Aerated concrete as a porous material which contains a great of quantity of pore inside is well-known that it has various effects such as light-weight ability, adiabatic ability and refractory. However, it was revealed that currently using aerated con...
Aerated concrete as a porous material which contains a great of quantity of pore inside is well-known that it has various effects such as light-weight ability, adiabatic ability and refractory. However, it was revealed that currently using aerated concrete causes many difficulties in manufacturing and utilization due to the unestablished quality criteria, standardization of mixing design and specification. Moreover, serious drying shrinkage problem after placing resulted in often crack occurrence. Accordingly, the crack problem severely influences on maintaining good quality and capability of aerated concrete. In addition, another difficulty is to maintain compressive strength due to the over 70% of plenty pore inside aerated concrete.
This study explores the predominant traits of compression strength depends on aerated concrete mixing rate and glass fiber addition rate. The aerated concrete examined in this study was manufactured by pre-form method using animal proteinic foam agent.
About unit cement weight of aerated concrete, 50kg a section in range of 400~600kg was changed. Water cement rates were on 35%, 40%, 45% and 50% of four levels. Furthermore, the changed addition rate of glass fiber about cement were 0.36%, 0.5% and 0.7%. As mentioned above, aerated concrete was manufactured by pre-foam method.
The experiment measured unit cement weight of aerated concrete, unit volume weight, water concrete rate, compressive strength and volume change in aerated concrete made by addition rate of glass fiber.
Findings of this study are as follows:
First, There is no volume in aerated concrete made in the range of over 400kg/㎥ a unit cement weight. Accordingly, at the least, over 400kg can be estimated as the minimum unit cement weight to retrain serious crack problem caused by volume change in aerated concrete.
Second, the result has shown that aerated concrete's flow is increased when unit cement weight and water cement rate are increased. On the other hand, the flow is decreased by increasing glass fiber addition rate.
Third, unit volume weight of aerated concrete is affected by the changes of unit cement weight and water cement rate. However, the situation remains unchanged on the changes of glass fiber addition rate.
Fourth, compressive strength of aerated concrete is augmented in accordance with increase of unit cement weight and water cement rate. The increase of glass fiber addition rate also influences the augmentation of compressive strength of aerated concrete. It is apparent that the compressive strength depends on glass fiber addition rate is distinguished over 40% of water cement rate.
In conclusion, It was revealed that the increase of aerated concrete's flow, unit volume weight and compressive strength are in accordance with addition of unit cement weight and water cement rate. Furthermore, the rate of compressive strength is increased two times by addition of glass fiber. However, aerated concrete's flow is decreased in accordance with addition of glass fiber.