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Consideration of Bentonite Cake Existing on Vertical Cutoff Wall in Slug Test Analysis

벤토나이트 케익을 고려한 연직차수벽의 순간변위시험(slug test) 해석

  • Lim, Jeehee (School of Civil Engrg., Purdue Univ.) ;
  • Nguyen, The-Bao (GS E&C) ;
  • Lee, Dongseop (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engrg., Korea Univ.) ;
  • Ahn, Jaeyoon (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engrg., Korea Univ.) ;
  • Choi, Hangseok (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engrg., Korea Univ.)
  • Received : 2012.11.14
  • Accepted : 2013.06.18
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

Slug tests can be adopted to estimate hydraulic conductivity of the slurry trench wall backfill for its abilities to reflect the in-situ performance of the construction. A comprehensive three-dimensional numerical model is developed to simulate the slug test in a slurry trench wall considering the presence of bentonite cake on the interface boundaries between the wall and the surrounding soil formation. Influential factors such as wall width (i.e., proximity of wall boundary), well deviation, vertical position of well intake section, compressibility of wall backfill, etc. are taken into account in the model. A series of simulation results are examined to evaluate the bentonite cake effect in analyzing practical slug test results in the slurry trench wall. The results show that the modified line-fitting method can be used without any correction factor for the slug test in the slurry trench wall with the presence of bentonite cake. A case study is reanalyzed with the assumption of existing bentonite cake. The results are compared with the previously reported results by the approaches assuming no bentonite cake (constant-head boundary) or upper-bound solution (no-flux boundary). The case study demonstrates the bentonite cake effect and the validity of the modified line-fitting method in the estimation of the hydraulic conductivity of the slurry wall backfill.

순간변위시험(slug test)은 현장의 지반 상태를 반영할 수 있어 연직차수벽 뒷채움재의 투수계수를 결정하는데 적용할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 연직차수벽과 주변 지반 사이에 형성되는 벤토나이트 케익을 고려하여 순간변위시험을 모사할 수 있는 3차원 모델이 개발되었다. 연직차수벽의 폭(즉, 경계 조건과의 근접 정도), 우물의 편심, 우물에 지하수가 유입되는 수직 위치, 뒷채움재의 압축성 등의 영향변수들이 모델에 고려되었다. 수치해석 결과를 이용하여 연직차수벽 시공 중에 존재할 수 있는 벤토나이트 케익이 순간변위시험 결과에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 이를 통해, 수정 Line-fitting법은 벤토나이트 케익을 고려한 연직차수벽의 순간변위시험 해석에서 다른 경계조건에 대해 제시된 보정계수 없이 직접 적용될 수 있음을 밝혔다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 현장 사례를 벤토나이트 케익을 고려하여 재분석하여 벤토나이트 케익이 존재하지 않는 경우(일정 수두 경계 조건)와 보수적인 경계조건(불투수 경계 조건)으로 가정했던 기존의 사례분석 결과들과 비교하였다. 결론적으로 연직차수벽 뒷채움재의 투수계수 평가시 벤토나이트 케익의 영향 및 수정 Line-fitting법의 유효성을 확인하였다.

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