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Utilization of LFWD for Compaction Management of Embankment in Expressway Construction

고속도로 건설 시 성토부 다짐관리를 위한 LFWD의 활용성

  • Park, Yangheum (Department of Civil Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Jang, Ilyoung (Department of Civil Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Do, Jongnam (Korea Expressway Corporation Research Institute)
  • Received : 2021.02.16
  • Accepted : 2021.02.25
  • Published : 2021.03.01

Abstract

The evaluation of the degree of compaction of the embankment area, which accounts for most of highway earthworks, is generally performed by a flat plate loading test. The plate loading test is a traditional test method and has high reliability in the field. However, as reaction force equipment must be carried out and it takes about 40 minutes per site during the test, there may be limitations in managing the entire expanse of earthworks. Meanwhile, in order to overcome this, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport proposed a simple method of evaluating the level of compactness in the provisional guidelines for compaction management of the packaging infrastructure in 2010. However, it has not been utilized at the highway construction site until now, 10 years later. Therefore, this study attempted to verify the utility of the compaction evaluation method using LFWD (Light Falling Weight Deflectometer) of the impact loading method among the test methods suggested in the provisional guideline. To this end, the correlation was derived by conducting a plate loading test and an LFWD test for each site property and compaction degree. As a result of the test, there was no consistency of test data in the ground with a relative compaction of 80% or less. However, it was confirmed that the correlation has a tendency to increase beyond that. If the test method or test equipment is improved to ensure the consistency of the test values of the impact loading method in the future, it will play a big role in solving the blind spot for compaction management in the earthworks.

고속도로 토공에서 대부분을 차지하는 성토부의 다짐도 평가는 일반적으로 평판재하시험에 의해 이루어진다. 평판재하시험은 전통적인 시험법으로 높은 신뢰성을 가지고 있지만, 반력장비를 공수해야 하고, 시험 시 개소당 약 40분의 시간이 소요됨에 따라 광활한 토공부 전체를 관리하기에는 한계가 발생할 수 있다. 한편, 국토해양부에서는 이를 극복하고자 2010년에 '포장 하부구조 다짐관리 잠정지침'에서 간편한 다짐도 평가방법 기준을 제시한 바 있다. 하지만 10년이 지난 지금까지 고속도로공사 현장에서는 활용하고 있지 못하고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 잠정지침에서 제시한 시험법 중 충격재하 방식의 LFWD(Light Falling Weight Deflectometer)를 활용한 다짐도 평가방법에 대한 활용성을 검증하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 현장 토질 성상 및 다짐도별로 평판재하시험 및 LFWD시험을 실시하여 상관관계를 도출하였다. 시험결과, 80% 이하의 상대 다짐도를 가진 지반에서는 시험데이타의 일관성이 없었으나, 그 이상에서 상관도가 증가하는 경향을 가지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후 충격재하 방식의 시험값의 일관성 확보를 위하여 본 연구 결과를 참고하여 시험방법 또는 시험장비를 개선한다면 토공부 다짐도 관리 사각지대를 해소하는 데에 큰 역할을 할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

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