• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.71-79
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• 2010

겨울에는 시베리아기단의 영향으로 한랭 건조한 대륙성 고기압의 영향을 받아 춥고 건조하여 1월 평균기온이 $-6{\sim}-7^{\circ}C$의 영하의 온도로 낮아져 지반동결시 수분이동으로 동상현상이 발생하여 도로의 불균형 동결팽창을 초래하며, 결국 포장체를 파손시킨다. 동상발생시 토립자는 모관력에 의해 지하수를 흡수하여 아이스렌즈를 형성하며, 이 모관 흡수력은 토립자의 크기에 영향을 받는다. 도로는 다양한 재료와 단면으로 구성된 구조물이기 때문에 환경성과 재료 물성뿐만 아니라 포장체 각 층의 구조적 적정성 또는 지지력을 파악하는 것이 무엇보다 중요하다. 현재 기존 동상방지층 설계법에 따르면, 동상방지층은 포장체의 구조적 적정성과는 무관하게 온도 조건에 따른 동결깊이에 따라 일률적으로 결정되고 있다. 이러한 동결깊이를 포장구조설계에 적용함으로써 포장의 과다설계 우려가 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 도로 동상방지층의 효용성 검증 및 설치기준 확립을 위해 실내동결시스템을 활용하여 도로 노상토의 동상 특성에 대한 민감성을 판별, 도로건설 현장 노상토에 대한 역학적 특성과 실내 동결 시험을 수행하였으며, 외부 동결온도의 지속 조건에 대한 시료의 온도변화, 동상팽창압, 동상팽창량, 부동수분 등의 결과값을 통하여 동결 과정에 따른 지반공학적 특성을 평가하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1613-1620
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• 2012

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a devastating disease of many economically important crops. Since there is no promising control strategy for bacterial wilt, phage therapy could be adopted using virulent phages. We used phage PE204 as a model lytic bacteriophage to investigate its biocontrol potential for bacterial wilt on tomato plants. The phage PE204 has a short-tailed icosahedral structure and double-stranded DNA genome similar to that of the members of Podoviridae. PE204 is stable under a wide range of temperature and pH, and is also stable in the presence of the surfactant Silwet L-77. An artificial soil microcosm (ASM) to study phage stability in soil was adopted to investigate phage viability under a controlled system. Whereas phage showed less stability under elevated temperature in the ASM, the presence of host bacteria helped to maintain a stable phage population. Simultaneous treatment of phage PE204 at $10^8$ PFU/ml with R. solanacearum on tomato rhizosphere completely inhibited bacterial wilt occurrence, and amendment of Silwet L-77 at 0.1% to the phage suspension did not impair the disease control activity of PE204. The biocontrol activities of phage PE204 application onto tomato rhizosphere before or after R. solanacearum inoculation were also investigated. Whereas pretreatment with the phage was not effective in the control of bacterial wilt, post-treatment of PE204 delayed bacterial wilt development. Our results suggested that appropriate application of lytic phages to the plant root system with a surfactant such as Silwet L-77 could be used to control the bacterial wilt of crops.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2015

제방을 보호하기 위하여 법면에 설치되는 호안공사는 국내외 설계기준에 의하여 하상과 호안법면에서의 최대 소류력을 산정하여 제방 사면에 평균적인 개념으로 적용하고 있다. 최근에는 기후변화로 인한 극우강우가 많아지고 호안의 안정성을 위한 평가기법이 제시되지 않기 때문에 호안사면의 수리학적 안정성과 지반공학적 파괴거동의 적절한 평가가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 하천사면을 보강 시, 최대소류력에 견딜 수 있는 강도를 기존재료인 원지반과 지반개량재를 비교하였다. 지반개량재의 다양한 역학적 실험을 통하여 원지반토와 지반개량재의 함유량에 따른 최적의 혼합비율과 적절한 강도의 양생일을 예측할 수 있었다. 세굴률 시험결과를 바탕으로 원지반토와 지반개량재 혼합토의 허용소류력을 비교 분석한 결과, 호안 제방의 비탈면을 보강하기에 충분한 강도증진과 그에 따른 안정성을 확인할 수 있어 하천호안의 세굴과 침식 방지효과가 있으리라 판단되었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.183-200
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• 2014

The expansivity of clayey soils is a complicated phenomenon which may affect the stability of geotechnical structures and geo-environmental projects. In all common factors for the monitoring of soil expansion, less attention is given to anion type of pore space solutions. Therefore, this paper is concerned with the impact of various concentrations of different inorganic salts including NaCl, $Na_2SO_4$, and $Na_2CO_3$ on the macro and microstructure behavior of the expandable smectite clay. Comparison of the responses of the smectite/NaCl and smectite/$Na_2SO_4$ mixtures indicates that the effect of anion valance on the soil engineering properties is not very pronounced, regardless of the electrolyte concentration. However, at presence of carbonate as potential determining ions (PDIs) the swelling power increases up to 1.5 times compared to sulfate or chloride ions. The samples with $Na_2CO_3$ are also more deformable and show lower osmotic compressibility than the other mixtures. This demonstrates that the barrier performance of smectite greatly decreases in case of anions with the non-specific adsorption (e.g., $Cl^-$ and $SO{_4}^{2-}$) as the salinity of solution increases. Based on the results of the X-ray diffraction and sedimentation tests, the high soil volumetric changes upon exposure to carbonate is attributed to an increase in the repulsive forces between smectite basic unit layers due to the PDI effect of $CO{_3}^{2-}$ and increasing the pH level which enhance the buffering capacity of smectite. The study concluded that the nature of anion through its influence on the re-arrangement of soil microstructure and osmotic phenomena governs the hydro-mechanical parameters of expansive clays. It seems not coinciding with the double layer theory of the Gouy-Chapman double layer model.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.137-154
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• 1997

한계상태설계법상에서 말뚝기초는 상부구조물의 안정성과 공용성에 근거하여 지지력과 침하 량을 만족하도록 설계되어야한다. 본 논문에서는 공용성을 검토하기위해 과압밀된 점토지반에 위치한 9본의 군말뚝과 2본의 단말뚝에 대하여 실무에서 많이 이용되고 있는 예측식과 현장에서 수행한 피조콘 자료를 이용하여 침하량을 산정했다. 지반에 따라 공간적으로 변화하는 탄성계수가 침하예측에 미치는 영향을 간략히 조사했다. 예측방법으로는 단순탄성론적 예측식 인 베직법 (Vesic's method)과 풀러스법 (Poulos'B method)을 이용했으며 산정된 침하량을 실지 말뚝재하실험을 통해서 계측한 것과 비교한 결과 대부분 과다하게 예측했고 지반의 탄성계수를 직선적으로 가정한 같파는 침하계산에 큰 영향은 미치지 않는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.1164-1171
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• 2010

Korea is considered to be a seasonal frozen soil area that is thawed in the spring, and most of the area is frozen in winter as to the characteristic of geography. In the current design codes for anti-freezing layer, the thickness of anti freezing layer is calculated by freezing depth against the temperature condition. Therefore, they have a tendency of over-design and uniform thickness without the considerations of thermal stability, bearing capacity and frost susceptibility of materials. So, it is essential for studying the appropriateness and bearing capacity besides the seasonal and mechanical properties of pavement materials to take a appropriate and reasonable design of the road structure. In this research, the evaluation of frost susceptibility on subgrade, ant-freezing layer, sub base was conducted by means of the mechanical property test and laboratory field road model downed scale experiment. The temperature, heaving amount, heaving pressure and unfrozen water contents of soil samples, the subgrade, anti-freezing layer, sub base soils of highway construction site, were measured to determine the frost susceptibility.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.381-389
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• 2017

In the present study, the advanced procedure has been proposed to estimate higher accuracy of embedment of pipes that are installed on soft clay seabed. Numerical simulation by OrcaFlex simulation code was performed to investigate dynamic seabed embedment, and two steps, i.e., static and dynamic analysis, were adopted. In total, four empirical curves were developed to estimate the seabed embedment including dynamic phenomena, i.e., behaviour of vessel, environmental condition, and behaviour of nonlinear soil. The obtained results were compared with existing methods (named general method) such as design code or guideline to examine the difference of seabed embedment for existing and advance methods. Once this process was carried out for each case, a diagram for estimating seabed embedment was established. The applicability of the proposed method was verified through applied examples with field survey data. This method will be very useful in predicting seabed embedment on soft clay, and the structural behaviours of installed subsea pipelines can be changed by the obtained seabed embedment in association with on-bottom stability, free span, and many others.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.277-289
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• 2019

In this study, an innovative anchoring approach has been developed dealing with all relevant aspects in consideration of previous works. An ultimate pulling force calculation of anchor is presented from a geotechnical point of view. The proposed umbrella anchor focuses not only on the friction resistance capacity, but also on the axial capacity of the composite end structure and the friction capacity occurring around the wedge. Even though the theoretical background is proposed, in-situ application requires high-level mechanical design. Hence, the required parts have been carefully improved and are composed of anchor body, anchor cap, connection brackets, cutter vanes, open-close ring, support elements and grouting system. Besides, stretcher element made of aramid fabric, interior grouting system, guide tube and cable-locking apparatus are the unique parts of this design. The production and placement steps of real sized anchors are explained in detail. Experimental results of 52 pullout tests on the weak dry soils and 12 in-situ tests inside natural soil indicate that the proposed approach is conservative and its peak pullout value is directly limited by a maximum strength of anchored soil layer if other failure possibilities are eliminated. Umbrella anchor is an alternative to conventional anchor applications used in all types of soils. It not only provides time and workmanship benefits, but also a high level of economic gain and safe design.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 재33권6호
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• pp.543-552
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• 2023

The design of foundations based on a deterministic approach may not be safe and reliable occasionally, since soils sometimes show considerable spatial variability, and thus, significant uncertainties in turn affect the estimation of footing bearing capacity. The design of footing on cohesionless stratums on the basis of reliability analysis has not received much attention. This paper performs two-dimensional random finite difference analyses of shallow strip footings on a spatially variable frictional soil considering correlation structure. Friction angle (ϕ) is considered as a log-normally distributed random variable and Monte Carlo Simulation is then performed to determine the statistical response based on the random fields. A new approach reliability-based safety factor is defined based on various reliability levels by considering the coefficient of variation of ϕ and correlation length in both the horizontal and vertical directions. The comparison of the probabilistic safety factor and the conventional one illustrates the limitations of the deterministic safety factor and provides insight into how the heterogeneity of soils properties affects the required safety factor. Results show that the conventional safety factor of 3 can be conservative in some cases, especially for soil with low values of mean ϕ and COV_ϕ.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2017

지반의 동결-융해 과정에 의한 지반구조물의 거동 특성을 이해하기 위해서는 지반내 간극수의 상변화와 지반과 구조물의 상호작용에 대한 이해가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 모듈러 도로시스템의 동결융해의 영향에 대한 수치해석적 연구를 수행하였다. Neumann의 동결-융해 이론식을 이용하여 기본 지반 물성치와 지중과 지표면의 온도조건에 대한 동결심도와 히빙량을 예측할 수 있으나, 지반의 완전포화 및 완전동결의 제한된 경우에만 적용할 수 있다. 동결지수에 따른 모듈러 도로시스템의 수치해석은 다양한 지반조건과 지하수위에 대하여 수행되었다. 동결 히빙량은 화강풍화토이나 모래지반에 비하여 실트질 지반에서 매우 크게 발생하였으며, 지하수위의 저하는 동결 히빙량을 감소시켰다. 실트질 지반에 설치된 도로시스템의 온도이력에 대한 수치해석은 지표면의 동결-융해 과정을 거치면서 지표면에 잔류히빙을 예측하였다. 이는 지반의 강성과 지지력을 급격하게 감소시켜 모듈화 도로시스템의 안정성과 사용성을 저해할 수 있다. 다만, 화강풍화토와 모래지반의 경우는 잔류 히빙량은 미비한 것으로 나타났다. 모듈러 도로시스템은 기존 도로포장 시스템과 달리 지지구조 상부에 설치된 포장 구조물이므로, 포장 구조물의 균등 연직변위와 부등 변형에 대한 엄격한 기준이 적용되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.