Additive manufacturing makes it possible to improve the mechanical properties of alloys through segregation engineering of specific alloying elements into the dislocation cell structure. In this study, we investigated the mechanical and microstructural characteristics of CoNi-based medium-entropy alloys (MEAs), including the refractory alloying element Mo with a large atomic radius, manufactured via laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF). In an analysis of the printability depending on the processing parameters, we achieved a high compressive yield strength up to 653 MPa in L-PBF for (CoNi)85Mo15 MEAs. However, severe residual stress remained at high-angle grain boundaries, and a brittle μ phase was precipitated at Mo-segregated dislocation cells. These resulted in hot-cracking behaviors in (CoNi)85Mo15 MEAs during L-PBF. These findings highlight the need for further research to adjust the Mo content and processing techniques to mitigate cracking behaviors in L-PBF-manufactured (CoNi)85Mo15 MEAs.

최근 시멘트 콘크리트 포장의 아스팔트 덧씌우기 포장을 유지보수 공법으로 채택할 경우 반사균열이 다수 발생하여 유지보수 비용 증가로 이루어지고 있다. 반사균열 발생일 지연시키기 위하여 다양한 재료 및 공법을 사용하고 있으나 이에 대한 효과를 정확하게 평 가하는 시험방법 및 평가기준이 미비한 상태이다. 미국에서도 반사균열 문제로 인하여 유지보수 비용이 급격히 증가하고 있으며, 아스 팔트 함량을 높게 하고 개질제 및 그리드를 사용하여 반사균열 발생을 지연시키려는 노력을 하고 있다. 미국 및 선진국에서는 반사균열 평가 시험법으로 Texas Overlay Tester를 범용으로 사용하고 있으며, 반사균열 저항성 평가에 유일무 이한 장비로 알려져 있다. 최근 93%에 이르는 하중 감소율에 도달하는 하중 재하횟수 시험에 시간적 노력과 편차가 크다는 논란이 재 기되어 1000회 까지만 수행하여 균열발생(crack initiation)과 균열전파(crack propagation) 특성울 계산하여 보다 역학적인 방법에 의한 반 사균열 저항성 평가가 시도되고 있다. 밀입도, PSMA, 구스, 그리드 보강 아스팔트 혼합물에 대한 Overlay Tester를 이용하여 반사균열 수행을 수행하였으며, 이에 대한 균 열발생과 균열 전파 특서을 정량화 하여 비교 분석을 실시하였다.

콘크리트 구조의 인장 보강재로 주로 사용되는 철근은 높은 인장강도와 연성이 우수한 변형 특성에 도 불구하고 부식이 발생할 수 있다는 단점을 갖고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위하여 부식이 발 생하지 않는 다양한 재료 중 FRP(Fiber Reinforced Polymer)를 철근과 유사한 형태의 Rod로 제작하 여 철근을 대체하는 보강재로 사용하기 위한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 그중에서도 인장강도가 우수한 탄 소 및 유리섬유를 일방향으로 성형하고 Rod 표면을 굴곡 처리한 CFRP 및 GFRP 보강근을 중심으로 콘크리트 구조에 적용하기 위한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 이 연구에서는 FRP Rod를 보강근으 로 하는 콘크리트 부재의 부착특성과 균열폭, 처짐과 같은 사용성 평가에 중요한 역할을 하는 인장강 화효과를 포함한 균열거동 특성을 파악하기 위하여 단변의 피복두께와 FRP 보강근 지름의 비를 1.0에 서 3.5 까지 0.5배씩 증가하는 직사각형 단면을 갖는 길이 1,000mm의 인장부재를 제작하여 만능재료 시험기(Universal Testing Machine)를 이용한 직접인장실험을 수행한 후, 피복두께와 FRP 보강근의 지름 비에 따른 균열거동(Cracking Behavior) 및 인장강화효과(Tension Stiffening Effect)를 분석하고 현행 설계기준의 규정과 비교하였다. 작용하중에 따라 발생하는 균열에 대해서 횡방향균열(Transverse Crack)과 쪼갬균열(Splitting Crack)로 각각 구분하고, DAQ(Data Acquisition) 시스템을 이용하여 콘 크리트 인장부재에 매입된 CFRP 및 GFRP 보강근의 변형량 및 작용하중을 측정하였으며, 그 결과로 부터 하중-변형률 관계로 대표되는 인장강화효과를 분석하였다. 균열거동 및 인장강화효과를 분석한 결과, CFRP 또는 GFRP Rod를 보강근으로 하는 콘크리트 인장부재는 FRP 보강근과 콘크리트의 부 착강도를 감소시키는 쪼갬균열이 발생하지 않도록 피복두께를 보강근 지름의 2.5배 이상 확보하였을 때, 각 보강근별로 극한강도 fu의 60-70%에 해당하는 하중이 작용하는 단계에서 인장강화효과는 우 수한 것으로 나타났으며, 철근을 보강근으로 하는 현행 설계기준의 규정으로 예측한 결과보다 우수한 인장강화효과를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

The purpose of this study is to review the available literature on the effectiveness of fibers in preventing early-age shrinkage cracking on cementitious concrete. The overview describes the widely used ASTM C1579 (Standard Test Method for Evaluating Plastic Shrinkage Cracking of Restrained Fiber Reinforced Concrete (Using a Steel Form Insert) for plastic shrinkage cracking. The past literature used crack length, width, or area to describe and quantify cracks on concrete specimens. To keep things simple, this review expresses the length, width or area as a percentage of the control specimen. Finally, the study establishes a relationship between fiber volume and aspect ratio on plastic shrinkage and compressive strength of concrete. It was concluded that fiber is sufficient enough to mitigate plastic shrinkage cracking. An increase in fiber volume and aspect ratio reduces the early-age cracking of concrete but harm its compressive strength.

PURPOSES : The numeric-based Highway Pavement Management System (HPMS), along with an advanced three-dimensional pavement condition monitoring profiler vehicle (3DPM), in South Korea has presented remarkable advancements in pavement management since the early 2000. Based on these results, visual distress on pavement surfaces can be easily detected and analyzed. Additionally, the entire expressway pavement surface conditions in South Korea can be easily monitored using the current graphical user interface-based advanced information graphic (AIG) approach. Therefore, a critically negative pavement section can be detected and managed more easily and efficiently. However, the actual mechanical performance of the selected pavement layer still needs to be investigated in a more thorough manner not only to provide more accurate pavement performance results but also to verify the feasibility of the current 3DPM and AIG approaches. In this study, the low-temperature performance of the selected asphalt pavement layer section was evaluated to further verify and strengthen the feasibility of the current 3DPM and AIG approaches developed by the Korea Expressway Corporation. METHODS : Based on 3DPM and AIG approach, the positive and negative-riding-quality road sections were selected, respectively. The asphalt material cores were extracted from each section then bending beam rheometer mixture creep test was performed to measure their low-temperature properties. Based on the experimental results, thermal stress results were computed and visually compared. RESULTS : As expected, the asphalt material from the negative driving performance section presented a poorer low-temperature cracking resistance than that from the positive driving performance section. CONCLUSIONS : Current 3DPM equipment can successfully evaluate expressway surface conditions and the corresponding material performance quality. However, more extensive experimental studies are recommended to verify and strengthen the findings of this study

PURPOSES : The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of air voids, binder content, and aggregate gradation on the indirect tensile strength (IDT) and cracking tolerance index (CTindex) of cored asphalt pavements. METHODS : Cored samples were obtained from roads in Incheon city, and several laboratory experiments were performed. First, the cored samples were first to cut into a size appropriate for the IDT test. Subsequently, the air voids of the samples were measured. The damaged sample from the IDT test was loose mixed at 150 ℃ before the binder content was determined, which was conducted via an asphalt extraction test. Finally, the clean aggregates obtained from asphalt extraction process were analyzed in the aggregate gradation test. RESULTS : The result shows that an increase in air voids from 4% to 8% decreases the IDT and cracking tolerance index (CTindex) by 30% and 28%, respectively. Incorporating a binder enhances the ductile behavior of the asphalt mixture, resulting in a higher CTindex. Finally, the contribution of the aggregate grade on the IDT and CTindex is negligible. CONCLUSIONS : The IDT and CTindex are primarily affected by the air voids and binder content. A higher percentage of air voids results in a lower IDT. In addition, a higher amount of binder increases the IDT and CTindex of the cored samples. Meanwhile, the aggregate grade does not affect the IDT.

PURPOSES : A mechanistic-empirical (ME) predictive design logic that can compute the reflective cracking life of hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlaid on top of a composite pavement is proposed herein. METHODS : The overlay thickness design and analysis logic of the HMA were formulated based on the ME concept of reflection crack propagation. Climate data, traffic load data, the pavement material properties, and the thickness of each layer of the pavement are the main inputs for the ME-Reflective Cracking Rate (RCR) prediction algorithm. An Microsoft Excel Virtual Basic for Application (VBA) program was created to aid designers in assessing the expected performance of an HMA overlay design. Calibration was done using data from the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) sections. Sensitivity analysis was conducted to compare the results yielded by the program and data from a report by the Texas Transportation Institute. RESULTS : The predictive model performance effectively generates the dynamic and relaxation modulus curves. The correlation value of the calibration factors, R2, is 0.79. The calibration factors used for the Asphalt Overlay Thickness Design (AOTD) program and the sensitivity analysis, i.e., k1, k2,, and k3,, are set to 5, 5, and 150, respectively. The sensitivity of the AOTD program affords reasonable results. Additionally, the program yields results similar to the trends presented in a report by the Federal Highway Administration. CONCLUSIONS : The proposed ME design logic is successfully translated into an Excel VBA program, AOTD, which can perform routine assessments of laboratory tests for HMA overlays. The program can effectively perform numerous iterations and computations to predict an HMA overlay. The predictive model can generate reasonable dynamic modulus and relaxation modulus curves for the characterization of HMA overlays. Under the same asphalt binder grade and HMA type, doubling the HMA overlay thickness yields three times the expected reflective cracking service life.

도로측구는 도로 노면배수 기능 및 도로포장 양단면에 구조적 지지력을 제공하고, 주행차로로부터 분리된 공간을 확보함으로써 차량이 도보로 침입하는 것을 방지하여 안전성 확보를 하는 기능을 가지고 있다. 하지만, 도로측구는 예상치 못한 차량하중 재하 및 극심한 환경 및 기후조건 등의 영향으로 손상을 입는 경우가 많으며, 특히 측구 시공 시 기존면 처리 미숙으로 인한 반사균열이 발생하는 사례가 많다. 본 연구에서는, 도로측구 반사균열 저감을 위해서 합성 분리막의 적용성을 실내, 수치해석, 현장실험을 통해 평가하였으며, 평가결과 도로측구 시공 및 유지보수에 효율성이 있을 것으로 판단된다.

For the aerospace structural application of high-strength 2xxx series aluminum alloys, stress corrosion cracking(SCC) behavior in aggressive environments needs to be well understood. In this study, the SCC sensitivities of 2024- T62, 2124-T851 and 2050-T84 alloys in a 3.5% NaCl solution are measured using a constant load testing method without polarization and a slow strain rate test(SSRT) method at a strain rate of 10-6 /sec under a cathodic applied potential. When the specimens are exposed to a 3.5% NaCl solution under a constant load for 10 days, the decrease in tensile ductility is negligible for 2124-T851 and 2050-T84 specimens, proving that T8 heat treatment is beneficial in improving the SCC resistance of 2xxx series aluminum alloys. The specimens are also susceptible to SCC in a hydrogen-generating environment at a slow strain rate of 10−6/sec in a 3.5% NaCl solution under a cathodic applied potential. Regardless of the test method, low impurity 2124-T851 and high Cu/Mg ratio 2050-T84 alloys are found to have relatively lower SCC sensitivity than 2024-T62. The SCC behavior of 2xxx series aluminum alloys in the 3.5% NaCl solution is discussed based on fractographic and micrographic observations.

Asphalt pavement overlay method is one of widely chosen construction methods for remodelling existing aged concrete pavement layer. However, in this case reflective cracking is a challenging issue due to movement of transverse joints: built in existing concrete pavement layer with constant interval length. In this paper, collecting field data: collection of displacement and temperature data on existing concrete pavement layer for further complicated pavement performance analysis, was performed. To fulfil this objective, various types of thermometer were embedded into concrete layer with different depth level. Then, movement of existing concrete layer was measured numerically. Each Displacement Measuring Gauge (DMG) along with thermometer was embedded with depth of 3cm and 15cm, respectively. Additional thermometers were embedded at the middle depth of overlaid asphalt pavement layer for further extensive analysis and data collection. Total four testing sites were considered based on different asphalt mixture type and construction method. The 1st site was constructed with conventional construction approach, the 2nd site was constructed with a new pavement equipment contains simultaneous tack-coating function, the 3rd site was similar to 1st site but Guss-asphalt was constructed as a binder course, and in 4th site Noise-Reduction Porous Asphalt (NRPA) was constructed as a surface course and regular Dense Grade Asphalt (DGA) was constructed as a binder course. A field asphalt pavement layer sample coring works: along with basic material property tests, were also performed to acquire not only overlaid asphalt but also existing concrete pavement materials. This gauge measuring work in this study is an initial step therefore, long-term movement data of each pavement layer was not able to be collected, unfortunately. However through collecting and analysing initial data on each test site, two crucial findings were acquired. First, in all four tested site highest temperature variations were observed at the upper asphalt pavement layer and the variation trends decreased with increase of pavement depth (in case of concrete pavement layer, temperature and movement variations also decreased with increase of pavement depth). Secondly, when Guss-asphalt was applied as a binder course temperature variations of existing concrete pavement layer was crucially smaller than those of other comparison cases. These current findings and collected data set can provide successful input information for further pavement structure analysis such as 2D (and/or 3D) Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis as a future study.

PURPOSES : This purpose of this study is to analyze the effect to autogenous shrinkage of the top-layer material of a two-lift concrete pavement mixing both silica fume and polymer powder. METHODS: The bottom-layer of a two-lift concrete pavement was paved with original portland cement (OPC) with a 20~23 cm thickness. Additionally, the top-layer which is directly exposed to the environment and vehicles was paved with a high-performance concrete (HPC) with a 7~10 cm thickness. These types of pavements can achieve a long service life by reducing joint damage and increasing the abrasion and scaling resistance. In order to integrate the different bottom and top layer materials, autogenous shrinkage tests were performed in this study according to the mixing ratio of silica fume and polymer powder, which are the admixture of the top-layer material. RESULTS: Autogenous shrinkage decreased when polymer powder was used in the mix. Contrary to this, autogenous shrinkage tended to rise with increasing silica fume content. However, the effects were not significant when small amounts of polymer powder were used (3% and 11%). CONCLUSIONS : The durability and compressive strength increase when silica fume is used in the mix. The flexural strength considerably increases and autogenous shrinkage of concrete decreases when polymer powder is used in the mix. As seen from above, the proper use of these materials improves not only durability, but also autogenous shrinkage, leading to better shrinkage crack control in the concrete.

The discontinuity movements of the Portland cement concrete (PCC) layer due to temperature fluctuations and traffic loading are primary causes of the reflection cracking in asphalt overlays. The thermal expansion and contraction of the discontinuities at the PCC layer induces tension at the bottom of the asphalt overlay layer creating excessive strains which causes cracking. The additional cyclic discontinuity movements from the thermal fluctuations and traffic loads propagates the cracks initiated until failure of the overlay layer. However, the crack behaviors of asphalt mixtures varies with temperature due to its viscoelastic property. As such, there is a need to investigate the cracking behavior of asphalt mixtures with varying temperatures and loading conditions. A modified overlay tester developed to evaluate the cracking resistance of asphalt mixtures in various loading directions and different confining temperatures was used to investigate the behavior of asphalt materials with various temperatures and loading conditions. The laboratory test was conducted in 2 segments. The first segment investigates the asphalt cracking behavior subjected to horizontal loading in 3 varying temperatures (10, 25 and 40C) which simulates the cyclic thermal contraction and expansion at the discontinuity. The second segment examines the cracking propagation of the asphalt mixture subjected to vertical loading in 3 varying temperatures. A load dissipation curve per loading cycle is generated in each test along with the images taken on the face of the specimen to monitor the crack propagation. Results have shown that asphalt mixtures undergo a 3-phase cracking behavior: initiation, propagation and failure. This is evident in the load dissipation curve when the initiation phase shows a rapid reduction of peak loads in first series of loading cycles which is followed by a slow and constant load reduction over a certain number of cycles. Failure occurs when there is a sudden decline in peak load and the percent reduction of the load is achieved. Figure 1 shows a fine dense grade asphalt mixture subjected to horizontal movement at 10C. Meanwhile, the load dissipation curve is further investigated by analyzing the images captured during testing. It can be seen that the first visible crack can be identified after 40 cycles which steadily propagates up to 600 cycles. However, between 600 and 700 loading cycles, there is a sudden dip in peak load which shows that at that the stage the crack has already propagated to the top of the test specimen as shown in Figure 2. Other tests have shown that the cracking patterns and load dissipation curves vary with different testing temperatures signifying that low temperature is more susceptible to early failure with constant differential movement. Further tests signify that using a general formula, parameters are calculated which refer to fracture properties of the material.