• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.743-750
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• 2002

Unsaturated soil has a possibility to induce a negative pore water pressure. Until now, saturated soil is mainly focused on the research of soil mechanics. Recently, soil mechanics is researched on two major parts such as saturated and unsaturated soil mechanics. Negative pore water pressure has a non-linear relationship with the water content changes. Soil-water characteristic curves of soil in Korea are not determined. There is no proper characteristic value such as air-entry value and residual water content. In this study, the characteristic curves of reclaimed soil, sand, and weathered granite soil were determined by laboratory tests. Air-entry value and residual water content were determined by fitting methods. Soil-water characteristic curves were estimated based on the particle-size distribution and compared with the laboratory test results. The results of soil-water characteristic curves estimation indicated that Fredlund and Wilson's model is excellent for sand and weathered granite soil. Arya and Paris's model is excellent for reclaimed soil.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2015

불포화 지반에서 선행강우에 의한 강우침투특성을 분석하기 위하여 국내 편마암 풍화토에 대한 일차원 실내강우 침투실험을 수행하였다. 춘천 및 충주지역 시료에 대한 실내모형실험에서 불포화토의 음의 간극수압은 강우 재하시 급격히 감소하고, 강우 종료후 점차 회복되었다. 강우강도가 증가함에 따라 침투속도가 증가하였으며, 선행강우시보다 본강우에서 침투속도가 빠른 것으로 나타났다. 이는 선행강우에 의하여 증가된 지반의 높은 포화도가 본강우시 강우침투속도를 증가시킨 것으로 사료된다. 특히 점토함유량이 많은 충주시료에서 음의 간극수압의 회복 속도와 침투속도가 느리게 나타났다. 유한요소 사면안정에 대한 수치해석 결과는 강우 침투에 의한 음의 간극수압의 감소에 따른 사면 안전율을 감소와 강우 종료후 간극수압의 확산에 의한 추가적인 사면 안정성 저감을 보여주고 있다. 사면의 안전율은 선행강우시 보다 본강우에서 더욱 감소하였다. 선행강우는 불포화지반의 초기 간극수압의 크기와 깊이별 패턴에 지대한 영향을 미치며, 이는 강우 사면의 안정성 해석에 고려해야 할 중요한 요소이다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1996년도 토목섬유(Geosymthetics) 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.101-116
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• 1996

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.35-52
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• 2009

A significantly thick zone of steep slopes is commonly encountered above groundwater table and the soils within this zone are unsaturated with negative pore-water pressures (i.e., matric suction). Matric suction contributes significantly to the shear strength of soil and to the factor of safety of unsaturated slopes. However, infiltration during rainfall increases the pore-water pressure in soil resulting in a decrease in the matric suction and the shear strength of the soil. As a result, rainfall infiltration may eventually trigger a slope failure. Therefore, understanding of shear strength characteristics of saturated and unsaturated soils under shearing-infiltration (SI) conditions have direct implications in assessment of slope stability under rainfall conditions. This paper presents results from a series of consolidated drained (CD) and shearing-infiltration (SI) tests. Results show that the failure envelope obtained from the shearing-infiltration tests is independent of the infiltration rate. Failure envelopes obtained from CD and SI tests appear to be similar. For practical purposes the shear strength parameters from the CD tests can be used in stability analyses of slopes under rainfall conditions. The SI tests might be performed to obtain more conservative shear strength parameters and to study the pore-water pressure changes during infiltration.

• 토지주택연구
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2010

The paper presents a comparison between a semi-implicit time integration linear finite element implementation and fully-implicit nonlinear Newton-Raphson finite element implementation of a triphasic small strain mixture formulation of an elastic partially saturated porous medium. The pore air phase pressure pa is assumed atmospheric, i.e., $p_a$ = 0, although the formulation and implementation are general to handle increase in pore air pressure as a result of loading, if needed. The solid skeleton phase is assumed linear isotropic elastic and partially saturated 'consolidation' in the presence of surface infiltration and traction is simulated. The verification of the implementation against an analytical solution for partially saturated pore water flow (no deformation) and comparison between the two implementations is presented and the important of the porosity-dependent nature of the partially saturated permeability is assessed on comparison with a commercial code for the partially saturated flow with deformation. As a result, the response of partially saturated permeability subjected to the porosity influences on the saturation of a soil, and the different behaviors of the partially saturated soil between staggered and monolithic coupled programs is worth of attention because the negative pore water pressure in the partially saturated soil depends on the difference.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2012년도 학술발표회
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• pp.34-34
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• 2012

Heavy storms rainfall has caused many landslides and slope failures especially in the mountainous area of the world. Landslides and slope failures are common geologic hazards and posed serious threats and globally cause billions in monetary losses and thousands of casualies each year so that studies on slope stability and its failure mechanism under rainfall are being increasing attention of these days. Rainfall-induced slope failures are generally caused by the rise in ground water level, and increase in pore water pressures and seepage forces during periods of intense rainfall. The effective stress in the soil will be decreased due to the increased pore pressure, which thus reduces the soil shear strength, eventually resulting in slope failure. During the rainfall, a wetting front goes downward into the slope, resulting in a gradual increase of the water content and a decrease of the negative pore-water pressure. This negative pore-water pressure is referred to as matric suction when referenced to the pore air pressure that contributes to the stability of unsaturated soil slopes. Therefore, the importance is the study of saturated unsaturated soil behaviors in evaluation of slope stability under heavy rainfall condition. In an actual field, a series of failures may occur in a slope due to a rainfall event. So, this study attempts to develop a numerical model to investigate this failure mechanism. A two-dimensional seepage flow model coupled with a one-dimensional surface flow and erosion/deposition model is used for seepage analysis. It is necessary to identify either there is surface runoff produced or not in a soil slope during a rainfall event, while analyzing the seepage and stability of such slopes. Runoff produced by rainfall may result erosion/deposition process on the surface of the slope. The depth of runoff has vital role in the seepage process within the soil domain so that surface flow and erosion/deposition model computes the surface water head of the runoff produced by the rainfall, and erosion/deposition on the surface of the model slope. Pore water pressure and moisture content data obtained by the seepage flow model are then used to analyze the stability of the slope. Spencer method of slope stability analysis is incorporated into dynamic programming to locate the critical slip surface of a general slope.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 초청강연 및 논문집
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• pp.435-441
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• 2008

More time is required for consolidating soft clay when its hydraulic conductivity around the vertical drains is reduced by soil disturbance. One of the methods to be proposed to solve such problem is the electro-osmotic flow application. This study presents the experimental results of model tests using a modified oedometer and a large-scale cylinder with a sand drain. Results show that the development of negative excessive pore water pressure due to the DC electrical field in saturated clay can be transformed to additional loads causing more consolidation settlement.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2003

우리나라에서 흔히 볼 수 있는 화강풍화토 사면에서 강우침투로 인한 사면파괴는 통상 지하수위 위쪽의 얕은 깊이에서 발생한다. 지하수위 위쪽 지반의 간극수압은 대기압에 대하여 음의 값을 갖는다. 이러한 모관흡수력의 존재와 크기는 사면의 안정성에 크게 기여하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 따라서, 계절적 강우에 의한 풍화토 사면의 얕은 파괴기구(failure mechanism)를 규명하기 위해서는 비포화대에서의 모관흡수력 분포를 예측하는 것이 필수적이다. 이 연구에서는 2001년 6월부터 8월까지 화강풍화토 사면에서 모관흡수력 및 체적함수비를 현장 모니터링 하였으며, 대상지반에 대한 투수해석을 수행하였다. 현장 모니터링 결과, 기후조건의 영향력은 깊이에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였으며 강우침투에 의한 지반내 모관흡수력의 감소는 강우량 및 강우지속시간 뿐만 아니라 강우직전의 모관흡수력 분포에도 큰 영향을 받고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 모니터링된 모관흡수력과 체적함수비를 이용하여 현장 흙-수분특성을 얻을 수 있었는데 습윤경로(wetting path)에 가까운 분포를 보였다.

• 지질공학
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2014

Numerical stability analysis of an unsaturated infinite slope under rainfall-induced infiltration conditions was performed using generalized effective stress to unify both saturated and unsaturated conditions The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) of sand with a relative density of 75% was initially measured for both drying and wetting processes. The hydraulic conductivity function (HCF) and suction stress characteristic curve (SSCC) were subsequently estimated. Under the rainfall-induced infiltration conditions, transient seepage analysis of an unsaturated infinite slope was performed using the finite element analysis program, SEEP/W. Based on these results, the stability of an unsaturated infinite slope under rainfall-induced infiltration conditions was examined in relation to suction stress. According to the results, the negative pore-water pressure and water content within the slope soil changed over time due to the infiltration. In addition, the variation of the negative pore-water pressure and water content led to a variation in suction stress and a subsequent change in the slope's factor of safety during the rainfall period.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2007년 가을학술발표회
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• pp.481-501
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• 2007

Excessive rainfalls due to climatic changes can trigger an increase in rainfall-induced slope failures that pose real threats to both lives and properties. Many high slopes in residual soils could stand at a steep angle, but failed during or after rainfall. Commonly, these slopes have a deep groundwater table and negative pore-water pressures in the unsaturated zone above the groundwater table contribute to the shear strength of soil and consequently to factor of safety of the slope. Stability assessment of slope under rainfall requires information on rate of rainwater infiltration in the unsaturated zone and the resulting changes in pore-water pressure and shear strength of soil. This paper describes the application of unsaturated soil mechanics principles and theories in the assessment of rainfall effect on stability of slope through proper characterization of soil properties, measurement of negative pore-water pressures, seepage and slope stability analyses involving unsaturated and saturated soils. Factors controlling the rate of changes in factor of safety during rainfall and a preventive method to minimize infiltration are highlighted in this paper.