Effects of Facing Types and Construction Procedures on the Stability of Reinforced Earth Wall

전면벽 및 축조순서가 보강토옹벽의 안정성에 미치는 영향

  • Lim Yu-Jin (Dept. of Civil and Geotechnical Engrg., Paichai Univ.) ;
  • Jung Jong-Hong (Geotechnical Engrg. Division, Highway & Transportation Technology Institute, Korea Highway Corporation) ;
  • Park Young-Ho (Geotechnical Engrg. Division, Highway & Transportation Technology Institute, Korea Highway Corporation)
  • Published : 2004.09.01

Abstract

A small-scale reinforced earth wall was constructed in a laboratory to investigate the effect of wall rigidity and of construction sequence on the wall. A full continuous wall facing and a discrete wall facing were designed and constructed for tests. These two different facing systems should adapt different construction procedures due to their different facing shapes. The model wall was built with geo-grid reinforcement, sand, and facings on rigid surface. The model wall was instrumented with earth pressure gages, LVDTs, and strain gages. The experimental results have shown differences in wall behavior related to construction sequence and types of wall facing. It is found in this study that the reinforced earth wall built with full continuous facing is safer than the reinforced earth wall built with the discrete wall facing.

모형 보강토 옹벽을 실내에 축조하여 벽체의 연속성과 강성이 벽체의 거동 및 안정성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 완전 연속 전면판과 일반적으로 사용되는 블록식 비연속 전면판을 설계하여 모형실험에 적용하였다. 따라서 각각의 전면판에 따라 서로 다른 축조방법과 축조순서가 채택되었다. 모형 보강토옹벽은 상용의 지오그리드 보강재와, 주문진 표준사를 사용하여 강성지반 상에 축조하였으며 토압계, 변위계 및 보강재 상에 부착된 변형율계 등을 사용하여 거동을 추적하였다. 두 벽체에 대한 시험으로부터 연속 강성 벽체를 가진 보강토 옹벽이 일반적인 블록식 전면판 보강토 옹벽에 비해 안정적인 거동을 보임을 확인하였다.

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