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Study on the Improvement for Measuring Procedures of Volumetric Pressure Plate Extractor

체적압력판추출기의 측정법 개선에 관한 연구

  • 유건선 (한라대학교 토목공학과)
  • Received : 2010.01.27
  • Accepted : 2010.04.13
  • Published : 2010.08.31

Abstract

Volumetric pressure plate extractor (VPPE) can be used for measurement of the soil-water characteristic curve in the laboratory using the axis-translation technique. The volume of extracted water from the soil specimen in VPPE can be measured continuously during the test without stoppage of air pressure for the measurements. However, the water volume measurement in VPPE using an air trap, a ballast tube, a burette, and a vacuum device so as to maintain a constant pore-water pressure in the soil specimen, is quite complicated and tedious. In order to improve the measuring problems of VPPE, a modified volumetric pressure plate extractor (MVPPE) was developed and tested on residual soil specimens. In addition, the modified apparatus can measure the volume of the extracted water using both Method A and Method B of ASTM D 6836-02 depending on the range of matric suction. Measuring principles and the improvements of MVPPE and typical results obtained from the tests are discussed in the paper.

축전이기법을 사용하는 체적압력판추출기(이하 체적압력판)로 실내시험실에서 함수특성곡선을 구할 수 있다. 체적압력판을 사용하면, 매 단계마다 공기압을 차단하지 않고 시험하는 동안 흙시료로부터 추출되는 간극수의 부피를 연속적으로 측정할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 반면에, 시료내 간극수압을 일정하게 유지하기 위하여, 에어 트랩, 발라스트 튜브, 저장뷰렛, 진공펌프 등을 사용하는 체적압력판의 추출수 부피측정은 매우 복잡하고 지루한 작업을 수반한다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하고자 수정체적압력판을 개발하여 풍화잔류토에 대한 시험을 수행하였다. 수정 시험기는 매트릭석션의 범위에 따라 ASTM D 6836-02의 Method A와 Method B 두 방법 모두 사용하여 추출수의 부피를 측정할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 수정 시험기의 측정원리, 개선점, 시험결과 및 토의를 서술하였다.

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