• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2020

In order to understand the shear mechanical properties of the interface between clay and structure and better serve the practical engineering projects, it is critical to conduct shear tests on the clay-structure interface. In this work, the direct shear test of clay-concrete slab with different joint roughness coefficient (JRC) of the interface and different normal stress is performed in the laboratory. Our experimental results show that (1) shear strength of the interface between clay and structure is greatly affected by the change of normal stress under the same condition of JRC and shear stress of the interface gradually increases with increasing normal stress; (2) there is a critical value JRC_cr in the roughness coefficient of the interface; (3) the relationship between shear strength and normal stress can be described by the Mohr Coulomb failure criterion, and the cohesion and friction angle of the interface under different roughness conditions can be calculated accordingly. We find that there also exists a critical value JRC_cr for cohesion and the cohesion of the interface increases first and then decreases as JRC increases. Moreover, the friction angle of the interface fluctuates with the change of JRC and it is always smaller than the internal friction angle of clay used in this experiment; (4) the failure type of the interface of the clay-concrete slab is type I sliding failure and does not change with varying JRC when the normal stress is small enough. When the normal stress increases to a certain extent, the failure type of the interface will gradually change from shear failure to type II sliding failure with the increment of JRC.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.145-156
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• 2024

The mechanical properties of the concrete-frozen soil interface play a significant role in the stability and service performance of construction projects in cold regions. Current research mainly focuses on the precast concrete-frozen soil interface, with limited consideration for the more realistic cast-in-place concrete-frozen soil interface. The two construction methods result in completely different contact surface morphologies and exhibit significant differences in mechanical properties. Therefore, this study selects silty clay as the research object and conducts direct shear tests on the concrete-frozen soil interface under conditions of initial water content ranging from 12% to 24%, normal stress from 50 kPa to 300 kPa, and freezing temperature of -3℃. The results indicate that (1) both interface shear stress-displacement curves can be divided into three stages: rapid growth of shear stress, softening of shear stress after peak, and residual stability; (2) the peak strength of both interfaces increases initially and then decreases with an increase in water content, while residual strength is relatively less affected by water content; (3) peak strength and residual strength are linearly positively correlated with normal stress, and the strength of ice bonding is less affected by normal stress; (4) the mechanical properties of the cast-in-place concrete-frozen soil interface are significantly better than those of the precast concrete-frozen soil interface. However, when the water content is high, the former's mechanical performance deteriorates much more than the latter, leading to severe strength loss. Therefore, in practical engineering, cast-in-place concrete construction is preferred in cases of higher negative temperatures and lower water content, while precast concrete construction is considered in cases of lower negative temperatures and higher water content. This study provides reference for the construction of frozen soil-structure interface in cold regions and basic data support for improving the stability and service performance of cold region engineering.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2019

The shear behavior of soil-concrete interface is mainly affected by the surface roughness of the two contact surfaces. The present research emphasizes on investigating the effect of roughness of soil-concrete interface on the interface shear behavior in two-layered laboratory testing samples. In these specially prepared samples, clay silt layer with density of $2027kg/m^3$ was selected to be in contact a concrete layer for simplifying the laboratory testing. The particle size testing and direct shear tests are performed to determine the appropriate particles sizes and their shear strength properties such as cohesion and friction angle. Then, the surface undulations in form of teeth are provided on the surfaces of both concrete and soil layers in different testing carried out on these mixed specimens. The soil-concrete samples are prepared in form of cubes of 10*10*30 cm. in dimension. The undulations (inter-surface roughness) are provided in form of one tooth or two teeth having angles $15^{\circ}$ and $30^{\circ}$, respectively. Several direct shear tests were carried out under four different normal loads of 80, 150, 300 and 500 KPa with a constant displacement rate of 0.02 mm/min. These testing results show that the shear failure mechanism is affected by the tooth number, the roughness angle and the applied normal stress on the sample. The teeth are sheared from the base under low normal load while the oblique cracks may lead to a failure under a higher normal load. As the number of teeth increase the shear strength of the sample also increases. When the tooth roughness angle increases a wider portion of the tooth base will be failed which means the shear strength of the sample is increased.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.75-87
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• 2018

A large number of low-rise buildings experienced serious roof covering failures under strong wind while few suffered structural damage. Clay and concrete tiles are two main kinds of roof covering. For the tile roof system, few researches were carried out based on Finite Element (FE) analysis due to the difficulty in the simulation of the interface between the tiles and the roof sheathing (the bonding materials, foam or mortar). In this paper, the FE analysis of a single clay or concrete tile with foam-set or mortar-set were built with the interface simulated by the equivalent nonlinear springs based on the mechanical uplift and displacement tests, and they were expanded into the whole roof. A detailed wind tunnel test was carried out at Tongji University to acquire the wind loads on these two kinds of roof tiles, and then the test data were fed into the FE analysis. For the purpose of validation and calibration, the results of FE analysis were compared with the full-scale performance ofthe tile roofs under simulated strong wind impact through one-of-a-kind Wall of Wind (WoW) apparatus at Florida International University. The results are consistent with the WoW test that the roof of concrete tiles with mortar-set provided the highest resistance, and the material defects or improper construction practices are the key factors to induce the roof tiles' failure. Meanwhile, the staggered setting of concrete tiles would help develop an interlocking mechanism between the tiles and increase their resistance.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.281-290
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• 2022

The direct shear test is commonly used to evaluate the shear behavior of frozen soil-structure interfaces under normal stress. However, failure criteria, such as the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion, are needed to obtain the unconfined shear strength. Hence, the punch shear test, which is usually used to estimate the shear strength of rocks without confinement, was examined in this study to directly determine the adfreezing strength. It is measured as the shear strength of the frozen soil-structure interface under unconfined conditions. Different soils of silica sand, field sand, and field clay were prepared inside the steel and concrete ring structures. Soil and ring structures were frozen at the target temperature for more than 24 h. A punch shear test was then conducted. The test results show that the adfreezing strength increased with a decrease in the target temperature and increase in the initial water content, owing to the increase in ice content. The adfreezing strength of field clay was the smallest when compared with the other soil specimens because of the large amount of unfrozen water content. The field sand with the larger normalized roughness showed greater adfreezing strength than the silica sand with a lower normalized roughness. From the experiment and analysis, the applicability of the punch shear test was examined to measure the adfreezing strength of the frozen soil-structure interface. To find a proper sample dimension, supplementary experiments or numerical analysis will be needed in further research.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.5-17
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• 2022

말뚝(pile)은 연약한 지반에 구조물을 설치하기 위하여 지중에 관입시키는 매개체로서, 특히 PHC말뚝은 설계기준강도 80MPa 이상의 고강도 콘크리트를 사용하여 제작하므로 압축력과 휨모멘트에 대한 저항성이 우수하다. 또한 강관 말뚝 대비 경제성에서 유리하며 공장에서 생산되므로 품질확보 및 관리가 용이하다. 하지만 PHC말뚝의 설계 시 지지력에 영향을 미치는 주면마찰력은 단순히 경험식 또는 N값 등을 이용한 추정치에 의한 설계가 이루어지고 있으며, 특히 최근 빈도수가 급증하고 있는 국내 지진에 대하여 PHC말뚝 주면부에 형성되는 지반과의 접촉면 동적거동에 관한 실험적 연구 사례는 미미한 실정이다. 또한 지반 내 지하수의 pH 값과 같은 지반환경적 요소 역시 고려되지 않고 있다. 본 연구에서는 지하수의 pH 값을 고려하여 산성, 중성, 염기성 용액에 1개월간 수침시킨 콘크리트 시료를 점토의 구성광물인 카올리나이트 시료와 접촉시키고, 반복 단순전단시험을 수행하였다. 반복 단순전단시험은 상재압 0.2MPa 및 0.4MPa에 대하여 각각 수행하였고 그 결과를 비교하였다. 또한 접촉면의 동적 거동을 합리적으로 표현하기 위하여 교란상태개념(Disturbed State Concept)을 도입하여 교란상태함수를 구성하는 매개변수를 도출하였다. 그 결과 염기성 수침시료에 대하여 접촉면의 교란도가 가장 급격히 증가하였고 구속압이 작을 경우 보다 작은 누적 전단변형률에서 조기에 접촉면이 파괴상태에 근접하는 결과를 나타내었다. 또한 이러한 경향을 정량적으로 표현하는 교란상태함수의 매개변수를 새로이 제시하였다.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.498-505
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• 2020

골재는 콘크리트 체적의 약 70~85%를 차지하며, 콘크리트의 건조수축을 저감시켜주는 필수요소이다. 하지만 고층건축물 건설시 천연골재의 높은 하중으로 인해 문제점으로 작용한다. 고층 건물 건설시 하중이 커지게 되면 크리프가 발생하고 지반이 침식될 우려가 있으므로 기초를 크게 설계하고 암반층까지 깊게 내린 지정이나 파일등을 설치해야 하므로 공사비 및 재료비가 늘어 경제적 문제점이 있다. 콘크리트의 하중을 줄이기 위해 골재의 경량화를 진행하고 있다. 하지만 인공경량골재는 천연 골재에 비해 높은 흡수율과 낮은 부착강도로 인해 골재와 페이스트 사이의 계면에 영향을 주고 콘크리트 전체 강도에 영향을 미친다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 천연골재와 경량골재 종류별 계면을 파악하기 위해 비파괴 실험인 EIS측정 장비를 활용하여 전기저항을 측정하는 방식을 채택하였고, 경량골재 겉면을 고로슬래그 코팅을 통해 계면상태의 변화를 실험하였다. 실험결과, 골재 종류별 및 코팅유무에 따른 압축강도의 차이를 보였고, 경량골재 종류별 임피던스 값과 위상각의 차이를 보였다.