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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2018.34.3.29

Seepage Behaviors of Enlargement Levee Containing Box Culvert Constructed on Soft Ground  

Yang, Hak-Young (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Hanbat National Univ.)
Kim, Young-Muk (Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engrg., Hanbat National Univ.)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.34, no.3, 2018 , pp. 29-41 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the case of the enlargement levee on the soft foundation, the existing levee and the enlargement levee connection can be damaged due to heterogeneous subsidence such as differential settlement at the joint of the box culvert passing through the levee. This study selected the downstream region of the Geum River and then confirmed the influence of the piping possibility on the levee by performing a 2D seepage analysis and analyzing the seepage tendency according to the position of the box culvert's gate. As a result, the flow velocity and the hydraulic gradient are larger in the upper breakage than the lower breakage, and the upper leak was more vulnerable to the piping than the lower leak. If leaks occur in the gate located on the riverside land, the risk of piping is increased when the water level rises and is maintained highly. In the case of the gate located on the inland, it could be predicted that the leakage could damage the stability of levee by increasing the water pressure inside the levee. As a result, if leakage occurs at any position in the box culvert, the pore water pressure is increased or decreased compared with the case when no leakage occurs. Therefore, if the pore water pressure is drastically reduced or increased compared with the normal case, leakage may occur. However, the result of this study is based on a 2D seepage analysis, and it is likely to be different from actual cases. Therefore, more detailed analysis by 3D analysis is recommended.
Keywords
Levee; Piping; Seepage analysis; Leakage; Box culvert;
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