• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2022

In this article, the flexural and shear capacity of ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete beams (UHPFRC) using two kinds of rebars, including GFRP and steel rebars, are experimentally investigated. For this purpose, six UHPFRC beams (250 × 300 × 1650 mm) with three reinforcement ratios (ρ) of 0.64, 1.05, and 1.45 were constructed using 2% steel fibers by volume. Half of the specimens were made of UHPFRC reinforced with GFRP rebars, while the other half were reinforced with conventional steel rebars. All specimens were tested to failure in four-point bending. Both the load-deformation at mid-span and the failure pattern were studied. The results showed that utilizing GFRP bars increases the flexural strength of UHPFRC beams in comparison to those made of steel bars, but at the same time, it reduces the post-cracking strain hardening. Furthermore, by increasing the percentage of longitudinal bars, both the post-cracking strain hardening and load-bearing capacity increase. Comparing the experiment results with some of the available equations and provisions cited in the valid design codes reveals that some of the equations to predict the flexural strength of UHPFRC beams reinforced with conventional steel and GFRP bars are reasonably conservative, while Khalil and Tayfur model is un-conservative. This issue makes it essential to modify the presented equations in this research for predicting the flexural strength of UHPFRC beams using GFRP bars.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.161-170
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• 2023

Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is produced using high amount of cementitious materials, very low water/cementitious materials ratio, fine-sized fillers, and steel fibers. Due to the dense microstructure of UHPC, it possesses very high strength, elasticity, and durability. Besides that, the UHPC exhibits high ductility and fracture toughness due to presence of fibers in its matrix. While the high ductility of UHPC allows it to undergo high strain/deflection before failure, the high fracture toughness of UHPC greatly enhances its capacity to absorb impact energy without allowing the formation of severe cracking or penetration by the impactor. These advantages with UHPC make it a suitable material for construction of the structural members subjected to special loading conditions. In this research work, the UHPC mixtures having three different dosages of steel fibers (2%, 4% and 6% by weight corresponding to 0.67%, 1.33% and 2% by volume) were characterized in terms of their mechanical properties including facture toughness, before using these concrete mixtures for casting the slab specimens, which were tested under high-energy impact loading with the help of a drop-weight impact test setup. The effect of fiber content on the impact energy absorption capacity and central deflection of the slab specimens were investigated and the equations correlating fiber content with the energy absorption capacity and central deflection were obtained with high degrees of fit. Finite element modeling (FEM) was performed to simulate the behavior of the slabs under impact loading. The FEM results were found to be in good agreement with their corresponding experimentally generated results.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.295-301
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• 2011

최근 고성능 감수제, 실리카 퓸과 강섬유 등을 사용하여 제조한 초고성능 콘크리트(UHPC)의 사용이 전 세계적으로 증가하고 있다. UHPC는 강도가 높을 뿐만 아니라 조직이 치밀하여 내구성 측면에서도 우수한 성능을 갖고 있지만 W/B가 낮고 단위 시멘트량이 많기 때문에 초기 수화열과 자기수축이 많이 발생하여 재령 초기에 균열 발생 위험성이 높아지게 된다. UHPC의 초기 수축균열은 수축 저감제 및 팽창재의 자기수축 보상 효과에 의하여 제어할 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 수축 저감제 및 팽창재를 혼입한 UHPC의 초음파 속도를 측정하여 재령 초기 강성 변화를 추정하였고, 수축 실험을 통하여 수축 저감제 및 팽창재가 UHPC의 자기수축에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 또한 UHPC의 자기 수축 실험 결과로부터 자기수축 예측 모델의 재료 상수를 결정하였다. 결론적으로 수축 저감제 및 팽창재를 혼입함에 따라 UHPC 강성이 신속하게 발현되며, 자기수축 저감에 효과가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.182-187
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• 2005

최근 국내에 소개된 폴리카르본산계의 종류는 기능적 분류로 감수용, 유지용, 초고강도용 등으로 소개되고 있으며 이들은 각기 화학적 구조의 차이와 시멘트와 혼합 후 거동의 차이에 의하여 각기 다른 물리적 특성을 보였으며 감수용의 경우 시멘트 중량의 $1.2\%의 사용시 $30\% 이상의 높은 감수율을 보였으나 골재분리를 동반하였으며 콘크리트 제조 후 45분 경과시 슬럼프 플로우의 감소가 약 30cm 이상 발생하였으며 유지용의 경우 롱일 사용량에서 약 $25\% 감수율을 보였으며 45분까지의 슬림프 플로우의 경시 변화는 15cm 이하로 관찰되었다. 초고강도용의 경우 시멘트 중량의 $1.2\%를 사용한 경우 $30\% 이상의 감수율로 관찰되었으며 슬럼프 플로우의 45분 후의 경시변화는 100m 이하로 측정되었다. 압축갔도의 경우 초고강도용의 경우 탁월한 조기 강도 증진 효과를 보였으며 특정배합에서의 18시간 압축강도는 약 $60\;Kgf/cm^2$ 이상이 확보될 수 있었으며 24시간에서 $80\;Kgf/cm^2$이상이 확보될 수 있었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2023

본 연구는 섬유가 혼입된 혼합시멘트 콘크리트의 초고온에서의 폭렬특성 및 내화성능을 평가하는 것이 목표이다. 이를 위해 FA계, Slag계 및 섬유 혼입량에 따른 각각의 배합을 상온, 150℃, 300℃, 600℃, 900℃의 온도로 가열한 후, 폭렬 형상, 압축강도 및 탄성계수를 측정 및 평가하였다. 실험 결과, Slag계 시편보다 FA계 시편이 초고온 가열에서 표면손상이 상대적으로 많이 발생한 것으로 나타났으며, 초고온 가열 즉 900℃에서 섬유를 혼입하지 않은 배합과 혼입한 배합의 차이가 발생하였는데, 그 결과 섬유를 혼입하지 않은 배합에서 약 5% 이상의 강도저하가 발생하였다. 또한 탄성계수 역시 압축강도와 동일한 현상이 나타났으며, 특히 압축강도가 감소하는 양에 비해 탄성계수의 감소 폭이 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 한편 가열온도에 따른 압축강도와 탄성계수의 추정식을 통계적으로 제안하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권1호
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• pp.19-32
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• 2020

Due to repetitive traffic loadings and environmental attacks, reinforced concrete (RC) bridge deck slabs are suffering from severe degradation, which makes structural repairing an urgency. In this study, the fatigue performance of an RC bridge deck repairing technique using ultra-high performance fiber reinforcement concrete (UHPFRC) overlay is assessed experimentally with a wheel-type loading set-up as well as analytically based on finite element method (FEM) using a crack bridging degradation concept. In both approaches, an original RC slab is firstly preloaded to achieve a partly damaged RC slab which is then repaired with UHPFRC overlay and reloaded. The results indicate that the developed analytical method can predict the experimental fatigue behaviors including displacement evolutions and crack patterns reasonably well. In addition, as the shear stress in the concrete/UHPFRC interface stays relatively low over the calculations, this interface can be simply simulated as perfect. Moreover, superior to the experiments, the numerical method provides fatigue behaviors of not only the repaired but also the unrepaired RC slabs. Due to the high strengths and cracking resistance of UHPFRC, the repaired slab exhibited a decelerated deterioration rate and an extended fatigue life compared with the unrepaired slab. Therefore, the proposed repairing scheme can afford significant strengthen effects and act as a reference for future practices and engineering applications.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.417-430
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• 2017

Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) has aroused interest around the world owing to superior mechanical and durability properties over conventional concrete. However, the application of UHPC in practice poses difficulties due to its inherent brittleness. UHPC filled in steel tube columns (UHPC-FSTCs) are capable of restricting the brittle failure of non-reinforced UHPC columns and forming a high performance member with enhancement of strength and ductility. Currently, research on UHPC-FSTCs remains very limited and there is relatively little information about the mechanical behavior of these columns. Therefore, this study presents a review of past experimental studies to have a deeper insight into the compressive behavior of UHPC-FSTCs under axial loading on entire section and on concrete core. Based on the test results obtained from Schneider (2006) and Xiong (2012), an analysis was conducted to investigate the influence of the confinement index (${\xi}$) and diameter to steel tube thickness ratio (D/t) on the strength and the ductility in short circular UHPC-FSTCs. Furthermore, the appropriateness of current design codes including EC4, AISC, AIJ and previous analytical models for estimating the ultimate loads of composite columns was also examined by the comparison between the predictions and the test results. Finally, simplified formulae for predicting the ultimate loads in two types of loading pattern were proposed and verified.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제63권3호
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• pp.371-384
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• 2017

Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) has recently been applied as an alternative to conventional concrete in construction due to its extremely high compressive and tensile strength, and enhanced durability. However, up to date, there has been insufficient information regarding the confinement behavior of UHPC columns. Therefore, this study aims to perform an assessment of axial stress-strain model for UHPC confined by circular steel tube stub columns. The equations for calculating the confined peak stress and its corresponding strain of confined concrete in existing models suggested by Johansson (2002), Sakino et al. (2004), Han et al. (2005), Hatzigeorgiou (2008) were modified based on the regression analysis of test results in Schneider (2006) in order to increase the prediction accuracy for the case of confined UHPC. Furthermore, a new axial stress-strain model for confined UHPC was developed. To examine the suitability of the modified models and the proposed model for confined UHPC, axial stress-strain curves derived from the proposed models were compared with those obtained from previous test results. After validating the proposed model, an extensive parametric study was undertaken to investigate the effects of diameter-to-thickness ratio, steel yield strength and concrete compressive strength on the complete axial stress-strain curves, the strength and strain enhancement of UHPC confined by circular steel tube stub columns.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2009

고강도 콘크리트(HSC)는 화재 시 $100^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 부재내부의 수분 증발로 인하여 발생한 수증기가 수밀한 콘크리트에 갇혀 피복이 탈락되는 폭렬현상이 발생한다. 콘크리트의 폭렬을 제어할 수 있는 방안으로는 폴리프로필렌 섬유(PP섬유)를 혼입하는 방법이 가장 효율적인 것으로 보고되었다. 그러나 일정량 이상 PP섬유의 사용은 폭렬저감에 효과가 없으며 특히, 초고강도 콘크리트의 시공성을 저하시킬 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 콘크리트 강도 60MPa에서 최적의 PP섬유량을 도출하고 120MPa 초고강도 콘크리트에서 시공성을 확보하기 위하여 PP섬유를 대신하여 PP분말 및 폴리비닐알콜(PVA)섬유를 사용한 기둥실험체의 내화실험 및 잔존강도 실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과 60MPa 실험체에서 PP섬유 함유량이 0%에서 0.2%까지 증가 할수록 잔존 축강도비는 68%에서 85%까지 증가하였으나, PP섬유 함유량이 0.2% 이상에서는 잔존강도의 증가가 거의 나타나지 않았다. 또한, 120Mpa 실험체에서 내화성능과 시공성을 함께 고려할 경우 PVA섬유가 가장 합리적인 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2019년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.143-144
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• 2019

This study introduces the production and construction of building interior and exterior materials using UHPC for premix type room temperature curing developed through advance research and development.