• 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.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.71-78
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• 2010

The stability analysis of unsaturated infinite slope under rainfall-induced infiltration condition was performed using the generalized effective stress that unifies both saturated and unsaturated condition recently proposed by Lu and Likos(2004, 2006). The Soil-Water Characteristic Curve (SWCC) of the sand with the relative density of 75% was first measured for both drying and wetting processes. The Hydraulic Conductivity Function (HCF) and Suction Stress Characteristic Curve (SSCC) were subsequently estimated. Also, under the rainfall-induced infiltration condition transient seepage analysis of unsaturated infinite slope was performed using the finite element program, SEEP/W. Based on these results, the stability of unsaturated infinite slope under rainfall-induced infiltration condition was examined considering the suction stress. According to the results, the negative pore water pressure and water content within the soil changed with time due to the infiltration. Also, the variation of those caused the variation of suction stress and then the factor of safety of slope changed consequently during the rainfall period.

• 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.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권3C호
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• pp.167-178
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 실제 풍화토 사면에 대하여 침투해석과 안정해석을 수행하여 강우에 따른 사면의 붕괴를 재현하였다. 불교란시료를 채취하여 불포화토 물성을 실험적으로 직접 획득하여 실제 강우량에 의하여 침투해석을 수행한 결과, 토사층과 암층의 경계부를 중심으로 간극수압이 증가하는 경향이 나타났다. 또한 안정해석을 수행한 결과 안전율이 1.0미만으로 감소하여 실제 사면의 붕괴를 재현할 수 있었다. 또한 설계 강우강도에 의하여 침투해석을 수행한 결과 선행강우 및 강우기간에 따른 침투효과를 고려하기 곤란하였다. 이로 인하여 토사층의 수두변화가 크게 발생하지 못하였고 사면의 안전율이 1.0이상으로 나타났다. 또 다른 붕괴 사면의 경우에는 불포화토의 정수들을 인공신경망기법으로 추정하였다. 침투해석 결과 토사층과 연암층 경계부를 중심으로 포화대가 뚜렷하게 형성되었으며 이로 인하여 토사층의 안전율이 1.0미만으로 감소하였다. 이러한 기법을 통하여 실제 사면의 붕괴를 재현하는 것이 가능하다고 판단된다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1101-1106
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• 2004

Rainfall induced landslides are disasters causing sever damage on the human life and the infrastructures. In this paper, a simplified procedure to evaluate the slope stability problems induced by rainfall by modifying the Iverson's pressure head dispersion model. The proposed approach extends the applicability of the Iverson's model in to the cases of higher rainfall intensity than the permeability of the soil by incorporating the existence of overland flow. In addition, the Manning equation is applied to calculated the depth of overland flow. From the calculated depth of overland flow, shear stress acting on the surface is included for the driving component triggering the landslides. From the analysis of a case study, the long term rainfall alters the stability of slope.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.353-370
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• 2017

This paper presents a case study and numerical investigation to study the hydro-mechanical response of a shallow landslide in unsaturated slopes subjected to rainfall infiltration using a coupled model. The coupled model was interpreted in details by expressing the balance equations for soil mixture and the coupled constitutive equations. The coupled model was verified against experimental data from the shearing-infiltration triaxial tests. A real case of shallow landslide occurred on Mt. Umyeonsan, Seoul, Korea was employed to explore the influence of rainfall infiltration on the slope stability during heavy rainfall. Numerical results showed that the coupled model accurately predicted the poromechanical behavior of a rainfall-induced landslide by simultaneously linking seepage and stress-strain problems. It was also found that the coupled model properly described progress failure of a slope in a highly transient condition. Through the comparisons between the coupled and uncoupled models, the coupled model provided more realistic analysis results under rainfall. Consequently, the coupled model was found to be feasible for the stability and seepage analysis of practical engineering problems.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.53-64
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• 2009

강우침투로 인하여 많은 사면이 붕괴되고 있다. 따라서 사면에 대한 최근 연구들은 강우가 유발하는 사면의 불안정성에 초점이 맞춰져 있으며 강우침투 문제는 중요한 사면붕괴 발생 요인으로 인식되고 있다. 강우가 사면 내부의 모관흡수력을 감소시키면서 사면 내부로 침투되며 심지어 지반특성에 따라 표층 근에서 양의 간극수압이 발생할 수도 있다. 이러한 현상은 사면 강도를 감소시켜 사면 붕괴를 유발할 수 있다. 국내 여러 공공기관에서는 지하수위가 표층 또는 밀정 깊이 내에 존재하도록 하여 사면의 포화상태를 가정하는 보수적인 사면 설계방안을 제시하였으나, 이러한 가정은 대부분 부적절하고 이를 만족시키기 위해 때로는 사면설계 단계에서 잘못된 지반물성이 사용되기도 한다. 본 논문에서는 실제 강우침투 현상을 고려하여 보다 합리적으로 사면의 안정성을 평가하는 기법이 제안되었다. 국내 풍화토에 대한 불포화 지반물성(강도, 함수특성곡선, 투수곡선)이 실험적으로 획득되었으며, 인공신경망 모델을 통해 간접적으로도 추정되었다. 또한 현장 계측자료의 불확실성을 보완하기 위하여 사면의 불안정성 평가기법에 대하여 결정론적 해석과 확률론적 해석에 기반한 실시간 사면 붕괴 경보 기준이 모니터링 시스템에 도입되었다. 이러한 사면안정성 평가기법은 사면 내부의 모관흡수력, 함수비와 같은 중요요소를 계측한 현장자료와 접목하여 강우에 따라 불안정해진 사면에 대한 조기 경보시스템으로 활용될 수 있다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 수리-역학적 유한요소 해석기법을 바탕으로 강우침투에 의한 비탈면 안정성과 커플링 효과를 분석하였다. 이를 위해 수리학적 특성과 역학적 특성을 동시에 고려할 수 있는 해석기법을 개발 하였으며, 현장모관흡수력 측정 결과를 활용하여 해석기법을 검증하였다. 이를 바탕으로 균질한 지층과 비탈면을 모델링 하여 강우발생에 따른 모관흡수력 변화, 평균유효응력, 간극률 변화, 지반 변위, 안전율의 결과를 단계별 해석결과와 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과, 간극률의 변화를 고려할 수 있는 커플링 해석의 변위는 단계별 해석에 비해 크게 나타났으며, 모관흡수력은 천천히 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 커플링 해석을 통해 동시에 계산된 변형과 모관흡수력 감소는 비탈면의 불안정성에 큰 영향을 미치며, 점진적 파괴거동을 확인할 수 있다. 커플링 해석을 통한 비탈면 안정해석 시, 단기간 발생한 강우에 대해 낮은 안전율을 보여 커플링 효과가 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 집중호우에 의한 비탈면 설계 시 커플링 해석이 필요함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2016

사면 안정성을 평가하기 위해서는 강우의 시간적 분포가 매우 중요한 영향을 끼친다. 강우로 발생하는 사면붕괴를 해석하기 위해서는 강우패턴을 일반적으로 일정한 형태로 가정하고 해석을 수행한다. 그러나 강우의 시간적분포를 적용하는 설계방법은 사면의 불안정성을 평가하기에 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구에서는 강우에 의한 사면파괴를 계산하기 위해 강우의 시간적 분포는 Mononobe 방법과 Huff 4분위 방법을 적용하였다. 그 결과, 표층으로부터의 습윤대 깊이의 차이를 보였으며, 사면의 안전율 계산에서도 강우의 시간적분포가 영향을 끼치고 있음을 확인하였다.