K. Fořtová, T. Pavlů, D. Mariaková, J. Řepka, T. Vlach
{"title":"Possibilities of replacing natural sand in concrete","authors":"K. Fořtová, T. Pavlů, D. Mariaková, J. Řepka, T. Vlach","doi":"10.14311/app.2024.47.0035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2024.47.0035","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the potential of using fine recycled aggregate (FRA) to replace natural sand in concrete production. The research was divided into two parts. In the first part, natural aggregate’s complete fine fraction (0‑4 mm) was replaced with FRA in conventional concrete for two strength classes. In the second part, individual fine components of high-performance concrete (HPC) were substituted with a similar fraction of fine recycled HPC and concrete aggregate. The physical and mechanical properties of these mixtures with recycled aggregate were evaluated against reference mixtures that contained only natural aggregate, following European standards. Results showed that while most of the concrete and HPC mixtures with recycled aggregate showed slight decreases in properties compared to the reference mixes, the most significant reduction in mechanical properties was observed in the flexural tensile strength of the concrete mixture with FRA, which decreased by over 50 %. The absorption by immersion increased by up to 85 %. The deterioration in properties must be considered during the design stage and only used in applications where it will not affect the functionality of the structures.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141127483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Čítek, Karel Hurtig, Vladislav Bureš, Peter Koteš
{"title":"Cementitious material development for additive fabrication","authors":"David Čítek, Karel Hurtig, Vladislav Bureš, Peter Koteš","doi":"10.14311/app.2024.47.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2024.47.0008","url":null,"abstract":"For the 3D STAR project and 3D printing purposes, a special fine-grained cement mixture from locally available raw materials was developed. The reason for the development of the custom mixture was the possibility of arbitrary optimization of the developed mixture at any stage of the project and for any type of application. Mix design, printing head and the entire system from mixing to extrusion was the subject of research and development for this project. It was therefore necessary to address both issues in parallel and to respond in both sectors to the realities arising from the partial results of the different groups involved in the development.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141127654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparation of light fraction silicate filer after the mining for the base layers’ road construction","authors":"Andrea Jančíková, Karel Dvořák, S. Ravaszová","doi":"10.14311/app.2024.47.0053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2024.47.0053","url":null,"abstract":"The article main objective was eco-innovation in the field of utilization and creation of a complex waste-free technology for the separation of components during ore extraction with subsequent processing, recovery of mine tailings in combination with available energy. The article deals with the topic of production and preparation of base layers for road construction in the form of silicate filer after separation of ore mining. The chemical and mineralogical composition on the fine fraction of the separated tailings was carried out by XRD analysis, filer particle size followed up by Laser Granulometry and other comprehensive measurements and the development of basic parameters by individual standard tests. The results determined on the functional sample demonstrated that it is possible to create an almost completely waste-free technology in the field of separation of components during ore extraction and its subsequent processing and use for the base layers of linear road construction.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141127156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Houssam Mahmoud, L. Topolář, Iveta Plšková, Luboš Jakubka, L. Pazdera
{"title":"Monitoring degradation in alkaline-activated slag materials","authors":"Houssam Mahmoud, L. Topolář, Iveta Plšková, Luboš Jakubka, L. Pazdera","doi":"10.14311/app.2024.47.0071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2024.47.0071","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with determining degradation changes in alkaline-activated slag-based building materials. It describes methods for determining dynamic elastic moduli obtained by acoustic non-destructive methods, including the ultrasonic pulse method and the resonance method. A finegrained mortar was chosen as the initial mix for the implementation of the experiment, the binder part of which was sodium hydroxide-activated blast-furnace granulated slag. Beams with dimensions of 40 × 40 × 160 mm were chosen as test bodies, for which acoustic non-destructive methods monitored changes in the material structure during degradation processes.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141127378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utilization of high fly ash dosage to reduce cement consumption in concrete formulations","authors":"V. Davidová, Tomáš David, P. Reiterman","doi":"10.14311/app.2024.47.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2024.47.0015","url":null,"abstract":"The concrete production is responsible for high proportion of total carbon dioxide emission due to enormous consumption of Portland cement. This traditional binder system is due to high autogenous emission during calcination the main carrier of such negative environmental impact. The effective way to reduce the use of Portland cement is to replace that this binding material exhibiting lower energy demandingness. This paper deals with the utilization of fly ash as Portland cement replacement, which is frequently applied in concrete industry. The paper deals the highest replacement level in accordance with valid regulations. The experimental program was focused on the properties of fresh concrete mixture and basic physical and mechanical properties of hardened concrete. The attained results confirmed good potential of this approach, however the increase of plasticizer dosage was necessary to maintain a similar consistency of fresh mixture. That is why the fresh mixture exhibited lower level of air content.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141127387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermomechanical calculation within the HERA programme","authors":"Tereza Kinkorová","doi":"10.14311/app.2023.44.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2023.44.0005","url":null,"abstract":"HERA (High Burnup Experiments in Reactivity Initiated Accident) is one of the programmes which should replace closed Halden reactor. As the name implies HERA is focused on the tests simulated RIA (Reactivity Initiated Accident) and the aim of the programme is to investigate the performance and behaviour of high burnup fuel in RIA transients. The first phase of HERA programme consists of two steps which are the blind calculation of different RIA scenarios (different pulse width, enthalpy increase, hydrogen content and gap size) and in-reactor test with fresh fuel.The set of thermomechanical calculation was performed with the FRAPTRAN computer code as part of the first phase of HERA. The influence of several parameters on the fuel behaviour was observed, the varying parameters were the pulse width, peak radial average enthalpy increase, hydrogen content and the hydrogen rim size and gap size. In addition, the effect of type and setting of boundary condition was investigated.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139015275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of ATLHAMC12 subchannel code for total loss of flow scenario","authors":"Tomáš Křeček, Š. Foral","doi":"10.14311/app.2023.44.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2023.44.0013","url":null,"abstract":"The ALTHAMC12 subchannel code is a new subchannel code developed by the ALVEL company. The code is intended for DNBR safety analyses of the Czech nuclear power plants. In order to validate the code, a code to code comparison with THALES and VIPRE-01 is provided in this work. The reactor core model was developed and set of initial and boundary conditions has been adopted from a reference study. The comparison is done for steady state nominal parameters and Total Loss of Flow (TLOF) type of accident. The results show that ALTHAMC12 provides a good agreement with the reference codes in the terms of MDNBR value and its positions in the reactor core.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138989713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neutronic analysis of a heat-pipe cooled reactor","authors":"Josef Sabol, Jan Frýbort","doi":"10.14311/app.2023.44.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2023.44.0019","url":null,"abstract":"Heat-pipe cooled reactors belong to the group of nuclear reactors using heat pipes filled with liquid metals (such as sodium or potassium) to cool the core. Due to the passive heat removal system, there is no need to use closed loops with pumps, and the reactor can be operated with reduced operational requirements. Consequently, this system can be used in remote locations without access to an electrical grid, or it can be used for space applications.This paper deals with a neutronic study of the Special Purpose Reactor Design-B concept from the Idaho National Laboratory. Using Monte Carlo code Serpent 2 and ENDF/B VIII.0 library, a fixed-temperature model was created to calculate the safety characteristics of the system. This included reactivity coefficients, power distribution, neutron flux spectrum, and criticality safety. In a simplified depletion calculation, an effect of fuel depletion on safety systems was determined as well as a decay heat.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139022041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation of the compression test of the Zr1Nb fuel cladding ring","authors":"Vojtěch Smolík, Alžběta Endrychová, Jakub Krejčí","doi":"10.14311/app.2023.44.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2023.44.0028","url":null,"abstract":"Fuel cladding is a first protective barrier against the loss of fission products that must withstand extreme conditions, from normal operation to final and interim dry storage. This hostile environment results in mechanical and microstructural damage of cladding caused by different stress levels, temperature, corrosion, hydrogen pick up and other degradation processes further enhanced by radiation. For this reason, the integrity of the cladding is a critical issue. The aim of this work is to simulate a ring compression test to evaluate the stress-strain behavior and hoop fracture properties of a zirconium-based alloy with niobium, which was chosen because it is widely used as fuel cladding in light water nuclear reactors.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139024284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Štěpán Jedlan, Martin Ševeček, A. Prantl, J. Hodek, Pavel Podaný, Michal Brázda
{"title":"Effect of heat-treatment on material properties of L-DED printed austenistic alloy 08CH18N10T for nuclear reactor applications","authors":"Štěpán Jedlan, Martin Ševeček, A. Prantl, J. Hodek, Pavel Podaný, Michal Brázda","doi":"10.14311/app.2023.44.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14311/app.2023.44.0001","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the evaluation of material properties of the additively manufactured austenistic alloy 08CH18N10T, which is widely used in the Czech Republic nuclear power plants Temelín and Dukovany and other VVER reactors around the world. For purposes of utilization of additive manufacturing technologies for nuclear core components fabrication, two sets of samples were prepared from horizontally and vertically L-DED printed blocks from 08CH18N10T material. Experiments such as microstructure analysis, porosity and Vickers hardness were then performed on L-DED printed and heat-treated 08CH18N10T material, and the obtained material properties were then compared with the properties of L-DED printed 08CH18N10T material without heat-treatment for examination of its effect and also with material properties of conventionally made 08CH18N10T material.","PeriodicalId":7150,"journal":{"name":"Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138985991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}