• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.89-95
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• 2010

There is the freezing method as one of the ground improvement methods for excavating an underground tunnel, and due to its improved reliability, recently construction cases of applying this method into sandy soil grounds as well as cohesive soil grounds of cities have been reported. But, applying the freezing method into cohesive soil grounds could bring concerns of the expansion of the whole ground and the settlements from thawing of ground. In this study, the deformation strength characteristics of cohesive soil which received freezing and thawing hysteresis were examined using the sample collected from the site of cohesive soil ground applied with the freezing method and its structural characteristics were analyzed using an electronic microscope. And, the test with cohesive soil reconstituted from cohesive soil which received freezing and thawing hysteresis was carried out and its result was analyzed comparatively. The result of this test showed that the structure of natural clay was significantly changed due to freezing and thawing hysteresis.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.59-67
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• 1998

The object of this study is to investigate the strength characteristics and the freeze-thaw resistance of high strength concrete incorporating fine blast furnace slag. Major experimental variables were the water/cement ratio, maximum size of coarse aggregate, and cement types such as ordinary portland and slag cement. The results were as follows ; The workability of fresh concrete incorporating fine blast furnace slag was better than that of OPC(ordinary Portland cement) in terms of slump. The freeze-thaw resistance showed better than that of OPC, keeping more than 90% of relative modules of elasticity after 506 cycles and showing only a hair crack at surface without serious damage. Thus, the fine blast furnace slag might be recycled at concrete to make high strength concrete at fields.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.259-260
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• 2018

This study evaluated the compressive strength, freeze-thaw and sulfate resistance characteristics of concrete using CFBC-Ash. The CFBC-Ash was adjusted to a particle size of 75 ㎛ or less and using by increasing the fineness of powder through milling. As a result, it was confirmed that the concrete using CFBC-Ash shows a high compressive strength, durability. Also, it is confirmed that CFBC-ash can be used as a concrete binder.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.315-325
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• 2017

The purpose of the paper is to determine the influence of two widely used steel fibers and polypropylene fibers on the sulphate crystallization resistance, freeze-thaw resistance and surface wettability of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). Tests were carried out on cubes and cylinders of plain UHPC and fiber reinforced UHPC with varying contents ranging from 0.25 to 1% steel fibers and/or polypropylene fibers. Extensive data from the salt resistance test, frost resistance test, dynamic modulus of elasticity test before and after freezing-thawing, as well as the contact angle test were recorded and analyzed. Fiber hybridization relatively increased the resistance to salt crystallization and freeze-thaw resistance of UHPC in comparison with a single type of fiber in UHPC at the same fiber volume fraction. The experimental results indicate that hybrid fibers can significantly improve the adhesion properties and reduce the wettability of the UHPC surface.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.117-120
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• 2004

Up to now, many researches have been performed md verified that many properties of concrete can be improved by using mineral admixtures such as blast furnace slag, silica fume, and expansive admixture. But it is not clear whether there is any need for entraining air to make a high strength concrete using expansive admixture and mineral admixtures to insure enough freeze-thaw resistance. this paper presents the strength and durability properties of high strength concrete using expasive admixtures and industrial by-products. It was observed from the test results that very high strength concrete$(W/B=20\%)$ is not needed to be air entrained and high strength concrete$(W/B=30\%)$ using expansive admixture and mineral admixtures is needed to be entrained $2\~4\%$ air.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.46-49
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• 2007

This paper describes the sensitive cooling performance change of J-T refrigerator for cryosurgical probe due to its working fluid. The analytical results of using 50 bar nitrous oxide are compared with the case of 300 bar argon. Bio-heat equation is numerically solved to investigate the effect of the probe temperature and the cooling power of the J-T refrigerator. The refrigerator using 50 bar nitrous oxide has larger cooling power above 185 K than the one with 300 bar argon, which enables fast cooling at early stage of cryosurgery, but the biological tissue away from the probe tends to be cooled slowly after the probe reaches its lowest operating temperature. When the repeated freeze-thaw cycle is employed for main tissue destruction mechanism, using high pressure nitrous oxide is more advantageous than argon if the freezing operation is within 2-3 minutes. The probe with high pressure argon is more suitable for the case of longer freeze-thaw cycle with fewer repetitions.

• 한국도로학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.09a
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• pp.15-20
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• 2010

• 한국도로학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.09a
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• pp.199-202
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• 2010

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.623-631
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• 2018

In this study, the degree of deterioration of concrete was investigated in the laboratory under conditions of carbonation and freeze-thaw cycling, which are the major causes of the deterioration of its performance. In this test, the carbonated concrete was subjected to combined freeze-thaw deterioration tests for up to 300 cycles, and its dynamic elastic modulus and compressive strength were measured. The evaluation of the effect of the water-binder ratio on normal concrete subjected to combined carbonization and freezing-thawing showed that its resistibility against such combined deterioration decreased more rapidly in the concrete with a water-binder ratio of 55 % compared with that having a water-binder ratio of 35 %. In the case where the concrete was blended with a mineral admixture consisting of fly ash and blast furnace slag at the same water-binder ratio, it showed an increase of its resistibility against combined deterioration.

• 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.