Finite Element Analysis of Engineering Restoration of Dry Stone Wall Foundations

석조문화재 기초부의 공학적 복원을 위한 유한요소법 해석

  • Kim, Sung-Su (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Jung, Young-Hoon (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Soo-Il (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Kwang-Wu (Geotechnical Engineering and Tunnelling Research Division, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
  • 김성수 (경희대학교 토목공학과) ;
  • 정영훈 (경희대학교 토목공학과) ;
  • 목영진 (경희대학교 토목공학과) ;
  • 이광우 (한국건설기술연구원 지반연구실)
  • Published : 2010.09.09

Abstract

Even though a number of historic structures in Korea need to be repaired, an intensive research on their engineering performance has rarely been investigated. Herein, we attempted to provide a methodological approach via the explicit finite element analysis to investigate geotechnical aspect of the performance of the dry-stone wall structures. To do so, we summarized relevant literature on the world-wide historic stone structures as well as its analysis in terms of modern geotechnical engineering. The method of the explicit finite element analysis has been briefly summarized. The numerical results on an idealized block structure show that the displacement of blocks and the distribution of earth pressure is different from the conventional theory of the retaining wall because of the discrete nature of the dry-stone wall structure.

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