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Study of heavy fuel oil fly ash for use in concrete blocks and asphalt concrete mixes

  • Al-Osta, Mohammed A.;Baig, Mirza G.;Al-Malack, Muhammad H.;Al-Amoudi, Omar S. Baghabra
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.123-143
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    • 2016
  • Use of heavy fuel fly ash (HFFA) (diesel and cracked fuel) for power generation in Saudi Arabia has generated and accumulated large quantities of HFFA as a byproduct. In this research, HFFA is studied with the emphasis on the utilization of this waste material in concrete blocks and asphalt concrete mixes. Two types of mixes, one with low and other with high cement content, were studied for concrete blocks. Different mixes having varying percentages of HFFA (0% to 25%), as cement/sand replacement or as an additive, were studied. The performance of concrete blocks is evaluated in terms of compressive strength, water absorption, durability and environmental concerns. The results showed that blocks cannot be cast if more than 15% HFFA is used; also there is a marginal reduction in the strength of all the mixes before and after being exposed to the sulfate solution for a period of ten months. HFFA is studied in asphalt concrete mixes in two ways, as an asphalt modifier (3&5%) and as a filler (50%) replacement, the results showed an improvement in stiffness and fatigue life of mixes. However, the stability and indirect tensile strength loss were found to be high as compared to the control mix due to moisture damage, indicating a need of using antistripping agents. On environmental concerns, it was found that most of the concerned elements are within acceptable limits also it is observed that lower concentration of barium is leached out with the higher HFFA concentrations, which indicates that HFFA may work as an adsorbent for this leaching element.

Rheological Properties of Dough Added with Pine Needle Powder (솔잎분말 첨가에 따른 밀가루 반죽의 물리적 특성)

  • Shin, Gil-Man;Im, Jong-Cheol
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.405-410
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    • 2008
  • The rheological properties of dough made with 0%, 1%, 2% or 3% pine needle powder were investigated The approximate composition of the pine needle powder was moisture content 58.1% crude protein 4.1% crude fat 3.9% crude ash 0.9%, and crude fiber 9.3%. Rapid Visco Analyzer (RVA) analysis showed that the initial posting temperature increased with increasing pine needle powder content, while the peak viscosity decreased The water absorption, stability, development time, elasticity and valorimeter value of the dough, as determined using a farinograph and alveograph, decreased with increasing content of pine needle powder, while weakness increased. The extensibility, fermented volume and consistency of the dough decreased gradually with increasing pine needle powder content. These results indicate that addition of pine needle powder affects the rheological properties of bread.

A Study on each Building's Constructional Characteristics of Daejeong-HyangGyo in Jeju (제주(濟州) 대정향교(大靜鄕校)의 건물별(建物別) 조영(造營) 특성(特性) 고찰(考察))

  • Ji, Tae-Seung;Park, Chung-Keun;Park, Chul-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.33-40
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    • 2010
  • HyangGyo had been built for teaching peoples as a place of educational practice, and also for the order and stability of country through Confucianism. This study analyzed and researched the building structure of Daejeong-HyangGyo in Jeju Island In Daejeong-HyangGyo, unique architectural characteristics are shown as they have been built in an island independent from the mainland. Also up-down system was well reflected in detailed architectural styles. The main temple of Daejeong-HyangGyo was built in the type of one-Chulmok(a subsidiary material of Gongpo and a piece of wood to support the eaves) of which ancon supports a purline from the center of a pillar and two-Ikgong(a piece of wood engraved to put on an ancon), but in the case of the lecture hall, its Gongpo(a piece of wood to support the eaves) was inferior in quality. In the case of Jeju abutments were used in main temples and fire walls were mostly used. In particular, their abutments are difficult to be observed in HyangGyo in the mainland. It is presumed that the abutment and the fire wall used in Jeju Island might be the best solution to protect structures from rain and moisture. To sum up, local characteristics and traditional rules were thoroughly reflected in Dajeong-HyangGyos built in Jeju Island from the aspect of arrangement and detailed style. In conclusion, it is significant that architectural styles, not to mention the other aspects of Jeju culture, were suitably adapted to Jeju Island.

Laboratory Performance Evaluation of Alternative Dowel Bar for Jointed Concrete Pavements (콘크리트 포장용 고내구성 대체 다웰바의 실내공용성 평가)

  • Park, Seong Tae;Park, Jun Young;Lee, Jae Hoon;Kim, Hyung Bae
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.23-36
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    • 2013
  • PURPOSES: The problem under this circumstance is that the erosion not only drops strength of the steel dowel bar but also comes with volume expansion of the steel dowel bar which can reduce load transferring efficiency of the steel dowel bar. To avoid this erosion problem, alternative dowers bars are developed. METHODS: In this study, the bearing stresses between the FRP tube dowel bar and concrete slab are calculated and compared with its allowable bearing stress to check its structural stability in the concrete pavement. These comparisons are conducted with several cross-sections of FRP tube dowel bars. Comprehensive laboratory tests including the shear load-deflection test on a full-scale specimen and the full-scale accelerated joint concrete pavement test are conducted and the results were compared with those from the steel dowel bar. RESULTS: In all cross-sections of FRP tube dowel bars, computed bearing stresses between the FRP tube dowel bar and concrete slab are less than their allowable stress levels. The pultrusion FRP-tube dowel bar show better performance on direct shear tests on full-scale specimen and static compression tests at full-scale concrete pavement joints than prepreg and filament-winding FRP-tube dowel bar. CONCLUSIONS: The FRP tube dowel bars as alternative dowel bar are invulnerable to erosion that may be caused by moisture from masonry joint or bottom of the pavement system. Also, the pultrusion FRP-tube dowel bar performed very well on the laboratory evaluation.

Precursor Chemistry for Atomic Layer Deposition

  • Chung, Taek-Mo;Kim, Chang Gyoun;Park, Bo Keun;Jeon, Dong Ju;An, Ki-Seok;Lee, Sun Sook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.08a
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    • pp.76.2-76.2
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    • 2013
  • Advanced electronic application areas have strongly required new materials due to the continuous shrinking dimensions of their devices. Specially, the development and use of metal precursors for atomic layer deposition has been extensively focused on application to electronic devices. Thus the systematic design and synthesis of metal compounds with relevant chemical and physical properties, such as stability, volatility, and resistance to air and moisture are very important in the vacuum deposition fields. In many case, organic ligands for metal precursors are especially focused in the related research areas because the large scale synthesis of the metal complexes with excellent properties exclusively depends on the potential usefulness of the ligands. It is recommended for metal complexes to be in monomeric forms because mononuclear complexes generally show high vapor pressures comparing with their oligomeric structure such as dimer and trimer. Simple metal alkoxides complexes are involatile except several examples such as Ti(OiPr)4, Si(OEt)4, and Hf(OtBu)4. Thus the coordinated atom of alkoxide ligands should be crowded in its own environment with some substituents by prohibiting the coordinated atoms from bonding to another metal through oxygen-bridging configuration. Alkoxide ligands containing donor-functionalized group such as amino and alkoxy which can induce the increasing of the coordinative saturation of the metal complexes and the decreasing of the intermolecular interaction between or among the metal compounds. In this presentation, we will discuss the development of metal compounds which adopted donor-functionalized alkoxide ligands derived from their alcohols for electronic application. Some recent results on ALD using metal precursors such as tin, nickel, ruthenium, and tungsten developed in our group will be disclosed.

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Humidity Controlled Drying for the Fragments of an Wooden Boat in the Neolithic Age, Excavated from Bibong-ri, Changnyeong, Korea (창녕 비봉리 출토 신석기시대 나무배 편의 조습건조)

  • Kim, Soochul;Lee, Kwanghee
    • Conservation Science in Museum
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    • v.14
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    • pp.7-12
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    • 2013
  • The conservation has been conducted for the fragments of an wooden boat in the Neolithic Age, excavated from Bibong-ri, Changnyeong, Korea. The vacuum-freeze drying have been applied to mostly to the small relics, such as wooden lacquerwares or small wooden goods etc.. Therefore, the large objects like a wooden boats have been treated almost by air-drying after impregnation with aqueous PEG solution. The air-drying is needed to impregnate with PEG aqueous solution during long period and run the risk of the fault generation. This report explain an example adapted for the fragments of the wooden boat by humidity-controlled drying(HCD) with slow adjusting moisture content. We did the chemical pre-treatment, PEG aqueous solution. The concentration of the aqueous solution was increased gradually from 10% to 80%. After the impregnation, the objects were dried by the HCD. The dimensional stability of the fragments after treatment was good.

Physicochemical properties of emulsion-type sausage added red yeast rice powder (홍국 분말을 첨가한 유화형 소시지의 이화학 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Cheol-Seon;Kim, Hack-Youn
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.396-400
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    • 2017
  • The quality of emulsion-type sausage manufactured using various amounts of red yeast rice powder (0, 1, 2, 3%) was investigated. Moisture and ash content increased, whereas the protein content decreased, upon increasing the red yeast rice powder content. The pH, lightness, and yellowness values of the uncooked and cooked samples decreased upon increasing the red yeast rice powder content. The redness of the cooked and uncooked samples containing 3% red yeast rice powder was higher than those of others. Cooking loss and emulsion stability of samples decreased upon increasing red yeast rice powder contents. Samples containing 2 and 3% red yeast rice powder showed lower viscosity than others. Sensory evaluation of samples increased with increas in red yeast rice powder content. Thus, red yeast rice powder improved the physicochemical and sensory properties of emulsion-type sausage.

Preparation and Quality Characteristics of Soymilk added with Buckwheat Sprout (메밀 싹 첨가 두유의 제조와 품질 특성)

  • Jeong, Da-Hye;Kim, Chul-Jai
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.77-85
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    • 2015
  • This study investigated the physicochemical properties and antioxidative activity of soymilk added with buckwheat sprout (SBS), and sensory properties of SBS were analyzed with control soymilk (CS). Moisture content decreased while protein, ash, and lipid contents increased according to content of buckwheat sprout. Solids content and viscosity tended to increase with addition of buckwheat sprout from 0% (CS) to 2.5% (2.5SBS), 3.5% (3.5SBS), and 4.5% (4.5SBS). SBS was found the significant pH drop from 7.08 to 6.43, 6.34, and 6.21. Suspension stability of soymilk slightly decreased with addition of buckwheat sprout. Hunter's color value L of SBS decreased while a and b values increased in comparison with CS. Rutin content was measured 23.78 mg/100 g (2.5SBS), 39.68 mg/100 g (3.5SBS), and 44.80mg/100 g (4.5SBS). Vitamin C content in SBS was higher than CS. Daidzin content increased as buckwheat sprout was added. Total phenolic content increased from 100.95 mg/100 g (CS) up to 315.71 mg/100 g (4.5SBS). For free radical scavenging activity, SBS was significantly higher than CS. In conclusion, SBS can be used as a functional food with higher amounts of rutin, vitamin C, total phenolics, and daidzin. 2.5SBS and 3.5SBS also showed better overall quality characteristics.

Synthesis of Organic salt Oxidizer, Guanidine Dinitramide (유기염 고체산화제 Guanidine Dinitramide의 합성연구)

  • Kim, Woo-Ram;Kwon, Youn-Ja;Jo, Young-Min;Jung, Sun-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.345-351
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    • 2014
  • Dinitramide ($N(NO_2)_2$) salts are one of plausible oxidizing agents for a high efficient propellant. Guanidine dinitramide (GDN) is an organic salt improving its stability against moisture, so that enables massive production and long term storage. Several types of GDN (GDN-1,2,3,4,5) were synthesized using some types of starting materials such as guanidine acetate, chloride, carbonate, nitrate and sulfate. As a result of the experimental work, synthesized GDN from the carbonate salt appeared fairly pure relatively higher yield (99%) than the other samples. The absorption wave length of all prepared GDNs by FTIR were found at 3452, 3402, 3354, 3278, 3208, 1642, 1570, 1492, 1416, 1337, 1179 and $1000cm^{-1}$. DSC analysis found a thermal phase change at $130^{\circ}C$, and indicated exothermic reaction at about $150^{\circ}C$ to $160^{\circ}C$.

Effects of hygro-thermo-mechanical conditions on the buckling of FG sandwich plates resting on elastic foundations

  • Refrafi, Salah;Bousahla, Abdelmoumen Anis;Bouhadra, Abdelhakim;Menasria, Abderrahmane;Bourada, Fouad;Tounsi, Abdeldjebbar;Bedia, E.A. Adda;Mahmoud, S.R.;Benrahou, Kouider Halim;Tounsi, Abdelouahed
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.311-325
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    • 2020
  • In this research work, the hygrothermal and mechanical buckling responses of simply supported FG sandwich plate seated on Winkler-Pasternak elastic foundation are investigated using a novel shear deformation theory. The current model take into consideration the shear deformation effects and ensures the zero shear stresses on the free surfaces of the FG-sandwich plate without requiring the correction factors "Ks". The material properties of the faces sheets of the FG-sandwich plate are assumed varies as power law function "P-FGM" and the core is isotropic (purely ceramic). From the virtual work principle, the stability equations are deduced and resolved via Navier model. The hygrothermal effects are considered varies as a nonlinear, linear and uniform distribution across the thickness of the FG-sandwich plate. To check and confirm the accuracy of the current model, a several comparison has been made with other models found in the literature. The effects the temperature, moisture concentration, parameters of elastic foundation, side-to-thickness ratio, aspect ratio and the inhomogeneity parameter on the critical buckling of FG sandwich plates are also investigated.