• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.311-317
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• 2015

Cement zero concrete produced by alkali-activators and industrial by-products such as slag instead of cement, enables to solve the environmental pollution problems provoked by the exhaustion of natural resources and energy as well as the discharge of carbon dioxide. However, researches on the cement zero concrete are still limited to material studies and thus, study on the structural behavior of relevant members is essential to use the cement zero concrete as structural materials. This paper aims to evaluate experimentally and analytically the flexural behavior of RC beams using 50 MPa alkali activated slag concrete. To achieve such a goal, flexural tests on three types of RC beam specimens were conducted. A nonlinear analysis model is proposed using the modulus of elasticity and stress-strain relationship of alkali activated slag concrete. The analysis results obtained by the proposed model agree well with the experimental results, which could verify the validity of the proposed model.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.613-616
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• 2008

Many researches on alkali-activated concrete that does not need the presence of cement as a binder have been carried out recently. Instead, the source of material such as fly ash and blast slag, that are rich in Silicon(Si) and Aluminium(Al), are activated by alkaline liquids to produce the binder. Hence concrete with no cement is effect reduction of CO$_2$ gas. In this study, we investigated the influence of the workability and compressive strength of mortar on water reducing agent, alkaline activator and curing method in oder to develop cementless blast slag based alkali-activated mortar. In view of the results, we found out that the flowability of mortar was lowered as increasing to mole concentration of NaOH, but not large the loss of flowability to 9M NaOH, most of water reducing agent was not effect. The compressive strength was improved as increasing to mole concentration of NaOH, was the most effect in 9M NaOH. The curing temperature and curing conditions on compressive strength of blast slag based alkali-activated mortar didn't influence.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.397-398
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• 2009

Recently, the research about alkaline activity concrete is being progressed actively. In this paper, the effect of many kinds of alkaline activation to fly ash based cement zero mortar is examined.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.58-63
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• 2015

Several researches on cement zero concrete using alkali-activators have been conducted to investigate its fundamental material properties such as slump, strength and durability, however, research on the structural behavior of relevant members involving the elastic modulus, stress-strain relationship is essential for the application of this cement zero concrete to structural members. In this paper the shear behavior of reinforced concrete beams using 50 MPa-alkali activated slag concrete was experimentally evaluated. To achieve such a goal, six reinforced concrete beam specimens were fabricated and their shear behaviors were observed. The maximum difference between test results and analysis results in crack shear stress for beam specimens without stirrups is 31%, while that for beam specimens with stirrup is 15%. Furthermore, it is also found that the shear strength of alkali activated slag concrete is by 22~57% greater than the nominal shear strength calculated by design code, implying that shear design equations would provide conservative results on the safety side.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.39-50
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• 2009

Portland cement production is under critical review due to high amount of $CO_2$ gas released to the atmosphere. Attempts to increase the utilization of fly ash, a by-products from thermal power plant to partially replace the cement in concrete are gathering momentum. But most of fly ash is currently dumped in landfills, thus creating a threat to the environment. Many researches on alkali-activated concrete that does not need the presence of cement as a binder have been carried out recently. Instead, the source of material such as fly ash, that are rich in Silicon(Si) and Aluminium(Al), are activated by alkaline liquids to produce the binder. Hence concrete with no cement is effective in the reduction of $CO_2$ gas. In this study, we investigated the influence of the compressive strength of mortar on alkaline activator and curing condition in order to develop cementless fly ash based alkali-activated concrete. In view of the results, we found out that it was possible for us to make alkali-activated mortar with 70MPa at the age of 28days by using alkaline activator manufactured as 1:1 the mass ratio of 9M NaOH and sodium silicate and applying the atmospheric curing after high temperature at $60^{\circ}C$ for 48hours.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.170-176
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• 2014

This study examined the effect of chemical attack on the stress-strain relationship of alkali-activated Hwangtoh concrete. Water-to-binder ratio and air content were selected as mixture parameters. The stress-strain relationship of concrete was measured at chemical immersion times of 0, 7, 28, 56, and 91 days from an age of 28 days. Based on the test results, the reduction in compressive strength of alkali-activated hwangtoh concrete owing to chemical attack was formulated. In sddition the present study demonstrated that the stress-strain behavior of concrete under chemical attack is significantly dependent on the air content and chemical immersion time, indicating the rate of decrease of modulus of elasticity was greater than that of compressive strength at the same immersion time. As a result, the stress-strain behavior of concrete under chemical attack was significantly inconsistent with the conventional models specified in the CEB-FIP provision.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.555-556
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to estimate compressive strength of concrete using granulated blast furnace slag. We used Sodium silicate, Potassium silicate, Barium hydroxide as alkali activators and Calcium hydroxide to develop water resistance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.361-362
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• 2010

Six alkali-activated(AA) concrete mixes were tested to ascertain the effect of unit binder content on the slump and compressive strength of concrete. Test results showed that the compressive strength of AA-concrete increased with the increase of the unit binder content, while the increasing rate was lower that recorded in ordinary portland cement concrete.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.61-68
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• 2008

A new cementitious material has been developed, called alkali-activated fly ash cement(AAFC), which is used to produce AAFC-concrete for construction. The effect of acid attack, sodium chloride solution, carbonation, freeze-thaw cycling, and SEM, XRD analysis of the AAFC-concrete prepared using alkali-activated fly ash cement and OPC-concrete were experimentally investigated. It was found that the acid resistance of AAFC-concrete(35 MPa) prepared from alkali-activated fly ash at 85$^{\circ}C$ for 24 hrs is far better than OPC-concrete(35 MPa). Also, the AAFC-concrete(35 MPa) had a similar resistance of OPC-concrete(35 MPa) to attack, such as sodium chloride solution, carbonation and freeze-thaw cycling.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.765-772
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• 2011

The present study summarizes a series of compressive tests on concrete cylinder in order to examine the stressstrain relationship of alkali-activated (AA) slag concrete. The compressive strength and unit weight of concrete tested ranged from 8.6 MPa to 42.2 MPa and from $2,186kg/m^3$ to $2,343kg/m^3$, respectively. A mathematical equation representing the complete stress-strain curve was developed based on test results recorded from 34 concrete specimens. The modulus of elasticity, strain at peak stress, slopes of ascending and descending branches of stress-strain curves were generalized as a function of compressive strength and unit weight of concrete. The mean and standard deviation of the coefficient of variance between measured and predicted curves were 6.9% and 2.6%, respectively. This indicates that the stress-strain relationship of AA slag concrete is represented properly with more accuracy in the proposed model than in some other available models for ordinary portland cement (OPC) concrete.