• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.105-131
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• 2014

In this paper, the effects of variability of smear zone characteristics induced by installation of prefabricated vertical drains on the preloading design are investigated employing analytical and numerical approaches. Conventional radial consolidation theory has been adopted to conduct analytical parametric studies considering variations of smear zone permeability and extent. FLAC 2D finite difference software has been employed to conduct the numerical simulations. The finite difference analyses have been verified using three case studies including two embankments and a large-scale laboratory consolidometer with a central geosynthetic vertical drain. A comprehensive numerical parametric study is conducted to investigate the influence of smear zone permeability and extent on the model predictions. Furthermore, the construction of the trial embankment is recommended as a reliable solution to estimate accurate smear zone properties and minimise the post construction settlement. A back-calculation procedure is employed to determine the minimum required waiting time after construction of the trial embankment to predict the smear zone characteristics precisely. Results of this study indicate that the accurate smear zone permeability and extent can be back-calculated when 30% degree of consolidation is obtained after construction of the trial embankment.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.17-31
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• 2014

This paper investigates the development of failure surfaces induced by an embankment on soft marine clay deposits and the characteristics of such surfaces through numerical simulations and its comparative study with monitoring results. It is well known that the factor of safety of embankment slopes is closely related to the vertical loading, including the height of the embankment. That is, an increase in the embankment height reduces the factor of safety. However, few studies have examined the relationship between the lateral movement of soft soil beneath the embankment and the factor of safety. In addition, no study has investigated the distribution of the pore pressure coefficient B value along the failure surface. This paper conducts a continuum analysis using finite difference methods to characterize the development of failure surfaces during embankment construction on soft marine clay deposits. The results of the continuum analysis for failure surfaces, stress, displacement, and the factor of safety can be used for the management of embankment construction. In failure mechanism, it has been validated that a large shear displacement causes change of stress and pore pressure along the failure surface. In addition, the pore pressure coefficient B value decreases along the failure surface as the embankment height increases. This means that the rate of change in stress is higher than that in pore pressure.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2013

탄산질 모래는 낮은 구속압에서도 입자파쇄가 발생하며 이로 인해 높은 압축성을 나타내기 때문에 입자파쇄가 강도 및 변형특성에 중요한 영향을 미친다. 본 논문은 탄산질 모래로 구성된 Sabkha층에 Tank 설치를 위하여 시험성토 및 Hydrotest를 수행한 후 지반의 침하거동을 비교 분석한 것이다. 현장 Sabkha층 시료는 압밀시험결과 80~170kPa에서 입자파쇄가 발생하였고, 화학조성을 분석한 결과 석영질 모래에서 검출되지 않은 칼슘성분이 다량 검출되어 입자파쇄가 잘 일어날 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 입자파쇄가 발생하지 않은 시험성토에서는 성토완료 이틀만에 간극수의 소산과 침하가 완료되었으나 입자파쇄응력보다 큰 200kPa의 하중이 재하된 Hydrotest에서는 충수 후 장기침하거동이 발생하여 시험성토의 침하거동과는 상이한 결과를 나타내었다. 따라서 현장 Sabkha층에 입자파쇄하중 이상의 하중이 재하될 경우 입자파쇄로 인한 즉시침하와 파쇄된 입자의 재배열로 인한 이차압축침하가 발생됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.499-510
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• 2024

In northern China, abundant summer rainfall and a higher water table can weaken the soil due to salt heave, collapsibility, and increased moisture absorption, thus the chlorine saline soil (silty clay) needs to be stabilized prior to use in road embankments. To optimize chlorine saline soil stabilizing programs, unconfined compressive strength tests were conducted on soil treated with five different stabilizers before and after soaking, followed by field compaction test and unconfined compressive strength test on a trial road embankment. In situ testing were performed with the stabilized soils in an expressway embankment, and the results demonstrated that the stabilized soil with lime and SH agent (an organic stabilizer composed of modified polyvinyl alcohol and water) is suitable for road embankments. The appropriate addition ratio of stabilized soil is 10% lime and 0.9% SH agent. SH agent wrapped soil particles, filled soil pores, and generated a silk-like web to improve the moisture stability, strength, and stress-strain performance of stabilized soil.

• 한국항만학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.463-473
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• 2000

Reinforcement with geotextiles have been used in the foundation soil to enhance the resistance of embankments to avoid failure through excessive deformation or shear in the foundation. It is improtant to know the amount of the strain and the displacement of buried geotextiles for the verification of the reinforcement behaviour. Full scale trial constructions were performed to check the deformational characteristics of the polyester(PET) mat which was used for the embankment reinforcement. Many instrumentation equipments including surface settlement plates, profile gauges and inclinometer casings were installed to observe the behaviour of the soft ground due to the soil embankment. 60 electrical resistance strain gauges and 9 vibrating wire LVDTs were installed 세 measure the deformation of the polyester mat. Results of various tests and geotextile, waterproofing and protection from the hazard environments were introduced. The proposed instrumentation method was effective for the monitoring or the geotextile behaviour. The direct attachment of electrical resistance strain gauges on the gertextile mat was able to measure small changes of the strain of geotextiles. At the end of the 5 month monitoring, 54 of 60 (93%) strain gauges and 7 of 9 (78%) displacement transducers survived all perils of the compaction impacts and the humidity. And the tensile strain of grotextiles increased as the ground displacement became larger. Though the observed strain of mats under the 3m high embankment load was less than 1%, the magnitudes of the strain according to the mat spreading method were different from each other.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2006

토목섬유를 토목공학에 적용한 이후 토목섬유의 손상에 대하여 많은 관심이 되어왔다. 이 논문에서는 시험시공을 3지점에서 수행했는데 목적은 연약한 점토지반상에서 보강재의 거동을 조사하고 매립시 최적의 시공방법론을 찾기위한 것이다. 이 시험시공에 사용된 폴리에스테르매트(인장강도 15톤)의 봉합부분이 원호활동 사면파괴로 인하여 파괴되었는데 이는 급격한 성토로 인해 과잉간극수압이 발생하여 하중이 증가했기 때문이다. 매트의 인장 파열이 진행되는 지반 거동 중 성토고로 유발될 수 있는 간극수압보다 큰 간극수압이 측정되었는데, 특히 지표하 5m 깊이에서는 장기간에 걸쳐 간극수압이 증가하였다. 이러한 결과를 이용하여 성토고와 연약점토의 융기거동의 관계에 대하여 검토하였다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2014

연약지반에 설치되는 구조물은 장기간에 걸쳐 발생하는 연약지반의 압밀 침하 또는 측방유동 현상에 의하여 많은 문제점들이 발생할 수 있다. 그러므로, 지반조사, 지반개량, 시공관리 등과 관련하여 적합한 설계 및 시공순서를 결정하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구의 시공사례는 기초구조물로 지지되는 라멘구조물을 대상으로 하였다. 특히, 본 사례는 공사기간의 제약과 새로운 고속도로를 가로지르는 기존 도로의 연결 문제 등으로 구조물 하부 연약지반을 개량하지 않고 배면 성토를 시공하기 전에 구조물을 먼저 시공하였다. 이에 따라, 구조물의 안정성을 확보하기 위하여 수치해석 및 지반계측 결과를 바탕으로 시공절차 및 대책공법을 주의깊게 계획하였다. 시공과정 중에 여러 번의 시행착오를 거쳐 성공적으로 구조물 시공을 완료할 수 있었다.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.86-102
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• 1981

The soil test data of 28 earth dams, scheduled to be constructed in Kore3, were selected for this study. The safety factors of their side slops were computed using Fellenius' "slice Method" by computer. The results summarized in this study are as follows; 1. Dam sections can be easily determined by fig.10 without a time consuming trial and error calculations of assumed sections. 2. For the economical design of earth dam sections, it was found that more cohesive soil was suitable for lower dams(dam height less than 25m) and soils with a higher friction angle was better for higher dams 3. In the case that used soil materials have the same Internal friction angle, side slope increase was almost same. 4. The relationship between side slope and friction angle was found as log.S=a tan ø+b (Fig. 7) 5. The relationship between side slope and cohesion (c) was also found as log. S=a c+b (Fig. 8) 6. The change of safety factors due to the change of central core materials was very little (Table-2) 7. The decrease of safety factors according to the unit weight increase of embankment materials was negligible. 8. In general the relationship between the wet unit weight and the saturated unit weight was r sat = (rt)$^2$+0. 140. This study will contribute to the determination of economic and safe planning and designing of earth dams, embankments and cutting side slopes.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.248-256
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• 2017

고속철도 콘크리트궤도의 일부 토공구간 침하 원인으로 지하수위 저하가 보고되었다. 이에 본 연구에서는 현장 계측 값과 수치해석을 통하여 지하수위 저하에 따른 침하 영향을 분석하였다. 시행착오법을 이용한 역해석을 통해 구성된 수치해석 모델을 이용하여 지하수위 저하, 연약층의 두께, 성토고에 따른 잔류침하거동을 검토하였다. 4m이상의 연약층이 존재할 경우, 지하수위 저하에 의한 원지반침하량은 30mm이상으로 예상되어 설계 및 시공단계에서 지하수위 거동에 의한 침하도 설계시 고려되어야 할 것으로 보인다.