A Study on the Failure Behavior of Reinforced Clay

보강점토의 파괴거동에 관한 연구

  • 유한규 (정회원, 한양대학교 공학대학 토목·환경공학과 전임)
  • Published : 1997.02.01

Abstract

In order to investigate the effect of parameters such as orientation and surface roughness of a reinforcing material as well as the water content of the clay matrix on the stress-strain and failure behavior of reinforced clay, uniaxial compression tests were performed on clay samples reinforced with a steel inclusion Test results showed that the increase or decrease in strength of reinforced clay samples was found to depend on the orientation of a steel inclusion as well as water content of clay samples. The possible weakening mechanism induced by reinforcement in clay samples was related to the development of cracks along the tips of interface between steel inclusion and clay matrix. A theoretical interpretation of failure behavior of reinforced clay was made by using fracture mechanics theory, and the experimental results were compared with the theoretical predictions. The predicted crack propagation direction obtained from fracture criteria for a material containing a closed crack with friction agreed reasonably well with the measured values obtained from tests.

보강재의 방향, 표면거칠기 그리고 점토의 함수비가 보강점토의 응력-변형률 거동 및 파괴거동에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 강으로 보강된 점토를 대상으로 일축압축시험을 실시하였다. 시험결과 보강점토 강도의 증가 또는 감소는 보강재의 방향과 점토의 함수비에 영향을 받고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 보강재 설치방향에 따른 점토의 강도저하는 점토와 보강재의 경계면 끝에서 발생된 균열과 관련이 있는 것으로 판단된다. 파괴역학 이론을 적용하여 보강점토의 파괴 거동에 대한 이론적인 고찰을 하였으며 시험 결과를 이론적인 예측결과와 비교하였다. 폐합된 균열이 내재된 물질의 파괴기준을 적용하여 예측한 균열진행 방향은 시험으로부터 측정된 값과 비교적 잘 일치되었다.

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