An Experimental Study on the Dynamic Characteristics of Frozen Soil

Ultrasonic propagation velocities of both the dilatational and shear waves through the weathered tuff soil sampled from the area tying between Ulanbator and Beijing were measured under temperature condition of near subzero by means of sing-around method. After comparing the results with obtained data on unfrozen water content, a linear relation between velocities and unfrozen water content was performed with high coefficient value. Experimental results of two kinds of rather uniform materials, namely, glass-beads and silica micro-beads, testified the similar linear relations. In addition, the change rate of dilatational wave velocities with the change of volumetric unfrozen water content was not dependent on soil type. Although a rational theory of the ultrasonic velocities dependence on the unfrozen water content is not yet proposed, the presented empirical relationships may suggest the appropriate evaluation to the effect of unfrozen water on dynamic characteristics of frozen soil.

동결토의 동적 특성에 관한 연구

본 연구에서는 우란바톨(Ulanbator)에서 북경(Beijing)사이의 지역에서 샘플링한 동결된 응회암 풍화토의 동적 특성을 규명하기 위해 풍화토와, 글래스비드(glass bead)를 대상으로 온도변화에 따른 초음파 속도를 sing-around 법을 사용하여 측정하였다. 본 실험을 통해 초음파 속도는 온도가 증가함에 따라 감소하였고 초음파 속도와 부동수분 사이에는 선형적인 관계가 존재함을 확인하였다. 또한 동결토의 초음파 실험결과, 종파가 시료의 종류에 크게 영향을 받지 않기 때문에 부동수분과 초음파 속도와의 관계규명에 적합하다고 판단된다.