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Performance Estimation of Hexagonal Rockfall Protection Net by Numerical Analysis

수치해석을 이용한 육각 낙석방지망의 성능 평가

  • Oh, Sewook (Department of Construction & Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, Soobeom (Department of Civil Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kwon, Youngcheul (Department of Construction System Engineering, Korea Soongsil Cyber University)
  • Received : 2014.07.30
  • Accepted : 2014.10.06
  • Published : 2014.11.01

Abstract

It has been generally recognized that the conventional rockfall protection nets have several problems to actual field application in the aspect of shock absorption, lack of pullout bearing capacities, and net damages. Because of the recognition, authors have tried to develop a new rockfall protection system consisted of shock absorption parts and hexagonal net configuration. In the previous research by the authors, the performance of the newly developed rockfall protection system has been investigated through the laboratory tests and the full-scale testing. In this study, subsequently, numerical analysis program is organized to make a confirmation of the structural stability and performance. For the correct design procedure of the hexagonal net system, it is essential to understand the various mechanical behavior of the entire system. It is also important to be reproduced the systematic characteristics of the system acquired by laboratory and full-scale testing by numerical analysis in order to carry out the numerical experiment to understand various mechanical behavior of the system. As a conclusion, the hexagonal net has better performance in mechanical and physical behavior compared with that of the rectangular net. Furthermore, due to the hexagonal net shows a good performance in aspect of the load distribution, it gives a good alternative in long-term management of the rockfall protection net.

낙석방지망에 대한 기존 연구 결과에 의하면 종래의 낙석방지망에서 발생되는 대표적인 문제점으로 이완성이 없는 횡방향 와이어로프에 의해 발생되는 낙석 중량의 누적현상, 지반과 낙석방지망의 결합지점 부족으로 인한 인발지지력 부족, 낙석의 과도한 충격으로 인한 철망의 빈번한 파손, 낙석방지망의 유지관리 시 철망의 재사용의 어려움 등이 보고되고 있다. 선행 연구를 통해 실내에서의 인장력과 현장실험이 실시되어 새로운 낙석방지망의 효과를 검증한 바 있다. 선행연구에 이어 본 연구에서는 기존의 사각낙석방지망과 비교하여 충격 완화형 육각 낙석방지망의 전체적인 구조적 안정성과 성능을 수치해석적 방법을 통해 점검하는 것에 그 목적이 있으며, 이를 충분히 검토하고 결과를 얻을 수 있도록 수치해석 프로그램이 설정되었다. 수치해석 결과를 종합해볼 때 동일한 단일 셀 간격 뿐만 아니라 동일한 면적비로 비교하더라도 육각 낙석방지망이 사각 낙석방지망에 비해 하중분배 효과가 우수한 것으로 나타났으며, 육각 낙석방지망은 낙석하중이 작용할 경우 이를 효율적으로 분산시킴으로써 과도한 하중 집중이 발생하는 것을 피할 수 있어 장기적인 안정성 확보에 유리할 것으로 판단된다.

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