• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2024

This study investigates the influence of nano-silica and basalt fiber content, curing duration, and freeze-thaw cycles on the static and dynamic properties of soil specimens. A comprehensive series of tests, including Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS), static triaxial, and dynamic triaxial tests, were conducted. Additionally, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis was employed to examine the microstructure of treated specimens. Results indicate that a combination of 1% fiber and 10% nano-silica yields optimal soil enhancement. The failure patterns of specimens varied significantly depending on the type of additive. Static triaxial tests revealed a notable reduction in the brittleness index (IB) with the inclusion of basalt fibers. Specimens containing 10% nano-silica and 1% fiber exhibited superior shear strength parameters and UCS. The highest cohesion and friction angle were obtained for treated specimens with 10% nano-silica and 1% fiber, 90 kPa and 37.8°, respectively. Furthermore, an increase in curing time led to a significant increase in UCS values for specimens containing nano-silica. Additionally, the addition of fiber resulted in a decrease in IB, while the addition of nano-silica led to an increase in IB. Increasing nano-silica content in stabilized specimens enhanced shear modulus while decreasing the damping ratio. Freeze-thaw cycles were found to decrease the cohesion of treated specimens based on the results of static triaxial tests. Specimens treated with 10% nano-silica and 1% fiber experienced a reduction in shear modulus and an increase in the damping ratio under freeze-thaw conditions. SEM analysis reveals dense microstructure in nano-silica stabilized specimens, enhanced adhesion of soil particles and fibers, and increased roughness on fiber surfaces.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.201-212
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• 2018

Decrease in availability of suitable subbase and base course materials for highway construction leads to a search for economic method of converting locally available troublesome soil to suitable one for highway construction. Present study insights on evaluation of benefits of stabilization of subgrade soils in term of extension in service life (TBR) and layer thickness reduction (LTR). Laboratory investigation consisting of Atterberg limit, Compaction, California Bearing Ratio, unconfined compressive strength and triaxial shear strength tests were carried out on two types of soil for varying percentages of stabilizers. Vertical compressive strains at the top of unstabilized and stabilized subgrade soils were found out by elastoplastic finite element analysis using commercial software ANSYS. The values of vertical compressive strains at the top of unstabilized and stabilized subgrade, were further used to estimate layer thickness reduction or extension in service life of the pavement due to stabilization. Finite element modeling of the flexible pavement layered structure provides modern technology and sophisticated characterization of materials that can be accommodated in the analysis and enhances the reliability for the prediction of pavement response for improved design methodology. If the pavement section is kept same for unstabilized and stabilized subgrade soils, pavement resting on lime, fly ash and fiber stabilized subgrade soil B will have service life 2.84, 1.84 and 1.67 times than that of unstabilized pavement respectively. The flexible pavement resting on stabilized subgrade is beneficial in reducing the construction material. Actual savings would depend on the option exercised by the designer for reducing the thickness of an individual layer.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.808-817
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• 2006

There were huge damages of human beings and their properties in many areas of the basin of the Nak-Dong river by the unusual weather and the localized downpour recently. In this research against disasters, we want to know the special quality of strength of the cemented sand that is mixed with cement and poor-graded sand which is the materials of riverbed in the basin of the Nak-Dong river as levee's material. For that, we want to provide the fundamental data which need in the examination of adaptation of levee's material, design and analysis by investigating compressive strength by curing period and cement ratio, elastic modulus and stress by transformation from compaction test, CBR test, unconfined compression test, triaxial compression test as changing ratio of sand and cement from 2% to 8% at two points in the basin of the Nak-Dong river.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.22-31
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• 2004

Laboratory experiments were conducted in order to find effects of the intermediate principal stress of ${\sigma}_{2}$ on rock fractures and faults. Polyaxial tests were carried out under the most generalized compressive stress conditions, in which different magnitudes of the least and intermediate principal stresses ${\sigma}_{3}$ and ${\sigma}_{2}$ were maintained constant, and the maximum stress ${\sigma}_{1}$, was increased to failure. Two crystalline rocks (Westerly granite and KTB amphibolite) exhibited similar mechanical behavior, much of which is neglected in conventional triaxial compression tests in which ${\sigma}_{2}$ = ${\sigma}_{3}$. Compressive rock failure took the form of a main shear fracture, or fault, steeply dipping in ${\sigma}_{3}$ direction with its strike aligned with ${\sigma}_{2}$ direction. Rock strength rose significantly with the magnitude of ${\sigma}_{2}$, suggesting that the commonly used Mohr-type failure criteria, which ignore the ${\sigma}_{2}$ effect, predict only the lower limit of rock strength for a given ${\sigma}_{3}$ level. The true triaxial failure criterion for each of the crystalline rocks can be expressed as the octahedral shear stress at failure as a function of the mean normal stress acting on the fault plane. It is found that the onset of dilatancy increases considerably for higher ${\sigma}_{2}$. Thus, ${\sigma}_{2}$ extends the elastic range for a given ${\sigma}_{3}$ and, hence, retards the onset of the failure process. SEM inspection of the micromechanics leading to specimen failure showed a multitude of stress-induced microcracks localized on both sides of the through-going fault. Microcracks gradually align themselves with the ${\sigma}_{1}$-${\sigma}_{2}$ plane as the magnitude of ${\sigma}_{2}$ is raised.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.231-248
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• 2001

The three-dimensional behavior of confined concrete was investigated, including strength enhancement due to triaxial compressive stresses, lateral expansion, compression softening, cover spalling and post-peak ductility. A finite element program based on a nonlinear elasticity methodology was employed to evaluate the ability to model triaxial behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) by combining constitutive models proposed by several researchers. The capability of compression field based models to reproduce the softening behavior of lightly cracked confined concrete was also investigated. Data from tested specimens were used to evaluate the validity of the formulations. Good agreement with the experimental results was obtained.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.483-490
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• 2002

A massive amount of marine clay produced as dredging of coast and sea bed is often dumped in open sea and filled in pond. The treatment of marine clay demand a large area and make fatal environmental problems for echo system. This research work intend to manufacture a light-weight landfill materials which are produced by mixing the dredged marine clay with various amount cement and foam. An extensive Uniaxial and Triaxial compression test are carried out to investigate the strength characteristics of the light-weight cement mixed marine clay with foam under various test conditions. The results indicated that the required unit weight has been achieved with negligible change after 28days curing time in water. It is also recognized that the compressive strength of light-weight landfill materials linearly decrease with increasing initial water content, and the rate of strength decrease with increasing initial water content in water curing was smaller than that of air curing Futhermore, the rate of strength decreased with increasing initial water content, however, the rate become smaller as cement content increased.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.15-27
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 제주도 북동부 육해상, 남동부 해상 및 북서부 해상에서 채취한 현무암 암석에 대하여 삼축압축시험을 수행하였으며, 그 결과로부터 산정된 Hoek-Brown 파괴기준의 파라미터인 암석 계수 $m_i$의 특성을 살펴보았다. 그리고 Hoek-Brown 파괴기준으로부터 추정된 점착력 및 내부 마찰각과 Mohr-Coulomb 파괴기준으로부터 산정된 점착 력 및 내부 마찰각을 각각 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과 제주도 현무암 암석에 대한 Hoek-Brown 파괴기준의 암석 계수 $m_i$는 암석의 내부 마찰각과 밀접하게 연관되어 있었으며, 내부 마찰각이 증가함에 따라 급격하게 증가하였다. Hoek-Brown 파괴기준으로부터 추정된 점착력은 Mohr-Coulomb 파괴기준으로부터 산정된 점착력보다 평균적으로 약 24% 정도 과대하게 추정되고 있으며, Hoek-Brown 파괴기준으로부터 추정된 내부 마찰각은 Mohr-Coulomb 파괴기준의 내부 마찰각과 비슷한 값을 나타내고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2016

화성 지역의 저소성 실트 지반에 대한 비배수 전단강도를 평가하기 위해 일련의 실내 및 현장 원위치 시험을 수행하였다. 저소성 지반에 대한 비배수 전단강도 산정을 위한 시험의 적용성을 분석하기 위해서 일축압축시험 및 간이 CU 시험을 실시하였으며, 저소성 실트 지반의 경우, 원지반에서 불교란 시료 채취가 적절하게 이루어진다 할지라고 시료 내부의 잔류유효응력이 매우 감소하게 되어, 일축압축강도가 현저하게 과소평가되는 결과가 얻어졌다. 따라서, 해성 점토 지반과 동일한 조건이 갖추어지도록 원위치 유효상재압으로 재압밀시킨 후, 전단시험에서 얻어진 간이 CU 강도, $s_{u(scu)}$의 75%를 설계 비배수 전단강도로 적용한다면, 원위치 전단강도를 적절하게 평가할 수 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2014

시멘트 혼합토는 도로 및 댐 현장을 비롯하여 최근에는 연약지반 개량공법에도 자주 사용되고 있다. 시멘트 혼합토의 강도는 주로 현장에서 채취한 코어나 실험실에서 양생한 공시체를 이용하여 실내에서 일축압축시험이나 삼축압축시험을 통하여 측정되고 있다. 이와 같이 현장에서 시료를 채취하거나 실내에서 공시체를 양생하기 위해서는 상당한 비용과 시간이 소요된다. 하지만 때론 현장에서 빠르고 신속하게 지반의 고결 정도나 강도를 판단할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 현장에서 고결된 지반의 강도 예측을 위한 기초연구로서 고결모래의 전단파속도와 일축압축강도의 상관관계를 연구하였다. 낙동강모래에 보통 포틀랜드 시멘트를 4, 8, 12, 16%로 혼합하여 다짐방법으로 직경 5cm, 높이 10cm의 소형 공시체 제작한 다음, 대기 중에서 7, 14, 28일 동안 양생하였다. 또한 최근 자원 재활용을 위해 자주 사용되고 있는 고로슬래그에 알칼리 활성화제인 수산화나트륨(NaOH)을 혼합하여 고결토를 제작하였다. 양생이 완료된 고결모래에 먼저 전단파속도시험을 실시한 다음 일축압축시험을 통하여 강도를 측정하였다. 고결모래의 시멘트비와 고로슬래그비가 증가할수록 공시체의 건조밀도가 증가하고 생성된 수화물로 인해 구조가 치밀해져 일축압축강도가 증가하면서 전단파속도 또한 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 고결제를 16% 이하로 혼합한 고결모래의 경우 전단파속도와 일축압축강도의 상관관계는 비선형적으로 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.140-146
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• 2014

This study investigated the engineering characteristics of non-sintering binder-stabilized mixtures consisting of different ratios of a hardening agent(3%, 6%, 9%, 12%) for recycling industrial by-products through several series of laboratory tests. The hardening agents consisted of two kinds of non-sintering binders(NSB-1, NSB-2), which were developed by using inter-chemical reactions among blast furnace slag, phospho-gypsum, and an alkali activator. In addition, ordinary Portland cement(OPC) was used to compare the engineering characteristics of the stabilized mixture. An unconfined compressive test showed that the unconfined compressive strength increased with the curing time and mixing ratio. Experimental test results indicated that the 7-day strength of the NSB-1 mixture was similar to that of the OPC mixture. However, its 28-day strength was higher than that of the OPC mixture. The secant module of elasticity showed a range of $E_{50}=(42-109)q_u$ regardless of the agents. Based on the results of triaxial tests, the cohesion and friction angle increased with the mixing ratio.