Estimation of Coefficient of Earth Pressure At Rest During SCP Installation by Drained Triaxial Compression Test

배수삼축압축시험을 통한 SCP 시공과정 중 정지토압계수 평가

  • 권영철 (숭실사이버대학교 소방방재학과)
  • Published : 2012.11.01

Abstract

SCP is a construction method that maximizes the effects of ground improvement by creating sand piles, which are formed by the compaction within soft ground. SCP is mainly used for consolidation and drain effects in clayey soils, and as a liquefaction countermeasure through effects such as compaction in loose sandy soils. In the design of SCP, if the sand piles with high stiffness are not taken into account, it can become a design that overly considered safety, and increased construction costs are highly likely to cause economic disadvantages. The changes in stress conditions and compaction mechanisms in the subsurface have been identified to a certain extent by study findings to date. However, the studies that considered SCP and in-situ ground as composite ground are fairly limited, and therefore, those studies have not achieved enough results to fully explain the relevant topics. In this study, the ground improved by SCP was regarded as the composite ground that consists of SCP and in-situ ground. Moreover, employing a CID test, this study examined the changes in the stress conditions of in-situ ground according to the installation of SCP through the relations between $K_0$ and SCP replacement ratio. At the same, whether the SCP installation procedure can be recreated in a laboratory was examined using a cyclic triaxial test. According to the test results, the changes in the stress conditions of the original ground occurred most largely in an initial stage of SCP installation, and after a certain time point, the vibration for SCP installation did not have a great influence on the changes in the stress conditions of the ground. Moreover, in order to recreate the behaviors of in-suit ground according to SCP in a laboratory, cyclic loading, which corresponds to casing vibration, was concluded to be essentially required.

모래다짐말뚝(SCP)는 연약지반 내에 다짐에 의해 형성된 모래말뚝을 조성하여 지반 개량효과를 극대화하는 공법이다. 점성토 지반에서는 압밀촉진 및 배수 효과, 느슨한 모래지반에서는 다짐 등을 통해 액상화 대책공법으로 주로 사용되고 있다. SCP의 설계에 있어 강성이 큰 SCP 본체 부분도 함께 고려하지 않으면 과도하게 안전을 고려한 설계가 되며 시공비용이 늘어나 경제적으로도 불리할 가능성이 매우 높다. SCP 타설에 의한 지반 내의 응력상태의 변화나 다짐 메커니즘에 대해서는 지금까지의 연구 결과에 의해 어느 정도 구명되었으나, SCP와 원지반을 복합지반으로 고려한 연구는 사례가 적어 충분히 설명될 만큼 연구 성과를 얻지 못하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 SCP 개량지반을 SCP와 원지반으로 구성된 복합지반으로 취급하였으며, SCP 타설에 의한 응력상태나 밀도변화를 모사한 요소시험(CID test)을 수행하여 SCP 시공에 따른 원지반의 응력상태의 변화를 $K_0$와 SCP 치환율의 관계를 통해 고찰하였다. 동시에 반복삼축압축 시험장치를 이용하여 SCP의 시공과정을 실내에서 재현할 수 있는지에 대해도 검토하였다. 시험결과 SCP 시공 초기 원지반의 응력상태의 변화가 가장 크게 발생하고 있으며, 특정 시점 이후에는 SCP 시공을 위한 진동이 지반의 응력특성 변화에 큰 영향을 미치지 못하고 있었다. 또한 SCP에 의한 원지반의 거동을 실내에서 재현하기 위해서는 케이싱 진동에 해당하는 반복재하를 실시하는 것이 반드시 필요하다고 판단된다.

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