• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.247-252
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• 2019

Modulus of deformation of soil is an essential parameter used for design analysis of foundations, despite its importance; little attention is paid to developing empirical models for predicting the sensitivity of deformation moduli to other parameters that obtained from the pressuremeter tests. Various methods of analysis used to predict the horizontal at rest pressure from pressuremeter testing ($P_o$), these values showed distinctive variations, five methods used to evaluate the values of horizontal at rest pressure, these values been used to evaluate the modulus of elasticity using three methods of analysis. The values of modulus showed distinctive increase when the values of horizontal at rest pressure increase for the same pressuremeter test, these increases may reach to 65%. This sensitivity of the moduli to values of horizontal lead the author to propose some reliable methods of analysis for both the horizontal at rest pressure and the modulus of deformation from pressuremeter testing.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.99-118
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• 2013

Construction of the extension project of the Bangkok MRT Blue Line underground railway was recently started in 2011. The construction of approximately 5 km long underground tunnel and 4 deep excavations of underground station are considered to be the most important geotechnical works. The pressuremeter was selected as a high-quality in situ testing of the soil to evaluate design parameters for the project. In addition, other field and laboratory tests such as vane shear and $CK_0U$ triaxial tests were included in the investigation programme. This paper aims to present the ground conditions encountered along the MRT Blue Line extension project as well as the site investigation and interpretation techniques with particular focus on the pressuremeter tests. The results are also compared with the pressuremeter investigation from the previous Bangkok MRT project.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1999년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.323-330
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• 1999

The concepts of mounting a pressuremeter module behind a cone penetrometer was applied in the early 1980s. The pressuremeter module is of 40mm diameter with length / diameter ratio of 10 inflated by nitrogen gas. This cone pressuremeter(CPM) is used to obtain the ground characteristics consisted of mainly silty, clay and sand. Field tests such as SPT, PMT, Vane tests are also carried out to understand the ground condition. Undisturbed samples are obtained to carried out Lah tests. The results of these field and lab tests are presented, discussed in detail, and compared with each others.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.323-337
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• 2011

Israel's coastal region consists, mainly, of Pleistocene and Holocene sands with varying degrees of calcareous cementation, known locally as "kurkar". Previous studies of these materials emphasized the difficulty in their geotechnical characterization, due to their extreme variability. Consequently, it is difficult to estimate construction stability, displacements and deformations on, or within these soils. It is suggested that SPT and Menard pressuremeter tests may be used to characterize the properties of these materials. Values of elastic modulus obtained from pressuremeter tests may be used for displacement analyses at different strain levels, while accounting for the geometric dimensions (length/diameter ratio) of the test probe. A relationship was obtained between pressuremeter modulus and SPT blow count, consistent with published data for footing settlements on granular soils. Cohesion values, for a known friction angle, are estimated, by comparing field pressuremeter curves to curves from numerical (finite element or finite difference) analyses. The material analyzed in the paper is shown to be strain-softening, with the initial cohesion degrading to zero on development of plastic shear strains.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.49-58
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• 2004

콘프레셔미터는 피에조콘 시험과 프레셔미터 시험을 동시에 수행할 수 있는 현장시험기로서 본 연구에서는 국내 점토지반에서 수행한 시험결과를 해석적으로 분석하였다. 콘프레셔미터 결과에 대한 이론적인 해는 흙이 비선형 거동을 하는 경우와 전단변형 중 체적변화가 발생하지 않는 경우에 대하여 해석적인 해가 존재한다. 이러한 해석적인 해로부터 콘프레셔미터의 결과중 하중 재하구간과 제하구간에 대해 Curve Fitting 방법을 사용한 콘프레셔미터 결과의 해석 방법을 제안하였다. 20개소의 현장에서 수행한 콘프레셔미터 결과 중 지반교란의 영향을 적게 받는 제하구간에 대하여 Curve Fitting 방법을 적용하여 점성토의 비배수 전단특성을 구하였다. 이렇게 구한 지반의 비배수 전단강도와 현장 Vane, 일축압축, 삼축압축 시험결과로부터 구한 지반의 비배수 전단강도를 서로 비교하여 콘프레셔미터 시험 결과로부터 Curve Fitting 방법을 통한 점성토 지반의 전단강도 특성파악의 적정성에 대해 평가하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.831-838
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• 2004

To study on mechanical characteristics of weathered granite masses are difficult because of undisturbanced sampling and in-situ test. Generally, pressuremeter test is widely used to investigate the behavior of weathered rock masses. However, it has many problems to get a limit pressure because of cavity collapse, membrane damage, ete. This study aims to evaluate the mechanical characteristics of weathered granite masses using in-situ pressuremeter test and numerical analysis depending on the ratio of length and diameter of the membrane(L/D=5, 8, 10, 15, 20). Test results and data are shown that strength parameters are reduced exponentially varing weathering degree, and numerical analysis results are approximately coincided with the test results. And the ratio of length and diameter of the membrane arc not affected the parameters such as modulus of pressuremeter, shear modulus, etc. But limit pressure is increased decreasing membrane length based on numerical analysis. On the other hand, increasing the membrane length, yield pressure is decreased and plastic radius is increased in the case of same weathering degree.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.5-13
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• 2001

본 논문의 목적은 율촌 복합화력발전소 부지에 대한 지지력 산정 및 지반 특성 파악을 위한 공내재하시험의 결과를 분석하는 것이다. 율촌 복합화력발전소 부지는 인근의 야산 토취장에서 매립토를 채취 운반하여 강제치환공법으로 성토하였으며, 지질은 상부로부터 산토, 준설매립해성점토, 실트집모래, 원지반해성점토층, 풍화대, 풍화암, 연암의 순으로 존재한다. 공내재하시험은 해성점성토층을 제외한 토층에 대하여 토층의 특성에 따라 각각 다른 크기의 Probe와 Membrane을 사용하여 수행하였으며, 콘시험과의 상관성, 내부 마찰각과의 관계 및 토질 특성을 파악하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.370-375
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• 2005

This paper describes a systematic way of identifying the horizontal coefficient of consolidation for clayey soil under undrained condition and silty soil under partial drained condition by applying an optimization technique to the early part of dissipation data measured from the self-boring pressuremeter strain holding test. An analytical solution developed by Randolph & Wroth (1979) was implemented in normalized form to express the build-up and dissipation of excess pore pressures around a pressuremeter as a function of the rigidity index. Horizontal coefficient of consolidation was determined by minimizing the differences between theoretical and measured excess pore pressure curves using optimization technique. It was found that the proposed optimization technique can evaluate in-situ horizontal coefficient of consolidation rationally, which is similar with that obtained from the piezocone dissipation test. Furthermore, proposed method can evaluate appropriate coefficient of consolidation for soil under partially drained condition.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.381-392
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• 2020

The difficulties, challenges and limitations faced in standard pressuremeter testing in the measurement of low soil deformations led a number of researchers to think about the possible modification of the equipment, and especially the replacement of the volumeter by a Hall Effect sensor. This article is a major contribution in this direction. It makes an attempt to detail the design, manufacture and operation of the new equipment. The calibration of the various components was carried out according to the rules presently in force. This proposal was applied, on an exploratory basis, to the data of a real site located in France. The authors present the preliminary results of some cyclic pressuremeter tests, previously carried out in the laboratory, on a sandy material, and they then provide a basic interpretation of these results. The findings indicated that the proposed apparatus is capable of providing high-quality information about constraints and deformations. Although these tests were performed within the laboratory, it was possible to analyze the power, quality, performance and insufficiencies of the proposed equipment.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.335-342
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• 2003

엄밀한 변형해석을 위해서는 전체변형률 범위에서 신뢰성 있는 변형특성 평가가 가능한 현장시험 기법이 개발되어야 한다. 공내재하시험은 현장지반의 변형률 크기에 따른 전단탄성계수를 직접 평가할 수 있는 유일한 시험기법이다. 본 연구에서는 $10^{-5}$% ∼20%의 전체변형률 범위에 대하여 적용 가능한 공동변형 측정방법을 고안하였다. 개발된 장비의 순응성 검증을 위하여 검증토조에 대한 시험과 현장시험을 수행하였다. 개발된 장비는 $5\times 10^{-2}$% 이상의 변형률 범위에서 신뢰성 있는 전단탄성계수 측정이 가능하였다. 미소한 공동변형을 측정하는데 발생하는 주요 오차의 원인은 공동변형 측정 시스템 자체보다는 측정봉과 멤브레인 사이에서 역재하-재재하 과정에 발생하는 마찰인 것으로 판단된다.