• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1998년도 터널.암반역학위원회 박사학위 논문집
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• pp.3-34
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• 1998

The stability condition of rock slopes is greatly affected by the geometry and strength parameters of discontinuities in the rock masses. Rock slopes Involving movement of rock blocks on discontinuities are failed by one or combination of the three basic failure modes-plane, wedge, and toppling. In rock mechanics, practically all the parameters such as the joint set characteristics, the rock strength properties, and the loading conditions are always subject to a degree of uncertainty. Therefore, a reasonable assessment of the rock slope stability has to include the excavation of the multi-failure modes, the consideration of uncertainties of discontinuity characteristics, and the decision on stabilization measures with favorable cost conditions. This study was performed to provide a new numerical model of the deterministic analysis, reliability analysis, and reliability-based optimization for rock slope stability. The sensitivity analysis was carried out to verify proposed method and developed program; the parameters needed for sensitivity analysis are design variables, the variability of discontinuity properties (orientation and strength of discontinuities), the loading conditions, and rock slope geometry properties. The design variables to be optimized by the reliability-based optimization include the cutting angle, the support pressure, and the slope direction. The variability in orientations and friction angle of discontinuities, which can not be considered in the deterministic analysis, has a greatly influenced on the rock slope stability. The stability of rock slopes considering three basic failure modes is more influenced by the selection of slope direction than any other design variables. When either plane or wedge failure is dominant, the support system is more useful than the excavation as a stabilization method. However, the excavation method is more suitable when toppling failure is dominant. The case study shows that the developed reliability-based optimization model can reasonably assess the stability of rock slopes and reduce the construction cost.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 재33권6호
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• pp.553-565
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• 2023

As the structure of broken rock mass is complex, with obvious discontinuity and anisotropy, it is generally necessary to reinforce broken rock mass using grouting in underground construction. The purpose of this study is to experimentally investigate the mechanical properties of broken rock mass after grouting reinforcement with consideration of the characteristics of broken rock mass (i.e., degree of fragmentation and shape) and a range of reinforcement methods such as relative strength ratio between the broken rock mass and cement-based grout stone body (λ), and volumetric block proportion (VBP) representing the volumetric ratio of broken rock mass and the overall cement grout-broken rock mass mixture after the reinforcement. The experimental results show that the strength and deformation of the reinforced broken rock mass is largely determined by relative strength ratio (λ) and VBP. In addition, the enhancement in compressive strength by grouting is more obvious for broken rock mass with spherical shape under a relatively high strength ratio (e.g., λ=2.0), whereas the shape of rock mass has little influence when the strength ratio is low (e.g., λ=0.1). Importantly, the results indicate that columnar splitting failure and inclined shear failure are two typical failure modes of broken rock mass with grouting reinforcement.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.274-286
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• 1994

Direct shear tests were on ducted in a laboratory setting in order to investigate the shear strength and deformation behavior of rock joints. Also, the characteristics of acoustic emissions (AE) during shearing of rock joints were studied. The artificial rock joints were created by splitting the intact blocks of Hwangdeung granites and Iksan marbles. Joint roughness profiles were measured by a profile gage and then digitized by Image analyzer. Roughness profile indices(Rp) of the joints were calculated with these digitized data. Peak shear strength, residual shear strength, shear stiffness and maximum acoustic emission(AE) rate were investigated with joint roughness. The peak shear strenght, the residual shear strength and the shear stiffness were increased as roughness popfile index or normal stress increased in the shear tests of granites. In the tests of marble samples, the shear deformation characteristics were not directly affected by joint roughness. As the result of two directional shear tests, the shear characteristics were varied with shear direction. AE count rates were measured during the shear deformation and the AE signals in several stages of the deformation were analyzed in a frequency domain. The AE rate peaks coincided with the stress drops during the shear deformation of joint. The dominant frequencies of the AE signals were in the vicinity of 100 kHz fo rgranite sample and 900 kHz for marble samples. The distribution of amplitude was dispersed with increasing normal stress.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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• pp.1338-1345
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• 2009

Although rock excavation is necessary for the effective utilization of urban space, most conventional rock excavation methods, including the blasting method, cause high noise and vibration. Meanwhile, if a high pressure waterjet system is applied to excavate underground spaces in urban areas, the public grievance can be reduced by low noise and vibration. In this study, an abrasive waterjet system is designed and developed to study the influence of various performance parameters such as jet pressure, nozzle traverse speed, stand-off distance, or abrasive feed rate on waterjet excavation performance in laboratory. Using the developed waterjet system, rock drilling characteristics are identified by measuring drilling depths as a function of the jet exposure time. The drilling depth linearly increases with increasing the jet exposure time(under 60sec). Rock cutting characteristics are also obtained with various jet pressures(1600~3200kg/$cm^2$) and nozzle traverse speeds(1.9~14.1mm/s): The cutting depth is nonlinearly related to the jet pressure and traverse speed. Indeed, the cutting depth increases with an increase in the jet pressure and a decrease in the nozzle traverse speed. This trend can be explained by energy transferring/loss mechanism.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2018

The magnitude and distribution of earth pressure on the excavation wall in jointed rock mass were examined by considering different wall permeability conditions as well as rock types and joint inclination angles. The study was numerically extended based on a physical model test (Son & Park, 2014), considering rock-structure interactions with the discrete element method, which can consider various characteristics of rock joints. This study focused on the effect of the permeability condition of excavation wall on the earth pressure in jointed rock masses under a groundwater condition, which is important but has not been studied previously. The study results showed that the earth pressure was highly influenced by wall permeability as well as rock type and joint condition. Earth pressure resulted from the study was also compared with Peck's earth pressure in soil ground, and the comparison clearly showed that the earth pressure in jointed rock mass can be greatly different from that in soil ground.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.375-378
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• 2007

The selection of the support system is an important design parameter in design and construction of the tunnel using the new Australian tunnel method. It is a common practice to select the support based on the rock mass grade, in which the rock mass is classified into five rock groups. The method is applicable if the characteristics of the rock mass are uniform in the direction of tunnel excavation. However, such case is seldom encountered in practice and not applicable when the properties vary along the longitudinal direction. This study performs comprehensive three dimensional finite difference analyses to investigate the ground deformation pattern for cases in which the rock mass properties change in the direction of the tunnel axis. The numerically calculated displacements at the tunnel crown show that the displacement is highly dependent on the stiffness contrast of the rock masses. The results strongly indicate the need to select the support type $0.5\sim1.0D$ before the rock mass boundary. The paper proposes a new guideline for selecting the support type based the results of the analyses.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.318-326
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 다양한 경계조건에서 충전물을 포함한 절리면의 역학적 특성을 규명할 수 있는 절리면 전단시험 장비를 개발하였다. 그리고 개발된 시험장비를 이용하여 돌출부 경사, 수직응력, 충전물 종류 및 두께변화에 따른 전단시험을 수행하고 충전된 절리면의 전단특성을 고찰하였다. 일정수직응력 조건에서 충전물 종류 및 두께, 돌출부 경사, 수직응력 등을 변화하여 실험을 수행한 바에 의하면 충전된 절리면의 거동과 강도특성은 절리면의 거칠기, 충전물 두께와 종류에 따라 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났으며, 충전물이 없는 절리면과 비교할 때 팽창각이 감소하여 거칠기 영향이 충전물에 의해 감소되는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 한계두께비는 충전물 종류뿐만 아니라 응력수준, 거칠기에 따라서도 다른 것으로 나타났다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.55-66
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• 2020

The damage or failure of coal rock is accompanied by energy accumulation, dissipation and release. It is crucial to study the energy evolution characteristics of coal rock for rock mechanics and mining engineering applications. In this paper, coal specimens sourced from the Xinhe mine located in the Jining mining area of China were initially subjected to uniaxial compression, and the micro-parameters of the two-dimensional particle flow code (PFC^2D) model were calibrated according to the experimental test results. Then, the PFC^2D model was used to subject the specimens to substantial uniaxial compression, and the energy evolution laws of coal specimens with various schemes were presented. Finally, the elastic energy storage ratio m was investigated for coal rock, which described the energy conversion in coal specimens with various arrangements of preformed holes. The arrangement of the preformed holes significantly influenced the characteristics of the crack initiation stress and energy in the prepeak stage, whereas the characteristics of the cumulative crack number, failure pattern and elastic strain energy during the loading process were similar. Additionally, the arrangement of the preformed holes altered the proportion of elastic strain energy U_e in the total energy in the prepeak stage, and the probability of rock bursts can be qualitatively predicted.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.149-166
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• 2024

The acoustic emission (AE) technique is utilized to estimate the rock failure status in underground spaces. Understanding the AE characteristics under loading conditions is essential to ensure the reliability of AE monitoring. The AE characteristics depend on the material properties (p-wave velocity, density, UCS, and Young's modulus) and damage stages (stress ratio) of the target rock mass. In this study, two groups of granite specimens (based on the p-wave velocity regime) were prepared to explore the effect of material properties on AE characteristics. Uniaxial compressive loading tests with an AE measurement system were performed to investigate the effect of the rock properties using AE indices (count index, energy index, and amplitude index). The test results were analyzed according to three damage stages classified by the stress ratio of the specimens. Count index was determined to be the most suitable AE index for evaluating rock mass stability.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 암반사면형성 작업시 최종벽면에 적용된 프리스플리팅(pre-splitting) 발파공법의 발파효과와 관련하여 발파 후 벽면의 암반손상이 장약된 폭약의 폭력 보다는 암반 내에 발달된 불연속면의 발달 형태에 따라 더 큰 영향을 보일 수 있음을 규명하였다. 이를 위하여 불연속면을 대표할 수 있는 절리에 대한 조사를 통해 발파 후 벽면 암반의 절리군 분포양상을 4가지 Case로 분류하고, 파쇄도 분석 영상처리시스템을 통해 벽면에 나타나는 암반블록의 크기 빈도를 비교 분석함으로써 벽면의 암반손상도를 파악하였다. 절리군이 1개 이하로 발달하는 경우, 분석된 블록의 크기 중 2,000mm 이상 되는 부분이 42%를 차지하여 프리스플리팅 발파공법의 효과를 뚜렷이 확인할 수 있었으며, 2~3개의 절리군이 일방향으로 발달하는 경우와 교차되면서 발달하는 경우, 블록의 크기는 1,000~2,000mm 사이에 각각 43.6% 및 35.8%의 빈도로 분포하는 것으로 나타나 프리스플리팅 발파공법에 의한 발파효율이 다소 떨어지는 양상을 보였다. 그러나 3개 이상의 절리군이 불규칙하게 발달하는 경우에는 블록의 크기가 250~500mm 사이에 35%의 빈도로 분포하고 1,000mm 이상의 크기에 대해서는 거의 나타나지 않는 양상을 보였다. 따라서 이러한 경우 프리스플리팅 발파공법에 의한 발파 효과는 거의 없이 일반적인 발파가 이루어졌다고 볼 수 있었다. 또한 PFC2D에 의한 발파수치해석결과, 암반 내부로의 손상영역 발생은 본 발파보다는 프리스플리팅 발파공법에 의해 직접적인 영향을 받을 수 있음을 확인하였으며, 따라서 향후 사면 형성을 위한 프리스플리팅 발파공법을 적용할 경우에는 사전 지표지질조사를 시행하여 절리를 비롯한 불연속면과 관련된 사항을 충분히 파악할 필요가 있으며, 시공진행에 따라 예상보다 많은 절리군이 나타날 경우에는 프리스플리팅 발파공법의 설계 조정이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.