• Computers and Concrete
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.257-267
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• 2022

Two different types of rubber aggregates (40 mesh rubber powder and 1-4 mm rubber particles respectively) were devised to substitute fine aggregates at 10%, 15%, 20% and 30% by volume in self-compacting concrete to investigate their basic mechanical properties. The results show that with the increase of rubber content, the reduction of compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and static modulus of elasticity gradually increase, and energy dissipation performance gradually increase. The rubber addition significantly reduces brittleness and decelerates damaged process. Whilst, the effect of rubber particles is greater when they are finer. Considering the mechanical properties, the optimal rubber content is 10%. It is recommended that the rubber volume content in rubberized concrete (RC) should not be higher than 20%. In addition, a constitutive model under uniaxial compression was proposed basing on the strain equivalent principle of Lemaitre and the damage theory, which was in good agreement with the test curves.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.135-146
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• 1996

본 연구에서는 5종류의 플라이애쉬를 포함한 초유동 콘크리트와 3종류의 일반 콘크리트에 대한 재료물성을 측정하여 서로 비교.분석하였다. 경화 전의 물성측정을 위해서 슬럼프 실험, 슬럼프 플로우 실험, O형 깔대기 실험, 박스 충전성 실험, L형 충전성 실험을 수행하였고 경화 후의 물성측정을 위해 압축강도 실험, 할렬인장강도 실험, 탄성계수 실험, 크리프 실험, 건조수축 실험 등을 수행하였다. 경화전의 물성측정 실험결과들을 바탕으로 초유동 콘크리트와 일반 콘크리트의 유동성과 충전성을 평가하였고 두 결과를 비교.분석하였다. 또한 경화 후의 물성측정 실험결과를 통하여 초유동 콘크리트의 재료역학적인 특성을 파악하였다. 자기충전성을 만족시킬만한 유동성과 작업성을 가지면서 40 MPa이상의 28일 압축강도를 갖는 양호한 재료역학적인 특성을 나타내는 초유동 콘크리트의 개발 가능성을 보였다. 일반적으로 초유동 콘크리트의 크리프 변형량은 일반 콘크리트보다 상대적으로 작았지만 건조수축은 일반 콘크리트보다 30%이상 컸다.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.341-358
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• 2013

Due to fast growth in urbanisation, a highly developed infrastructure is essential for economic growth and prosperity. One of the major problems is to preserve, maintain, and retrofit these structures. To meet the requirements of construction industry, the basic information on all the mechanical properties of various concretes is essential. This paper presents the details of development of various concretes, namely, normal strength concrete (around 50 MPa), high strength concrete (around 85 MPa) and ultra high strength concrete (UHSC) (around 120 MPa) including their mechanical properties. The various mechanical properties such as compressive strength, split tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, fracture energy and tensile stress vs crack width have been obtained from the respective test results. It is observed from the studies that a higher value of compressive strength, split tensile strength and fracture energy is achieved in the case of UHSC, which can be attributed to the contribution at different scales viz., at the meso scale due to the fibers and at the micro scale due to the close packing of grains which is on account of good grading of the particles. Micro structure of UHSC mix has been examined for various magnifications to identify the pores if any present in the mix. Brief note on characteristic length and brittleness number has been given.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.1241-1251
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• 2015

Faced with the growing needs of material resources and requirements of environmental protection for achieving sustainable development, it has become necessary to study and investigate all possibilities of exploring crushed and dune sand, reusing industrial wastes and by-product, and also applying new technologies including sand concrete which can replace the conventional concretes in certain structures to surmount the deficit on construction materials, conserve natural resources, lessen the burden of pollutants to protect the environment and reduce the consumption of energy sources. This experimental study is a part of development and valorization of local materials project in Skikda region (East of Algeria). It aims at studying the effects of partial replacement of sand with marble waste as fines on several fresh and hardened properties of sand concrete in order to reuse these wastes in the concrete manufacturing, resolve the environmental problems caused by them and find another source of construction materials. To achieve these objectives, an experimental program has been carried out; it was consisted to incorporate different percentages of marble waste fines (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12%) in the formulations of sand concrete and study the development of several mechanical and rheological properties. We are also trying to find the optimal percentage of marble waste fine replaced in sand concrete that makes the strength of the concrete maximum. Obtained results showed that marble waste fines improve the properties of sand concrete and can be used as an additive material in sand concrete formulation.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.215-225
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• 2022

Thermal comfort and energy conservation are critical issues in the building sector. Energy consumption in the building sector should be reduced whilst enhancing the thermal comfort of occupants. Concrete is the most widely used construction material in buildings. Its thermal conductivity (k-value) has a direct effect on thermal comfort perception. This study aims to find the optimum value of replacing the normal aggregate with lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) under high strengths and low thermal conductivity, density and water absorption. The k-value of the LECA concrete and its physical and mechanical properties have varying correlations. Results indicate that the oven-dry density, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and k-value of concrete decrease when normal coarse aggregates are replaced with LECA. However, water absorption (initial and final) increases. Thermal conductivity and the physical and mechanical properties have a strong correlation. The statistical optimisation of the experimental data shows that the 39% replacement of normal coarse aggregate by LECA is the optimum value for maximising the compressive and splitting tensile strengths whilst maintaining the k-value, density and water absorption at a minimum.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.178-187
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• 2024

본 연구에서 순환 굵은 골재를 콘크리트에 적용하는 데 있어 치환율을 고려할 필요가 있다고 판단되어 기존 연구 동향 및 결과에 대한 자료를 수집하고 순환 굵은 골재 치환율에 따른 콘크리트의 역학적 특성을 분석하였다. 순환 굵은 골재에 대한 자료를 수집하는 데 있어 콘크리트 측정항목 중 압축강도의 있는 것과 및 순환 굵은 골재에 부착된 잔여 모르타르의 제거 등의 공정을 거치지 않은 자료를 수집하였다. 순환 굵은 골재를 50 %와 100 % 치환한 콘크리트의 경우 보통 콘크리트 대비 역학적 특성이 평균적으로 각각 -36.0 ~ 9.9 %와 -40.0 ~ 10.4 % 밑돌거나 상회하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이에 따라 배합 시 흡수율을 고려하여 추가적인 물을 혼입해야 하며, 보통 콘크리트 대비 80 % 이상의 역학적 특성이 나오는 순환 굵은 골재 치환율을 50 % 이하로 하여야 한다고 판단된다.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.225-232
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• 2014

이 연구에서는 재활용 플라스틱 섬유 (recycled plastic fibers)로 보강된 콘크리트의 역학적 특성을 파악하고자 하였다. 부피비 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 및 2.0%의 섬유비를 갖는 재활용 섬유보강 콘크리트의 역학특성 실험결과를 분석하였다. 섬유보강 콘크리트의 압축강도, 탄성계수, 인장강도와 길이변화 특성 실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과는 섬유비가 증가함에 섬유보강 콘크리트의 압축강도와 탄성계수는 증가하는 것을 나타낸다. 또한, 재활용 섬유보강 콘크리트는 일반콘크리트에 비해 쪼갬인장강도, 휨인장강도, 균열개구변위 및 길이변화에 우수한 특성을 나타낸다. 연구결과는 추후 재활용 플라스틱 섬유보강 콘크리트의 재료 모델을 위한 실제적인 기초실험자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.515-526
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• 2017

Recent trend is to use the lightweight concrete in the construction industry because it has several advantages over normal weight concrete. The Lightweight concrete can be produced from the industrial waste materials. In South East Asian region, researchers are very keen to use the waste materials such as oil palm shell (OPS) and palm oil clinker (POC) from the palm oil producing industries. Extensive research has been done on lightweight concrete using OPS or POC over the last three decades. In this paper the aggregate properties of OPS and POC are plotted in conjunction with mechanical and structural behavior of OPS concrete (OPSC) and POC concrete (POCC). Recent investigation on the use of crushed OPS shows that OPSC can be produced to medium and high strength concrete. The density of OPSC and POCC is around 20-25% lower than normal weight concrete. Generally, mechanical properties of OPSC and POCC are comparable with other types of lightweight aggregate concrete. It can be concluded from the previous study that OPSC and POCC have the noteworthy potential as a structural lightweight concrete.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.543-555
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• 2017

The mechanical properties of steel fiber reinforced high strength concrete (SFRHSC) made with binary and ternary blends of metakaolin (MK) and ground pumice (GP) are investigated in this study. The investigated properties are ultrasonic pulse velocity ($U_{pv}$), compressive strength ($f_c$), flexural strength ($f_f$) and splitting tensile strength ($f_{st}$) of SFRHSC. A total of 16 steel fiber reinforced concrete mixtures were produced by a total binder content of $500kg/m^3$ for determining the effects of MK and GP on the mechanical properties. The design $f_c$ was acquired from 70 to 100 MPa by using a low water-binder ratio of 0.2. The test results exhibit that high strength concrete can be obtained by replacing the cement with MK and GP. Besides, correlations between these results are executed for comprehending the relationship between mechanical properties of SFRHSC and the strong correlations are observed between these properties. Moreover, two models in the gene expression programming (GEP) for predicting the $f_c$ of SFRHSC made with binary and ternary blends of MK and GP have been developed. The results obtained from these models are compared with the experimental results. These comparisons proved that the results of equations obtained from these models seem to agree with the experimental results.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.303-311
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• 2024

This paper conducts a thorough economic evaluation of integrating nanoparticles into concrete structures within the construction industry, aiming to elevate the material properties of concrete. Employing the Halpin-Tsai micromechanics theory for deriving the effective material properties of the nanocomposite concrete structure, the research investigates the nuanced impact of nanoparticles on various mechanical properties, including the modulus of elasticity, compressive strength, and their indirect effects on the percentage of reinforcement. Implementing the Euler theory to formulate the governing equation based on Hamilton's principle, the study delves into the pricing dynamics of nanoparticles and their influence on the overall cost structure of concrete structures. Notably, the findings reveal that a measured increase in the volume percentage of nanoparticles, up to 1%, results in a remarkable 78% improvement in elastic modulus and a substantial 142% reduction in armature percentage. Remarkably, from an economic perspective, the incremental cost associated with the integration of nanoparticles is relatively modest (around $1 per ton of concrete), considering the substantial enhancements in mechanical properties achieved.