• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제77권6호
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• pp.819-830
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• 2021

To evaluate the performance of concrete load bearing walls in a structure under horizontal loads after being exposed to real fire, two steps were followed. In the first step, an experimental study was performed on the thermo-mechanical properties of concrete after heating to temperatures of 200-1000℃ with the purpose of determining the residual mechanical properties after cooling. The temperature was increased in line with natural fire curve in an electric furnace. The peak temperature was maintained for a period of 1.5 hour and then allowed to cool gradually in air at room temperature. All specimens were made from calcareous aggregate to be used for determining the residual properties: compressive strength, static and dynamic elasticity modulus by means of UPV test, including the mass loss. The concrete residual compressive strength and elastic modulus values were compared with those calculated from Eurocode and other analytical models from other studies, and were found to be satisfactory. In the second step, experimental analysis results were then implemented into structural numerical analysis to predict the post-fire load-bearing capacity response of the walls under vertical and horizontal loads. The parameters considered in this analysis were the effective height, the thickness of the wall, various support conditions and the residual strength of concrete. The results indicate that fire damage does not significantly affect the lateral capacity and stiffness of reinforced walls for temperature fires up to 400℃.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.559-571
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• 2022

Deep soil mixing, DSM technique has been widely used to improve the engineering properties of problematic soils. Due to growing urbanization and the industrial developments, disposal of brick dust poses a big problem and causes environmental problems. This study aims to use brick dust in DSM application in order to minimize the waste in brick industry and to evaluate its effect on the improvement of the geotechnical properties. Three different percentages of cement content: (10, 15 and 20%) were used in the formation of soil-cement mixture. Unlike the other studies in the literature, various percentages of waste brick dust: (10, 20 and 30%) were used as partial replacement of cement in soil-cement mixture. The results indicated that addition of waste brick dust into soil-cement mixture had positive effect on the inherent strength and stiffness of loose sand. Cement replaced by 20% of brick dust gave the best results and reduced the final setting time of cement and resulted in an increase in unconfined compressive strength, modulus of elasticity and resilient modulus of sand mixed with cement and brick dust. The findings were also supported by the microscopic images of the specimens with different percentages of waste brick dust and it was observed that waste brick dust caused an increase in the interlocking between the particles and resulted in an increase in soil strength. Using waste brick dust as a replacement material seems to be promising for improving the geotechnical properties of loose sand.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.567-581
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• 2023

Enhanced vertical load capacity of the ground reinforced with the stone columns drew great attention by the researchers as it deals with many of the geotechnical difficulties associated with the weak ground. Recently, it has been found that the stone columns are also prone to fail under the shear load when employed beneath the embankments or the foundations susceptible to lateral loads. In this study, the effect of various encasement conditions on the lateral deflection of stone columns is investigated. A method of dual layers of encasement has been introduced and its the effect on lateral load capacity of the stone columns has been compared with those of the single encased stone column and the un-encased stone columns. Large shear box tests were utilised to generate the shear deformation on the soil system under various normal pressure conditions. The stiffness of the soil-stone column combined system has been compared for various cases of encasement conditions with different diameters. When subjected to lateral deformation, the encased columns outperformed the un-encased stone columns installed in loose sand. Shear stress resistance is up to 1.7 times greater in dual-layered, encased columns than in unencased columns. Similarly, the secant modulus increases as the condition changes from an unencased stone column to single-layer encasement and then to dual-layer encasement, indicating an improvement in the overall soil-stone column system.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.97-109
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• 2023

This experimental study investigates the effectiveness of applying carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) jackets for the retrofit of short reinforced concrete (RC) columns with inadequate transverse reinforcement and stirrup spacing to longitudinal rebar diameter equal to 12. RC columns scaled at 1/3, with round and square section, were subjected to axial compression up to failure. A damage scale is introduced for the assessment of the damage severity, which focusses on the extent of buckling of the longitudinal rebars. The damaged specimens were subsequently repaired with unidirectional CFRP jackets without any treatment of the buckled reinforcing bars and were finally re-tested to failure. Test results indicate that CFRP jackets may be effectively applied to rehabilitate RC columns (a) with inadequate transverse reinforcement constructed according to older practices so as to meet modern code requirements, and (b) with moderately buckled bars without the need of previously repairing the reinforcement bars, an application technique which may considerably facilitate the retrofit of earthquake damaged RC columns. Factors for the estimation of the reduced mechanical properties of the repaired specimens compared to the respective values for intact CFRP-jacketed specimens, in relation to the level of damage prior to retrofit, are proposed both for the compressive strength and the average modulus of elasticity. It was determined that the compressive strength of the retrofitted CFRP-jacketed columns is reduced by 90% to 65%, while the average modulus of elasticity is lower by 60% to 25% in respect to similar undamaged columns jacketed with the same layers of CFRP.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1995년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.15.2-22
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• 1995

Evaluating stiffness of near-surface materials has been one of the critically important tasks in many civil engineering works. It is the main goal of geotechnical characterization. The so-called deflection-response method evaluates the stiffness by measuring stress-strain behavior of the materials caused by static or dynamic load. This method, however, evaluates the overall stiffness and the stiffness variation with depth cannot be obtained. Furthermore, evaluation of a large-area geotechnical site by this method can be time-consuming, expensive, and damaging to many surface points of the site. Wave-propagation method, on the other hand, measures seismic velocities at different depths and stiffness profile (stiffness change with depth) can be obtained from the measured velocity data. The stiffness profile is often expressed by shear-wave (S-wave) velocity change with depth because S-wave velocity is proportional to the shear modulus. that is a direct indicator of stiffiiess. The crosshole and downhole method measures the seismic velocity by placing sources and receivers (geophones) at different depths in a borehole. Requirement of borehole installation makes this method also time-consuming, expensive, and damaging to the sites. Spectral-Analysis-of-Surface-Waves (SASW) method places both source and receivers at the surface, and records horizontally-propagating surface waves. Based upon the theory of surfacewave dispersion, the seismic velocities at different depths are calculated by analyzing the recorded surface-wave data. This method can be nondestructive to the sites. However, because only two receivers are used, the method requires multiple measurements with different field setups and, therefore, the method often becomes time-consuming and labor-intensive. Furthermore. the inclusion of noise wavefields cannot be handled properly, and this may cause the results by this method inaccurate. When multi-channel recording method is employed during the measurement of surface-waves, there are several benefits. First, usually single measurement is enough because multiple number (twelve or more) of receivers are used. Second, noise inclusion can be detected by coherency checking on the multi-channel data and handled properly so that it does not decrease the accuracy of the result. Third, various kinds of multi-channel processing techniques can be applied to f1lter unwanted noise wavefields and also to analyze the surface-wavefields more accurately and efficiently. In this way, the accuracy of the result by the method can be significantly improved. Fourth, the entire system of source, receivers, and recording-processing device can be tied into one unit, and the unit can be pulled by a small vehicle, making the survey speed very fast. In all these senses, multi-channel recording of surface waves is best suited for a routine method for geotechnical characterization in most of civil engineering works.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 초청강연 및 논문집
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• pp.636-643
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 지오게이지, 동평판재하시험기 그리고 간이지지력시험기 등과 같은 지반강성도를 평가할 수 있는 시험장치와 현장 다짐도 측정에 가장 많이 사용되는 평판재하시험을 다짐횟수, 함수비 그리고 다짐층 두께 등을 변화해 가면서 현장시험을 수행한 결과, 다음과 같은 잠정 결론을 내릴 수 있었다. 1) 지오게이지와 동평판재하시험기 그리고 간이지지력 시험기에서 측정된 결과는 모두 다짐도 증가에 따른 지반 강성 증가 현상을 잘 반영하는 것으로 나타났다. 2) 함수비에 따른 지반강성 증감 현상은 지오게이지와 간이지지력시험 결과에서만 일부 뚜렷하게 나타났으며, 동평판재하시험이나 기준 시험인 평판재하시험은 함수비 증감에 따라 지반강성 증감 현상이 뚜렷하게 나타나지 않았다. 3) 다짐충 두께 변화에 따른 지반강성도 평가시험 결과 본 시험에서 수행한 지오게이지, 동평판재하시험, 간이지지력 시험은 물론 기준시험인 평판재하시험의 경우에도 일정한 경향이 뚜렷하게 나타나지 않아 이에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구에서는 간편하고 신속한 시험이 가능한 다양한 지반강성평가 시험장치를 이용해 현장에서 다양한 조건의 지반에 대해 다짐도 평가 시험을 수행한 결과, 함수비 및 다짐두께가 일정한 경우 다짐횟수 증가에 따라 모든 시험 결과가 지반강성도가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 추후 다양한 지반조건에 대해 다양한 시험을 수행하여 다짐도 및 지반강성도의 연관성에 대한 자료가 축적된다면, 본 시험에서 수행한 시험방법으로도 현장 다짐도 측정이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2010

말뚝 구조물의 동적 거동을 분석하고 지진파에 대한 공진 안정성을 확보하기 위해서는 고유 진동수를 합리적으로 산정하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 간단한 질량 - 스프링 모델을 이용하여 지진 하중을 받는 말뚝 구조물의 고유 진동수를 간편하면서도 효율적으로 예측할 수 있는 방법을 모색하였다. 고유진동수 산정 결과에 큰 영향을 미치는 지반-말뚝 간 스프링 강성을 지반반력상수와 p-y 곡선 그리고 지반 탄성계수 등을 이용하여 결정하고, 이들을 이용하여 계산한 고유진동수를 1g 진동대 실험에서 계측한 고유진동수와 비교한 결과, 지반반력상수를 이용한 Reese(1974) 방법과 동적 p-y 중추 곡선을 이용한 Yang(2009)의 방법을 이용하여 스프링 강성을 산정하는 것이 가장 우수한 결과를 나타내었는데, 건조토에 위치한 말뚝구조물에서는 5% 이내의 오차를 보였으며, 포화토에 위치한 말뚝 구조물의 경우에는 진동 중에 과잉간극수압의 발생여부에 따라 5%에서 40% 사이의 오차를 나타내었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2014

탄소나노튜브는 우수한 기계적 특성으로 인해 주목받고 있으며, 다양한 산업 분야로의 잠재적 활용성을 갖는 고강도/고강성의 나노복합재료를 설계/제작하기 위한 다양한 연구가 이루어 지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 다중벽 탄소나노튜브를 이용한 강화 복합재료를 효과적으로 설계하고, 기계적 물성을 예측/평가하기 위한 미시역학적 해석 방법 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위해 먼저 대표체적요소 모델을 설계하고 이를 이용한 유한요소 해석을 통해서 강화 복합재료의 기계적 물성을 평가하였다. 특히 MWCNT 의 각 형상인자에 따른 복합재료의 탄성계수 변화를 예측하고, 각 인자들의 영향을 정성적으로 평가하였다. 더불어 형상인자들의 복합적 조건에서의 탄성계수에 대한 영향 평가도 수행하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.968-976
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 여러 가지 입도의 사질토에 폴리프로필렌(polypropylene) 재질의 단섬유(staple fiber)를 중량비 0.3%로 혼합한 섬유혼합도의 거동특성과 보강효과를 평가하였다. 곡류계수는 일정하게 유지하고 균등계수를 변화시켜 성형한 공사체에 공진주시험을 수행하였다. 섬유혼합토의 최대전단탄성계수는 비혼합토에 비해 최대 30%까지 증가하였고, 비선형 영역에서의 전단탄성계수 감소량도 억제되었다. 섬유혼합토의 정규화 전단탄성계수 감소곡선이 Seed와 Idriss의 대표곡선 상한값 쪽으로 이동해, 비혼합토보다 얇은 밴드로 분포하여 섬유의 혼합이 흙의 강성 증가에 효과적임을 증명되었다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 국내 건설현장 29개 지점에서 국내 철도노반 다짐품질관리 방법인 반복평판재하시험과 LFWD(Light Falling Weight Deflection)에서 구한 변형률계수(Ev2)와 변형계수($E_{LFWD}$)에 대하여 응력보정을 통해 자갈재료와 사질토에 대하여 상관성을 비교하였다. 실험결과 대부분 다짐품질관리 기준을 만족하고 있으며, 입상재료의 경우 관리기준치에 약 3배이상 값을 나타내었다. 두 시험방법에 따른 상관성은 토사의 경우에는 서로 상관성이 높은 것으로 나타났지만, 강성이 상대적으로 큰 입상재료의 경우 두 시험간의 상관성이 적은 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 시험방법 별로 탄성계수를 구하여 응력상태를 보정한 후 회귀 분석한 결과 응력 보정하지 않는 조건보다 상관성이 더 높게 나타났다.