• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.85-91
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• 2020

The necessity for ground reinforcement of structures has been increasing in South Korea because buildings have encountered constructional problems such as inclined structures and collapses caused by earthquakes or differential settlement of the foundations. With regard to a ground reinforcement method, an increasing number of high-strength concrete piles have been used based on their advantages, including a wide range of penetration depth and a high load-bearing capacity. However, problems such as the destruction of a pile head during on-site placement work can occur when the pile has insufficient strength. For this reason, the strength of such piles should be managed more thoroughly. Thus, this study analyzed the strength properties of high-strength concrete piles using blast furnace slag (BFS) powder as a cement replacement, which was generated as an industrial byproduct. The analysis results indicated that the compression strength of the concrete piles increased when 10% to 20% of the cement was replaced with ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS). In addition, the compression strength of the concrete piles was calculated to be 80.6 MPa when 20% of the cement was replaced with GGBS, which was greater by 5% than that of an ordinary Portland cement (OPC) specimen.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.209-219
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• 2022

The determination for bearing capacity of precast nodular piles is conventionally time-consuming and high-cost by using numerous experiments and empirical methods. This study proposes an intelligent method to evaluate the bearing capacity and shaft resistance of the nodular piles with high efficiency based on long short-term memory (LSTM) approach. A series of field tests are first designed to measure the axial force, shaft resistance and displacement of the combined nodular piles under different loadings, in comparison with the single pre-stressed high-strength concrete piles. The test results confirm that the combined nodular piles could provide larger ultimate bearing capacity (more than 100%) than the single pre-stressed high-strength concrete piles. Both the LSTM-based method and empirical methods are used to calculate the shift resistance of the combined nodular piles. The results show that the LSTM-based method has a high-precision estimation on shaft resistance, not only for the ultimate load but also for the working load.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.35-41
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• 1994

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.595-604
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• 2021

With the advantages of high permeability and strength, pervious concrete piles can be suitable for ground improvement with high water content and low bearing capacity. By comparing the strength and permeability of pervious concrete with different aggregate sizes (3-5 mm and 4-6 mm) and porosities (20%, 25%, 30% and 35%), the recommended aggregate size (3-5 mm) and porosity (30%) can be achieved. The model tests of the pervious concrete piles in soft soil (silt and clay) foundations were conducted to evaluate the bearing characteristics, results show that, for the higher consolidation efficiency of the silty foundation, the bearing capacity of the silty foundation is 16% higher, and the pile-soil stress ratio is smaller. But when it is the ultimate load for the piles, they will penetrate into the underlying layer, which reduces the pile-soil stress ratios. With higher skin friction of the pile in the silty foundation, the pile penetration is smaller, so the decrease of the pile axial force can be less. For the difference in consolidation efficiency, the skin friction of pile in silt is more affected by the effective stress of soil, while the skin friction of pile in clay is more affected by the lateral stress. When the load reaches 4400 N, the skin friction of the pile in the silty foundation is about 35% higher than that of the clay foundation.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.89-100
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics of bearing capacity of pre-bored super strength PHC (SSPHC) piles socketed in rocks based on dynamic load test results. Because the SSPHC piles have high compressive concrete strengths compared with those of regular high strength PHC piles, the allowable structural strengths of the SSPHC piles were increased. For optimal design of the super strength PHC piles, the geotechnical bearing capacity of the SSPHC piles should also increased to balance the increased allowable structural strength of the SSPHC piles. Current practices of pile installation apply the same amount of driving energy on both SSPHC and high strength PHC piles. As results of analyzing factors that influence bearing strength of SSPHC piles using dynamic load test, there was no relationship between SPT-N value at pile toe and end bearing capacity. But driving energy effects on end bearing capacity. In case of skin friction, driving energy had no effects. And reasonable method verifying design bearing strength is necessary because end bearing capacity is not considered sufficiently in restrike test results.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.228-233
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• 1992

The objective of this report is to investigate the effect of factors on the centrifugal compaction of concrete piles with design of experiments. The analysis of sludge and measurement of compressive strength of specimens compacted by centrifugal of vibration were performed. As a result, there were some effective factors like unit content of cement, high and middle centrifugal force and time. It was considered that the process of centrifugal compaction of concrete piles could be optimized with these results.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.135-146
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• 1992

프리텐션 방식 원심력 고강도콘크리트 말뚝이 KS F4306 규격에 제정되어 콘크리트의 압축강도가 800kg/$ extrm{cm}^2$ 이상의 제조가 불가한 실정이 것으로 평가 된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 고강도콘크리트 말뚝 제조에 적용하기 위한 고황산염 시멘트의 실험적 연구로써 석고계 첨가량 및 단위 시멘트량 변화가 증가양생 콘크리트의 제 강도 특성에 미치는 영향을 규명하는데 목적이 있다. 연구결과로부터 석고첨가량이 증대하면 콘크리트강도가 향상되지만, 7.5% 이상 첨가시에는 오히려 강도 저하현상이 나타나는 것으로 분석되었으며, 특히 단위 시멘트량 변화에 따른 압축강도 영향은 그다지 크지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 한편 최고 압축강도 발현은 석고첨가량 5~7.5% 첨가와 단위시멘트량 500~540kg/㎥ 조건에서 800kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$ 이상의 고강도 콘크리트 제조가 가능함을 확인하였다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.9-19
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• 1981

Using superplasticizer or the methods of autoclave curing is the most typical and practical of the ways to make high strength concrete. In this study the high strength concrete piles by way of centrifugal forming and hand compacting, are put to the freezing and thawing test after the process of autoclave curing, water curing after steam curing, or stand water curing. And the relation of such piles to durability, the rate of strength decrease, and the rate of weight variation is shown. The durability of those test piles throughout freezing and thawing test proves to be comparatively sufficient in the above-mentioned curings when the piles contain a proper quantity of air. But it is also acknowledged that without A.E agent, the high strength concrete piles of autoclave curing is higher than those of the other curing in strength, but lower in modulus of dynamic elasticity and their durability factor after the test is much lower.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.129-138
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• 1993

프리텐션 방식 원심력 고강도 콘크리트 말뚝[KS F 4306]제조에 관한 실험적 연구로써 고황산염시멘트를 이용한 800kg/$ extrm{cm}^2$이상의 고강도콘크리트 제조시 수화 특성검토와 콘크르트 조직내의 기공율과 압축강도간의 상관식을 도출하여 고강도 발현기구를 규명하였으며 콘크리트 압축 및 휨강도간의 상관식 유도와 내구성 측면에서의 내동해성, 건조수축, 화학저항성등을 보통 포틀랜드 시멘트와 비교 고찰한 결과, 고황상염시멘트의 내구성이 우수함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.52-57
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• 2018

The pile construction method is changing from the pile driving operation to the injected precast pile method. It is to prevent environmental damage and to minimize complaints caused by noise. Therefore, economic alternatives optimized for the injected precast pile method are required. In this study, the enhanced spun reinforced concrete piles manufactured by high strength materials were proposed. Experimental tests were conducted to evaluate their structural safety and nonlinear finite element analysis was performed to improve the reliability of experimental results. The experimental results and the analytical results were in good agreement with each other and the proposed enhanced spun reinforced concrete pile has better performance than that required by the design. However, the performance of the joint using the existing method used in the PHC pile was considered to be insufficient.