A Study on the Verification of an Indoor Test of a Portable Penetration Meter Using the Cone Penetration Test Method

자유낙하 콘관입시험법을 활용한 휴대용 다짐도 측정기의 실내시험을 통한 검증 연구

Abstract

Soil compaction is one of the most important activities in the area of civil works, including road construction, airport construction, port construction and backfilling construction of structures. Soil compaction, particularly in road construction, can be categorized into subgrade compaction and roadbed compaction, and is significant work that when done poorly can serve as a factor causing poor construction due to a lack of compaction. Currently, there are many different types of compaction tests, and the plate bearing test and the unit weight of soil test based on the sand cone method are commonly used to measure the degree of compaction, but many other methods are under development as it is difficult to secure economic efficiency. For the purpose of this research, a portable penetration meter called the Free-Fall Penetration Test (FFPT) was developed and manufactured. In this study, a homogeneous sample was obtained from the construction site and soil was classified through a sieve analysis test in order to perform grain size analysis and a specific gravity test for an indoor test. The principle of FFPT is that the penetration needle installed at the tip of an object put into free fall using gravity is used to measure the depth of penetration into the road surface after subgrade or roadbed compaction has been completed; the degree of compaction is obtained through the unit weight of soil test according to the sand cone method and the relationship between the degree of compaction and the depth of the penetration needle is verified. The maximum allowable grain size of soil is 2.36 mm. For $A_1$ compaction, a trend line was developed using the result of the test performed from a drop height of 10 cm, and coefficient of determination of the trend line was $R^2=0.8677$, while for $D_2$ compaction, coefficient of determination of the trend line was $R^2=0.9815$ when testing at a drop height of 20 cm. Free fall test was carried out with the drop height adjusted from 10 cm to 50 cm at increments of 10 cm. This study intends to compare and analyze the correlation between the degree of compaction obtained from the unit weight of soil test based on the sand cone method and the depth of penetration of the penetration needle obtained from the FFPT meter. As such, it is expected that a portable penetration tester will make it easy to test the degree of compaction at many construction sites, and will lead to a reduction in time, equipment, and manpower which are the disadvantages of the current degree of compaction test, ultimately contributing to accurate and simple measurements of the degree of compaction as well as greater economic feasibility.

국내에 많은 도로공사, 공항공사, 항만공사, 구조물 되메우기 공사 등의 토목공사에서 흙의 다짐은 가장 중요한 공정 중 하나이다. 특히 도로공사에서 흙의 다짐공사는 노체다짐과 노상다짐으로 구분하며 다짐도 부족으로 부실공사의 원인으로 작용하기도 하는 중요한 작업이다. 현재는 여러 가지 다짐도 측정방법이 있으나 가장 많이 사용되는 평판재하시험이나 모래치환법에 의한 흙의 단위중량 시험방법을 가장 많이 사용하고 있으나 경제성이 없어 여러 측정방법이 개발되고 있다. 간편한 다짐도 측정 방법의 목적으로 측정기를 개발하고 제작한 것이 자유낙하 관입깊이별 다짐도 시험기(Free-Fall Penetration Test; FFPT)이다. 본 연구에서는 실내시험을 위하여 균질한 시료를 공사현장에서 확보하여 체가름 시험을 통해 흙을 분류하고 입도분석시험과 비중시험을 실시하였다. 자유낙하 관입깊이별 다짐도 시험기(FFPT)의 원리는 지구중력을 이용한 자유낙하 물체의 선단에 설치된 관입 침이 노체 또는 노상의 다짐이 완료된 노면에 관입 되는 깊이를 관측하고 그 위치에 모래치환법에 의한 흙의 단위중량시험을 통하여 다짐도 값을 구하여 분석하고 연관성을 검증하는 것으로 흙의 최대허용입경이 2.36mm로 시험하였으며 $A_1$다짐의 경우는 낙하고 10cm에서 시험한 결과 값으로 추세선을 작성하고 추세선의 결정계수 $R^2=0.8677$ 값을 도출하였으며 $D_2$다짐의 경우는 낙하고 20cm에서 측정 시 결정계수 $R^2=0.9815$ 값이 관측되었다. 자유낙하시험은 낙하높이를 10cm에서 50cm까지 10cm 간격으로 변경을 하면서 시험하였다. 본 연구는 모래치환법에 의한 흙의 단위중량시험을 통하여 얻은 다짐도 값과 FFPT 시험기를 통해 얻은 관입침의 관입깊이와의 연관성을 비교 분석하여 현재의 다짐도 측정방법의 단점인 시간, 장비, 인력의 소모를 최소화하여 경제성을 확보하고 정확성과 간편성을 보장하는 다짐도 측정기 제작으로 여러 공사현장에서 다짐도 측정이 간단하게 진행될 것이다.

Fig. 1. Penetration meter

Fig. 2. Penetration steel wire and drop weight

Fig. 3. Penetration steel wire and measuring rules

Fig. 4. Comparing specifications of Penetration meter and Dcompaction mold

Fig. 5. Free fall penetration test

Fig. 6. Gradient curves for the passage rate

Fig. 7. A Compaction test curve for the sample with the maximum allowable particle diameter of 2.36 mm

Fig. 8. D Compaction test curve for the sample with the maximum permissible particle diameter of 2.36 mm

Fig. 9. Upper view of compaction mold after penetration test

Fig. 10. Penetration meter (h = 10cm) dry density graph -A compaction

Fig. 11. Penetration meter (h = 20cm) dry density graph -A compaction

Fig. 12. Penetration meter (h = 10cm) dry density graph -D compaction

Fig. 13. Penetration meter (h = 20cm) dry density graph -D compaction

Fig. 14. Penetration meter (h=10cm) moisture-density curve graph

Fig. 15. Penetration meter (h=20cm) moisture-density curve graph

Table 1. Penetration meter specification

Table 2. Soil weight left on each sieve

Table 3. Data calculation of sieve analysis

Table 4. Content by soil particle size of particle size analysis

Table 5. Depth of penetration depth (mm) of a compaction sample with maximum allowable particle diameter of 2.36 mm

Table 6. Depth of penetration depth (mm) of D compaction sample with maximum allowable particle diameter of 2.36 mm