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DEM Simulation on the Initiation and Development of Road Subsidence

개별요소법을 활용한 도로함몰 발생과 전개거동 예측

  • 김연호 (단국대학교 토목환경공학과) ;
  • 박성완 (단국대학교 토목환경공학과)
  • Received : 2017.03.31
  • Accepted : 2017.07.07
  • Published : 2017.07.31
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Abstract

Road subsidence, frequently occurring in urban areas, is caused by collapsing of surface layer due to underground cavities followed by a loss of soils. To better understand this phenomenon, the mechanism of cavity formation should be identified firstly. Two kinds of possible subsidence mechanisms were established through previous case studies and the numerical analyses based on Distinct Element Method were conducted for each of these mechanisms. It was confirmed that particle loss and surface settlement can develop differently depending on slit size, void ratio, and particle shape among the various factors influencing the road subsidence. The result demonstrated that the effects of varying cavity diameter and depth could be quantified as a damage chart.

최근 도시지역에서 빈번하게 발생하는 도로함몰은 지하에 생성된 동공으로 인해 지표면이 붕괴되는 현상을 의미한다. 지하 공간에서 동공 생성 과정과 생성된 동공이 도로함몰로 이어지는 현상을 이해하기 위해서는 동공의 형성 메커니즘을 명확히 이해할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실제 사례와 여러 모델 시험 결과를 분석하여 두 가지 가능한 메커니즘을 제시하였으며 각 메커니즘에 대해 개별요소법 기반의 수치해석 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 특히, 도로함몰 영향인자 중 토사 유출구의 크기와 지반의 간극비, 지반 구성 입자 형상의 영향을 확인하기 위한 수치해석을 통해 유출구 특성과 지반 조건에 따라 입자 손실과 지표 침하가 다르게 발생할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한, 불연속 침하 해석 결과로 본 연구에서 제시한 도표를 통해 동공의 지름과 심도를 통해 지반의 포화 시 거동을 예측할 수 있다.

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