Trenchless Repairing-Reinforcing Process of Underground Pipes with Advanced Composite Materials

신소재 복합재료를 이용한 비굴착 지하매설관 보수-보강공법

  • Published : 2002.02.01

Abstract

To overcome the disadvantages of conventional excavation technology various trenchless (or excavation free, or no-dig) repair-reinforcement technologies have been developed and tried. But trenchless technologies so far developed have some drawbacks such as high cost and inconvenience of operation. In this study, a repairing-reinforcing process for underground pipes with glass fiber fabric polymer composites using VARTM (Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding) has been developed. The developed process requires shorter operation time and lower cost with smaller and simpler operating equipments than those of the conventional trenchless technologies. For the reliable operation of the developed method, a simple method to apply pressure and vacuum to the reinforcement was devised and flexible mold technology was tried. Also, resin filling and cure status during RTM process were monitored with a commercial dielectrometry cure monitoring system, LACOMCURE. From the investigation, it has been found that the developed repairing-reinforcing technology with appropriate process variables and on-line cure monitoring has many advantages over conventional methods.

기존 굴착식 기술의 단점을 극복하기 위해 다양한 비굴착 보수-보강기술이 개발되고 시도되었으나, 이제까지 개발된 비굴착 기술들은 높은 공사비용과 시공의 불편함이라는 결점을 갖고 있다. 본 연구에서는 VARTM(Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding)과 유리섬유 고분자 복합재료를 이용해 지하매설관을 보수-보강하는 연구를 수행하였다. 개발된 공법은 기존 기술보다 적은 비용과 공사 시간을 필요로 하며 사용되는 장비 또한 간단하다. 신뢰성 있는 공정을 위해 유연한 금형의 역할을 하는 보강재에 수지를 주입한 후, 가압과 진공을 가하는 방법이 시도되었으며, 상용 유전장치인 LACOMCURE를 사용하여 RTM 공정 중 수지의 함침과 경화 상태를 추적하였다. 연구결과를 통해, 적절한 공정 변수 및 온라인 경화 모니터링 기법을 적용한 본 공법이 기존 방법에 비해 많은 장점을 가짐을 알 수 있었다.

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