Shear Strength and One-dimensional Compression Characteristics of Granitic Gneiss Rockfill Dam Material

화강편마암 댐 축조재료의 전단강도 및 일차원 압축특성

  • Kim Bum-Joo (Dam Safety Research Center, Korea Water Resources Corporation) ;
  • Kim Yong-Seong (Dam Safety Research Center, Korea Water Resources Corporation) ;
  • Shin Dong-Hoon (Dam Safety Research Center, Korea Water Resources Corporation)
  • Published : 2005.09.01

Abstract

In this study, a rockfill-dam material was investigated on its shear strength and compressibility by performing large-scaled triaxial and oedometer tests. The rockfill material was compacted at two different compaction levels and sheared in triaxial compression at three different confining stresses. Also, rockfill samples were prepared to have three different grain size distributions but the same dry density. Each sample with a given grain size distribution was then compressed one-dimensionally in a large-scaled oedometer cell with and without soaking. The rockfill samples exhibited slightly different shear behaviors with the varying compaction and confining stress levels. The increase in the compaction level changed the behavior from contractive to dilative. Dilation decreased gradually with increasing confining stress, resulting in reduction in the peak shear strength. The large-scaled oedometer test results showed that particle breakages increased with increasing average particle sizes of the samples. Comparing the samples with different gradations, a relatively well-graded sample exhibited lower compressibility. For saturated samples, slightly higher deformations were observed, compared to dry samples. The values of tangent constrained modulis for the dry samples were larger by about 10 to 20$\%$, on the average, than those for the saturated samples.

본 연구에서는 락필댐 축조재에 대하여 대형 삼축압축시험 및 대형 오이도미터시험을 실시하고 재료의 전단강도 및 압축 특성에 관하여 조사하였다. 삼축압축시험시 재료의 다짐도 및 구속압을 변화시켜 이에 따른 재료의 전단거동 및 강도특성을 조사하였고 오이도미터 시험을 통하여 일정 단위중량의 입도분포 및 함수상태가 다른 재료의 파쇄 및 압축성을 관찰하였다. 삼축압축시험결과 다짐도 및 구속압에 따라 재료의 전단팽창성에 차이가 나타나고 이들 조건들이 전반적인 거동 및 전단강도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 오이도미터시험결과 재료의 평균입자크기의 증가와 함께 파쇄율이 증가하고 입도분포가 상대적으로 양호한 시료의 압축성이 적은 것으로 나타나 일반적인 조립재의 압축특성을 잘 반영하는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 포화시료가 건조시료에 비하여 다소간 높은 압축성을 나타내었으며 접선구속계수 산정결과 포화시료의 계수값이 건조시료에 비하여 평균적으로 10$\~$20$\%$ 큰 것으로 나타났다.

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