• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.129-137
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• 2008

향후 국내 철도 건설에는 콘크리트궤도의 활발한 적용이 예상된다. 콘크리트궤도의 경우 기존의 자갈도상 궤도에 비해 침하로 인한 사용성 저하가 크고 그 복구가 어렵기 때문에, 침하에 대한 보다 엄격한 대처가 요구된다. 특히 반복되는 열차하중에 의해 발생하는 소성변형의 축적에 의한 장기 침하를 예측하는 것은 철도 궤도의 합리적인 설계와 유지관리를 위해 필수적이다. 세립토로 구성된 연약한 노반 위에 설치되어 과도한 누적소성침하가 예상되는 경우, 소수의 소구경 말뚝을 설치하면 침하를 효과적으로 억제할 수 있을 것으로 예측된다. 본 논문은 경험식과 수치해석을 결합한 방법을 통해 말뚝 설치에 의한 누적소성침하량의 감소 효과를 평가하였다. 본 논문에서는 3차원 유한차분법을 이용하여 말뚝이 설치된 콘크리트궤도를 모델링하여 열차하중에 의해 발생하는 지중응력 상태를 파악하고, 산정된 응력 분포를 소성변형 예측을 위한 경험식에 적용함으로써 콘크리트궤도에서 발생하는 장기 소성침하를 예측하였다. 해석 결과의 분석출 통해 누적소성침하량의 감소 목적으로써 의 말뚝 설치 효과를 확인하였다. 또한 말뚝 설치개수 및 말뚝 배치에 따른 누적소성침하 감소 특성을 제시하고 누적소성침하 감소를 위한 효과적인 말뚝 배치를 제안하였다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 정기총회 및 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.406-411
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• 2011

An active application of tram is being expected in Korea in the near future. For the tram operation in urban area, the embedded rail tracks where rails are completely embedded with pavements is required. When the embedded rail track is constructed on fine-grained subgrade soil, excessive cumulative plastic settlements due to repetitive tram road may occur. In this study, repetitive load tests were carried out to evaluate the accumulative plastic settlements of subgrade soils underneath embedded rail tracks. Two real-scale track specimens of 5 m lengths were constructed considering the maximum cant of a curved line. Repetitive tram loads of three million times were applied to the tracks in 5 Hz frequency. The accumulating patterns of plastic settlements were analyzed. Tram load distributing effects of the concrete slabs were also evaluated using the measured data of earth pressures cells that were installed underneath track. Also the measured settlements were compared with the estimated settlements calculated from an existing experimental equations, and its validity is discussed.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.191-208
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• 2012

Due to rapid industrialisation, large scale infrastructure development is taking place worldwide. This includes railways, high speed highways, elevated roads etc. To meet the demands of society and industry, many innovative techniques and materials are being developed. In developed nations like USA, Japan etc. for railways applications, new material like geocells, geogrids are being used successfully to enable fast movement of vehicles. The present research work was aimed to develop design methodologies for improvement of grounds subjected to cyclic loads caused by moving vehicles on roads, rail tracks etc. Deformation behavior of ballast under static and cyclic load tests was studied based on square footing test. The paper presents a study of the effect of geo-synthetic reinforcement on the (cumulative) plastic settlement, of point loaded square footing on a thick layer of granular base overlying different compressible bases. The research findings showed that inclusion of geo-synthetics significantly improves the performance of ballasted tracks and reduces the foundation area. If the area is kept same, higher speed trains can be allowed to pass through the same track with insertion of geosynthetics. Similarly, area of machine foundation may also be reduced where geosynthetics is provided in foundation. The model tests results have been validated by numerical modeling, using $FLAC^{3D}$.