• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2020

Soil is the fundamental element in the construction process. Soil problems affect the safety of the structures, even so the high quality of the structures and so, bad soil found the structures will affect the lifetime or even destroy the structures built on it. Therefore, the study of soil is an important step in the construction process and the investigation of the most effective characteristics of a special kind of soil (shale soil), i.e. Atterberg limits, swelling pressure, swelling potential and unconfined compression strength, are the most effective soil properties. A big projects will be constructed in new urban extension areas with expansive shale soils, like at Al-Kawamil and new Akhmim shale soils which associated with soil problems, treatment system should be used to ensure the stability of the soil under the structures foundations one of the most effective methods is by adding lime solution to the soil by specific quantities, which affect on the properties of the shale soil by decreasing the swelling and increasing the compressive strength of the treatment soils. Experimenting with the soil added to the lime, it was found that the addition of lime solution 6% improve c j the properties of the soil. The results of the tests showed the high effectiveness of using lime in the treatment of Al-Kawamil soil

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.361-372
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• 2016

The soil-concrete interface shear strength, although has been extensively studied, is still difficult to predict as a result of the dependence on many factors such as normal stresses, surface roughness, particle sizes, moisture contents, dilation angles of soils, etc. In this study, a well-known rigorous statistical learning approach, namely the least squares support vector machine (LS-SVM) realized in a ubiquitous spreadsheet platform is firstly used in estimating the soil-structure interface shear strength. Instead of studying the complicated mechanism, LS-SVM enables to explore the possible link between the fundamental factors and the interface shear strengths, via a sophisticated statistic approach. As a preliminary investigation, the authors study the expansive soils that are found extensively in most countries. To reduce the complexity, three major influential factors, e.g., initial moisture contents, initial dry densities and normal stresses of soils are taken into account in developing the LS-SVM models for the soil-concrete interface shear strengths. The predicted results by LS-SVM show reasonably good agreement with experimental data from direct shear tests.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.71-83
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• 2018

Compacted bentonites were chosen as the backfill material and buffer in high level nuclear waste disposal due to its high swelling pressure, high ion adsorption capacity and low permeability. It is essential to estimate the swelling pressure in design and considering the safety of the nuclear repositories. The swelling pressure model of expansive clay colloids was developed based on Gouy-Chapman diffuse double layer theory. However, the diffuse double layer model is effective in predicting low compaction dry density (low swelling pressure) for certain bentonites, and invalidation in simulating high compaction dry density (high swelling pressure). In this paper, the new relationship between nondimensional midplane potential function, u, and nondimensional distance function, Kd, were established based on the Gouy-Chapman theory by considering the variation of void ratio. The new developed model was constructed based on the published literature data of compacted Na-bentonite (MX80) and Ca-bentonite (FoCa) for sodium and calcium bentonite respectively. The proposed models were applied to re-compute swelling pressure of other compacted Na-bentonites (Kunigel-V1, Voclay, Neokunibond and GMZ) and Ca-bentonites (FEBEX, Bavaria bentonite, Bentonite S-2, Montigel bentonite) based on the reported experimental data. Results show that the predicted swelling pressure has a good agreement with the experimental swelling pressure in all cases.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.141-155
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• 2018

최근 국내외적으로 지하공동과 더불어 지반함몰발생 빈도수가 높아지고 있다. 따라서 지하 공동 주변부 응력이완영역의 복구에 대한 관심도 높아지고 있다. 이완영역은 지반 내에서 빈공간이 발생함에 따라 빈 공간 주변부의 지반이 원지반의 강성 및 다짐도를 잃고 느슨해진 상태로 추가적인 공동 확장 및 붕괴를 유발 할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 공동 주변부 지반 이완영역을 보강하기 위해 팽창성 재료를 활용한 지반함몰 복구공법을 적용하고 이를 검증하고자 한다. 우선적으로 팽창성 재료의 기본 물리적 특성 및 팽창 특성을 파악하였고, 이완영역 모사 실험 장비를 제작하여 팽창성 재료의 팽창 시 이완영역에 미치는 영향을 파악하였다. 이완영역은 수치해석상 스프링계수로 모사하였다. 수치해석 변수로는 공동 체적에 대한 투입된 팽창성 재료의 부피비, 이완영역의 이완정도, 공동의 형상을 설정하였고, 이에 따른 이완영역의 전반적인 거동을 수치해석적으로 분석하였다. 해석 결과 해석 변수들은 서로 영향을 주는 인자들이였으며, 팽창성 재료가 지하공동에 삽입되었을 경우 지하공동 채움 및 이완영역 복구 정도를 확인하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.353-366
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• 2024

Organic soils pose significant challenges in geotechnical engineering due to their high compressibility and low stability, which can result in issues like differential settlement, rutting, and pavement deformation. This study explores effective methods for stabilizing organic soils. Rather than conventional ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the focus is on using environmentally friendly calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement, known for its rapid setting, high early strength development, and environmental benefits. Mechanical behavior is analyzed through 1-D free swell, unconfined compressive strength (UCS), and bender element (BE) tests. Microstructural analyses, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), characterize the soil mixed with CSA cement. Experimental results demonstrate improved soil properties with increasing cement dosage and curing periods. A notable strength increase is observed in soil samples with 15% cement content, with UCS doubling after 7 days. This trend aligns with shear wave velocity results from the BE test. SEM and FTIR spectroscopy reveal how CSA cement hydration forms hydrated calcium silicate gel and ettringite, enhancing soil properties. CSA cement is recommended for reinforcing organic subgrade soil due to its eco-friendly nature and rapid strength gain, contributing to improved durability.

• 에너지공학
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.36-40
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• 2018

Climate change is one of the major issues in both the developed and developing world. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission is one of the implications for climate change. It is increasing rapidly. Although the emission is much less when compared to the rest of the world, Ethiopia has also faced this global issue. The major source for GHG emission in Ethiopia is agriculture. Therefore, the agriculture sector has to be given more attention in Ethiopia. To overcome the problem, Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy has been initiated. One way of executing this target is to create a sustainable and environmentally friendly pathway to use agricultural byproducts. Sugarcane is one of the major plants in Ethiopia. Its byproducts are bagasse, molasses, and press mud. Since it is a waste product, it is economical and creates a sustainable and green environment by reducing GHG emissions. Sugarcane byproducts have versatile applications like as fuel, as cement replacing material, as a mitigation for expansive soils, as biosorbent for the treatment of water and wastewater and also as a wood material. However, Ethiopia has not used this byproduct massively as it is readily available. This paper reviews the possible applications of sugarcane byproducts to mitigate climate change.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.183-200
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• 2014

The expansivity of clayey soils is a complicated phenomenon which may affect the stability of geotechnical structures and geo-environmental projects. In all common factors for the monitoring of soil expansion, less attention is given to anion type of pore space solutions. Therefore, this paper is concerned with the impact of various concentrations of different inorganic salts including NaCl, $Na_2SO_4$, and $Na_2CO_3$ on the macro and microstructure behavior of the expandable smectite clay. Comparison of the responses of the smectite/NaCl and smectite/$Na_2SO_4$ mixtures indicates that the effect of anion valance on the soil engineering properties is not very pronounced, regardless of the electrolyte concentration. However, at presence of carbonate as potential determining ions (PDIs) the swelling power increases up to 1.5 times compared to sulfate or chloride ions. The samples with $Na_2CO_3$ are also more deformable and show lower osmotic compressibility than the other mixtures. This demonstrates that the barrier performance of smectite greatly decreases in case of anions with the non-specific adsorption (e.g., $Cl^-$ and $SO{_4}^{2-}$) as the salinity of solution increases. Based on the results of the X-ray diffraction and sedimentation tests, the high soil volumetric changes upon exposure to carbonate is attributed to an increase in the repulsive forces between smectite basic unit layers due to the PDI effect of $CO{_3}^{2-}$ and increasing the pH level which enhance the buffering capacity of smectite. The study concluded that the nature of anion through its influence on the re-arrangement of soil microstructure and osmotic phenomena governs the hydro-mechanical parameters of expansive clays. It seems not coinciding with the double layer theory of the Gouy-Chapman double layer model.

• 지질공학
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.69-83
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• 2023

산불 피해지는 수목 및 식생 전소, 산지토양 황폐화 등으로 인해 산사태주의보 기준에 미치지 못하는 강우조건에서도 토사 세굴 및 유출로 인한 산사태와 토석류 등의 2차 피해 위험을 증가시킨다. 산불은 지표 식생과 토양 특성의 변화를 발생시켜 산불 피해지 내에서 유출량 변화에 큰 영향을 주기 때문이다. 즉, 산불은 토양의 중요한 물리, 화학적 특성 변화로 인해 토양조성 변화, 구성광물의 변화, 토양수의 반발성, 토양 덩어리의 안정성이나 토양 조직의 변화를 발생시킨다. 특히, 산불 발생 및 확산 과정에서는 토층의 유기물과 수목의 연소 외에도 지표면 또는 지표면 아래까지 열기가 전파되어 토층을 구성하고 있는 토양 광물에 영향을 주게 된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 산불 발생지와 미발생지에서 채취된 토양시료(Topsoil, Subsoil)에 대해 XRD 회절분석 및 토양 물성분석을 통해 토양 내 점토광물의 분포와 함양 특성을 파악하였다. 그 결과, 산불 발생지의 토양시료에서 뮬라이트, 아날사이트, 적철석 등이 소량 산출되었으며, 버미큘라이트, 일라이트/버미큘라이트 혼합층상 구조광물(I/V)은 특히 표토에서 특징적으로 산출되었다. 특히, 산불 발생지에서는 일라이트/버미큘라이트 혼합층상 구조 광물(I/V)이 특징적으로 확인되었으나, 산불 미발생지에서는 일라이트/버미큘라이트(I/S) 혼합층상 구조 광물은 산출되지 않아 산불 발생지의 토양과는 큰 차이를 보인다. 이와 같이 점토광물의 생성은 외적요인인 산불의 영향으로 인해 토양 내 광물 조성의 변화를 파악할 수 있었다. 팽창성 점토광물은 우기 시에 토층 내에서 흙의 체적을 팽창시키기 때문에 장기적으로 사면 지반의 구조적 안정성에 영향을 줄 수 있어, 산불 발생지의 토층에서 점토광물의 생성은 장기적으로 산지사면 안정성에 영향을 줄 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.