• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.739-756
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• 2016

The shear strength reduction finite element method (SSRFEM) is a powerful tool for slope stability analysis. The factor of safety (FOS) of the slope can be easily calculated only through reducing effective cohesion (c′) and tangent of effective friction angle ($tan{\varphi}^{\prime}$) in equal proportion. However, this method may not be applicable to soil slope under wetting-drying cycles (WDCs), because the influence of WDCs on c′ and $tan{\varphi}^{\prime}$ may be different. To research the method of estimating FOS of soil slopes under WDCs, this paper presents an experimental study firstly to investigate the effects of WDCs on the parameters of shear strength and stiffness. Twelve silty clay samples were subjected to different number of WDCs and then tested with triaxial test equipment. The test results show that WDCs have a degradation effect on shear strength (${\sigma}_1-{\sigma}_3)_f$, secant modulus of elasticity ($E_s$) and c′ while little influence on ${\varphi}^{\prime}$. Hence, conventional SSRFEM which reduces c′ and $tan{\varphi}^{\prime}$ in equal proportion cannot be adopted to compute the FOS of slope under conditions of WDCs. The SSRFEM should be modified. In detail, c′ is merely reduced among shear strength parameters, and elasticity modulus is reduced correspondingly. Besides, a new approach based on sudden substantial changes in the displacement of marked nodes is proposed to identify the slope failure in SSRFEM. Finally, the modified SSRFEM is applied to compute the FOS of a slope example.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.339-352
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• 2019

Rockmass parameters are used in the design of engineering structures built in rock and soil. One of the most important of these parameters is the rockmass Emass (Emass). Determination of the Emass of rockmass is a long, hard and expensive job. Therefore, empirical formulas developed by different researchers are used. These formulas use the elastic modulus of the material as a parameter. This value is a constant value in the design. However, engineering structures remain under different loads depending on many factors, such as topography, geometry of the structure, rock / soil properties. Time is other important parameter for rock/soil structure. With the start of the excavation, the loads that the structure is exposed to will change and remain constant at one level. In the new proposed method, the use of different Emass calculated from empirical formulas using the different material elastic modulus, which has different values under different loads as time dependent, was investigated in rock/soil structures during design. The performance of the stability analysis using different deformation modules was questioned by numerical modeling method. For this query, a sub-routine which can be integrated into the numerical modeling software has been developed. The integrated sub-routine contains the formula for the Emass, which is calculated from the material elasticity modules under time dependent and different constant loads in the laboratory. As a result of investigations conducted in 12 different field studies, the new proposed method is very sensitive.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.258-259
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• 2014

파랑과 해저지반의 상호작용을 규명하기 위해서는 우선 해저면의 경계조건을 고려한 새로운 분산관계식의 도입이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 깊이가 유한한 해저지반의 투수성 및 변위를 고려한 새로운 분산관계식을 유도하였으며, 해저지반의 두께, 탄성계수, 포화도, 투수계수, 간극률 등 다양한 지반상수의 변화에 따른 파랑 감쇠율을 비교 검토하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.489-494
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• 2010

A geo-composite soil (GCS) is a stabilized mixture of bottom ash, cement and dredged soil. Various samples with different mass ratios of mixtures were tested under curing time of 7 and 28 days to investigate physical properties and compressive strength. This paper focused on the effect of bottom ash on the strength characteristics of Busan marine dredged soil. Cement has been added as an additive constituent to enhance self-hardening of the blended mixture. The unconfined compressive strength of GCS increases with an increase in curing time due to pozzolanic reaction of the bottom ash. The strength after 28 days of curing is found to be approximately 1.3 to 2.0 times the strength after 7 days of curing, regardless of mixture conditions. The secant modulus of GCS is in the range of 55 to 134 times the unconfined compressive strength. The correlation of unconfined compressive strength with bottom ash content and initial void ratio are suggested.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2006년도 정기 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.473-480
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• 2006

Liquefaction of soil foundation is one of the major seismic damage types of infrastructures. In this paper, deterministic and probabilistic approaches for the evaluation of liquefaction potential are briefly summarized and the risk assessment method is newly proposed using seismic fragility and seismic hazard curves. Currently the deterministic approach is widely used to evaluate the liquefaction potential in Korea. However, the there are a certain degree of uncertainties in the soil properties such as elastic modulus and resistant capacity, therefore the probabilistic approach is more promising. Two types of probabilistic approach are introduced including (1) failure probability for a given design earthquake and (2) the seismic risk of liquefaction of soil for a given service life. The results from different methods show a similar trend, and the liquefaction potential can be more quantitatively evaluated using risk analysis method.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.353-361
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• 2022

The dynamic behavior of a single pile was investigated by using analytical and numerical studies. The focus of this study was to develop the dynamic p-y curve of a pile for pseudo-static analysis considering the shear wave velocity of the soil by using three-dimensional numerical analyses. Numerical analyses were conducted for a single pile in dry sand under changing conditions such as the shear wave velocity of the soil and the acceleration amplitudes. The proposed dynamic p-y curve is a shape of hyperbolic function that was developed to take into account the influence of the shear wave velocity of soil. The applicability of pseudo-static analysis using the proposed dynamic p-y curve shows good agreement with the general trends observed by dynamic analysis. Therefore, the proposed dynamic p-y curve represents practical improvements for the seismic design of piles.

• 한국도로학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국도로학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.85-94
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• 2006

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권3C호
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• pp.179-186
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• 2008

프레셔미터 시험은 지중 내 설치된 프루브를 통해 지반에 압력을 가하여 지반의 변형특성을 평가하는 시험 방법으로, 주로 경험적인 상관관계를 통하여 지반의 변형계수를 평가하는 여타의 현장 시험방법들과 달리 하중에 따른 변위 곡선에 기초하여 지반의 변형특성을 직접적으로 평가할 수 있는 시험 방법이다. 그러나, 자가 굴착 방식을 사용하더라도 시험체의 관입에 따른 교란이 발생하기 때문에 초기 재하 시험곡선으로부터 지반의 변형특성을 평가하는 것은 부적절할 수 있으며, 이에 대한 대안으로 하중 제하-재재하 곡선을 이용하는 방법 등이 제안되어 사용되고 있다. 그러나, 공내 재하 압력 및 공벽의 변위 측정 시에 발생하는 데이터의 분산과 계측 장비의 해상도 문제로 인하여 하중 제하-재재하 곡선으로부터 최대 전단탄성계수와 같은 미소 변형 영역에서의 변형 특성을 평가하기에는 많은 제약이 따른다. 본 연구에서는 하중 재재하 곡선의 회귀분석 및 이를 바탕으로 한 외삽법을 사용하여 미소 변형 영역에서 지반의 최대 전단탄성계수를 직접적으로 평가할 수 있는 해석 방법을 제안하였다. 또한, 하중 재재하 시 원지반에 비하여 증가하는 응력 수준을 초기 응력 수준에 맞도록 고려할 수 있는 방법을 함께 제안하고 있다. 대형 압력 토조를 이용하여 다양한 상대밀도 및 응력 조건을 가지는 모래 지반을 조성한 뒤, 프레셔미터 시험 및 벤더 엘리먼트 시험을 수행하였고, 제안된 해석 방법의 적절성을 기존의 경험식들 및 벤더 엘리먼트 시험에서 얻어진 값들과 비교, 검증하였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.7-15
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• 2006

In this research, the behavior characteristics of cement mixing lightweight soil (CMLS) for recycling of dredged soil in the Nakdong River estuary are experimentally investigated. CMLS is composed of the dredged soil from Nakdong River estuary, cement, and air foam. For this purpose, uniaxial compression tests are carried out for artificially prepared specimens of CMLS, with various initial water contents, cement contents, and mixing ratio of dredged soils. The experimental results of CMLS indicated that the compressive strength is strongly influenced by the cement contents, rather than water contents and air foam. Compressive strength of CMLS increased with an increase in cement content, while it decreased with an increase in water content and air foam content. It was also found that the modulus of deformation E50 was in a range of 44 to 128 times greater than the value of uniaxial compressive strength, cured in 28 days.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.479-489
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• 2014

In the present study a parametric analysis is conducted to study the effect of pile dimension and soil properties on the nonlinear dynamic response of pile subjected to lateral sinusoidal load at the pile head. The study is conducted on soil-pile model of different pile diameter, pile length and soil modulus, and results are compared to get the effect. The soil-pile system is modelled using Finite element method. The programming is done in MATLAB. Time history analysis of model is done for varying non-dimensional frequency of load and the results are compared to get the non-dimensional frequency at which pile head displacement is maximum in each case. Maximum possible bending moment and soil-pile interacting forces for the dynamic excitation of the pile is also compared. When results are compared with the linear response, it is observed that non-dimensional frequency is reduced in nonlinear response on account of reduction in the soil stiffness due to yielding. Nonlinear response curve shows high amplitude as compared to linear response curve.