Papers by Author: Yoshio Kasai

Abstract: Soil-cement concrete can be manufactured by mixing portland cement, water and on-site soil and has been studied by the authors. This study deals with compressive strength and density of soil-cement concrete where the portland cement was partially substituted with fly-ash. Saturated surface-dry condition of on-site soils has never been taken into account in the conventional mix design whereas experiments of determining the saturated surface-dry conditions were carried out with the help of the concept of effective water content to assure the quality and the designed strength. Effects of fly-ash on the strength and density of soil-cement concrete were studied by altering cement-fly-ash ratio, soil-sand ratio, binder-water ratio and age under a constant unit water content

Abstract: The quality of RCA is influenced by the processing method and quality of original concrete. The general character of RCA, RCA and TR A 0006-2000(concrete using recycled aggregate) are introduced. The execution of RAC work, examples of real constructions with RAC, recycling of concrete powder originated from production of RAC and barriers of using RAC are discussed.