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Numerical simulation and countermeasure on upheaval generation in the road caused by sliding of a slope (사면활동으로 야기된 도로부 융기발생에 대한 수치해석 및 고찰)

  • Kim, Seung-Hee;Rhee, Jong-Hyun;Koo, Ho-Bon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.833-841
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    • 2008
  • Recently, the upheaval generation in the road which is under service had been reported. Due to the upheaval generation, total 4 lanes were forced to curtail to 3 lanes, and traffic was delayed. In normal situation of cut-slopes in korea, that condition is hard to detect since most cut-slopes contain discontinuous material, that is rock. Common collapses in rock-slopes is wedge failure, plane failure and toppling failure which is all individual mechanism of discontinuous rock mass. In contrast, such upheaval in the road in front of cut-slope can be generated only when circular movement is triggered within the cut-slope. In this sense, rock-slopes barely show any kind of movement in the road locates at the front of them. Numerical analysis is general method in simulation of slope displacement and evaluation of safety. However, numerical analysis programs which are related with rock-slopes are not able to simulate such upheaval movement because that programs are based on discontinuous modeling mechanism. In addition, although numerical analysis programs which are based on FEM/FDM and thus utilize continuous modeling mechanism are able to simulate circular movement and upheaval situation, they have weakness in reflecting discontinuities of rock-slope itself. In this study, detailed in-site investigation and numerical analysis based on in-site condition were performed in order to expect upheaval movement in the road. In this procedure, the FLAC program which uses continuous modeling method was utilized, and new approach reflecting discontinuity developed toward the road with a ubiquitous joint model was tried to derive reliable analysis result.

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Evaluation of Seismic Damage for RC Bridge Piers I : Theory and Formulation (철근콘크리트 교각의 지진손상 평가 I : 이론 및 정식화)

  • 김태훈;김운학;신현목
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.31-40
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the seismic behavior of RC bridge piers and to provide the data for developing improved seismic design criteria. The accuracy and objectivity of the assessment process may be enhanced by the use of sophisticated nonlinear finite element analysis program. A computer program, named RCAHEST(reinforced concrete analysis in higher evaluation system technology), for the analysis of reinforced concrete structures was used. Material nonlinearity is taken into account by comprising tensile, compressive and shear models of cracked concrete and a model of reinforcing steel. The smeared crack approach is incorporated. n boundary plane at which each member with different thickness is connected, local discontinuity in deformation due to the abrupt change in their stiffness can be taken into account by introducing interface element. The effect of number of load reversals with the same displacement amplitude has been also taken into account to model the reinforcing steel and concrete. In the companion paper, the proposed numerical method for seismic damage evaluation of RC bridge piers is verified by comparison with the reliable experimental results.

An Analysis for Engineering-Geological Factors on the SL-2 Rock Slope along New Road at Hapcheon-Gun, Gyeongsangnam-Do (경상남도 합천군 신설도로의 SL-2 암반사면에 대한 지질공학적 고찰)

  • Choi Jung-Chan;Song Yong-Sun;La Won-Jin;Kim Nam-Hoon
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.3 s.41
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    • pp.180-190
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    • 2005
  • The road slope at Hapcheon-Gun, Gyeongsangnam-Do is under construction, but actual rock quality & discontinuities on the cut slope are something different from the primary design. Therefore, object of this study is to analyze whole engineering-geological characteristics for this slope through site investigation and laboratory analyses because small scale landslides have been occurred during this road construction. For this object, various analyses were performed such as surveying, Schimidt Hammer test, discontinuity investigation and laboratory analysis using DIPS far evaluating slope stability. As the result, it is identified that reinforcement work is needed because plane, toppling & wedge failures will be possibly occurred and seepages are concentrated at several points.

A Study on the Roughness Measurement for Joints in Rock Mass Using LIDAR (LIDAR를 이용한 암반 절리면의 거칠기 측정에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Sudeuk;Jeon, Seokwon
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.58-68
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    • 2017
  • According to the development of optical technology, the capacity of LIDAR equipments has been greatly improved to get rock mass characteristics precisely and accurately enough and it has been lightened and popularized so that it can be easily used in the field. In this study, we examined the applicability of roughness measurement for joints in a rock slope using LIDAR technique. A triangular irregular network was constructed using LIDAR and a patch, which is a plane structure of discontinuity on rock mass measured from LIDAR scanning, was extracted to estimate the roughness of the rock slope. Four different kinds of roughness parameters were analyzed to find out their correlation with JRC for various point intervals. Among them, $R_s$ parameter was used to measure the roughness of a patch. Regression analysis between four roughness parameters and JRC with respect to point interval was performed. All the roughness parameters decreased with the increase of point interval. In addition, the parameter value showed greater decrease for rougher surfaces. A method of roughness measurement using $R_s$ parameter on rock slope discontinuities was suggested which showed slight overestimation of the real roughness value.

Comparison Analysis of Factor of Safety on Rock Slope in Boeun Region Using Distinct Element Method and Limit Equilibrium Method (개별요소법과 한계평형법을 이용한 보은지역 암반사면 안전율 비교해석)

  • 이지수;유광호;박혁진;민경덕
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2003
  • The large planar failure has occurred in a rock cut slope of highway construction site in Boeun. This area is considered to be unstable since the discontinuity, whose orientation is similar to the orientation of the failure plane, is observed in many areas. Therefore, several analysis techniques such as SMR, stereographic analysis, limit equilibrium, numerical analysis, which are commonly used in rock slope stability analysis, are adopted in this area. In order to analyze the stress redistribution and nonlinear displacement caused by cut, which are not able to be obtained in limit equilibrium method, DEM and shear strength reduction technique were used in this study. Then the factors of safety evaluated by shear strength reduction technique and limit equilibrium were compared. In addition, the factor of safety under fully saturated slope condition was calculated and subsequently, the effect of the reinforcement was evaluated.

Case Study of Derivation of Input-Parameters for Ground-Structure Stability on Foliation-Parallel Faults in Folded Metamorphic Rocks (단층 발달 습곡지반 상 구조물 안정성을 위한 설계정수 도출 사례 연구)

  • Ihm, Myeong Hyeok
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.467-472
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    • 2020
  • Methods for deriving design input-parameters to ensure the stability of a structure on a common ground are generally well known. Folded metamorphic rocks, such as the study area, are highly foliated and have small faults parallel to the foliation, resulting in special research methods and tests to derive design input parameters, Etc. are required. The metamorphic rock ground with foliation development of several mm intervals has a direct shear test on the foliation surface, the strike/dip mapping of the foliation, the boring investigation to determine the continuity of the foliation, and the rock mass rating of the metamorphic rock. etc. are required. In the case of a large number of small foliation-parallel faults developed along a specific foliation plane, it is essential to analyze the lineament, surface geologic mapping for fault tracing, and direct shear test. Folded ground requires additional geological-structural-domain analysis, discontinuity analysis of stereonet, electrical resistivity exploration along the fold axis, and so on.

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns under Varying Axial Force (변동 축하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 교각의 내진성능평가)

  • 김태훈;김운학;신현목
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate seismic performance of reinforced concrete bridge columns under varying axial force. A computer program, named RCAHEST(reinforced concrete analysis in higher evaluation system technology), for the analysis for reinforced concrete structures was used. Material nonlinearity is taken into account by comprising tensile, compressive and shear models of cracked concrete and a model of reinforcing steel. The smeared crack approach is incorporated. In boundary plane at which each member with different thickness is connected, local discontinuity in deformation due to the abrupt change in their stiffness can be taken into account by introducing interface element. The effect of number of load reversals with the same displacement amplitude has been also taken into account to model the reinforcing steel and concrete. The proposed numerical method for seismic performance evaluation of reinforced concrete bridge columns under varying axial force is verified by comparison with reliable experimental results.

Assumption of Failure Surface using Borehole Image Processing System in Failed Rock Slope (Borehole Image Processing System에 의한 붕괴사면의 활동면 추정)

  • Yoo Byung-Ok;Chung Hyung-Sik
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1999.08a
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    • pp.217-239
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    • 1999
  • Investigation methods of cut slope are conducted generally only geological surface survey to gain engineering geological data of cut slopes. These methods have many problems such as limitation of investigation for a special area. So geophysical investigations such as geotomography, seismic and electrical resistivity methods have been used to search for failure surface in potential failure slopes or failed slopes. But investigation method using the borehole camera is recently a used method and it is thought that this method is more reliable method than other investigation methods because of being able to see by the eyes. Therefore, this paper was conducted investigations of 4 boleholes and BIPS (Borehole Image Processing System) to search for potential sliding surfaces and was applied to obtain information of discontinuity on failed highway slope. As the results of BIPS, we could decide potential sliding surface in the slope and conducted to check slope stability. And decided slope stability measures.

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DFT-Based Channel Estimation with Channel Response Mirroring for MIMO OFDM Systems (MIMO OFDM 시스템을 위한 채널 응답 미러링을 이용한 DFT기반 채널 추정 기법)

  • Lee, JongHyup;Kang, Sungjin;Noh, Wooyoung;Oh, Jimyung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.655-663
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, DFT-Based channel estimation with channel response mirroring is proposed and analyzed. In General, pilot symbols for channel estimation in MIMO(Multi-Input Multi-Output) OFDM(Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing) Systems have a diamond shape in the time-frequency plane. An interpolation technique to estimate the channel response of sub-carriers between reference symbols is needed. Various interpolation techniques such as linear interpolation, low-pass filtering interpolation, cubic interpolation and DFT interpolation are employed to estimate the non-pilot sub-carriers. In this paper, we investigate the conventional DFT-based channel estimation for noise reduction and channel response interpolation. The conventional method has performance degradation by distortion called "edge effect" or "border effect". In order to mitigate the distortion, we propose an improved DFT-based channel estimation with channel response mirroring. This technique can efficiently mitigate the distortion caused by the DFT of channel response discontinuity. Simulation results show that the proposed method has better performance than the conventional DFT-based channel estimation in terms of MSE.

The Characteristics of Stress Distribution on Two-arch Tunnel's Pillar due to Surface Loads in the Discontinuous Rock Mass (불연속성 암반에 위치한 2-아치 터널에서 지표면 하중 작용시 필러에 전달되는 응력 특성)

  • Kim, Hong-Moon;Lee, Sang-Duk
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.65-73
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    • 2009
  • Large scale model tests and numerical analyses are performed to investigate the stress distribution of pillar due to surface loading nearby two-arch tunnel which is constructed in the regularly jointed rocks. It is observed that the influence of discontinuities on the stress distribution in the discontinuous rock mass and the underground stresses induced by surface loading are greater than those of linear elastic theory. Especially, lines of equal stresses are developed to the direction of inclination according to the inclined grade. In cases of discontinuities imbedded in parallel with or vertical to the ground, the pressure bulbs are formed symmetrically, however, the inclined ones result in stress distribution in parallel with and vertical to the planes of discontinuities. Results indicated that stress distribution is seriously affected by the angle of discontinuity. When stresses propagating to the pillar need to be estimated, relative location of surface loading, grade of discontinuous plane, and location of two-arch tunnel should be carefully considered.