• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.5C
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• pp.183-190
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• 2009

It is necessary to predict the deformation and stresses on soils to establish the nonlinear stress-strain relationship of geomaterials at various strain levels. Especially, a need exists to establish the pre-failure nonlinear characteristic of cemented granular geomaterials used in road constructions. In this paper, therefore, conventional granular soils were mixed with various cementing materials, such as cement and fly ash from coal combustion by-products. Then, the normalized nonlinear behavior of cemented geomaterials was assessed using unconfined compression test. In addition, various constitutive models of soils were evaluated for estimating pre-failure non-linear behavior of cemented geomaterials from the test results.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.75-82
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• 2003

This paper presents the results of a study that was performed to evaluate fronds of shear strength parameters in stabilization of unbound soil-aggregate systems based on the theory of unsaturated soil mechanics. Two important shear strength parameters, effective cohesion and effective angle of internal friction were estimated by the proposed approach using the results from suction measurements and unconfined compressive strength test. In addition, the effect of different addition rates of stabilizing agent was compared. Due to the stabilization process, an increase in suction potential on engineering properties of geomaterials was observed by using dielectric constant measurements. In conclusion, the results from this study show that the proposed approach can be simply used for predicting shear strength parameters of the stabilized geomaterials.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.29-38
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• 1997

Strain softening is observed for geomaterials such as rocks when they are sheared. The proper computational modelling for strain softening is very important because this behavior is closely related to failure in geotechnical problems. In this paper, we have investigated the proper FEM techniques for modelling strain softening in order to simulate failure behavior numerically. In showing numerical examples, the effects of element shape, mesh pattern and of imperfection and the difference between small and large deformation theories, of displacement control and pressure control after peak have been discussed.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.17 no.8
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• pp.19-22
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• 2001

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.75-83
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• 2009

A need still exists to evaluate the durability performance of cemented gedmaterials in road constructions using various cementing binders due to seasonal changes in fields as well as structural performance. In this paper, durability characteristics of stabilized granular base and subgrade materials, which is widely used in korea, was assessed using a laboratory repeated load resilient-deformation test under various freezing-thawing and wet-drying cyclic conditions. In addition, various resilient modulus models were adopted based on the test results. As a result, the estimated model coefficients agree well with the values from the literatures.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

In this paper, the spatial randomness and probability characteristics of material properties are inversely estimated by using a set of the stochastic fields for the material properties of geotechnical structures. By using the probability distribution and probability characteristics of these estimated material properties, topology optimization is performed on structure shape, and the results are compared with the existing deterministic topology optimization results. A set of stochastic fields for material properties is generated, and the spatial randomness of material properties in each field is simulated. The probability distribution and probability characteristics of actual material properties are estimated using the partial values of material properties in each stochastic field. The probability characteristics of the estimated actual material properties are compared with those of the stochastic field set. Also, response variability of the ground structure having a modulus of elasticity with randomness is compared with response variability of the ground structure having a modulus of elasticity without randomness. Therefore, the quantified stochastic topology optimization result can be obtained with considering the spatial randomness of actual material properties.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.28 no.9
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• pp.85-95
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• 2012

The method of using organic acid is more environment-friendly for it improves the strength of the ground. The method of proliferating microbes makes soil particle bonded, finally improves the strength of the ground and decreasing permeability. Although there has been the research on the effect of strength increasing, there has never been a research on the evaluation of field application. In this paper, through the light drop weight test, the dynamic cone penetration test, the field density test, the variation of strength was investigated in the mixed ground with organic acid for 56 days. As the results of the field test, it was found that the strength and stiffness of the ground increased with organic acid, and that through SEM-EDS, the precipitation of calcium carbonate made by specified microbe obviously increased with organic acid material and so the ground was improved. Therefore, the sustainable development of this method needs to be analysed more in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.271-274
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• 2003

국내 해안지역의 표층에는 두께 약 5~60m의 연약한 해성 충적 점성토층이 형성되어 있어 상부에 구조물을 축조할 경우 목적에 부합되게 다양한 말뚝시공에 의한 연약지반 개량공법을 적용하고 있는 실정이다 따라서 매우 연약한 지반특성을 나타내는 경우에는 설계에서 정해진 단면이상으로 콘크리트 재료가 지반 중으로 투입되어 콘크리트 재료의 손실이 많이 발생하여 합리적인 시공을 수행하여도 비경제적인 공사가 될 우려가 크다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2004.03a
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• pp.432-450
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• 2004

지반공학에서 다루는 도로, 철도 제방, 댐, 쓰레기매립장, 연약지반처리, 구조물의 기초 등 토목구조물의 대부분은 흙을 주요 재료로 하여 시공을 하고 있다. 사용되는 흙 재료는 미세한 점토로부터 모래, 자갈에 이르기까지 다양한 입도로 이루어지며, 거기에 따른 장점과 단점을 갖기 때문에, 흙 재료가 갖지 못한 단점을 보완 또는 대체하는 방법으로서 토목섬유가 흙과 더불어 사용되기 시작하였으며, 현재 각종 토목구조물에 연간 약 10억 $m^2$ 이상의 물량이 다양한 용도로 사용되고 있다. (중략)

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.63-74
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• 2008

Resilient deformation characteristics on unbound pavement materials have been adopted for design and nonlinear analysis of pavement structure under traffic loadings. However, relatively few studies have been done on the nonlinear resilient behavior of unbound pavement materials in Korea. In addition, only the limited information is available for estimating the resilient modulus values on unbound materials. In this study, a laboratory resilient-deformation test under repeated loadings is performed in order to fud a proper constitutive model that correlates the resilient modulus with stress state from field condition. Finally, a finite element analysis is conducted for evaluating the nonlinear characteristics of unbound materials. and the pavement performance respectively.