• Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.29-36
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• 2012

The goals of this study are to develop a sprayable strain-hardening cement composite (SHCC) and to investigate the potential of the sprayable SHCC for packing the joint between existing R/C building and seismic retrofit elements. This paper provides the procedure for the development of a sprayable SHCC, test results of fresh properties required to a sprayable SHCC, and mock-up test results of developed sprayable SHCC. Control mixture of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber-reinforced SHCC (PVA-SHCC) was predetermined based on available research results. The pumpability and sprayability of the SHCC mixture were depended on the fluid property of fresh SHCC mixture. In this study, the effects of admixtures such as AE agent and fly ash on the rheological and rebound properties of control SHCC mixture were investigated to determine a sprayable SHCC mixture. Flow values and air content during shotcreting procedure of sprayable SHCC were also evaluated. The results show that flow or flowability and amount of air of three SHCC mixtures decreased almost linearly according to shotcreting procedure from mixer to nozzle. And the pumpability and sprayability of mixture with AE agent and low amounts of fly ash were superior to the those of SHCC. Mock-up test result show that developed sprayable SHCC indicates much improved workability and shotcrete construction period than conventional method(nonshrinkage mortar).

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.41-48
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• 2016

This research investigates the effects of shrinkage reducing agent (SRA) on the mechanical behavior of strain-hardening cement composite (SHCC). SHCC material with specified compressive strength of 50 MPa was mixed and tested in this study. All SHCC mixes reinforced with volume fraction of 2.2% polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber and test variables are type and dosage of shrinkage reducing agents. The shrinkage reducing materials used in this study are phase change material as the thermal stress reducing materials that have the ability to absorb or release the heat. The effect of SRA was examined based on the change in length caused by shrinkage and hardened mechanical properties, specially compressive, tensile and flexural behaviors, of SHCC material. It was noted that SRA reduces change in length caused by shrinkage at early age. SRA can also improve the tensile and flexural strengths and toughness of SHCC material used in this study.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.25-32
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• 2021

For developing the durable eco-concrete, water-repellent and hydrophobic emulsion were prepared by stirring and mixing polymethyl hydrosiloxane and polyvinyl alcohol. After adding the PMHS emulsion cement paste, the hydration reaction characteristics and the change in chemical composition were analyzed through BSE and EDS analysis, and the micropores were evaluated by MIP test. Cement mixed with PMHS emulsion was analyzed to increase the hydration reactivity and to decrease the capillary porosity, but it was found that the capillary porosity varies depending on the degree of dispersion of the emulsion in the cement paste. In the case of the emulsion containing metakaolin, there was little difference in hydration degree and porosity from the case of using only the PMHS emulsion. However, when the cement surface was coated with PMHS emulsion, the contact angle was found to increase significantly compared to OPC, and it was analyzed that especially when PVA fiber was used together, it changed to a hypohydrophobic surface.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.925-928
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• 2008

Fiber is an important ingredient in strain-hardening cementitious composite (SHCC), which can control fracture of cementitious composite by bridging action. The properties of reinforcing fiber, as tensile strength, aspect ratio and elastic modulus, have great effect on the fracture behavior of SHCC. To apply SHCC to structural member, SHCC must have economical efficiency and workability as well as own excellent tensile performance. For these purposes, four-point bending and direct tensile tests on SHCC with only hybrid synthetic fibers, total fiber volume fraction, $V_f$, is 1.5%, are carried out. The research emphasis is on the mechanical properties of SHCC made in Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and Polyethylene (PE) fibers, and how this affects the composite property, and ultimately its strain-hardening performance. Also, effect of hybrid type and water-cement ratio on the behavior of SHCC was evaluated in this paper.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.909-912
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• 2008

Fiber is an important ingredient in strain-hardening cementitious composite (SHCC), which can control fracture of cementitious composite by bridging action. The properties of reinforcing fiber, as tensile strength, aspect ratio and elastic modulus, have great effect on the fracture behavior of SHCC. But SHCC has serious problem as drying shrinkage because silica powder is used to make SHCC in order to improve bond strength between reinforcing fibers and cement matrix. Therefore, curing method (period and temperature) is very important for SHCC to show high tensile performance. a variety of experiments have being performed to access the performance of SHCC recently. This research emphasis is on the mechanical properties of SHCC made in Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), Polyethylene (PE) fibers and steel cord (SC), and how curing method affects the composite property, and ultimately its strain-hardening performance.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.79-86
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• 2018

In this study, emulsion type hydrophobic admixture was prepared by mixing polyvinyl alcohol surfactant, polymethyl hydro-siloxane and meta kaolin, and the compressive strength and mechanical properties such as permeability and contact angle test of the mortar were evaluated. The developed hydrophobic admixture showed no decrease in strength and the mortar specimen with magnesium oxide developed the early strength. In the case of permeability, total seepage was significantly decreased when the hydrophobic admixture was directly mixed with the mortar, but the effect of meta kaolin contained in hydrophobic admixture was not significant. The surface of specimens coated with hydrophobic admixture shows that the contact angle on the surface was highly increased compared with reference mortar specimen. Further researches to obtain the optimum mix proportion of the PVA fiber, nano-silica and meta kaolin for producing the super-hydrophobic surface are required.