• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.617-631
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• 2022

To study the eccentric compressive performance of the basalt-fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete (BFRRAC)-filled circular steel tubular stub column, 8 specimens with different replacement ratios of recycled coarse aggregate (RCA), basalt fiber (BF) dosage, strength grade of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) and eccentricity were tested under eccentric static loading. The failure mode of the specimens was observed, and the relationship curves during the entire loading process were obtained. Further, the load-lateral displacement curve was simulated and verified. The influence of the different parameters on the peak bearing capacity of the specimens was analyzed, and the finite element analysis model was established under eccentric compression. Further, the design-calculation method of the eccentric bearing capacity for the specimens was suggested. It was observed that the strength failure is the ultimate point during the eccentric compression of the BFRRAC-filled circular steel tubular stub column. The shape of the load-lateral deflection curves of all specimens was similar. After the peak load was reached, the lateral deflection in the column was rapidly increased. The peak bearing capacity decreased on enhancing the replacement ratio or eccentric distance, while the core RAC strength exhibited the opposite behavior. The ultimate bearing capacity of the BFRRAC-filled circular steel tubular stub column under eccentric compression calculated based on the limit analysis theory was in good agreement with the experimental values. Further, the finite element model of the eccentric compression of the BFRRAC-filled circular steel tubular stub column could effectively analyze the eccentric mechanical properties.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.249-252
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• 1999

Recently, the use of lightweight concrete in architectural structures are increasing. It is considered important to control the quality of lightweight concrete. The purpose of this study is to find mechanical properties of lightweight concrete using the expanded clay. Thus, slump, air content, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, length change ratio, unitweight change ratio and absorption of lightweight concrete have been investigated. As a result, it was shown that proper expanded clay replaced by coarse aggregate in concrete was considered as a good replacement of lightweight concrete.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.27-32
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• 1999

This study was performed to evaluate properties of recycled concrete for roadway pavement. Recycled concretes was manufactured for the target compressive strength of 280kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and 180kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$ with recycled aggregate ratio of 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, respectively. Laboratory experiment was conducted for testing properties of fresh concrete and concrete strength at curing 28days and durability by freezing and thawing treatment. The study result presented a maximum replacement ratio of recycled material.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.221-224
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• 2001

In this paper, the properties of concrete using recycled fine aggregate are anlyzed. Five different contents. 0%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% of recycled concrete were used for this study. At curing 280days, compressive strength, dry-shrinkage, static modulus of elasticity and poission's ratio have been tested according to replacement ratio of recycled fine aggregates.

• Computers and Concrete
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.333-341
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• 2021

Steel slag, an industrial reject from the steel rolling process, has been identified as one of the suitable, environmentally friendly materials for concrete production. Given that the coarse aggregate portion represents about 70% of concrete constituents, other economic approaches have been found in the use of alternative materials such as steel slag in concrete. Unfortunately, a standard framework for its application is still lacking. Therefore, this study proposed functional model equations for the determination of strength properties (compression and splitting tensile) of steel slag aggregate concrete (SSAC), using gene expression programming (GEP). The study, in the experimental phase, utilized steel slag as a partial replacement of crushed rock, in steps 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%, respectively. The predictor variables included in the analysis were cement, sand, granite, steel slag, water/cement ratio, and curing regime (age). For the model development, 60-75% of the dataset was used as the training set, while the remaining data was used for testing the model. Empirical results illustrate that steel aggregate could be used up to 100% replacement of conventional aggregate, while also yielding comparable results as the latter. The GEP-based functional relations were tested statistically. The minimum absolute percentage error (MAPE), and root mean square error (RMSE) for compressive strength are 6.9 and 1.4, and 12.52 and 0.91 for the train and test datasets, respectively. With the consistency of both the training and testing datasets, the model has shown a strong capacity to predict the strength properties of SSAC. The results showed that the proposed model equations are reliably suitable for estimating SSAC strength properties. The GEP-based formula is relatively simple and useful for pre-design applications.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.55-61
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• 2017

This paper is to investigate experimentally the effect of substitution of recycled coarse aggregate(RCA) under 13mm on the engineering properties of the concrete using gap graded coarse aggregates. Concretes with 0.4 of water to cement ratio(W/C) were fabricated to achieve 30MPa of design strength with coarse aggregate over 13mm in size with the maximum size of 25mm. RCA was substituted for coarse aggregate over 13mm from 10% to 50% and crushed coarse aggregate under 13mm was also substituted for coarse aggregate over 13mm from 20% to 40%, respectively. Test results indicated that the replacement of RCA up to 20% resulted in an increase of fluidity and strength. It also caused a decrease in the drying shrinkage due to dense packing effect by achieving continuous grading of mixed aggregates. For practical application of RCA, when properly substituted, the use of RCA enabled the concrete to reduce water contents and sand to aggregate ratio in mixing design stage of the concrete. And, it can also enhance the compressive strength of the concrete.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.43-46
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• 2007

This study dealt with the influence of the replacement ratio of rapidly-chilled steel slag on fluidity and compressive strength of unsaturated polyester polymer concretes. The rapidly-chilled steel slag used in this study, a by-product which is produced by refining pig iron during the manufacture of steel, was controled by a air-jet method which rapidly cools substance melted at a high temperature. Experimental results show that fluidity and compressive strength of unsaturated polyester polymer concretes increase with increasing replacement ratio of rapidly-chilled steel slag. Use of rapidly-chilled steel slag was found to be effective for improving fluidity and compressive strength of rapidly-chilled steel slag.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.611-629
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• 2018

The objective of present study is to investigate the effect of granulated blast furnace slag (GBS) as partial substitution of natural sand on behaviour of cement mortar. For this, the methods of factorial design with water cement (w/c) ratio and incorporation percentages of GBS as replacement of natural fine aggregate i.e., GBS(%) as factors are followed. The levels of factor w/c ratio are fixed at 0.4, 0.45, and 0.5 and the levels of factor GBS(%) are kept fixed as 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%. The compressive strength (CS) of mortar after 3, 7, 14, 28, 56 and 90 days, and water absorption (WA) are chosen as responses of the study. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of experimental results has been carried out and those are illustrated by ANOVA tables, main effect and interaction plots. The results of study depict that the selected factors have substantial influence on the strength and WA of mortar. However, the interaction of factors has no substantial impact on CS and WA of mixes.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.211-216
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• 2002

Recently, the more the PET bottles are needed, the more waste PET bottles were produced. So, if there was no suitable recycling, that was contaminate our environment and use up the natural resources. This paper deals with the artificial lightweight aggregate(ALA), made of waste PET bottles, and the properties of concrete replaced with ALA. As a result of experiment, it is shown that the specific gravity of PBLA is 1.39, the unit volume weight is 844 kg/$cm^3$, and absorbing rate is 0. In absorbing rate test, the rate is 10 % increased by replacing of 20 % PBLA and the mixture rate for water and cement is 44.6 % and 51.2 %, in case target strength for 240kgf/$cm^2$, and 270kg/$cm^2$, by added PBLA 75 % and 50 % respectively. So, to obtain a certain target strength, appropriate W/C ratio is required the replacement ratio of PBLA.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.215-216
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• 2019

Recently, due to abnormal climate phenomena caused by greenhouse gas, flood damage such as local torrential rain has been emerging in Korea. Accordingly, there is a growing need for porous blocks capable of permeability in concrete, but there are limitations in commercialization due to problems such as high unit weight and flexural strength development limitations. This study investigates the unit weight and strength properties of porous blocks using bottom ash as an alternative to aggregate as part of a study to improve the light weight of porous blocks.