agree with the experimental results.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.71-88
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• 2016

Metakaolin, a dehydroxylated product of the mineral kaolinite, is one of the most valuable admixtures for high-performance concrete applications, including constructing reinforced concrete bridges and impact- and fire-resistant structures. Concretes produced using metakaolin become more homogeneous and denser compared to normal-strength concrete. Yet, these changes cause a change of volume throughout hardening, and increase the brittleness of hardened concrete significantly. In order to examine how the use of metakaolin affects the fracture and mechanical behavior of high-performance concrete we produced concretes using a range of water to binder ratio (0.42, 0.35 and 0.28) at three different weight fractions of metakaolin replacement (8%, 16% and 24%). The results showed that the rigidity of concretes increased with using 8% and 16% metakaolin, while it decreased in all series with 24% of metakaolin replacement. Similar effect has also been observed for other mechanical properties. While the peak loads in load-displacement curves of concretes decreased significantly with increasing water to binder ratio, this effect have been found to be diminished by using metakaolin. Pore structure analysis through mercury intrusion porosimetry test showed that the addition of metakaolin decreased the critical pore size of paste phases of concrete, and increasing the amount of metakaolin reduced the total porosity for the specimens with low water to binder ratios in particular. To determine the optimal values of water to binder ratio and metakaolin content in producing high-strength and high-performance concrete we applied a multi-objective optimization, where several responses were simultaneously assessed to find the best solution for each parameter.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.235-242
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• 2019

이 연구의 목적은 단면확대 보강을 위해 개발된 폴리머와 초속경 시멘트를 혼입한 콘크리트의 자기 충전성 확보를 위한 배합상세 수정이다. 보강용 콘크리트의 자기충전성은 일본토목학회(JSCE 1999)와 유럽통합기준(EFNARC 2002)에서 제시된 자기충전 콘크리트의 굳기 전 물성시험 및 성능기준을 통해 평가하였다. 실험결과, 동일한 물-결합재 비에서 단위 결합재양을 증가(페이스트 부피비 증가)시키면, 점성이 증가 하지만, 단위수량도 증가하여 점성에 의한 유동성 저하는 없었다. 단면확대 보강용 콘크리트를 위해 개발된 결합재를 이용한 일반강도 콘크리트 배합 시 자기다짐 성능을 확보하기 위한 배합조건은 물-결합재비 38%에서 단위결합재양은 $430kg/m^3{\sim}470kg/m^3$, 잔골재율은 40%~46% 수준이 추천될 수 있었다.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2017년도 추계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.5-6
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• 2017

This study is to analyze the properties of concrete according to the types of binders and cement powder and to utilize them as fundamental data for the development of early strength concrete. In the case of fluidity, all of the formulations satisfied the 180±25mm, and the flowability of HSF was decreased by high fineness cement. For the air content, 4.5±1.5% of the total content was satisfied. Compressive strength of HSF was found to satisfy the 5MPa in 2days of aging. In case of 28 days of aging, the strength of HSF was more than 24MPa.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2018

This paper investigated the influence of binary and ternary blends of mineral admixtures in self-compacted mortar (SCM) on the fresh, mechanical and durability properties. For this purpose, 25 mortar mixtures were prepared having a total binder content of $640kg/cm^3$ and water/binder ratio between 0.41 and 0.50. All the mixtures consisted of Portland cement (PC), fly ash (FA) and silica fume (SF) as binary and ternary blends and air-entrained admixture wasn't used while control mixture contained only PC. The compressive and tensile strength tests were conducted for 28 and 91 days as well as slump-flow and V-funnel time tests whilst freeze-thaw (F-T) resistance and capillary water absorption tests were made for 91-day. Finally, in general, the use of SF with FA as ternary blends improved the tensile strength of mortars at 28- and 91-day while the use of SF15 with FA increased the compressive strength of the mortars compared to binary blends of FA. SCM mixtures with ternary blends had lower the sorptivity values than that of the mortars with binary blends of FA and the control mixture due to the beneficial properties of SF while the use of FA with SF as ternary blends induced the F-T resistance enhancement.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.323-344
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• 2018

The study herein reports the impact of Steel Fiber (SF) and Ground Granulated Blast Furnaces slag (GGBFS) content on the fresh and hardened properties of fly ash (FA) based Self-Compacting Geopolymer Concrete (SCGC). Two series of self-compacting geopolymer concrete (SCGC) were formulated with a constant binder content of $450kg/m^3$ and at an alkaline-to-binder (a/b) ratio of 0.50. Fly ash (FA) was substituted with GGBFS with the replacement levels being 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% by weight in each SCGC series. Steel fiber (SF) wasn't employed in the assembly of the initial concrete series whereas, within the second concrete series, an SF combination was achieved by a constant additional level of 1% by volume. Fresh properties of mixtures were through an experiment investigated in terms of slump flow diameter, T50 slump flow time, V-funnel flow time, and L-box height ratio. Moreover, the mechanical performance of the SCGCs was evaluated in terms of compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, and fracture toughness. Furthermore, a statistical analysis was applied in order to judge the importance of the experimental parameters, like GGBFS and SF contents. The experimental results indicated that the incorporation of SF had no vital impact on the fresh characteristics of the SCGC mixtures whereas GGBFS aggravated them. However, the incorporation of GGBFS was considerably improved the mechanical properties of SCGCs. Moreover, the incorporation of SF with the total different quantity of GGBFS replacement has considerably increased the mechanical properties of SCGCs, by close to (65%) for the splitting strength and (200%) for compressive strength.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제42권10호
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• pp.654-659
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• 2005

The ceramic paper, which could adsorb VOC's effectively, was made by paper-making method with zeolite and ceramic fiber as main constituents. By this experiment, the optimal composition of the slurry for the ceramic paper formation was established. SEM observation showed that zeolite powder was uniformly dispersed and adhered to the paper by applying inorganic binder. The two type zeolites content in the ceramic paper was 26 wt$\%$ and its BET surface area was 131 $m^{2}$/g. The thickness and the basis weight of the ceramic paper were 0.2 mm and 130 g/$m^{2}$ respectively, and it had sufficient tensile characteristics to withstand tensile stress without tearing during corrugation. The total inorganic content of the paper was 78 wt$ \% $ and organic content was 22 wt$\%$. The equilibrium loading amount of toluene at the toluene at the toluene partial pressure of 0.2 mmHg was 3.2 wt$\%$.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.130-137
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• 2013

본 연구는 실험계획법을 통하여 과산화수소로 발포된 석고 혼입 경량기포콘크리트로 통계적 분석을 실시하였다. 본 실험에서는 경량기포콘크리트를 구성하는 각 재료의 혼합비율을 실험인자로 설정하고, 실험을 통해 얻어진 반응변수에 대한 통계적 분석으로 역학적 특성을 평가 하였다. 실험인자는 석고혼입율, 물결합재비 및 발포제첨가비 이며, 반응변수는 겉보기밀도, 압축강도, 휨강도이다. 경량기포콘크리트의 배합은 반응표면설계의 Box-Behnken (B-B)계획법에 의해 총 15회의 실험점을 설정하였다. 본 연구결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 반응변수에 대한 각 설명인자 (석고혼입율, 물결합재비, 발포제첨가비)의 유의확률값은 유의수준 ${\alpha}$=0.05에서 유의한 것으로 추정되었다. 경량기포콘크리트의 겉보기밀도에 대한 반응표면 분석 결과, 물결합재비 와 발포제첨가비만 유의 (${\alpha}$=0.05)한 것으로 추정되었으며, 겉보기밀도와 기포량 및 함수율과의 관계는 반비례함을 확인 알 수 있었다. 경량기포콘크리트의 압축강도에 대한 반응표면 분석 결과, 물결합재비, 발포제첨가비 및 발포제첨가비의 제곱항이 유의 (${\alpha}$=0.05)한 것으로 추정되었다. 경량기포콘크리트의 휨강도에 대한 반응표면 분석 결과, 물결합재비 와 발포제첨가비만 유의 (${\alpha}$=0.05)한 것으로 추정되었다. 다중 반응 최적법을 통해 반응변수들의 목표값을 만족하는 최적조건 영역을 확인할 수 있었다.