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Initial Performance Evaluation of Fine-size Exposed Aggregate PCC Pavement by Experimental Construction (시험시공을 통한 소입경 골재노출 콘크리트포장의 초기 공용성 평가)

  • Kim, Young-Kyu;Choi, Don-Hwa;Lee, Seung-Woo;Kim, Hyung-Bae
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.87-98
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    • 2010
  • Surface of fine-size exposed aggregate Portland cement concrete pavements is consists of exposed coarse aggregate by removing upper 2~3mm mortar of concrete slab. Fine-size exposed aggregate PCC pavements have advantages of maintaining low-noise and adequate skid-resistance level during the performance period. In order to provide the successful exposed concrete aggregate pavement, uniform distribution of the coarse aggregate on pavement surface through adequate the mix design and exposing method. In this study, evaluated initial performance of fine-size exposed aggregate PCC pavement by experimental construction. And it was known that fine-size exposed aggregate concrete pavement which can reduce the noise and maintain the adequate level of skid resistance and strength.

Shrinkage Properties of High Performance Concrete Depending on Specimen Size and Constraint of Reinforcing Bar (공시체 크기 변화 및 철근구속에 따른 고성능콘크리트의 수축 특성)

  • Han, Cheon-Goo;Kang, Su-Tae;Koh, Kyung-Taek;Hann, Chang-Pyung
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.18 no.1 s.91
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2006
  • This paper reports the test results for shrinkage properties of low shrinkage high performance concrete developed by the authors depending on specimen size and constraint of reinforcing bar. As properties in fresh concrete low shrinkage high performance concrete(LSHPC) combined with expansive additives and shrinkage reducing admixture resulted in increase SP dosage due to loss of fluidity compared with that of control mixture concrete, while the dosage of AE agent was decreased. LSHPC exhibited higher compressive and tensile strength than control mixture concrete. For the effect of specimen size, an increase in specimen size led to a reduction of drying shrinkage. However, it was found that the autogenous shrinkage was not affected by the specimen size and measuring method. For constraint condition, an increase in the ratio of reinforcing bar caused the slight reduction in the strain of reinforcing bar, while it increased the autogenous shrinkage stress. It was seen that LSHPC was effective to reduce autogenous shrinkage by as much as 70% compared with control mixture high performance concrete.

Restraint Coefficient of Long-Term Deformation and loss Rate of Pre-Compression for Concrete (콘크리트 장기변형의 구속계수와 선압축력의 손실률)

  • 연정흠;주낙친
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.521-529
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    • 2002
  • A restraint coefficient for creep and dry shrinkage deformation of concrete in a composite section was derived to calculate the residual stress, and an equation for the loss rate of the pre-compression force was proposed. The derived restraint coefficient was computed by using the transformed section properties for the age-adjusted effective modulus of elasticity. The long-term behavior of complicate composite sections could be analyzed easily with the restraint coefficient. The articles of the current design code was examined for PSC and steel composite sections. The dry shrinkage strains of $150 ~ 200$\times$10^{-6}$ for the computations of the statically indeterminate force and the expansion joint could be under-estimated for less restrained sections such as the reinforced concrete. The dry shrinkage strain of $180$\times$10^{-6}$ for the computation of residual stress in the steel composite section was unreasonably less value. The loss rate of 16.3% of the design code for the PSC composite section in this study was conservative for the long-term deformation of the ACI 205 but could not be used safely for that of the Eurocode 2. For pre-compressed concrete slab in the steel composite section, the loss rate of prestressed force with low strength reinforcement was much larger than that with high strength tendon. The loss rate of concrete pre-compression increased, while that of pre-tension decreased due to the restraint of the steel girder.

The Density and Strength Properties of Lightweight Foamed Concrete Using Stone-Powder Sludge in Hydrothermal Reaction Condition (수열반응 조건에서 석분 슬러지를 사용한 경량 기포 콘크리트의 밀도와 강도 특성)

  • Kim, Jin-Man;Jeong, Ji-Yong;Choi, Se-Jin;Kim, Bong-Joo
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.18 no.5 s.95
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    • pp.687-693
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    • 2006
  • The Stone Powder Sludge(below SPS) is the by-product from the process that translates stone power of 8mm under as crushed fine aggregate. It is the sludge as like cake that has average particle size of $7{\mu}m$, absorbing water content of 20 to 60%, and $SiO_2$ content of 60% over. Because of high water content of SPS, it is not only difficult to handle, transport, and recycle, but also makes worse the economical efficiency due to high energy consuming to drying. This study is aim to recycle SPS as it is without drying. Target product is the lightweight foamed concrete that is made from the slurry mixed with pulverized mineral compounds and foams through hydro-thermal reaction of CaO and $SiO_2$. Although in the commercial lightweight foamed concrete CaO source is the cement and $SiO_2$ source is high purity silica powder with $SiO_2$ of 90%, we tried to use the SPS as $SiO_2$ source. From the experiments with factors such as foam addition rate and replacement proportion of SPS, we find that the lightweight foamed concrete with SPS shows the same trends as the density and strength of lightweight foamed concrete increases according to decrease of foam addition rate. But in the same condition, the lightweight foamed concrete with SPS is superior strength and density to that with high purity silica. This trends is distinguished according to increase of replacement proportion of SPS, also the analysis of XRF shows that the hydro thermal reaction translates SPS to tobermorite. Although SPS has low $SiO_2$ contents, the lightweight foamed concrete with SPS has superior strength and density, because it reacts well with CaO due to extremely fine particles. We conclude that it is possible to replace the high purity silica as SPS in the lightweight foamed concrete experimentally.

Influence of different curing methods on the compressive strength of cemented sand (양생방법이 고결모래의 압축강도에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Sung-Sik;Kim, Ki-Young;Choi, Hyun-Seok;Kim, Chang-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2009.09a
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    • pp.463-471
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    • 2009
  • Cemented soils or concrete are usually cured under moisture conditions and their strength increases with curing time. An insufficient supply of water to cemented soils can contribute to hydration process during curing, which results in the variation of bonding strength of cemented soils. In this study, by the consideration of in situ water supply conditions, cemented sand with cement ratio less than 20% was prepared by air dry, wrapped, and underwater conditions. A series of unconfined compression tests were carried out to evaluate the effect of curing conditions on the strength of cemented soils. The strength of air dry curing specimen was higher than those of wrapped cured specimen when cement ratio was less than 10%, whereas it was lower when cement ratio was greater than 10%. Regardless of cement ratio, air dry cured specimens were stronger than underwater cured specimens. A strength increase ratio with cement ratio was calculated based on the strength of 4% cemented specimen. The strength increase ratio of air dry cured specimen was lowest and that of wrapped and underwater cured ones increased by square. Strength of air dry cured specimen dropped to maximum 30% after wetting when cement ratio was low. However, regardless of cement ratio, strength of wrapped specimens dropped to an average 10% after wetting.

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An Experimental Study on Hydration and Strength Development of High Blain Cement at Low Temperature (저온환경에서 고분말도 시멘트의 수화반응 및 강도발현 특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Mun, Young-Bum;Kim, Hyeong-Cheol;Choi, Hyun-Kuk;Kim, Jae-Young;Lee, Han-Seung;Kim, Mok-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.367-373
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    • 2015
  • In this study, fundamental properties of cement were reviewed to apply high fineness cement at low temperature environment. The classified high fineness cement has large proportion of particles below $10{\mu}m$ which affects early hydration: an overall reaction of cement hydration faster. As a result of using high fineness cement, setting time of concrete was reduced and compressive strength was higher than OPC at all ages. Especially, compressive strength was more than double its value compared with OPC after three days curing in low temperature. Faster reaction and higher heat of hydration was verified by calorimetry early and maximum heat of hydration was analyzed by adiabatic temperature raising test. The analysis of this study confirmed that high fineness cement can be suitable to be used in low temperature environment.

Flexural Behavior of High-Strength Reinforced Concrete Beam with Recycled Aggregate Strengthened by FRP Plate (FRP로 보강된 순환골재 고강도 철근콘크리트 보의 휨거동)

  • Hong, Seong-Uk;Lee, Seung-Ho;Kim, Seung-Hun
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.126-132
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    • 2018
  • As means to increase the use of concrete with recycled coarse aggregate (RCA), this study aims to evaluate the applicability for flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beam with high-strength concretes and RCA on which FRP plates, used for repair and strengthening of old and low-durability reinforced concrete structures, is applied. In order to increase the adhesive force of epoxy and FRP plate, FRP plate was installed according to Near-Surface-Mounted (NSM) method. 12 specimens were manufactured using substitution rate of RCA (30%), concrete strengths (40MPa, 60MPa), diameters of deformed bar (D10, D13), and types of FRP plate (AFRP, CFRP) as variables to analyse flexural performance according to FRP plate and substitution rate of recycled aggregate. As a result, in all specimens, specimens strengthened by FRP plate showed a maximum of 17% increase in performance compared to specimens without FRP plate and strengthening performance of CFRP was found to be higher than AFRP. When modulus of rupture was used, the value of cracking moment was similar to that of the reference equation. As bending moment of some specimens strengthened by FRP plate failed to satisfy the criteria of KCI 2012 and ACI 440-2R, additional experiment is deemed as necessary.

Application of Waste Concrete Powder as Silica Powder of Cement Extruding Panel (시멘트 압출패널의 규사분말 대체재로서 폐콘크리트 미립분의 활용)

  • Kim, Jin-Man;Kim, Kee-Seok;La, Jung-Min;Choi, Duck-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.88-94
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    • 2011
  • To make recycling aggregate, quantity of fine particles increase due to multi-crushing. Though this particles were mixed with recycling aggregate, those have to be disparted from aggregate in the high quality recycling aggregate, because of the cause of low quality. Considering reactivity, fine particles is better than coarse one. Therefore, it needs to develop suitable usage. We try to make cement extruding material by using the fine particles from concrete recycling, as a silicious replacement. Test results are as follows ; 1) Waste concrete powder has major ingredients such as $SiO_2$ and CaO, its density is $2.45g/cm^3$ being similar to silica powder, its diameter is range 13 to $141{\mu}m$. 2) Considering to strength properties according to particle size, specimen was made using small particles is higher strength than large one. 3) Despite of exception in the autoclaved curing, when the replacement of waste fine particle increase, strength of extruding panel shows almost same level.

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Seismic Performance of an Existing Low-Rise Reinforced Concrete Piloti Building Retrofitted by Steel Rod Damper (강봉댐퍼로 보강한 기존 저층 철근콘크리트 필로티 건물의 내진성능)

  • Baek, Eun Lim;Oh, Sang Hoon;Lee, Sang Ho
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.241-251
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    • 2014
  • In this study, shaking table test was carried out to evaluate the seismic behavior and performance of low-rise reinforced concrete (RC) piloti structures with and without retrofit. The specimens were designed considering the characteristics of existing building with pilotis such as natural period, distribution factor of strength and stiffness between columns and core wall on the first soft story. The test for the non-retrofit specimen showed that damage was concentrated on the stiffer member on the same floor as the core wall failed by shear fracture whereas columns experienced slight flexural cracks. Considering the failure mode of the non-retrofit specimen, the retrofit method using steel rod damper was presented for improving the seismic performance of piloti structures. The results of the test for retrofit specimen revealed that the retrofit method was effective for controlling the damage as the main RC structural members were not destroyed and most of input energy was dissipated by hysteretic behavior of the damper.

Properties of St/BA Modified Cellular Lightweight Concrete as Sandwich Panel Core (샌드위치패널심재로 활용한 St/BA 개질 다공성 경량 콘크리트의 특성)

  • 강내민;노정식;도정윤;문경주;소양섭
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.31-34
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    • 2003
  • Sandwich panel is composed of the facing sheets which support the external load, the cellular core with the low thermal conductivity and the adhesive agent to bond them. The cellular core was produced by binding lightweight cellular aggregates with cement and two types of acrylic base St/BA emulsion were added with a view to improving the workability ion due to high absorption of light weight aggregate and to develope more strength, respectively. This investigation is to comprehend the effect of the addition of two types of St/BA on thermal conductivity, calorific value and exhaustion content of noxious gas in addition re compressive and flexural strength. Flexural strength of the specimen made with St/BA-2 ranged 20kgf/cm2 to 25kgf/cm2 and was about 50% to 100% as high as that of the non-fiber specimen. Thermal conductivity was recorded from 2.0 to 3.0 kcal/mh$^{\circ}C$ and calorific value of St/BA modified specimen was much lower than that of commercial sandwich panel core of EPS and urethane. Careful caution has to be taken because generation of noxious gas such as CO, NO and SO2 tend to increase with addition of polymer cement ratio.

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