• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.93-105
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• 2017

This study presents direct shear tests, model tests, and numerical simulations to assess the effect of reduction of soil strength because of saturation during formation of ground cave-in caused by damaged sewer pipe lines. The direct shear test results show that the saturation affects the cohesion of soil significantly although it does not influence the friction angle of soil. To experimentally reproduce ground cave-in, the model tests were performed. As ground cave-ins were accompanied with extreme deformation, conventional finite element method has difficulty in simulating them. The present study relies on generalized interpolation material point method, which is one of meshless methods. Although there are differences between the model test and numerical simulation caused by boundary conditions, incomplete saturation, and exclusion of groundwater flow, similar ground deformation characteristics are observed both in the model test and numerical simulation.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.19-28
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• 2003

Current methods for lateral thrust calculations are based on the classical formulations of Rankine or Coulomb. However, the previous studies indicate that lateral earth pressures acting on the wall stem, which is the function of deformation parameters of the backfill, are close to the active condition only in the top half of the wall stem and in the lower half of the wall stem, the lateral earth pressures are significantly in excess of the active pressures. This paper presents the compressible inclusion function of EPS which can results in reduction of static earth pressure by accomodating the movement of retained soil. A series of model tests were conducted to evaluate the reduction of static earth pressure using EPS inclusion and determine the optimum stiffness of EPS. Also, field test was conducted to evaluate the reduction of static earth pressure using EPS inclusion. Based on field test it is found that the magnitude of static earth pressure can be reduced about 20% compared with classical active earth pressure.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.41-48
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• 2014

Experimental study of sedimentation and self-weight consolidation has been primary research area in dredged soil. However, good quality of the dredged soil and minimum water pollution caused by the pumping of reclaimed soil require intensive study of the flow characteristics of dredged material due to dumping. In this study, continuity and the equilibrium equations for mass flow assuming single phase was derived to simulate mass flow in dredged containment area. To optimize computation and modeling time for three dimensional geometry and boundary conditions, depth integration is applied to governing equations to consider three dimensional topography of the site. Petrov-Galerkin formulation is applied in spatial discretization of governing equations. Generalized trapezoidal rule is used for time integration, and Newton iteration process approximated the solution. DG and CDG technique were used for weighting matrix in discontinuous test function in dredged flow analysis, and numerical stability was evaluated by performed a square slump simulation. A comparative analysis for numerical methods showed that DG method applied to SU / PG formulation gives minimal pseudo oscillation and reliable numerical results.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.7-31
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• 2005

Landslides triggered by rainfall produce severe effects on the serviceability and stability of railway. Since small amount of soil mass slipped on the rail can cause derailment which will induce great danger on people and trains, slope stability problem is one of the major concerns on the operation of railway In this study we investigated the characteristics of rainfall driven landslide near railway. A total of 23 sites were visited. Four different types of slope failure were classified based upon the morphology of the slipped slope triggered by rainfall. From the analysis dimensions of slopes (height, length and slope) do not show particular correlation with the types of landslides. In addition, morphological and geological features of slope influence the occurrence of different types of landslides.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.107-121
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• 2003

When the seismic stability of quay walls is analyzed, the magnitudes of force components acting on quay walls during earthquakes and the phase relations among these force components must be properly evaluated. In general, force components include inertia force of the quay wall, lateral earth force, and water force. The magnitude and the phase relation of each force component vary according to the magnitude of the excess pore pressures developed in backfill soils of the quay wall. The dynamic thrust mobilized at the contact surface between the backfill soil and the wall develops as a result of the interactions among these force components. We propose a simple model to evaluate the magnitude and phase variation of the dynamic thrust on the back of the wall in terms of the excess pore pressure. The proposed model can predict the dynamic thrust by summing the magnitudes of farce components calculated from design equations for seismic pressures on the wall. The proposed model was verified by comparing its results with the results from a series of shaking table tests.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.25-30
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• 2018

Conventional monitoring method is used for evaluation of the reservoir and levee at the highest height sections. In recent years, automated measurement technology has been developed, and the measurement results are transmitted, collected and stored in real time into management office. Despite the development of real time monitoring technology, the measurement results are not used directly or indirectly with facility management at real time. Recently, as wireless sensor network measurement technology has been developed based on internet of things, this study proposed a real - time measurement and evaluation system based on wireless sensor network technology in the reservoir structure. As a result of the seepage analysis for the application, it was confirmed that the volumetric water content changes together with the change of the seepage line inside the embankment body according to the change of the water level of the embankment. In other words, the applicability of the measurement system with the volumetric water ratio set as the sensor node was verified.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.24 no.12
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• pp.23-32
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• 2008

This paper presents the results of numerical investigation on the stability of reinforced earth wall during rainfall. A series of limit-equilibrium based slope stability analyses within the framework of unsaturated shear strength, coupled with transient seepage analyses, were conducted with due consideration of rainfall characteristics in Korea. It is shown that the factor of safety of the reinforced wall during rainfall decreases with time due to decreases in the suction in the reinforced as well as retained zones. Also revealed is that the decrease in the factor of safety depends not only on the backfill soil type but also on the rainfall characteristics. Practical implications of the findings were discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.123-123
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• 2021

도시하천유역이나 복합유역 등 지역적 성향을 고려한 도달시간 산정에 관한 연구는 현재까지도 미흡한 실정이다. 소규모 유역의 홍수량을 산정할 경우 유하시간보다 유입시간 비중이 상대적으로 크다. 그러나 유하시간만을 고려하여 도달시간을 산정할 때, 소규모 유역의 경우 하도가 없고 유역면적이 5km² 내외 또는 하도의 저류 효과를 기대할 수 없는 경우 도달시간이 짧아 홍수량이 과대 산정된다. 이를 극복하고자 재해영향성평가등의 협의 실무지침에서는 도달시간 이외에 매개변수인 저류상수를 인위적으로 증가시키는 방법을 제안하고 있다. 하지만 이 방법 역시 유역의 물리적인 특성을 나타내는 변수를 왜곡한다는 근복적인 문제를 완전히 해결하지 못하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 기존 중·대규모 하천을 대상으로 수행된 연구결과를 바탕으로 제안된 홍수 도달시간 산정방법의 한계를 극복하고, 유입시간이 지배적인 소규모 복합유역에 적용 가능한 도달시간 산정방안을 제시하고자 한다. 이를 위해 실증실험을 통해 기존 유입시간 산정식을 개선하고, 도시수문 모니터링 시범유역에 적용하여 정확성을 평가하고자 하였다. 먼저, 홍수도달 시간 측정을 위한 강우유출 실내 실험장치를 제작하였다. 실험장치는 본체(길이3m×폭1.2m×높이0.8m)와 경사조절 장치(0~15도)를 포함하고 있다. 본체 전면부를 타공(ø10mm)하고 상·하단에서 지표와 기저유출을 집수하여 티핑버킷으로 유량을 측정하였고, 토체 내에는 토양수분센서를 설치하여 강우유출 발생시간 동안 토양수분 변화를 측정하였다. 본 연구에서는 하도흐름인 유하시간(Kraven 공식)을 계산하여 도달시간을 산정하기 보다 지표면 흐름인 유입시간(Kerby 공식)에 보정계수를 도입하여 도달시간을 산정하는 방안을 검토하였다. 실험 결과, 불투수 면적비율이 증가함에 따라 도달시간은 감소하고, 불투수 유역이 하류에 위치할수록 유출발생시간이 빨라졌다. 실증실험 결과를 바탕으로 도시수문 모니터링 시범유역에 적용하여 기존 유하시간과 저류상수를 보정하는 도달시간 산정방식(연속형 Kraven)과 유입시간을 보정한 도달시간 산정(수정 Kerby)으로 도출된 유출량을 실측 유량과 비교하였다. 그 결과 제안된 홍수도달시간 산정식에서 모의된 홍수량이 기존 방식과 유사하거나 우수한 첨두홍수량을 보였으며, 설계자 임의성이 배제된 일관성있는 해석값을 제시해 줄 것으로 판단된다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.3C
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• pp.105-113
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• 2009

Pressuremeter test estimates deformational properties of soil from the relationship between applied pressure and the displacement of cavity wall, and the results reflect the in-situ stress condition and the structure of soil particles. This study suggests the overall process of test and analysis for the evaluation of nonlinear degradation characteristics of shear moduli, based on the reloading curve of pressuremeter test. The method estimates the maximum shear modulus, taking into account the difference between the stress states around the probe in reloading and that of the in-situ state, and then combines the degradation characteristics of shear moduli taken from reloading curve. This procedure derives the shear moduli in overall strain range. Pressuremeter tests were carried out in various ground conditions using large calibration chamber, together with various reference tests. Shear moduli taken from pressuremeter tests were compared with bender element test and resonant column test results.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.419-425
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• 2009

Recently, the number of shallow tunnel construction increases to improve the structural safety and environment-friendliness. In Semi-Cut and Cover Method, ground is excavated to the crown arch level and braced rib arch is set to backfill before the excavation of lower face. Semi-Cut and Cover Method is proposed to solve the problems occurred by the conventional Cut and Cover Method, such as unstability, high-cost and the large cutting slope to be reinforced. In this paper, the behaviors of Braced Rib Arch in shallow tunnel excavated by semi-cut and cover method was studied. Model tests in 1:10 Scale were performed in real construction sequences. The distance between supports of rib arch was 1.8 m and the length of spacer was 1.0 m. the size of test pit was 4.0 m (width)$\times$3.3 m (length) 4.0 m (height) in dimension. Tests results show that backfill load acting on arch was smaller than that in the conventional Open-Cut Method.