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Scale Effects and Field Applications for Continuous Intrusion Miniature Cone Penetrometer

연속관입형 소형콘관입시험기에 대한 크기효과 및 현장적용

  • 윤성수 (삼성물산(주) 건설부문 미주법인) ;
  • 김규선 (삼성물산(주) 건설부문 기술연구센터) ;
  • 이진형 (삼성물산(주) 건설부문 기술연구센터) ;
  • 신동현 (삼성물산(주) 건설부문 기술연구센터)
  • Received : 2012.12.14
  • Accepted : 2013.09.04
  • Published : 2013.11.30
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Abstract

Cone penetration tests (CPTs) have been increasingly used for site characterizations. However, the site investigations using CPTs are often limited due to soil conditions depending on the cone size and capacity of the CPT system. The small sectional area of a miniature cone improves the applicability of the CPT system due to the increased capacity of the CPT system. A continuous intrusion system using a coiled rod allows fast and cost effective site investigation. In this study, the performance of the continuous intrusion miniature cone penetration test (CIMCPT) system has been evaluated by comparison tests with the standard CPT system at several construction sites in Korea. The results show that the CIMCPT system has a same performance with the CPT system and has advantages on the mobility and applicability. According to field verification tests for scale effect evaluation, the cone tip resistance evaluated by CIMCPT overestimates by 10% comparing to standard CPTs. A crawler mounted with the CIMCPT system has been implemented to improve accessibility to soft ground, and has shown improvement over the truck type CIMCPT system. Therefore, the improved CIMCPT system can be utilized as a cost effective and highly reliable soil investigation methodology to detect the depth of soft ground and to evaluate soil classification.

콘관입시험은 현장조사 시험법으로 사용 빈도가 증가되고 있다. 그러나 콘관입시험은 콘크기와 용량 등에 따라 적용 가능한 현장조건이 제한되는 단점이 있다. 소형콘의 감소된 단면적은 시스템 용량을 증대시켜 적용성을 향상시킬 수 있으며, 코일식 롯드를 이용한 연속관입 시스템은 신속하고 경제적인 지반조사를 가능하게 한다. 본 연구에서는 국내 여러 현장에서 연속관입형 소형콘관입시험 시스템의 성능을 표준 콘관입시험 시스템과의 비교시험을 통하여 평가하였다. 소형콘관입시험 장비는 기존의 표준콘관입시험 장비와 비교하여 지반정수 도출 및 지반분류에 동일한 성능을 발휘하는 것을 확인하였으며, 장비의 기동성 및 적용대상 토질 확대 등의 장점을 나타내는 것으로 평가되었다. 크기효과 검증을 위한 현장시험 결과 기존 시험 방법에 비해 콘저항력의 경우는 약 10% 과대평가하는 것으로 나타났다. 차량 형태의 조사장비는 표층이 연약하거나 진입이 어려운 경우에는 조사의 한계가 있으므로, 궤도장치에 탑재된 연속관입형 소형콘관입시험 시스템으로 개선하여 적용성을 확대시켰다. 따라서 개선된 연속관입형 소형콘관입시험 시스템은 연약지반 심도탐지 및 흙분류시 경제적이고 신뢰성 높은 지반조사 방법으로 활용할 수 있다.

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