• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.313-328
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• 2002

Based on the orthotropic hypoelasticity formulation, a triaxial constitutive model of concrete is proposed. To account for increasing ductility in high confinement of concrete, the ductility enhancement is considered using so called the strain enhancement factor. It is also developed a three-dimensional finite element model for reinforced concrete structural members based on the proposed constitutive law of concrete with the smeared crack approach. The concrete confinement effects due to the beam-column joint are investigated through numerical examples for simple beam and structural beam member. Concrete at compression fibers in the vicinity of beam-column joint behaves dominant not only by the uniaxial compressive state but also by the biaxial and triaxial compressive states. For the reason of the severe confinement of concrete in the beam-column joint, the flexural critical cross-section is observed at a small distance away from the beam-column joint. These observations should be utilized for the economic design when the concrete structural members are subjected to high confinement due to the influence of beam-column joint.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.673-680
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• 2002

The mechanical characteristics and compressibility of Light-Weighted Foam Soil (LWFS) are investigated. LWFS is composed of the dredged soil from offshore, cement and foam to reduce the unit-weight and increase compressive strength. For this purpose, the unconfined compression tests and triaxial compression tests are carried out on the prepared specimens of LWFS with various conditions such as initial water contents, cement contents, and confining stresses. The test results of LWFS indicated that the stress-strain relationship and the compressive strength are strongly influenced by the cement contents rather than the intial water contents of the dredged soils. In this study, the normalized factor considering the ratio of initial water contents, cement contents, and foam contents is suggested to evaluate the relationship between compressive strength and normalized factor.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.309-317
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• 2002

본 논문은 경량기포혼합토(LWFS)의 역학적 특성에 대하여 연구하였다. 경량기포혼합토는 단위중량의 감소와 압축 강도의 증가를 위하여 연안준설토, 고화제 및 기포를 혼합하여 제작되었다. 초기함수비, 고화제 함유율, 양생조건 및 구속압 등 다양한 조건으로 경량기포혼합토를 제작하여 일축 및 삼축압축시험을 실시하였다. 경량기포혼합토의 실험결과는 동일한 단위중량일 경우 응력-변형 거동과 압축강도는 준설토의 초기함수비보다 고화제 함유율에 더 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 한편 삼축압축시험에서 응력-변형 관계는 양생조건에 관계없이 변형-연화거동을 나타내었다. 구속압에 따른 응력-변형 거동은 경량기포혼합토의 일축압축강도와 근접한 구속압을 경계로 다르게 변화하는 것으로 나타났다. 압축강도 200kPa 이상으로 지반개량을 하기 위해 요구되는 경량기포혼합토의 배합비는 준설토의 초기함수비 100%~160%와 고화제 함유율 6.6%로 나타났다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.577-595
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• 2023

A dynamic triaxial discrete element numerical model of lightweight soil was established using the discrete element method to study the microscopic mechanism of expanded polystyrene (EPS) particles in the soil under cyclic loading. The microscopic parameters of the discrete element model of the lightweight soil were calibrated depending on the dynamic triaxial test hysteresis curves. Based on the calibration results, the effects of the EPS particles volume ratio and amplitude on the contact force, displacement field, and velocity field of the lightweight soil under different accumulated strains were studied. The results showed that the hysteresis curves of lightweight soil exhibit nonlinearity, hysteresis, and strain accumulation. The strain accumulated in remolded soil is mainly tensile strain, and that in lightweight soil is mainly compressive strain. As the volume ratio of EPS particles increased, the contact force first increased and then decreased, and the displacement and velocity of the particles increased accordingly. With an increase in amplitude, the dynamic stress of the particle system increased, and the accumulation rate of the dynamic strain of the samples also increased. At 5% compressive strain, the contact force of the particles changed significantly and the number of particles deflected in the direction of velocity also increased considerably. These results indicated that the cemented structure of the lightweight soil began to fail at a compressive strain of 5%. Thus, a compressive strain of 5% is more reasonable than the dynamic strength failure standard of lightweight soil.

• KCI Concrete Journal
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2001

Tests of cylindrical concrete specimens under lateral confining pressure of up to 5,000 psi were conducted for two different axial loading cases: monotonic compression and monotonic tension. The purpose of this experimental investigation is to provide stress-strain characteristics of plain concrete in triaxial stress conditions. Lateral confining pressure levels, loading rates, and strength of concrete specimens are varied as parameters. The loading rates are $34.75$\times$10^{-5}$ in/in/sec for fast, $\times$$6.95x10^{-5}$ in/in/sec for normal. and $0.579$\times$10^{-5}$ in/in/sec for slow loading cases. The concrete specimens used in the experiment have compressive strength of 3,500 psi and 6,500 psi, respectively. Findings of this experiment include dependency of the stress-strain behavior of concrete on the above parameters under two different types of loading conditions. The parametric study includes a series of 106 triaxial tests.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2013

PURPOSES : It is to evaluate lightweight soil as a subgrade material based on mechanical tests and calculation of pavement performance. METHODS : In this research, various contents of cement and air foam are used to make lightweight soil using wasted dredged soil. Uniaxial compressive strength test is conducted to evaluate strength of 7 and 28 day cured specimens. Secant modulus was calculated based on the stress and strain relationship of uniaxial compressive strength test. Resilient modulus test was measured using by repeated triaxial compression test. The measured resilient modulus was used in layered elastic program to predict fatigue and rutting life at a given pavement structure. RESULTS : Uniaxial compressive strength increases as cement content increases but decrease as air foam content increases. Resilient modulus also increases as cement content increases and decrease as air foam content decrease. CONCLUSIONS : It is concluded that dredge clay soil can be used as subgrade layer material using by lightweight treated soil method.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.181-195
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• 2022

Roughness and joint inclination angle are the important factors that affect the strength and deformation characteristics of jointed rock mass. In this paper, 3D printer has been employed to make molds firstly, and casting the jointed specimens with different joint roughness coefficient (JRC), and different joint inclination angle (α). Conventional triaxial compression tests were carried out on the jointed specimens, and the influence of JRC on the strength and deformation parameters was analyzed. At the same time, acoustic emission (AE) testing system has been adopted to reveal the AE characteristic of the jointed specimens in the process of triaxial compression. Finally, the morphological of the joint surface was observed by digital three-dimensional video microscopy system, and the relationship between the peak strength and JRC under different confining pressures has been discussed. The results indicate that the existence of joint results in a significant reduction in the strength of the joint specimen, JRC also has great influence on the morphology, quantity and spatial distribution characteristics of cracks. With the increase of JRC, the triaxial compressive strength increase, and the specimen will change from brittle failure to ductile failure.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권6C호
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• pp.321-329
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• 2009

국내 암석의 일축응력상태와 삼축응력상태의 한계변형률 특성을 연구하고자 국내에 분포하는 6종류의 암석을 대상으로 실내 일축 및 삼축압축시험을 실시하였다. 일축압축실험에 의한 일축압축강도는 대부분 1~100MPa의 범위이었고, 한계변형률도 0.1~1.0%에 위치하여 전반적으로 Sakurai(1982)가 제시한 상 하부 경계선 내에 분포하였다. 그리고 암석의 파괴/한계변형률의 비(${\varepsilon}_f/{\varepsilon}_0$)는 일축강도에 따라 1.0~1.8의 범위로 모두 1.0 이상 나타났다. 삼축압축실험에 의한 한계변형률은 모든 암석에서 0.8%이하로 일축압축실험에서의 최대 한계변형률 1.0% 보다 작은 값을 보였으며, 일축 및 삼축압축실험로부터 산정된 값은 거의 대부분의 암석시료에서 1.0~8.0정도의 범위였다. 본 연구를 통하여 삼축응력상태인 암반의 파괴변형률(${\varepsilon}_{f3}$)은 일축응력상태의 파괴변형률(${\varepsilon}_{f1}$)에 비하여 1.0~8.0배 정도 크고, ${\varepsilon}_{f1}$은 일축응력상태의 한계변형률(${\varepsilon}_{01}$)보다 1.0~1.8배정도 크게 나타나 암반터널 변위계측에 의한 안정성 기준치를 일축강도에 따른 한계변형률(${\varepsilon}_{01}$)로 규정하는 것은 안정측 관리기준이 되는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.351-354
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• 2003

Triaxial behavior of concrete cylinders wrapped with FRP material has been investigated for the increase of concrete strength by lateral confinement. Using the model by Richart et al., a modified empirical equation was proposed to estimate the strength of concrete cylinders with FRP confinement based on the linear relationship between the concrete strength and lateral confining pressure. From the experimental stress-strain result of the cylinder specimens having similar confining pressure, less ductility was observed for higher strength concrete. But the compressive strength of the specimen was linearly increased by lateral confinement. The confinement effectiveness coefficient for the strength enhancement of the cylinders by FRP wrap was obtained as 2.27 from the regression analysis.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.5-13
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 경량기포혼합토의 압축성과 강도 특성에 대해 실험을 통하여 연구하였다. 경량기포혼합토는 재료의 경량화와 압축강도의 증가를 위해 해양준설토에 시멘트와 기포로 구성되어 있다. 이러한 목적을 위하여 초기 함수비, 시멘트 함유율, 실트질 준설토의 혼합을, 구속압조건 등의 다양한 조건에서 준비된 공시체로 일축압축시험 및 삼축압축시험을 수행하였다. 경량기포혼합토의 실험결과, 응력-변형거동과 압축강도는 준설토의 초기 함수비보다 시멘트 함유율에 더 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 초기 함수비, 시멘트 함유율, 기포 함유율을 고려한 정규화계수를 제시하였으며 경량기포혼합토의 압축강도와 정규화 계수와의 유용한 관계를 얻을 수 있었다.