• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.27-36
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• 2017

Gravel compaction pile method has been widely used to improve the soft ground on the land or sea as one of the soft ground improvement technique. The ultimate bearing capacity of the ground reinforced by gravel compaction piles is affected by the soil strength, the replacement ratio of pile, construction conditions, and so on, and various prediction equations have been proposed to predict this. However, the prediction of the ultimate bearing capacity using the existing models has a very large error and variation, and it is not suitable for practical design. In this study, multiple regression analysis was performed using field loading test results to predict the ultimate bearing capacity of ground reinforced by gravel compaction pile, and the most efficient input variables are selected through evaluation of error by leave one out cross validation, and a multiple regression equation for the prediction of ultimate bearing capacity was proposed. In addition, the prediction error was evaluated by applying artificial neural network using the selected input variables, and the results were compared with those of the existing model.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.27-36
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• 1986

To investigate the seepage effect on the compacted backfill of retaining walls, an expriment and an analytical study were carried out First, the expriment was performed with a two-way permeameter newly designed for the do- termination on the degree of permeability anisotropy of compacted soils. As a result, e-log(kz/ky) plot showed a linear relationship, where kz and ky were permeability coefficients for the normal and the parallel directions to the compaction. The degree of permeability anisotropy, kz/ky was 2 to 4 at Dr>90% for sands, regardless of the methods of compaction. The kz/ky of the fine sand was greater than that of the coarse sand. Second, the exprimental results were applied to the extention of Gray's theory for the investigation of the active thrust affected by the seepage of permeability anisotropy. The active thrust was decreased with the increase in the degree of permeability anisotropy, and it It.as a little effect on wall friction.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.27-35
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• 2002

To construct pipe lines, culverts, or other utility lines, temporary slopes formed by excavating the compacted embankment are frequently met with in the field. Ignoring stability analyses for such slopes and applying inappropriate slope inclinations often result in safety problems. In this study, stability of such slopes were investigated considering the influence of anisotropic shear strength of the layered compacted ground. A series of stability analyses were conducted for slopes varying the slope angle and the height, and assuming isotropic and anisotropic shear strength conditions, respectively. The anisotropic shear strength of the compacted soil was determined from the direct shear test for layered soil blocks varying the inclination angle between the horizontal shear surface and the direction of the soil layer. As a result of the analyses, it has been concluded that the appropriate slope inclination f3r a temporary slope could vary in accordance with the consideration of anisotropy. However, the factor of safety as well as the location of the failure surface did not show significant variation.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.155-167
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• 2001

The effects of bank crest width, slope steepness, soil properties, and soil compactness on the characteristics of levee breach due to overlfow were investigated through a series of experiments. Generally, the major factors influencing the breach phenomenon are compactness, soil properties. crest width, and slope steepness, in that order. Using proper soil, and ensuring enough compactness in bank construction are very essential for extending breach duration and reducing peak overflow ranges for the values of breach duration, breach width, width-to-depth ratio, and side slope of the breach section, proposed by Singh, MacDonald and Fread based on the field data for earth dam breaks were reasonable. We found that those criteria could also be applied to the phenomenon of levee breaching.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.21-28
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• 2010

Decomposed granite soil is the most common type of soils. The measurement of the stress-strain-strength behavior of anisotropic decomposed granite soils is very important for the deformation and stability analysis of slopes, retaining walls, excavations. A series of unsaturated-drained triaxial compression tests were performed to know unsaturated strength properties. The sample had three different angles of the axial (major principal) direction to the sedimentation plane (compaction plane): 0, 45 and 90 degrees. The compression strain of specimens subjected to an isotropic compression was strongly influenced by the sedimentation angle. In addition, the time dependence was independent of the sedimentation angle in relation to the deformation behavior during the secondary compression process. The effect of the sedimentation angle on the triaxial compression strength and deformation was clearly shown with low confining stress. The effect of the sedimentation angle on the compressive strength and deformation was more evident in saturated specimens. A new method of predicting the shear strength of unsaturated decomposed granite soils, considering compaction angles, was proposed.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.23 no.11
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• pp.59-66
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• 2007

In order to clarify the influence of gravel content on the mechanical properties of gravel-mixed decompose granite soils, large-scale one-dimensional compression tests were performed. The sample used in the study was a decomposed granite soil from Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture in Japan. After adjusting the grain size of the said soils, the specimen compacted with a certain level of compaction energy was put to the test. Based on the results obtained, when gravel-mixed decomposed granite soil was compacted at the same energy level, there existed the specific gravel content at which dry density was maximum and which also produced the minimum compression index. Furthermore, from these results, an expression based on a two-phase mixture theory was proposed to quantitatively evaluate the effects of gravel content and initial dry density and the material parameters calculated through the proposed method proved to exactly estimate the actual measuring value.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.109-115
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• 2014

This study examined the uplift bearing capacity of spiral steel pegs according to the degree of soil compaction and embedded depth in a small-scaled lab test. As a result, their uplift bearing capacity increased according to the degree of soil compaction and embedded depth. The uplift bearing capacity under the ground condition of 85% compaction rate especially recorded 48.9 kgf, 57.9 kgf, 86.2 kgf and 116.6 kgf at embedded depth of 25 cm, 30 cm, 35 cm and 40 cm, respectively, being considerably higher than under other ground conditions. There were huge differences in the uplift bearing capacity of spiral steel pegs according to the compaction conditions of ground. Their maximum uplift bearing capacity was 116.6 kgf under the ground condition of 85% compaction rate and at embedded depth of 40 cm, and it is very high considering the data of spiral steel pegs. It is thus estimated that wind damage can be effectively reduced by careful maintenance of ground condition surrounding spiral steel pegs. In addition, spiral steel pegs will be able to make a contribution to greenhouse structural stability if proper installation methods are provided including the number and interval according to the types of greenhouse as well as fixation of plastic film. The findings of the study indicate that the optimal effects of spiral steel pegs for greenhouse can be achieved at embedded depth of more than 35cm and compaction degree of more than 85%. The relative density of the model ground in the test was 67% at compaction rate of 85%.

• 한국도로학회지:도로
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.26-33
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• 2009

본 특집기사는 미국 NCAT(National Center for Asphalt Technology)에서 실험한 보고서(Hurley 및 Prowell, Evaluation of Sasobit for Use in Warm Asphalt, 2005)를 정리한 것으로 아스팔트 중온포장에 대해 연구하는 사람들에게 어느 정도 도움을 주고자 일부 내용을 번역하였다. 특히, 골재와 바인더 믹싱 및 현장다짐시 온도를 낮추어 궁극적으로 $CO_2$를 저감하고자 하는 노력이 많은 아스팔트 포장관련 종사자 및 연구자들에 의해 활발히 수행되고 있다. 본 기사에서는 중온에서도 작업성을 원활하게 하기 위해 사용되는 많은 첨가제 중 Fischer-Tropsch 왁스인 Sasobit에 대해 살펴보고자 한다. 여기서 관심을 두고자 하는 점은 중온 아스팔트를 실제로 활용할 시 과연 일반 아스팔트 포장과 비교했을 때 어느 정도의 공용성(Performance)을 확보할 수 있느냐 하는 점이다. NCAT의 실내실험을 통해 알아낸 결과로는 진동다짐기를 이용하는 것이 보다 현실적이라는 것과 중온다짐에 따른 아스팔트의 동탄성 계수의 변화가 적다는 것이다. 또한 APA(Asphalt Pavement Analyzer)를 통해 소형변형의 가능성이 높지 않음을 알 수 있었으며, 중온 아스팔트를 사용함에 따른 일반적인 문제점인 수분민감성이 커지는 현상에 대해서 실험을 통해 검증한 결과, 박리방지제를 쓰는 것이 좋다는 결론을 얻었다. 전반적으로 Sasobit의 실내공용성 평가는 우수하다고 보고되고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.465-466
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• 2011

이 연구는 일본식 배수공이 설치된 제방의 침투 흐름을 비정상 상태로 SEEP/W 모형을 사용하여 해석하고 모형의 적용성을 평가하기 위해 수행하였다. 수치모형의 적용성 평가를 위해 비정상 상태로 제방 침투에 대한 수리모형실험을 수행하였다. 제체 재료는 경상북도 구미시에 위치한 해평천의 제방 건설 현장의 재료를 사용하였고 일본식배수공은 굵은 골재와 부직포를 사용하여 실험실에 제방 축소 모형을 수조 내부에 제작하였다. 모형제방은 제방축조 방법과 유사하게 다짐을 하기 위해 흙을 쌓으면서 0.20 m 높이마다 다짐을 실시하였다. 다짐방법은 고무망치를 이용한 층다짐을 하였다. 제방 제외지에 0.55 cm/min의 속도로 수위를 증가하여 15분 간격으로 각 0.3 m, 0.4 m, 0.5 m 수위에 따른 비정상 상태의 위압계 측정을 수행하였다. SEEP/W 모형의 매개변수는 투수계수와 입도분포도, 불포화 함수특성곡선(값을 산정하기 어려움)이 있으며, 각 매개변수에 대한 민감도 분석을 수행하였다. SEEP/W 모형의 모의 결과는 수리모형실험 결과와 비교적 잘 일치함을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.43-55
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• 1999

This study evaluated Yasufuku's constitutive model in terms of its capability to accurately consider the observed behavior of Iksan compacted weathered granite soil for various stress-paths. The strains calculated from the model are in reasonable agreement with those measured, but some discrepancies occur. The largest differences between measured and calculated strains occur for axial strain of proportional loading with increasing stress. Yasufuku's constitutive model can consider the observed behavior of Iksan compacted weathered granite soil with accuracy for conventional triaxial compression and for p'-constant loading with increasing stress ratio.