Flat Dilatometer 현장시험을 통한 점토 지반의 공학적 성질 추정

Evaluation of Engineering Properties of Clays Through Flat Dilatometer Tests

Flat DMT는 널리 사용되어지고 있는 현장시험기구로서 간단하고, 경제적이면서도 다양한 지반의 응력-변형-강도특성을 추정할 수 있으나, 이들 현장시험의 결과들은 지역적 특성에 의존하는 경향이 있기 때문에 기준값과 비교하여 많은 연구와 검증을 필요로 한다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 제안된 상관관계식의 우리나라 점토지반에 대한 적용성을 검토하기 위하여 FV 및 CPT의 현장시험을 실시하고, thin-walled tube sampler로 채취된 시료에 대한 비압밀비배수(UU) 실험. oedometer 실험 및 다른 기본적인 물성실험을 수행하여 DMT의 결과들 쏙 비교하였다. 세 장소의 점토지반에서 구한 DMT 결과들로부터 흙의 종류, 단위중량, 정지토 압계수, 과압밀비, 비배수 전단강도 및 변형계수를 추정하였으며 다른 시험결과들과 비교분석하여 우리나라 점토 지반에 대한 적용성을 검토하였다.

The flat dilatometer(DMT) has been practically used as an in-situ test equipment. It is a simple, rapid and cost-effective tool to characterize the in-situ stress-strain-strength properties of various types of ground materials. However, the results of flat DMT should be validated with considerable data with respect to the known reference values for a specific site. In this study, the applicability of existing relationships which were established for other local deposits is verified by performing the tests in several clay deposits. To compare with the DMT results, field vane tests and cone penetration tests were also carried out in the same field as reference tests, and unconsolidated undrained tests, oedometer tests, and other fundamental material properties tests were conducted on the thin-walled tube samples in the laboratory. The results of the flat DMT combined with empirical correlations are used to estimate soil types, unit weights, coefficients of lateral earth pressure at rest, overconsolidation ratios, constrained moduli and undrained shear strengths of three clay local deposits. It was found that various geotechnical properties estimated from the flat DMT generally well agree with those from the reference tests.