• Computers and Concrete
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.37-48
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• 2015

Alkali aggregate reaction affects numerous civil engineering structures and causes irreversible expansion and cracking. This work aims at developing model to predict the potential expansion of concrete containing alkali-reactive aggregates. First, the paper presents the experimental results concerning the influence of particle size of an alkali-reactive aggregate on mortar expansion studied at 0.15-0.80 mm, 1.25-2.50 mm and 2.5-5.0 mm size fractions and gives data necessary for model development. Results show that no expansion was measured on the mortars using small particles (0.15-0.80 mm) while the particles (1.25-2.50 mm) gave the largest expansions. Finally, model is proposed to simulate the experimental results by studying correlations between the measured expansions and the size of aggregates and to calculate the thickness of the porous zone necessary to take again all the volume of the gel created by this chemical reaction.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.70-75
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to recycle the waste concrete which is generated in large quantities as crushed stone in construction works. This study deals with the comparative analysis on the construction works and engineering properties of recycled aggregate concrete through physical experiment. The experimental variables are the kinds of aggregates, some different aggregate composition, and W/C ratio(0.40, 0.45, 0.50). It is able to find from the experimental results that the recycled aggregate concrete is good as general concrete on the construction works and engineering propperties. In addition to, the reliable regression analysis equations between compressive strength and various experimental data for recycled aggregate concrete are presented.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.101-103
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• 2011

Various desired performances of concrete cannot be always obtained by current conventional mix proportion methods for recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). This paper suggests a new design method of mix proportion for RAC to reduce the number of trial mixes using genetic algorithm (GA) which has been an optimization technique to solve the multi-object problem. In mix design method by GA, several fitness functions for the required properties of concrete, i.e., slump, strength, price, and carbonation speed coefficient were considered based on conventional data or fitness function. As a result, various optimum mix proportions for RAC that meet required performances were obtained and the risk evaluation was also conducted for selected mixtures.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.352-359
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• 2003

Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements are more durable and have superior surface friction compared to most dense-graded asphalt. However, data collected to date generally show PCC pavements to create more noise than asphaltic surfaces. Recent research has shown that some of the new concrete pavement textures are worthy of further examination. One of these, exposed aggregate surfaces, appear to provide better noise quality characteristics as well as good frictional characteristics and durability. In this paper, we considered the relationship between noise level and various textures of exposed aggregate concrete (EAC) pavement by tire impact noise measurement. As the results of that, it was suggested that optimum surface texture and manufacturing condition of EAC in order to reduce tire and pavement interaction noise. Conclusively, we would like to recommend optimum condition of EAC pavement at the respects of materials and treatment. Furthermore, Frequency spectrum as well as A-weighted noise level was also evaluated to analyze properties of noise between PCC and EAC.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.453-456
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• 2005

The use of lightweight concrete products is usually increased at a recently high structures. Among the rest EPSB concrete products which have an excellence on the sound and thermal insolation are used. Also, the gathering of nature aggregate is limited, so that lack of fine aggregate is appearing. The purpose of this study is to obtain basic data of properties of EPSB concrete in according to types of aggregate. The results of experiment are as follow. The EPSB concrete using bottom ash is appeared the lowest slump in fresh concrete. The EPSB concrete using river sand and bottom ash are showed as a similar compressive strength except it using crushed sand in hardened concrete.

• Computers and Concrete
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.383-392
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• 2023

The mechanical properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC) with 100 percent Recycled Coarse Aggregate (RCA) under loading rates were investigated in depth. The theoretical model was validated utilizing the RAC elastic modulus obtained from cylindrical specimens subjected to various strain rates. Viscoelastic theories have traditionally been used to describe creep and relaxation of viscoelastic materials at low strain rates. In this study, viscoelastic theories were extended to the time domain of high strain rates. The theory proposed was known as reversed viscoelastic theory. Normalized Dirichlet-Prony theory was used as an illustration, and its parameters were determined. Comparing the predicted results to the experimental data revealed a high level of concordance. This methodology demonstrated its ability to characterize the strain rate effect for viscoelastic materials, as well as its applicability for determining not only the elastic modulus for viscoelastic materials, but also their shear and bulk moduli.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.573-589
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• 2017

Cloud computing is an attractive solution that can provide low cost storage and powerful processing capabilities for government agencies or enterprises of small and medium size. Yet the confidentiality of information should be considered by any organization migrating to cloud, which makes the research on relational database system based on encryption schemes to preserve the integrity and confidentiality of data in cloud be an interesting subject. So far there have been various solutions for realizing SQL queries on encrypted data in cloud without decryption in advance, where generally homomorphic encryption algorithm is applied to support queries with aggregate functions or numerical computation. But the existing homomorphic encryption algorithms cannot encrypt floating-point numbers. So in this paper, we present a mechanism to enable the trusted party to encrypt the floating-points by homomorphic encryption algorithm and partial trusty server to perform summation on their ciphertexts without revealing the data itself. In the first step, we encode floating-point numbers to hide the decimal points and the positive or negative signs. Then, the codes of floating-point numbers are encrypted by homomorphic encryption algorithm and stored as sequences in cloud. Finally, we use the data structure of DoubleListTree to implement the aggregate function of SUM and later do some extra processes to accomplish the summation.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.273-283
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• 2000

In this paper we suggest an optimal design method of Fuzzy-Neural Networks(FNN) model for complex and nonlinear systems. The FNNs use the simplified inference as fuzzy inference method and Error Back Propagation Algorithm as learning rule. And we use a HCM(Hard C-Means) Clustering Algorithm to find initial parameters of the membership function. The parameters such as parameters of membership functions learning rates and momentum weighted value is proposed to achieve a sound balance between approximation and generalization abilities of the model. According to selection and adjustment of a weighting factor of an aggregate objective function which depends on the number of data and a certain degree of nonlinearity (distribution of I/O data we show that it is available and effective to design and optimal FNN model structure with a mutual balance and dependency between approximation and generalization abilities. This methodology sheds light on the role and impact of different parameters of the model on its performance (especially the mapping and predicting capabilities of the rule based computing). To evaluate the performance of the proposed model we use the time series data for gas furnace the data of sewage treatment process and traffic route choice process.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2002.06a
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• pp.73-76
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• 2002

In this paper, we consider an algorithm for effectively providing data services for mobile users with different levels of priorities in a DS-CDMA system. The priority level of a user is specified by a factor that is a weighting on the instantaneous data throughput of the user. We define tile weighted instantaneous aggregate data throughput and use it to characterize the performance of the prioritized data service. Our prioritized data service is implemented so that the weighted instantaneous aggregate data throughput is maximized via efficient power and spreading gain allocation. We present efficient algorithms for computing tile optimal power and spreading gain allocation.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.54 no.5
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• pp.515-533
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• 2021

Based on the supply location, demand location, and transportation network, aggregate supply-demand characteristics and aggregate distribution status were analyzed from the results of the closest distance, service areas, and location-allocation scenarios using GIS network analysis. As a result, it was found that the average transport distance of aggregates from the supplier was 6 km on average, the average range of 7 km for sand, and 10 km for gravel was found to reach the destination. In particular, the simulated service area covers about 92% in Seoul-Gyeonggi Province, 85% in Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam Province, and more than 90% in Daejeon-Sejong-Chungnam Province. These results have a significant implication in quantitatively interpreting primary data on aggregate supply-demand. Furthermore, these results suggest the possibility of a wide-area quantitative analysis of aggregate supply regions necessary for establishing a basic aggregate plan. The results also evaluated by the site-allocation scenario show that aggregate supply may be possible through companies less than 200 with large-amounts quarries, which is the 700 companies currently supplying small amounts of aggregates on the country. Therefore, in terms of distribution of aggregates, a policy approach is needed to form an appropriate market for regions with high and low density of aggregate supply services, and the necessity of regional distribution and re-evaluation is suggested through an aggregate supply analysis demand across the country. Furthermore, in analyzing the supply-demand network for the aggregate market, additional research is needed to establish long-term policies for the aggregate industry and related industries.