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Investigation of Domestic Application for Soil Impact Hammer(SIH) (동적 지반물성측정장치(SIH, Soil Impact Hammer)의 국내 적용성 평가)

  • 박재영;석정우;황대진;양구승
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.411-418
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    • 2002
  • In domestic road construction sites, the compaction control based on strength are widely performed through the direct method with high accuracy, such as Plate Loading Test or Field CBR test. It is impossible to manage all construction sites using the direct method because the direct method requires heavy reaction loads and long measurement time. Therefore, it is necessary to apply the indirect method that could control the relative density of construction sites on the whole. Indirect methods, such as Cone Penetration Test and Fall Cone Test, require extra time for data analyzing and fixed area for test device. In this paper, the field applicability of Soil Impact Hammer (SIH) was investigated comparing with the results of field measurement tests and laboratory compaction tests. SIH developed by Japan Construction Administration and Asanuma Ltd., is a kind of indirect methods for compaction checking. According to the results of SIH performed in domestic road construction site, the subgrade reaction modulus obtained from SIH are similar to that from Plate loading tests in the range of 10 to 40. In comparison with laboratory compaction test, similar compaction line are shown in the dry side of optimum moisture contents.

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A Method for Evaluation of Hollow Existence in Sublayers of Concrete Pavement Considering Pavement Stiffness (포장강성을 고려한 콘크리트 포장하부 공동유무 평가방법)

  • Sohn, Dueck Su;Lee, Jae Hoon;Jeong, Ho Seong;Park, Joo Young;Jeong, Jin Hoon
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.95-102
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    • 2013
  • PURPOSES: The existing method evaluating the existence of the hollows in concrete pavement does not consider the stiffness of pavement. In addition, the method uses unreasonable logic judging the hollow existence by the deflection caused by zero loading. In this study, the deflection of slab corner due to heavy weight deflectometer (HWD) was measured in concrete pavement sections where underground structures are located causing the hollows around them. METHODS: The modulus of subgrade reaction obtained by comparing the actual deflection of slab to the result of finite element analysis was calibrated into the composite modulus of subgrade reaction. The radius of relative stiffness was calculated, and the relationship between the ratio of HWD load to the radius of relative stiffness and the slab deflection was expressed as the curve of secondary degree. RESULTS: The trends of the model coefficients showing width and maximum value of the curve of secondary degree were analyzed by categorizing the pavement sections into three groups : hollows exist, additional investigation is necessary, and hollows do not exist. CONCLUSIONS: The results analyzed by the method developed in this study was compared to the results analyzed by existing method. The model developed in this study will be verified by analyzing the data obtained in other sections with different pavement structure and materials.

Evaluation of Subgrade Stiffness using Pressuremeter Test (공내재하시험에 의한 포장하부기초 강성도 평가)

  • Lim, Yu-Jin;Hai, Nguyen Tien;Jang, Duk-Sun
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.6 no.2 s.20
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    • pp.25-36
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    • 2004
  • The pressuremeter test can be used as an effective tool for evaluating stiffness of lower pavement layers including subgrade and subbase. At present, the most practical and applicable methods for evaluation of the stiffness of the subgrade and subbase are PBT and CBR in Korea. However, these methods have inherent drawbacks and large variabilities of test results themselves. In this study, an evaluation method and a test procedure that can be used for decision of pavement stiffness using pressuremeter were developed. The obtained results representing stiffness of the subgrade and subbase can replace PBT's soil reaction value k and CBR in design methods. It is found that the developed procedure based on the pressuremeter can provide an effective correaltion between the PBT's soil reaction value k and PMT's reloading modulus ($E_R$).

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Estimate of the Bearing Capacity on Subbase and Subgrade with Dynamic Plate Bearing Test (동평판재하시험을 이용한 도로하부 재료의 지지력 평가)

  • Youn, Ilro;Oh, Sewook
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2013
  • The compaction control method of national road substructure is using field density test to determine the relative compaction and plate bearing test to check the load bearing capacity. However, these two tests digitize a construction site manager's judgment based on his experience, so mechanical basis is weak. Resilient modulus method, which is recently being used to resolve such problem, is evaluated as a rational design method of pavement structure that can rationally reflect the stress-strain state of pavement materials that is caused by the condition of load repetition of vehicle load. However, the method of measuring the resilient modulus is difficult and lengthy, and it has many problems. To replace it, light falling weight test is recently being proposed as a simple test method. Therefore, this research uses dynamic plate loading test, which quickly and simply measures the elastic modulus of the subgrade and sub-base construction and site of maintenance, to judge the possibility of compaction control of the stratum under the road, and it proposes relation formula by analyzing the result of static load test.

Sensitivity Analysis of Load Trunsfer of Jointed Concrete Pavements Using 3-D Finite Element Model (3차원 유한요소 모형를 이용한 줄눈 콘크리트포장 하중전달의 민감도 분석)

  • Sun, Ren-Juan;Lim, Jin-Sun;Jeong, Jin-Hoon
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.145-157
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    • 2008
  • Load transfer efficiency (LTE) reflects the structural performance of doweled and undoweled joints of Jointed Concrete Pavement (JCP). A 3-dimensional (3-D) model of JCP was built using ABAQUS software in this study. Three concrete slabs were placed on bonded sublayers composed of a base and subgrade. Spring elements were used to connect the adjacent slabs at joints. Different spring constants were input to the model to simulate different joint stiffness of the concrete pavement. The LTE of the joint increased with an increase of the spring constant. The effects of material properties and geometric shape on the behavior of JCP were analyzed using different elastic modulus and thickness of the slab and base in the modeling. The results showed the elastic modulus of the subgrade affected the behavior of the slab and LTE more than that of the base and the thickness of the slab and base. The effects of a negative temperature gradient on the behavior of the slab and LTE were more than that of positive and zero temperature gradients. Joints with low stiffness were more sensitive to the temperature gradient of the slab.

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