• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.695-710
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• 2018

Formation of a soil plug in an open-ended pile is a very important factor in determining the pile behavior both during driving and during static loading. The degree of soil plugging can be represented by the incremental filling ratio (IFR) which is defined as the change in the plug length to the change of the pile embedment length. The experimental tests carried out in this research contain 138 tests that are divided as follows: 36 tests for single pile, 36 tests for pile group ($2{\times}1$), 36 tests for pile group ($2{\times}2$) and 30 pile group ($2{\times}3$). All tubular piles were tested using the poorly graded sand from the city of Karbala in Iraq. The sand was prepared at three different densities using a raining technique. Different parameters are considered such as method of installation, relative density, removal of soil plug with respect to length of plug and pile length to diameter ratio. The soil plug is removed using a new device which is manufactured to remove the soil column inside open pipe piles group installed using driving and pressing device. The principle of soil plug removal depends on suction of sand inside the pile. It was concluded that the incremental filling ratio (IFR) is changed with the changing of soil state and method of installation. For driven pipe pile group, the average IFR for piles in loose is 18% and 19.5% for L/D=12 and 15, respectively, while the average of IFR for driven piles in dense sand is 30% and 20% for L/D=12 and L/D=15 respectively. For pressed method of pile installation, the average IFR for group is zero for loose and medium sand and about 5% for dense sand. The group capacity increases with the increase of IFR. For driven pile with length of 450 mm, the average IFR % is about 30.3% in dense sand, 14% in medium and 18.3% for loose sand while when the length of pile is 300 mm, the percentage equals to 20%, 17% and 19.5%, respectively.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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• pp.1585-1589
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• 2007

The HANARO, a 30 MW multi-purpose research reactor in Korea, will be equipped with a neutron guide system, in order to transport cold neutrons from the neutron source to the neutron scattering instruments in the neutron guide hall near the reactor building. The neutron guide system of HANARO consists of the in-pile plug assembly with in-pile guides, the primary shutter with in-shutter guides, the neutron guides in the guide shielding room with dedicated secondary shutters, and the neutron guides connected to the instruments in the neutron guide hall. The functions of the in-pile plug assembly are to shield the reactor environment from a nuclear radiation and to support the neutron guides and maintain them precisely oriented. The primary shutter is a mechanical device to be installed just after the in-pile plug assembly, which stops neutron flux on demand. This paper describes the mechanical design of the in-pile plug assembly and the primary shutter for the neutron guide system at HANARO. The design of the guide shielding assembly for the primary shutter and the neutron guides is also presented.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1994년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.87-93
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• 1994

Factors which affect the capacity and the soil plug condition of an open-ended pile can be broadly divided into three categories:i.e., pile conditions, soil conditions and penetration methods. It has been found that the relative density and the horizontal stress have much effects on the soil plug behavior than other soil conditions. Also, it has been found that the pile diameter is the most important factor among pile conditions. However, a few investigations have been performed to account for both soil conditions and pile conditions. In this paper, a number of calibration chamber tests have been conducted with three different sized open-ended model piles. The model pile was driven into siliceous sand, with varying soil conditions, to clarify coupled effects of pile diameter and soil conditions on the plug behavior, the capacity, and the load trasfer mechanixm of soil plug. The model piles are composed of two stainless steel pipes so as to measure the plug capacity, the tip resistance, and the outside skin friction. separately.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.385-400
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• 2016

Bearing capacity of open-ended piles depends largely on inner frictional resistance, which is influenced by the degree of soil plugging. While a fully-plugged open-ended pile produces a bearing capacity similar to a closed-ended pile, fully coring (or unplugged) pile produces a much smaller bearing capacity. In general, open-ended piles are driven under partially-plugged mode. The formation of soil plug may depend on many factors, including wall thickness at the pile tip (or inner pile diameter), sleeve height of the thickened wall at the pile tip and relative density. In this paper, we studied the effects of wall thickness at the pile base and sleeve height of the thickened wall at the pile tip on bearing capacity using laboratory model tests. The tests were conducted on a medium dense sandy ground. The model piles with different tip thicknesses and sleeve heights of thickened wall at the pile tip were tested. The results were also discussed using the incremental filling ratio and plug length ratio, which are generally used to describe the degree of soil plugging. The results showed that the bearing capacity increases with tip thickness. The bearing capacity of piles of smaller sleeve length (e.g., ${\leq}1D$; D is pile outer diameter) was found to be dependent on the sleeve length, while it is independent on the sleeve length of greater than a 1D length. We also found that the soil plug height is dependent on wall thickness at the pile base. The results on the incremental filling ratio revealed that the thinner walled piles produce higher degree of soil plugging at greater penetration depths. The results also revealed that the soil plug height is dependent on sleeve length of up to 2D length and independent beyond a 2D length. The piles of a smaller sleeve length (e.g., ${\leq}1D$) produce higher degree of soil plugging at shallow penetration depths while the piles of a larger sleeve length (e.g., ${\geq}2D$) produce higher degree of soil plugging at greater penetration depths.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.31-44
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• 1993

말뚝이 설치되는 동안과 하중이 재하되는 동안에 유발되는 관내토의 거동과 관내토가 개단 말뚝의 지지력에 미치는 영향, 그리고 관내토의 하중전이 메카니즘 등을 알아보기 위하여, 개단말뚝의 단면부에 작용하는 지지력과 관내토에 의한 지지력 및 외주면마찰력을 분리하여 측정할 수 있도록 제작된 모형 개단강관말뚝과 압력조절이 가능한 토조를 이용하여 모래지반을 대상으로한 모형말뚝실험을 실시하였다. 실험결과로부터, 개단말뚝의 폐색정도는 폐색길이비(PLR)보다는 특정회수율(${\gamma}$)에 의하여 더 정화히 성의될 수 리음을 알 수 있으며, 내주면마찰력의 대부분은 말뚝 선단부로부터 말뚝내경의 3배까지의 영역에 존재하는 관내토에 의하여 발생되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 전체 지지력에서 내주면마찰력이 차지하는 비율은 외주면마찰력이 차지하는 비율보다 상당히 크기 때문에, 개단말쪽의 지지력 산정시 내주면마찰력은 필수적으로 고려되어야 한다.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.85-94
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• 1996

말뚝직경이 개단말뚝의 폐색정도와 지지력에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위하여 응력상태와 상대밀도의 조절이 가능한 토조와 직경이 다른 세개의 모형말뚝을 이용하여 모형말뚝실험을 수행하였다. 모형말뚝은 말뚝의 지지력 성분을 분리측정하기 위하여 직경이 다른 두개의 파이프로 만들어졌다. 실험결과에 의하면 말뚝이 완전폐색 상태로 되는 관입깊이는 말뚝직경과 지반의 상대밀도가 증가할수록 커지는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 관입비와 관내토 증분비가 동일하더라도 단위 관내토 지지력은 말뚝의 직경이 커질수록 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 그러나 기존의 지지력 산정식은 말뚝의 관입비나 폐색정도가 동일한 상태에 대하여 관내토 지지력은 말뚝의 직영에 관계없이 일정하거나 직경이 증가할수록 커지는 결과를 주고 있다. 이는 본 연구의 실험결과와 상반되는 것으로서 관내토 지지력의 산정시 말뚝의 폐색정도 뿐만 아니라 크기효과도 고려하는 것이 필요한 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 심해(<220m)에 설치된 개단말뚝, 폐단 말뚝, 관내토 선단 하부지반 그라우팅말뚝에 대한 압력토조 모형 실험을 수행하여 해진에 대한 안정성을 연구하였으며, 각각의 경우 단일말뚝, 2개 및 4개 군말뚝에 대하여 실험을 수행하였다. 해진시 단일개단말뚝의 지지력은 말뚝의 지중관입 깊이에 의해 영향을 받았으나, 개단 군말뚝에서는 극히 짧은 (7m)관입깊이를 모델링한 경우를 제외하면 안정하였다. 또한, 단일폐단말뚝과 폐단군말뚝에서는 극히 짧은 97m) 관입깊이를 모델링한 경우만을 제외하면 안정을 유지하였다. 그러나, 13m의 지중관깊이를 모델링한 단일 그라우팅 말뚝의 지지력은 가변상태를 유지하였고, 20m의 관입깊이를 모델링한 그라우팅 군말뚝은 안정하였다.심해에 설치된 개단강관말뚝의 관내토와 선단 하부지반을 그라우팅함으로서 해진에 의한 관내토폐색의 파괴를 막을 수 있다는 것을 확인하였으며, 폐단 말뚝은 개단 강관 말뚝보다 해진에 대해 안정하다는 것을 확인하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.209-222
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• 2022

Finite element analyses using coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian technique are performed to investigate the effect of soil conditions on plugging of open-ended piles in sands. Results from numerical simulations are compared against the data from field load tests on three open-ended piles and show very good agreement. A parametric study focusing on determination of the coefficient of lateral earth pressure (K) in soil plug after pile driving are then performed for various soil densities, end-bearing conditions, and layering conditions. Results from the parametric study suggest that the K value in the soil plug - and hence the degree of soil plugging - increases with increasing soil densities. The analysis results further show that the K value within the soil plug can reach about 63 to 71% of the coefficient of passive earth pressure after pile driving. For layered soil profiles, the greater K values are achieved after pile driving when the denser soil layer is present near the pile base regardless of number of soil layers. This study provides comprehensive numerical and experimental data that can be used to develop advanced theory for analysis and design of open-ended pipe piles, especially for estimation of inner shaft resistance after pile driving.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.7-16
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• 1993

지반조건이 관내토의 지지력특성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 여러가지 조건을 갖는 모래지반에 타입된 개단말뚝에 대하여 토조실험을 수행하였다. 실험에서 사용된 모형말뚝은 말뚝의 지지력을 외주면마찰력과 관내토지지력, 그리고 말뚝 단면부지지력의 세가지로 분리 측정할 수 있도록 제작하였다. 몇가지 가정하에 실험결과로부터 계산된 관내토 내부의 토압계수는 말뚝의 관입깊이와 지반의 상대밀도가 증가함에 따라 감소하고, 지반의 초기 압밀압력이 증가할수록 증가하는 경향을 나타낸다. 또한 토압계수는 관내토의 하단부에 접근할수록 증가한다. 관내토의 1차원 해석으로부터 계산된 관내토지지력과 실측치의 비교로부터 Randolph등과 O'Neill등에 의하여 제안된 P를 이용한 1차원 해석이나 API의 추천방법은 관내토지지력을 상당히 과소평가 함을 알 수 있다. 따라서 실험결과에 근거하여 관내토의 1차원 해석을 통한 관내토지지력의 예측 정도를 높이기 위하여 1차원 해석에 필요한 관내토의 토압계수를 산정할 수 있는 경험식이 제안되었으며, 제안된 식은 모든 지반조건에 대하여 적당한 관내토지지력을 산정한다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1999년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.447-454
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• 1999

The compressive capacity and the soil plugging resistance of single open-ended pipe pile were completely decreased in the previous study on the behavior of shorter single pile during simulated seaquake induced by the vertical component of earthquake. But the capacity of single open-ended pipe pile with greater penetration and the capacity of piles group with shorter penetration were expected to be stable after seaquake motion. In this study, first, 2-piles or 4-piles are driven into the calibration chamber included in saturated fine medium sand with several simulated penetrations, and the compressive load test for each piles group was performed. Then, about 95 % compressive load of the ultimate capacity was applied on the pile head during the simulated seaquake motion. Finally, In confirm the reduction of pile capacity during the simulated seaquake motion, the compressive load test for each single pile or piles group after seaquake motion was performed. During the simulated seaquake, the compressive capacity of open-ended pipe piles with greater penetration ( 〉about 27 m) was not degraded even in deep sea deeper than 220 m and soil plug within open-ended pipe pile installed in deep sea was stable after seaquake motion. Also, in the case of 2-piles or 4-pile groups, the compressive capacity after seaquake motion was not degraded at all regardless of pile penetration depth beneath seabed, sea water depth and seaquake frequency.