• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.513-523
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• 2022

The purpose of settlement management when treating soft ground through preloading is to determine the amount of settlement, check the progression of consolidation, and compare the settlement with the target settlement amount. Of the various methods available for predicting settlement based on measured data, the hyperbolic method was used in this study to analyze the settlement behavior of soft ground considering the creep behavior resulting from staged fill. Two versions of the method were used: the existing hyperbolic method, and a modified hyperbolic method. The existing hyperbolic method predicts the settlement amount using data for the final settlement section only during soft ground treatment through staged fill, for which the coefficient of consolidation behavior (k) was computed to give a predicted final consolidation settlement amount of S_r = 1.05 cm. In comparison, using the modified method, a predicted final consolidation settlement of S_r = 0.50 cm is obtained by considering the data for each staged fill section. These results show that the modified method considering data from the staged settlement was more accurate than the existing method considering data only from the final settlement section. This modification to the hyperbolic method therefore represents an improvement in performance over the existing method.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.6C
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• pp.239-247
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• 2012

Some methods were proposed to predict lateral flow due to embankments for road constructions on soft grounds, in which vertical drains were placed. In order to investigate the prediction methods of lateral flow, 200 field monitoring data for embankments in thirteen road construction sites at western and southern coastal areas of the Korean Peninsula were analyzed. For analyzing the relationship between the safety factor of embankment slope and the horizontal displacement in soft grounds where horizontal drain mats were placed, it was reliable to apply the maximum horizontal displacement in soft ground instead of the horizontal displacement at ground surface. The maximum horizontal displacement was developed less than 50mm in fields where the safety factor of slope was more than 1.4, while the one was developed more than 100mm in fields where the safety factor of slope was less than 1.2. In safe fields where the maximum horizontal displacement were developed within 50mm, lateral flow would not happen since shear deformation was not appeared. On the other hand, shear failure would happen in the fields where the maximum horizontal displacement were developed more than 100mm. In such fields, embankments might be continued after some appropriate countermeasures should be prepared. Safe embankments can be performed on soft grounds, in which the stability number is less than 3.0 and the safety factor for bearing is more than 1.7. However, if the stability number is more than 4.3 and the safety factor for bearing is less than 1.2, shear deformation would begin and even shear failure would happen.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.103 no.3
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• pp.408-421
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• 2014

This study was carried out to investigate flora and vegetation in cutting slope along a construction age sequence (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) of forest roads in Yongchiri, Younghyunmyon, Sacheonshi, Geyongsangnamdo. Mean slopes of the cutting and banking slopes of forest roads constructed were ranged from $42^{\circ}$ to $54^{\circ}$. Soil texture in the cutting and banking sides of forest roads constructed in 2012 was loam, while sandy loam in the cutting and banking slopes of forest roads constructed between 2007 and 2011. Vegetation cover percentage was higher in the banking slopes (66%) than the cutting slopes (49%) of forest roads. Total flora were higher in the banking slopes (50 species) than the cutting slopes (46 species) of forest roads. Species diversity was generally higher in the banking slopes than in the cutting slopes in all forest roads. In addition, the species diversity index was the highest in the cutting slopes (1.4015) of forest roads constructed in 2011, while the highest in the banking slopes (1.5603) of forest roads constructed in 2012. The results indicate that evenness index in the cutting and banking slopes of recent construction roads was high compared with old construction roads because of the distribution of simple plant species.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.79-88
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• 1996

In this study, prediction of soil behavior under vacuum preloading with vertical drain is explored on the basis of numerical models and toe results were compared with field measurements. Reasonable prediction of the time rate of settlements and pore pressure dissipation under vacuum preloading is the maj or concern. The conventional method for vatsuum preloading is based on modeling vacuum preloading as surcharge loading for the consolidation analysis. However, this modeling may violate the real behavior of soils under vacuum loading since the total stress in the analysis varies due to the modeled surcharge loading whereas in'.situ total stress of soils under vacuum loading is constant. In this study a new method is suggested. Instead of modeling vacuum loading as surcharge loading, negative hydraulic head is applied at the surface drain boundary to simulate the vacuum preloading. Comparisons of predictions and field measurements of soil behavior under vatsuum preloading are presented and the usefulness of the new modeling technique is demonstrated.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.89 no.1
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• pp.33-40
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• 2000

This study was carried out to evaluate the fill slope failure possibility of forest road in Metamorphic rock area using fuzzy theory which is non-linear model. The results were summarized as follows. The potential slope failure by nine factors was mainly occurred under the such conditions as the total road width ranging from 4m to 5m, longitudinal gradients below $2^{\circ}$, fill slope length greater than 8m, fill slope gradients steeper than $40^{\circ}$, road on ridge position, soil types with weathered rock, slope gradients steeper than $40^{\circ}$, aspect of NW, and longitudinal slope form in convexity. The weight of importance by factors on fill slope failure was ranked in the order of fill slope length, fill slope gradient, road position, soil type, aspect and longitudinal slope form. The analysis showed that the fill slope failure possibility was low with less than 0.485 of the fuzzy integral value and high with more than 0.620 of the value. And the discriminant accuracy was 74.6%. The analysis with six out of nine factors indicated that the possibility was low with less than 0.441 of the fuzzy integral value and high with more than 0.583 of the value. In this case, the discriminant accuracy was slightly increased to 78.0%.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.191-199
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• 2019

Road development is considered an important factor in invasion and dispersion of ailen plants by damaging the natural ecosystems and connecting the detached landscapes into long tubular structures. In this study, vegetation survey was carried out according to the topographical characteristics of cut slope, fill slope, and flat land at the construction site in order to understand the effect of road developemt on the change of the floristic composition of ailen plants. Road developement projects caused a lot of changes in annual and biennial alien plants because of continuous disturbances. Changes in species composition of alien plants decreased in the cut slope. On the other hand, the ailen palnts of the fill slope increased. The increase or decrease alien plants on flat land were identified depending on where it occurred, and no major trend was found. The cause of these change was driven by unintentionally introduced alien plants. In particular, the cut slope with a high occurence of unintentional ailen plants should not be used as a source of high-risk alien plants such as ecosystem disturbances. Since the transplanted species were intentionally planted by the landscape plan, it was possible to identify colonies from early stages and spread to the nearby flat land. Therefore, in order to minimize the impact of road slope vegetation on the surrounding ecosystem during and after road construction, it is suggested to plant high viability plants in the landscape design during the environmental impact assessment consultation.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.35-44
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• 2013

This paper presents the slope wall technique using soil improvement material for reinforced soil slope through laboratory scale model tests, and verifies the experimental results comparing with numerical analysis. In additional, case study in field has performed to investigate the deformation of reinforced soil slope for 6 months. As a result of laboratory scale model test, numerical analysis, and case study, the reinforcement effect of the slope wall technique using soil improvement material is sufficient to be constructed as reinforced soil slope. The technique shows the stable ratio (0.4%) of horizontal to vertical deformation in the surface loading.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.551-553
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• 2008

식생피복율, 병충해, 출현종수 등의 항목으로 평가를 실시하였다. 리핑암과 발파암에서는 녹화공법 C와 녹화공법 C-1이 가장 높은 식생피복율을 보였다. 절토부의 경우에는 녹화공법 D의 식생피복율 녹화공법 E보다 상대적으로 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 성토부의 경우에는 녹화공법 D가 녹화공법 F보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 목본종의 출현종수는 암지역(리핑암, 발파암), 토사지역(절토부, 성토부)에 적용한 모든 녹화공법에서 상급으로 평가되었으나, 전체종의 출현종수의 비율에 있어서는 다소의 차이가 나타났다. 식생기반의 물리화학적 특성 분석에서 토사지역 절토부의 녹화공법 E와 성토부의 녹화 공법 D의 경우는 토양경도가 다른 공법들에 비해 낮게 나타났다. 암지역의 리핑암과 발파암에 사용된 모든 공법은 토양산도와 토양경도가 식물의 근계생육에 영향을 미치지 않는 범위 이내로 조사되었다. 리핑암과 발파암에 적용된 각 공법의 경우 식생상태가 양호하였으며, 향후 주변 지역의 자연식생의 침입과 천이과정을 거치면서 식생상태가 역시 정상적으로 변화될 것으로 예상된다. 토사지역의 절토부와 성토부에서는 중간 정도의 식생상태를 유지하고 있었으나, 향후 주변의 산림지역으로부터의 식생 구성종의 침투로 인해 식생천이가 역동적으로 변화될 것으로 예상된다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.3232-3236
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• 2012

Consolidation and remedies for slope stability were considered for the slope with additional embankment. Transferred stresses due to additional embankment were assessed by the derived formula based on elasticity theory. Available remedies for slope stability with additional embankment including JSP method, stone column method and EPS method were studied. Caution needed for using JSP method is high pressure which can result in heaving of adjacent soils. Shortages of used case and noise of construction of stone column method are also considered for the safe remedy for slope stability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2010.03a
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• pp.951-956
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 $\bigcirc\bigcirc$화력발전소 회사장에 매립되고 있는 혼합회가 도로성토 및 철도노반 등 성토재로 사용될 수 있는가를 평가하기 위하여 물리적 및 역학적 특성을 평가하였다. 비중, 액소성 시험, 입도분석, XRD 시험, 강열감량시험, 실내투수시험을 통해 물리적 특성을 평가하였고 다짐시험, CBR 시험, 배수삼축압축시험을 실시하여 역학적 특성을 평가하였다. 두 가지 혼합회에 실험한 결과 비중은 2.181~2.189, 투수계수는 $1.32{\times}10^{-4}{\sim}1.89{\times}10^{-4}cm/sec$, 수정CBR은 19.5~21%, 배수마찰각은 $36.43{\sim}41.39^{\circ}$로 평가 되었다. 혼합회의 투수계수는 실트질 흙과 유사한 범위에 있으며 배수마찰각은 상대밀도가 큰 모래질 흙이 보일 수 있는 내부마찰각의 범위를 보였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 혼합회는 도로성토 및 철도노반 등 성토재로 사용할 수 있는 것으로 평가되었다.