PURPOSES : The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of additives that affect internal curing in order to reduce the damage occurring in concrete pavements. METHODS : SAP was used as an additive to reduce internal curing in concrete pavements. SAP is an additive that has a very high absorption rate which prevents concrete wrappers from externally draining water. To evaluate the internal curing performance according to the ratio of SAP, we identified the number of cracks and amount of abrasion reduction. RESULTS : Plastic shrinkage and durability of a concrete mixture with added SAP were evaluated. The following results were obtained: (1) SAP showed a tendency to reduce slumps due to absorption of the concrete mixture. (2) It was possible to verify that concrete condensation did not occur during the penetration resistance test and that the initial curing did not lead to reactions within the mixture. (3) Adding more than 0.6% of SAP for dry curing resulted in greater compressive strength at all ages than OPC, with the highest compression strength of 0.9% after 56 days. (4) Regarding abrasion resistance, it was found that adding SAP was 30~50% better than adding the OPC mixture, and at 0.9% compression strength, abrasion resistance showed the best performance. (5) In the chlorine ion immersion resistance experiment, the passing charge of the OPC mixture was rated “high,” but it was rated “normal” in SAP. The results showed that the addition of SAP improved the water density of concrete due to internal curing effects, and that it showed the greatest chlorine ion penetration resistance for a compressive strength of 0.9%. (6) Regarding plastic shrinkage resistance, cracks did not occur on the surface until the end of the experiment, but the plastic shrinkage rate upon addition of SAP was relatively low compared to that of the OPC mixture. CONCLUSIONS : Recent studies have shown that internal curing techniques can be applied using SAP to prevent shrinkage due to the loss of water and to decrease the effects of hydration. If internal curing effects are expressed using SAP, it is thought that contraction due to a loss of moisture and reduction in sign language reaction can be prevented.

콘크리트 포장의 내구성 저하는 포장체의 파손뿐만 아니라 사용자의 주행성에도 영향을 주며, 또한 유지관리 비용을 증가시키는 등 복합적 문제를 초래한다. 이러한 콘크리트 내구성 문제를 개선하기 위한 방안으로 콘크리트의 내부양생(internal curing)에 대한 관심이 고조되고 있다. 내부양생은 표면 살수나 피막양생제를 도포하는 기존의 양생 방식과는 달리 콘크리트 배합 시 수분공급 물질을 혼입하여 내부로부터 수분을 공급하는 기법으로, 양생효율을 현저히 증진시켜 역학적 특성, 투수 및 균열 저항성, 부피안정성 등 콘크리트의 다양한 성능을 향상시키는 것으로 잘 알려져 있다. 특히 포장용 콘크리트 배합과 같이 광물성혼화재(SCMs)를 포함하는 경우, 소요성능의 발현을 위해서는 철저한 양생이 무엇보다 중요하다. 이에 착안하여 본 연구에서는 최근 콘크리트의 내부양생 재료로서 각광을 받고 있는 고흡수성폴리머(SAP)를 적용한 모르타르의 강도 및 부피변화 특성을 파악하여 콘크리트 포장에의 적용 가능성을 평가하였다. 이를 위하여 가교밀도와 평균 입자크기가 다른 4종의 폴라아크릴산나트륨 SAP를 혼입한 모르타르를 제작하고 SAP 함량 및 종류별 강도 발현, 자기수축 및 내부 상대습도 거동 특성을 측정하였다.

In this study, high strength concrete with satuated artificial lightweight aggregate(SLWA) produced by domestic for reducing autogenous shrinkage, which provides additional water to the hydratin cement particles, is applied to be the internal curing. This paper presents the test result of basic property of SLWA and autogenous shrinkage with volumes of SLWA.