• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.255-267
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• 2017

Soft clay strata can suffer significant settlement or stability problems under building loads. Among the methods proposed to strengthen weak soils is the application of a stone masonry trench (SMT) beneath RC strip foundations (as a masonry pad-stone). Although, SMTs are frequently employed in engineering practice; however, the effectiveness of SMTs on the ultimate bearing capacity improvement of a strip footing rested on a weak clay stratum has not been investigated quantitatively, yet. Therefore, the expected increase of bearing capacity of strip footings reinforced with SMTs is of interest and needs to be evaluated. This study presents a two-dimensional numerical model using the discrete element method (DEM) to capture the ultimate load-bearing capacity of a strip footing on a soft clay reinforced with a SMT. The developed DEM model was then used to perform a parametric study to investigate the effects of SMT geometry and properties on the footing bearing capacity with and without the presence of surcharge. The dimensions of the SMTs were varied to determine the optimum trench relative depth. The study showed that inclusion of a SMT of optimum dimension in a soft clay can improve the bearing capacity of a strip footing up to a factor of 3.5.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.435-449
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• 2022

In this paper, unreinforced and geogrid-reinforced soil foundations were modeled by discrete element method and this performed under surface strip footing loads. The effects of horizontal position of geogrid, vertical position, thickness, number, confining pressure have been investigated on the footing settlement and propagation of tensile force along the geogrids. Also, interaction between rectangular tunnel and strip footing with and without presence of geogrid layer has been analyzed. Experimental results of the literature were used to validation of relationships between the numerically achieved footing pressure-settlement for foundations of reinforced and unreinforced soil. Models and micro input parameters which used in the numerical modelling of reinforced and unreinforced soil tunnel were similar to parameters which were used in soil foundations. Model dimension was 1000 mm* 600 mm. Normal and shear stiffness of soils were 5*10⁵ and 2.5 *10⁵ N/m, respectively. Normal and shear stiffness of geogrid were 1*10⁹ and 1*10⁹ N/m, respectively. Loading rate was 0.001 mm/sec. Micro input parameters used in numerical simulation gain by try and error. In addition of the quantitative tensile force propagation along the geogrids, the footing settlements were visualized. Due to collaboration of three layers of geogrid reinforcements the bearing capacity of the reinforced soil tunnel was greatly improved. In such practical reinforced soil formations, the qualitative displacement propagations of soil particles in the soil tunnel and the quantitative vertical displacement propagations along the soil layers/geogrids represented the geogrid reinforcing impacts too.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2006

본 연구는 모래지반에서 공동위에 위치한 연속기초의 지지력거동을 연구하기 위하여 강사법으로 조성된 모래지반에서 모형실험을 수행하였다. 모형실험결과와 이론식을 비교하여 지하공동이 연속기초의 지지력에 영향을 미치는 한계범위를 도출하였다. 한계범위의 크기는 기초의 형상, 지반특성, 공동크기, 공동형상 등 여러 가지 인자에 의존한다. 지하공동의 깊이가 편심거리보다 극한지지력에 더 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 연속기초에 미치는 지하공동의 영향은 편심거리에 따른 지지력 감소현상 뿐만 아니라 연속기초의 부등침하 현상에도 큰 영향을 줄 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1996년도 토목섬유(Geosymthetics) 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.29-42
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• 1996

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.139-146
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• 1997

기초파괴는 일반적으로 변형이 집중되어 하나 또는 그 이상의 파괴면이 발생되어, 기초의 관입과 더불어 파괴면은 점진적으로 형성된다. 본 논문의 목적은 수치적으로 기초의 극한지지력 및 진행성 파괴거동을 파악할 수 있는가 하는 가능성을 검토하는데 있다. 대변형이론과 변형률 연화이론을 사용하여 비배수 상태인 점토지반의 기초에 대한 진행성 파괴거동에 대하여 분석하였다. 본 논문에서는 기초의 진행성 파괴과정과 완전한 하중 변위곡선을 해석하기 위한 수치해석 방법에 대하여 논하였다. 해석결과, 띠기초의 피크 이후의 지반파괴거동 및 진행성 파괴과정에 대한 명확한 수치적 해석가능성을 보여주었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.391-406
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• 2019

The aim of this paper was to study the influence of the footing shape and the effect of the roughness of the foundation base on the bearing capacity of shallow foundations on rock masses. For this purpose the finite difference method was used to analyze the bearing capacity of various types and states of rock masses under the assumption of Hoek-Brown failure criterion, for both plane strain and axisymmetric model, and considering smooth and rough interface. The results were analyzed based on a sensitivity study of four varying parameters: foundation width, rock material constant (mo), uniaxial compressive strength and geological strength index. Knowing how each parameter influences the bearing capacity depending on the footing shape (circular vs strip footing) and the footing base interface roughness (smooth vs rough), two correlation factors were developed to estimate the percentage increase of the ultimate bearing capacity as a function of the footing shape and the roughness of the footing base interface.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.365-383
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• 2015

Strip footing is an important type of shallow foundations and is commonly used beneath the walls. Analysis of shallow foundation involves the determination of stresses and deformations. Element free Galerkin method, one of the important mesh free methods, is used for the determination of stresses and deformations. Element free Galerkin method is an efficient and accurate method as compared to finite element method. The Element Free Galerkin method uses only a set of nodes and a description of model boundary is required to generate the discrete equation. Strip footing of width 2 m subjected to a loading intensity of 200 kPa is studied. The results obtained are agreeing with the values obtained using analytical solutions available in the literature. Parametric study is done and the effect of modulus of deformation, Poisson's ratio and scaling parameter on deformation and stresses are determined.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.111-117
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• 2000

In this study, the bearing capacity behavior of strip footing located above a continuous cavity in sand was investigated experimentally. The model footing test was performed in a model box made by using raining method in sand. The model footing test results were compared with those obtained from theoretically proposed equations. The results of the analysis indicate that there is a critical region under the footing. For strip footing, there exists a critical depth below which the presence of the cavity has negligible influence on the footing performance. Only when the cavity is located within this region will the footing performance be significantly affected by the presence of the cavity. The size of the critical region depends on several factors such as footing shape, soil property, cavity size and cavity shape. When the cavity is located within the critical region, the bearing capacity of the footing varies with various factors, such as the size and location of the cavity and the depth of foundation. Based on the experimental study, the following conclusions were induced. 1. The ultimate bearing capacity due to the eccentricity of a underground cavity increases at the rate of the small rather than that due to the depth of a underground cavity. This indicates that the bearing capacity of a strip footing is influenced on the depth rather than the eccentricity of a underground cavity. 2. The critical $depth(D/B)_{cr}$, by underground cavity in sand soil ground that is made by the relative density($D_r$)=55%, 65%, 75%, approaches a range of about 8~10 in case of W/B=1, and about 11~13 in case of W/B=2. 3. In case of the relative density($D_r$) 75%, the most outstanding differential settlement trend is shown in the depth of 4~8cm regardless of the size of cavity, namely, when the value of D/B is 1~2. Therefore, a underground cavity influences on not only the decrease of the bearing capacity but also the differential settlement of a strip footing.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 얕은기초의 파괴거동과 전체적인 하중-변위 관계를 묘사하는 방법에 대하여 기술하였다. 제안한 방법에 의하여 얕은기초의 최고점 이후의 거동과 점진적인 파괴과정을 비교적 명확히 기술하는 것이 가능함을 보여주었다. 유한요소 수치해석법으로 얕은 기초지반에 대하여 마찰각과 체적팽창각을 달리하여 지지력계수 $N_{\gamma}$을 계산하였다. 일반적으로 적용하는 관련 흐름법칙과 거친 기초조건에 의한 지지력계수 $N_{\gamma}$값은 실제 흙거동인 비관련 흐름법칙과 약간 미끈한 기초조건에 대해서는 불안전한 설계가 되는 것을 보여주었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.197-206
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• 2020

Reutilization of solid waste such as Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA) and mixing it with soft soil for backfill material not only reduces the required volume of backfill soil (i.e., sand-mining procedures; reinforcement), but also preserves the environment from pollution by recycling. TDA is a widely-used material that has a good track record for improving sustainable construction. This paper attempted to investigate the performance of Kaolin-TDA mixtures as a backfill material underneath a strip footing and close to a retaining wall. For this purpose, different types of TDA i.e., powdery, shredded, small-size granular (1-4 mm) and large-size granular (5-8 mm), were mixed with Kaolin at 0, 20, 40, and 60% by weight. Static surcharge load with the rate of 10 kPa per min was applied on the strip footing until the failure of footing happened. The behaviour of samples K80-G (1-4 mm) 20 and K80-G (5-8 mm) 20 were identical to that of pure Kaolin, except that the maximum footing stress had grown by roughly three times (300-310 kPa). Therefore, it can be concluded that the total flexibility of the backfill and shear strength of the strip footing have been increased by adding the TDA. The results indicate that, a significant increase in the failure vertical stress of the footing is observed at the optimum mixture content. In addition, the TDA increases the elasticity behaviour of the backfill.