Characteristics of shear strength of coarse-grained materials using large triaxial test equipment

대형삼축시험 장비를 이용한 조립재료의 전단강도 특성

  • Jin, Guang-Ri (Korea Institute of Water and Environment, Korea Water Resources Corporation) ;
  • Snin, Dong-Hoon (Korea Institute of Water and Environment, Korea Water Resources Corporation) ;
  • Im, Eun-Sang (Korea Institute of Water and Environment, Korea Water Resources Corporation) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Young (Korea Institute of Water and Environment, Korea Water Resources Corporation)
  • 김광일 (한국수자원공사 수자원연구원) ;
  • 신동훈 (한국수자원공사 수자원연구원) ;
  • 임은상 (한국수자원공사 수자원연구원) ;
  • 김기영 (한국수자원공사 수자원연구원)
  • Published : 2009.09.25

Abstract

In the past few decades, the rockfill embankment dam, which has superior workability and economy, has become a major trend. In Korea, most of the embankment dams are rockfill dams, but recently, in response to the demand for sustainable development and environmentally-friendly water resource development, the sand and gravel in streams has become a major construction material for dams, rather than the non-economic rockfill, and its application examples have also increased. In this study, a large triaxial test was performed, with construction samples of different maximum sizes, in parallel with the grading method at the 'B Dam' construction site in Korea, and the effects of the different maximum sizes on the strain of the dam construction material and on the shear strength characteristics were analyzed to provide the basic data for determining the strength characteristics of the coarse-grained materials by the maximum size.

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