• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.223-226
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is no examine the combination effect on strength preperties of water-permeable concretes mixed with redispersible polymer, silica fume and polypropylene fibers for overlay in pavement. The water-permeable concrete with a water-cement ration of 25%, polymer-cement ratios of 0 to 10%, silica fume contents of 0 to 10% and polypropylene fiver contents of 0 to 1.5% are prepared, and tested for flexural strength, compressive strength and water permeability. It is concluded concretes are obtained at a polypropylene fiber content of 1.0% and a silica fume content of 10% with a void filling ratio of 50%. And the water-permeable concretes with a flexural strength of 14.1~28.0kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, a compressive strength of 71.2~128.0kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, and a coefficient of permeability of 1.22~2.52cm/s at a void filling ratio of 30% can be prepared. Also water-permeable concretes having flexural strength of 24.9~57.9kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, a compressive strength of 83.8~268.5kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$, and a coefficient of permeability of 0.24~1.04cm/s at a void filling ratio of 50% can be prepared in the consideration of the mix proportioning factors.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.62 no.3
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• pp.357-364
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• 2017

This paper presents the results of a study that investigated the improvement of the mechanical properties of coarse and fine recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) produced by adding silica fume (SF) with contents of 5%, 10%, and 15% by total weight of the cement. The coarse and fine natural aggregate (NA) were replaced by RAP with replacement ratio of 20%, 40% and 60% by the total weight of NA. In addition, SF was added to NA concrete mixes as a control for comparison. Twenty eight mixes were produced and tested for compressive, splitting tensile and flexural strength at the age of 28 days. The results show that the mechanical properties decrease with as the content of RAP increases. And the decrease in the compressive strength was more in the fine RAP mixes compared to the coarse RAP mixes, while the decrease in the splitting tensile and flexural strength was almost the same in both mixes. Furthermore, using SF enhances the mechanical properties of RAP mixes where the optimum content of SF was found to be 10%, and the mechanical properties enhancement of coarse RAP were better than fine RAP mixes. Accordingly, the RAP has the potential to be used in the concrete pavements or in other low strength construction applications in order to reduce the negative impact of RAP on the environment and human health.

• Computers and Concrete
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.801-814
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• 2016

An alternative type of building system with masonry units is extensively used nowadays to reduce the emission of CO2 and embodied energy. Long-term performance of such structures has become essential for sustaining the building technology. This study aims to assess the strength and durability properties of concrete prepared with unprocessed bagasse ash (BA) and silica fume (SF). A mix proportion of 1:3:3 was used to cast concrete cubes of size $100mm{\times}100mm{\times}100mm$ with various replacement levels of cement and tested. The cubes were cast with zero slump normally adopted in the manufacturing of hollow blocks. The cubes were exposed to acid attack, alkaline attack and sulphate attack to evaluate their durability. The mass loss and damages to concrete for all cases of exposures were determined at 30, 60, and 90 days, respectively. Then, the residual compressive strength for all cases was determined at the end of 90 days of durability test. The results showed that there was slight difference in mass loss before and after exposure to chemical attack in all the cases. Though the appearance was slightly different than the normal concrete the residual weight was not affected. The compressive strength of 10% bagasse ash (BA) as a replacement for cement, with 10% SF as admixture resulted in better strength than the normal concrete. Hence concrete with 10% replacement with BA along with 10% SF as admixture was considered to be durable. Besides solid concrete cubes, hollow blocks using the same concrete were casted and tested simultaneously to explore the possibility of production of masonry units.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• v.10 no.sup3
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• pp.97-108
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• 2016

When the energy performance of concrete is substantially higher than that of normal type concrete, such concrete is regarded as energy efficient concrete (WBSCSD 2009). An experimental study was conducted to investigate mechanical properties of energy efficient concrete with binary, ternary and quaternary admixture at different curing ages. Slump test for workability and air content test were performed on fresh concretes. Compressive strength, splitting tensile strength were made on hardened concrete specimens. The mechanical properties of concrete were compared with predicted values by ACI 363R-84 Code, NZS 3101-95 Code, CSA A23.3-94 Code, CEB-FIP Model, EN 1991, EC 2-02, AIJ Code, JSCE Code, and KCI Code. The use of silica fume increased the compressive strengths, splitting tensile strengths, modulus of elasticities and Poisson's ratios. On the other hand, the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength decreased with increasing fly ash.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.195-206
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• 2016

Today, application of additives to replace cement in order to improve concrete mixes is widely promoted. Micro-silica is among the best pozzolanic additives which can desirably contribute to the concrete characteristics provided it is used properly. In this paper, the effects of AP2RC and P1RB micro-silica gels on strength characteristics of normal concrete are investigated. Obtained results indicated that the application of these additives not only provided proper workability during construction, but also led to increased tensile, compressive and flexural strength values for the concrete during early ages as well as ultimate ones with the resulting reduction in the porosity lowering permeability of the micro-silica concrete. Furthermore, evaluation of microbial contamination of the mentioned gels showed the resultant contamination level to be within the permitted range.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.707-714
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• 2001

This paper presents the fundamental study on rational manu(acture of Very High Strength(VHS) concrete using industrial by-products as like silica fume, slag and fly ash. In this study, we had tested various mixing cases to manufacture the VHS concrete(target compressive strength : over 1,000 kgf/$cm^{2}$) which is easily workable (target slump flow : 60$\pm$l0cm), The main variables studied are; 1) test variables to find the optimum replacement ratio of mineral admixture, 2) test variables to find a rational water-binder ratio, a proper binder content, 3) test variables to find the method for reduction of slump loss, 4) test variables to know the influence of air entrainment on frost resistance. From the test results, it is concluded that the rational mix design can be made by using 40% slag, 10% silica fume, and water reducing agent(slump loss reduction type). We found that it is unnecessary to entrain air for freeze-thawing resistance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.22-25
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• 1995

This study is aimed for analyzing the effect on replacing change of fly ash and silica fume of high performance concrete. From the results, the flowability is good when the replacing rate of fly ash increases. The placeability is best in the ratio of 15 to 5 ; F.A:S.F and the segregation-resistibility is appeared good when the replacing ratio of silica fume increases.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.26-29
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• 1995

Continued form part 1, this study is aimed for analyzing the property of hardened concrete According to the replacing change of fly ash and silica fume which has influence on the properties of high performance xoncrete. From the test results, the compressive and the drying shrinkage Strength are high when the replacing ratio of silica fume increases and the tensile strength appears high when the replacing of fly ash increases.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.61 no.2
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• pp.171-181
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• 2017

This paper summarizes the study on effect of ceramic waste powder as partial substitute to cement in binary blend and along with silica fume in ternary blend high strength concrete in normal and aggressive environments. Strength parameters such as compression & tension and durability indices such as corrosion measurement, deterioration, water absorption and porosity were studied. Ceramic waste powder was used in three different percentages namely 5, 10 and 15 with constant percentage of silica fume (1%) as substitutes to cement in ternary blend high strength concrete was investigated. After a detailed investigation, it was understood that concrete with 15% ceramic waste powder registered maximum performance. Increase of ceramic waste powder offered better resistance to deterioration of concrete.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.699-702
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• 2005

This study evaluates the properties of porous concrete for pavement according to content of silica fume and steel fiber. The results of the test indicate that in every condition, the void ratio and the coefficient of water permeability of porous concrete for pavement satisfy both the domestic standards and proposition values. Among the properties of strength, the compressive strength satisfies the standards in the specification of KNHC as for every factor of mixture but in the case of the flexural strength, more than $0.6vol.\%$ of steel fiber satisfied the JCI proposition values. The case when silica fume and steel fiber are used simultaneously presents the strongest durability and Noise Reduction Coefficient is 0.48 to prove that it possesses almost $50\%$ sound absorption.