• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.6 no.2 s.20
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• pp.25-36
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• 2004

The pressuremeter test can be used as an effective tool for evaluating stiffness of lower pavement layers including subgrade and subbase. At present, the most practical and applicable methods for evaluation of the stiffness of the subgrade and subbase are PBT and CBR in Korea. However, these methods have inherent drawbacks and large variabilities of test results themselves. In this study, an evaluation method and a test procedure that can be used for decision of pavement stiffness using pressuremeter were developed. The obtained results representing stiffness of the subgrade and subbase can replace PBT's soil reaction value k and CBR in design methods. It is found that the developed procedure based on the pressuremeter can provide an effective correaltion between the PBT's soil reaction value k and PMT's reloading modulus ($E_R$).

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.41-49
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• 2009

Poor compaction of subgrade soil causes low stiffness and bearing capacity of sublayers so that faulting and differential settlements can be generated between new and old pavement surfaces in case of widening works. However, investigation of verifying the reason of producing the defects in the pavements are not performed in detail. In this study, several in-field tests including PMT and PBT were performed for obtaining stiffness of the sublayers in new and old pavements respectively of an widening project. Then, based on the obtained stiffness values and the measured deformations obtained by specially designed tilt meters, the main reasons of generating different deformations between the old and new pavement sections and the relationship between the deformation and stiffness are verified.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2009.12a
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• pp.367-369
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• 2009

해안도로에 건설되는 콘크리트 포장체는 염해의 영향을 받는다. 또한 해안도로의 기초가 되는 지반은 약 5%가 연약지반으로 이루어져 있으며, 이에 대해 적절한 처리가 이루어지지 않으면 시간이 지남에 따라 침하가 발생하여 포장체에 부정적인 영향을 끼칠 수 있다. 연약지반의 장기적 거동에 의한 부등침하로 콘크리트 포장체에 균열이 발생할 경우, 염분의 침투 및 포장체내로의 확산이 가속되어 균열을 더욱 심화시키는 역할을 하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같이 포장체와 하부지반의 상호 유기적인 관계를 규명하고 부정적 영향의 정도를 예측함으로써 해안도로의 건전성 및 공용성을 확보를 위한 근간을 제공하고자 한다.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.41-50
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• 2011

It is well-known that pavement is easily damaged by several factors including permanent deformation and fatigue crack, causing service life of the pavement to be shorter than expected. It is very important to predict amount of permanent deformation for designing pavement and developing design method of pavement. A new model of permanent deformation of pavement materials based on concept of shear stress ratio has been proposed because the lower pavement materials are highly affected by shear strength of the material. In this study a large repetitive triaxial load test has been adapted for performing test of permanent deformation of crushed subbase materials. The test procedure which includes concept of shear stress ratio has been newly developed. Several important model parameters can be obtained from the test that can be used for making correct permanent deformation model of the material.

• 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.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.461-463
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• 2011

경량포장시스템의 하부기초시스템 모델링 및 수치해석에 필요한 충남연안역 기초 지반의 기본적인 물성값을 규명하기 위하여 한국동력자원연구소에서 수행한 충남지역의 지질도와 최근수행되고 있는 도로공사의 토질보고서를 분석하여 충남 연안역 기초지반의 특성을 파악하였다.

• 한국도로학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.327-332
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• 2006

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.205-216
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• 2009

As a subsequent study, this paper presents a comparative evaluation of structural responses in asphalt pavements with stabilized foundations. The approach based on a finite element analysis which incorporates non-linear behaviors of pavement geomaterials is used to estimate each performance indicator under standard single axle loading condition. In addition, results from laboratory tests are used to provide physical and mechanical properties of stabilized geomaterials for analyzing various pavement structures. Changes in pavement responses with varying layer thickness and stabilizer contents were investigated. It is found that the effect of layer thickness and stabilizer content is a critical factor in structural response of stabilized pavements. Moreover, a design criterion is proposed for selecting minimum contents of stabilizer of coarse-grained geomaterials based on a result of unconfined compressive strength and proper layer thickness of foundations.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.165-175
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• 2009

With the current move towards adopting mechanistic-empirical concepts in the design of pavement structures, state-of-the-art mechanistic analysis methodologies are needed to determine accurate pavement responses, such as stress, strain, and deformation. Previous laboratory studies of pavement foundation geomaterials, i.e., unbound granular materials used in base/subbase layers and fine-grained soils of a prepared subgrade, have shown that the resilient responses followed by nonlinear, stress-dependent behavior under repeated wheel loading. This nonlinear behavior is commonly characterized by stress-dependent resilient modulus material models that need to be incorporated into finite element (FE) based mechanistic pavement analysis methods to predict more realistically predict pavement responses for a mechanistic pavement analysis. Developed user material subroutine using aforementioned resilient model with nonlinear solution technique and convergence scheme with proven performance were successfully employed in general-purpose FE program, ABAQUS. This numerical analysis was investigated in predicted critical responses and domain selection with specific mesh generation was implemented to evaluate better prediction of pavement responses. Results obtained from both axisymmetric and three-dimensional (3D) nonlinear FE analyses were compared and remarkable findings were described for nonlinear FE analysis. The UMAT subroutine performance was also validated with the instrumented full scale pavement test section study results from the Federal Aviation Administration's National Airport Pavement Test Facility (FAA's NAPTF).

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.448-448
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• 2012

농경지의 잔류비료나 농약 등의 비점오염원은 강수 또는 관개를 함에 따라 지표 및 지하 유출과 함께 거동함으로써 토양 내에 집적됨과 동시에 지하수 수질에도 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 특히, 최근 고부가가치 농산물 수요의 증가로 전국적으로 확대되고 있는 시설재배의 경우 노지재배와는 상이한 유출 및 침투 특성을 가지고 있음과 동시에 과다시비로 인한 오염원의 토양 내 집적이 심각한 수준이나, 이에 대한 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 시설재배지와 관행재배 지역의 토양 내 비점오염원 오염부하량을 평가하고 지하침투 과정을 평가하기 위하여 시설재배지와 관행재배지의 비교 평가가 가능한 포장 및 광역단위 시험포장을 연구대상지역으로 선정하였다. 모니터링 대상지역에서 토양수, 토양수분, 관개량, 기상조건 등을 측정하기 위한 장비를 설치하여 비점 모니터링 시스템을 구축하였고, 한달에 두 번 모니터링을 통하여 자료 수집 체계를 확립하였다. 시설재배지 및 관행재배지 토양 및 토양수 수질 분석 결과, 시설재배지 내 영양물질 농도가 관행재배지와 비교하여 전반적으로 높았으며, 특히, 하부토층으로 내려갈수록 영양물질의 농도 및 편차가 크게 나타났다. 향후 본 시험포장에서의 지속적인 모니터링 및 샘플링을 통하여 시설재배지 토양내 비점오염원의 침투 과정을 분석할 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 지하침투 영향 및 오염부하량 모델링 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.