Model Test Study on the Reinforcing Effect of Inclined System Bolting

The rockbolt functions as a main support, which restricts enlargement of the plasticity area and increases stability in the original ground around tunnels, and prevents a second deformation of an excavated surface by supplementing vulnerability arising from opening of the excavated surface. System bolting is generally applied if ground conditions are bad. System bolting is generally installed perpendicular to the excavation direction in every span. If a place is narrow, or it is difficult to insert bolts due to construction conditions, it may be connected and used with short bolts, or installed obliquely. In this study, laboratory model tests were performed to analyze the effect of the ground being reinforced by inclined bolts, based on a bending theory that assumes that the reinforced ground is a simple beam. In all test cases, deflections and vertical earth pressures induced by overburden soil pressure were measured. Total of 99 model tests were carried out, by changing the installation angle of bolts, lateral and longitudinal distance of bolts, and soil height. The model test results indicated that when the installation angle of bolts was less than $75^{\circ}$, deflections of model beams tended to increase rapidly. Also, the relaxed load that was calculated by earth pressure was rapidly increased when the installation angle of bolts was less than $75^{\circ}$. However, the optimum installation angle of inclined bolts was judged to be in the range of $90^{\circ}{\sim}75^{\circ}$. Also, as might be expected, the reinforcement effect of bolts was increased when the longitudinal and lateral distance of bolts was decreased.

경사볼트의 보강효과에 대한 모형시험 연구

록볼트는 터널 주변 원지반의 소성영역 확대를 방지하고 원지반의 안정성을 증가시키므로 굴착면 개방에 따른 취약점을 보완하여 2차 변형을 억제하는 주 지보재 역할을 할 수 있어 지반조건이 불량한 경우에는 시스템 볼팅하는 것이 일반적이다. 시스템 볼팅은 보통 굴착방향과 수직하게 설치하게 되는데 장소가 협소하거나 시공여건상 볼트 삽입이 어려운 곳에서는 짧은 볼트를 연결하여 사용하거나 경사지게 설치하는 경우가 있다. 본 연구에서는 록볼트 보강효과를 분석하기 위하여 경사 볼트로 보강된 지반을 단순보로 가정한 실내모형시험을 실시하였다. 경사볼트의 설치각도, 종방향 및 횡방향 설치간격, 토피고 등을 변화시켜 99회의 모형시험을 수행하였으며, 단순보로 조성된 모형지반의 토피하중에 의한 처짐량 및 연직토압을 측정하였다. 모형시험결과 볼트의 설치각도가 $75^{\circ}$ 이하인 경우 처짐량이 급격히 증가하는 경향이 나타났으며, 모형지반의 이완하중 발생률도 모형볼트의 설치각도가 $75^{\circ}$ 이하인 경우 급격히 증가하는 것으로 나타나 경사 볼트의 최적 설치각도는 $90^{\circ}{\sim}75^{\circ}$ 범위인 것으로 판단하였다. 또한, 볼트의 종방향 및 횡방향 설치간격이 좁아질수록 보강효과가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.