Tunnel and Underground Space (터널과지하공간)

Korean Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (한국암반공학회)
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Stability Investigation of a Foundation Located above Limestone Cavities Using Scaled Model Tests

석회암공동 상부 기초의 안정성 검토를 위한 모형실험 연구

  • Received : 2016.12.01
  • Accepted : 2016.12.15
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

Scaled model tests were performed to investigate the stability of a foundation located above limestone cavities. Cavity shape was assumed to be an ellipse having 1/3 for the ratio of minor to major axis lengths. 12 different test models which have various depths, locations, inclinations, sizes and numbers of cavity were experimented and they were classified into 5 different groups. Crack initiation pressure, maximum pressure, deformation behaviors, failure modes and subsidence profiles of test models were obtained, and then the influences of those parameters on the foundation stability were investigated. No cavity model showed a general shear failure, whereas the models including various cavities showed the complicated three different failure modes which were only punching failure, both punching and shear failures, and double shear failure. The stability of foundation was found to be decreased as the cavity was located at shallower depth, the size and number of cavity were increased. Differential settlements appeared when the cavity was located under the biased part of foundation. Furthermore, subsidence profiles were found to depend on the distribution of underground cavities.

본 연구에서는 축소모형실험을 통해 석회암 공동 상부에 존재하는 구조물 기초의 안정성을 검토하였다. 공동의 형상은 단축장축비율 1/3인 타원형으로 가정하고, 공동의 심도, 위치, 경사, 크기, 개수를 변화시킨 5가지 그룹, 12개 모형들을 실험하였다. 실험결과로서 모형별 균열개시압력, 최대압력, 변형거동, 파괴양상, 침하곡선을 구하였으며, 공동의 제반 조건들이 기초의 안정성에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 알아보았다. 무공동 모형은 전단파괴를 보였으나, 공동 포함 모형들은 관입파괴만 발생한 경우, 전단파괴와 관입파괴가 함께 발생한 경우, 전단파괴가 이중으로 발생한 경우 등의 다소 복잡한 파괴형식을 보였다. 공동의 심도가 작을수록, 크기가 클수록, 개수가 많을수록 기초의 안정성은 감소하였다. 공동의 일부가 기초저면의 직하부에 놓일 때는 부등침하가 관찰되었고, 공동들의 분포상태에 따라 침하곡선은 다른 형태를 보였다.

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