Myong-Shin Song

A Study on the Watertightness of Shotcrete with Watertightness Materials

The use of shotcrete-sprayed concrete for the support of underground excavations was pioneered by the civil engineering. Now, for the nuclear wastes disposal plant in our country, watertightness of shotcrete is one of the very important properties This study evaluated the watertightness of shotcrete using cement mineral accelerator with watertightness materials for the long-term watertightness. In this study, for improvement of watertightness of shotcrete, it used two types of obtainable at a store. Watertightness tests of shotcrete were performed the water absorption coefficient, permeability, porosity and hydrates variation. In a shotcrete containing watertightness materials, watertightness of shotcrete was improved about 15%~65% rather than plain shotcrete.

Effects of Stearic Acid on the Watertightness Properties of the Cementitious Materials

It is well known that the properties of concrete such as the compressive strength, water permeability, water tightness and durability are affected by micro-structure in hardened cement paste. Especially, for durability of concrete, watertightness of cementitious materials is the most critical property among various properties. Recently, many types of materials as organic and/or inorganic materials are used for watertightness of concrete. In this study, The effect of Stearic Acid at 0.5 wt%~3.0 wt% adding ratios on the hydration and watertightness property of cement were investigated. And we also discussed the changing of microstructure in hardened cement paste by addition of Stearic Acid. Cement paste with Stearic Acid showed improvement of watertightness by reducing of cement total pore volume and decomposition of Stearic Acid.

The Properties of Restorative Cement Mortar with Insulation Performance for Improvement of Durability

In this study, we studied on the durability of restorative cement mortar for deteriorated concrete at complex deteriorated conditions as variation of temperature and of humidities. We made a comparison between restorative materials with insulation function and restorative materials without insulation function in items of compressive and bending strength and permeability of water, durability for carbonation, salt damage, diffusion coefficient of salt at complex deterioration conditions like change of temperature, change of humidity, For insulation, we used close-pore type Alumino-Silicate lightweight aggregate and substituted 12 wt% and 15 wt% out of original restorative cement mortar without insulation function. As a result, it was found that original restorative cement mortar without insulation function fail to meet Korean Standard on polymer modified cement mortar for maintenance in concrete structure, but restorative cement mortar with insulation function is in contentment Korean Standard to meet excellent than restorative materials without insulation function for durability at complex deteriorated conditions.