• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.57-63
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• 2012

Steel slag has the nature to hydrate and expand when in contact with non-reacting CaO and water, and thus can be used only in limited scope for landfill disposal as well as for recycling as civil construction aggregates. In order to use such steel slags more efficiently, the applicability of steel slag as sand mat alternative material was reviewed. In general, sand mat is used in soft ground surface reinforcement method and horizontal drain method, and is installed simultaneously with soft ground vertical drain method. Therefore in this study steel slag designing method and application standard etc were examined to recycle steel slag as sand mat alternative material, and laboratory soil test and model test were done. Test results indicated that the designing method and application standard meet various environment and quality standards, meaning that steel slag can be utilized as sand mat alternative material, and analysis of slag mat bearing capacity also indicated that use of steel slag produces double or more bearing capacity compared with existing sand mat.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.5956-5963
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• 2013

By the activation of environment-friendly river works, application of vegetation mats is increasing, however, evaluation techniques for hydraulic stability of vegetation mats are not presented. This study is conducted to develop the objective test method for vegetation mats. Two kind of vegetation mats are tested by the real scale experiments, and hydraulic quantities are measured and analyzed to evaluate acting shear stresses. To evaluate soil loss, Terrestrial 3D LiDAR measurement is conducted and soil loss index are calculated from changes of bed elevation. Quantified evaluation for permissible shear stresses is conducted by graphical method for acting shear stresses and soil loss index. By the results of precision survey, changes of sub soil are limited to local range in stable cases and relatively large changes of sub soil which is similar to natural river bed are detected in unstable cases. From the study, evaluation of permissible shear stresses by ASTM D 6040 is avaliable in the failure mechanism and failure criteria by soil loss index.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.37-46
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• 2005

Waste tires can be used not only for reinforcement material due to its high capacity against tensile force but also effective for massive treatment. In order to use waste tire as reinforcing material Tread mat using tire treads only was made. Plate load tests on the embankment of decomposed granite soil reinforced with Tread mat and geogrids were conducted for comparison with the test results, respectively. And numerical analyses were performed to see the stress and stain around the reinforced material. Tread mat showed bearing capacity increase and the amount was bigger than that of commercial geogrids. Finite element analysis showed decrease of stress beneath the reinforced material and stress distribution. Finally Tread mat was proposed to use for soil reinforcement as a means of massive treatment of discarded tire.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.341-345
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• 2011

This study was aimed to select the optimal mat condition using existing plant-mats for the efficient planting of bedding Chrysanthemum. At fifty days after cutting with Dendranthema grandiflorum 'Ford', root formation among the treatments using eight different mats outstood with the treatment using 10 mm thick coir net, which has medium inserted between mat layers - called C treatment, compared to other treatments; this treatment had the highest values in the plant height and shoot fresh weight, which were 29 cm and 5.6 g, respectively. On the contrary, in 40 days after transplanting root-formed mats to field, 12 mm thick jute net, which has medium inserted between mat layers, had the highest plants compared to other treatments. However, there was no significant difference in shoot weight compared to C treatment. In experiment of different lengths of cut, the results of growth after transplanting showed that 5 cm long cut performed best compared to 3 and 8 cm long cuts.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.1089-1093
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• 2010

최근 하천의 자연성 및 생태기능의 향상을 위해 매트류 호안공법의 적용이 증가하고 있다. 이러한 공법이 적용된 호안은 강수 및 하천수의 지속적인 유입으로 인해 앵커핀과 비탈면 간의 마찰력을 저하시킬 수 있다. 마찰력의 저하는 앵커핀의 고정능력을 저하시켜 매트가 들뜨는 현상을 발생시키고, 이로 말미암아 비탈면에 식재된 식생의 고사는 물론 비탈면의 슬라이딩 현상의 발생에 의해 비탈면 붕괴에 까지 이르게 하고 있다. 그러나 현재 호안매트와 함게 시공하는 앵커핀의 적용에 대한 구체적인 기준과 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 매트류 호안제품을 비탈면에 고정시키는 목적으로 사용하고 있는 앵커핀에 대한 인발특성을 파악하고자 하였다. 인발실험에 사용된 앵커핀은 실제 하천호안에 적용되고 있는 상용제품으로 형태가 다른 4가지 type을 실험에 사용하였으며, 앵커핀의 관입깊이(170mm, 250mm) 별로 인발실험을 실시하였다. 실험에 사용된 인발장치는 인발부에 로드셀을 장착하여 앵커핀과 결합이 가능하도록 하였으며, 인발시 발생하는 계측 값을 컴퓨터를 통해 출력이 가능하도록 제작하였다. 실험결과 4가지 형태의 앵커핀에 대한 관입깊이별 형태별 인발특성을 파악할 수 있었으며, 비탈면 및 매트의 고정효과가 우수한 앵커핀의 형태에 대해서도 파악할 수 있었다. 관입깊이별 최대 인발력은 두 변위(170mm, 250mm) 모두 Type 4가 337N, 594N 으로 가장 큰 인발력을 가지는 것으로 측정되었으며, 변위에 의한 인발력의 증가는 Type 2가 138%로 가장 큰 폭의 증가 값을 보였다. 또한 토양과 앵커핀의 마찰력 향상을 위해 하부가 돌출된 형태로 제작된 Type 2와 Type 4가 상대적으로 실험 후반부에서 최대 인발력이 발생하고 인발지속시간이 길게 나타나는 것으로 볼 때, 인발저항은 앵커핀 하부의 돌출면적에 영향을 받는 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.63-72
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• 2017

This research investigated the effect of solar radiation on the temperature distribution in concrete mat foundation. Zhang and Huang Model was utilized to estimate solar radiation heat at a given date and time. A one-dimensional finite element formula was derived with the fundamental laws of heat transfer and Galerkin method. Based on the formula, a one dimensional finite element analysis code was developed using MATLAB. Hydration heat analysis of mat foundation were conducted using the developed code. It was found that the solar radiation reduced the maximum temperature difference in mat foundation, and this temperature difference reduction was more prominent in case of summer season cast, a higher initial concrete temperature, and a thicker mat foundation depth. The research recommended that the solar radiation should be considered in hydration heat analysis of concrete mat foundation so as not to overestimate the maximum temperature difference in mat foundation.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.209-220
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• 2019

Even though the scale of hard structures for beach stabilization should carefully be determined such that these structures do not interrupt the great yearly circulation process of beach sediment in which the self-healing ability of natural beach takes places, massive hard structures such as the submerged breakwater of wide-width are frequently deployed as the beach stabilization measures. On this rationale, asymmetric ripple mat by Irie et al. (1994) can be the alternatives for beach stabilization due to its small scale to replace the preferred submerged breaker of wide-width. The effectiveness of asymmetric ripple mat is determined by how effectively the vortices enforced at the contraction part of flow area over the mat traps the sediment moving toward the offshore by the run-down. In order to verify this hypothesis, we carry out the numerical simulations based on the Navier-Stokes equation and the physically-based morphology model. Numerical results show that the asymmetric ripple mat effectively capture the sediment by forced vortex enforced at the apex of asymmetric ripple mat, and bring these trapped sediments back to the beach, which has been regarded to be the driving mechanism of beach stabilization effect of asymmetric ripple mat.

• Composites Research
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.290-295
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• 2019

In the present study, composite insulation mat was reinforced over polyurethane foam (PUF) to improve the thermal performance and impact resistance of the PUF applied to the liquefied natural gas carrier insulation system. The composite insulation mat used Kevlar, aerogel, and cryogel composite mat that can be applied in a cryogenic environment. The thermal conductivity was measured at $20^{\circ}C$ to investigate the thermal performance, and the drop impact test was carried out under impact energy of 30 J at $20^{\circ}C$, $-163^{\circ}C$ to investigate the impact resistance. The measured thermal performance was compared with neat PUF through effective thermal conductivity theoretical value. The shock resistance was evaluated of contact force, contact time, and absorb energy. In experimental results, cryogel composite mat was the best performance in terms of thermal performance, and aerogel composite mat was the best performance in terms of impact resistance.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.21-28
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• 2023

In this paper, an experimental study was conducted to present the properties of rapid hardening composite mat, and a numerical analysis was carried out to analyze the slope protection effect of the mats based on ground conditions, rainfall, slope gradient and soil height. As a result, the application of rapid hardening composite mat increased the slope safety factor in all conditions, and the increase rate of safety factor showed an average of 40% increase both in dry and rainy seasons. Through these research findings, the protective effect of the rapid hardening composite mat on sloping surfaces has been proven, and it is suggested that the rapid hardening composite mat is suitable for application in areas where slope failure or collapse is expected.

• Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.61-67
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• 2016

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the effects of mattress type on both objective and subjective sleep quality in healthy good sleepers. Methods: Fifteen healthy good sleepers with a mean age of 30.8 years participated in this study. A randomized crossover trial was carried out using two different mattress types: a standard mattress and a contour coil mattress. After a night of adaptation, all participants were randomized to either a standard mattress or a contour coil mattress. Then, nocturnal polysomnography was conducted for two consecutive nights. Subjective evaluations were obtained using a self-report questionnaire before and after the polysomnographic recording sessions. Results: The polysomnographic showed no differences in total sleep time, sleep stage, or wake time after sleep onset between the two mattress conditions. Of the polysomnographic variables, only sleep onset latency was significantly reduced for the contour coil mattress. Additionally, participants reported better subjective sleep quality when sleeping on the contour coil mattress, according to the questionnaires. Conclusion: The type of mattress might affect not only subjective, but also objective sleep quality, including sleep onset latency.