• Computers and Concrete
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.327-335
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• 2023

The most popular building material, concrete, is intrinsically linked to the advancement of humanity. Due to the ever-increasing complexity of cementitious systems, concrete formulation for desired qualities remains a difficult undertaking despite conceptual and methodological advancement in the field of concrete science. Recognising the significant pollution caused by the traditional cement industry, construction of civil engineering structures has been carried out successfully using Geopolymer Concrete (GPC), also known as High Performance Concrete (HPC). These are concretes formed by the reaction of inorganic materials with a high content of Silicon and Aluminium (Pozzolans) with alkalis to achieve cementitious properties. These supplementary cementitious materials include Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS), a waste material generated in the steel manufacturing industry; Fly Ash, which is a fine waste product produced by coal-fired power stations and Silica Fume, a by-product of producing silicon metal or ferrosilicon alloys. This result demonstrated that GPC/HPC can be utilised as a substitute for traditional Portland cement-based concrete, resulting in improvements in concrete properties in addition to environmental and economic benefits. This study explores utilising experimental data to train artificial neural networks, which are then used to determine the effect of supplementary cementitious material replacement, namely fly ash, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) and silica fume, on the compressive strength, tensile strength, and modulus of elasticity of concrete and to predict these values accordingly.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.100-109
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 콘크리트의 염화물이온 침투 저항성에 미치는 포졸란재의 사용 효과를 평가하고자 물-결합재비와 혼화재의 종류 및 치환율, 양생기간을 변수로 제작된 각 콘크리트에 대해 세공용적, 염화물이온 투과성, 10% 염화나트륨용액 침지실험을 실시하여 보통콘크리트와 비교ㆍ분석하였으며 염화물이온 투과성과 세공구조 및 염화물이온 침투깊이의 상호관계를 검토하였다. 연구결과, 포졸란재의 사용은 콘크리트 내 세공들의 전체용적의 감소보다 모세관공극(50nm이상) 용적의 큰 감소에 더욱 효과적이었으며 이러한 효과로부터 포졸란 함유 콘크리트의 염화물이온 침투 저항성은 동일 배합의 보통콘크리트보다 매우 우수하게 나타났다. 콘크리트의 염화물이온 투과성은 콘크리트의 전세공용적에 관련하고 있지만 상관계수가 낮았으며 오히려 침투 및 확산이 용이한 모세관공극의 용적비(세공경 분포)에 더욱 관련하고 있었으며 침지실험에 의한 염화물이온 침투 깊이와 높은 상관관계를 나타내어 콘크리트의 염화물이온 침투 저항성 평가에 기초자료로서 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.