• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.43-52
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• 2016

Assembled Earth Retaining wall (AER-wall is used here) using back pile (back supporting beam is used from here) has been developed at Pusan National University. Both cost and time have been significantly reduced because AER-wall can be fabricated in a shop. Also its stability has been improved with a back supporting beam reducing earth pressure. In this study, the test results were analyzed after laboratory model tests were performed. The lateral displacement of AER-wall significantly decreased with both inclined wall and back supporting beams. As a result, the stability of AER-wall and effect of back supporting beam have been analyzed and verified.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.21-30
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• 2010

To understand the deformation behavior of nonwoven geotextiles(NWGT) reinforced soil wall, analyses of load-elongation properties, soil-reinforcement interface friction, laboratory model tests, and field cases throughout literature reviews are being studied in this paper. According to the analyses results, the stiffness and tensile strength of NWGT is increased in proportion to confinement pressures, and the interface shear strength at soil-NWGT appeared to be stronger than soil-geogrid interface. The deformation at the beginning of loading on NWGT reinforced soil wall is larger than geogrid reinforced soil wall, but the wall deformation with NWGT is smaller than the wall of geogrid after passing some loading point in laboratory model tests. Case analysis results have shown that the facing of NWGT reinforced soil wall should be rigid enough to be used as a permanent wall, and NWGT and in-situ poor soil can be used for reinforcement and backfill respectively if the wall is constructed as pre-reinforced soil body and with post-facing that has a full-height rigid concrete.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.24 no.12
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• pp.41-52
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• 2008

This paper concerns the load carrying capacity of back-to-back reinforced soil wall for use in roadway and railway construction. Two test conditions, designed with due consideration of the FHW A design guideline, were first developed and a number of cases having different reinforcement lengths were tested under a surchage loading until failure. The results indicated that for cases in which two sides of reinforcements do not overlap, the wall behavior was similar to those of single wall. For cases in which the reinforcements overlap each other, on the other hand, the load carrying capacity of the wall significantly decreased when reinforced with reinforcement layers having lengths less than 50% of the wall height.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.119-126
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• 2004

A small-scale reinforced earth wall was constructed in a laboratory to investigate the effect of wall rigidity and of construction sequence on the wall. A full continuous wall facing and a discrete wall facing were designed and constructed for tests. These two different facing systems should adapt different construction procedures due to their different facing shapes. The model wall was built with geo-grid reinforcement, sand, and facings on rigid surface. The model wall was instrumented with earth pressure gages, LVDTs, and strain gages. The experimental results have shown differences in wall behavior related to construction sequence and types of wall facing. It is found in this study that the reinforced earth wall built with full continuous facing is safer than the reinforced earth wall built with the discrete wall facing.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.33-44
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• 2013

Mononobe-Okabe (M-O) theory is widely used for evaluating seismic earth pressure of retaining wall. It was originally developed for gravity walls, which have rigid behavior, retaining cohesionless backfill materials. However, it is used for cantilever retaining wall on the various foundation conditions. Considering only inertial force of the soil wedge as a dynamic force in the M-O method, inertial force of the wall does not take into account the effect on the dynamic earth pressure. This paper presents the theoretical background for the calculation of the dynamic earth pressure of retaining wall during earthquakes, and the current research trends are organized. Besides, the discrepancies between real seismic behavior and M-O method for inverted T-shape retaining wall with 5.4m height subjected to earthquake motions were evaluated using dynamic centrifuge test. From previous studies, it was found that application point, distribution of dynamic earth pressure and M-O method are needed to be re-examined. Test results show that real behavior of retaining wall during an earthquake has a different phase between dynamic earth pressure and inertial force of retaining wall. Moreover, when bending moments of retaining wall reach maximum values, the measured earth pressures are lower than static earth pressures and it is considered due to inertial effects of retaining wall.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.161-167
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• 1992

Centrifuge model tests were performed to find the capacity and the failure mechanism of reinforced earth retaining wall subjected to the failure due to breakage of reinforcements. Parametric model tests were carried out to figure out effects of factors on the capacity of wall by changing materials of reinforcing strip, strip length, strip arrangement. Tests were analyzed and were compared with the various design methods currently in use to verify feasibility of them. As a result of it, a proper design method was recommended.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2006

Despite a number of advantages of reinforced earth walls over conventional concrete retaining walls, there exit concerns over long-term residual deformation when used as part of permanent structures. In view of these concerns, time-dependant deformation characteristics of geosynthetic reinforced modular block walls under sustained loads were investigated using reduced-scale model tests. The results indicated that a sustained load can yield appreciable magnitude of residual deformation, and that the magnitude of residual deformation depends on the loading characteristic as well as reinforcement stiffness.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.5-21
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• 2007

Despite a number of advantages of reinforced earth walls over conventional concrete retaining walls, there exit concerns over long-term residual deformation when they are subjected to repeated and/or cyclic loads, especially when used as part of permanent structures. In view of these concerns, in this paper time-dependant deformation characteristics of geosynthetic reinforced modular block walls under sustained anuor repeated loads were investigated using reduced-scale model tests. The results indicated that a sustained or repeated load can yield appreciable magnitude of residual deformation, and that the residual deformations are influenced not only by the loading characteristics but by the mechanical properties of geogrid. It is also found that the preloading technique can be effectively used in controlling residual deformations of reinforced soils subjected to sustained and/or repeated loads.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.166-170
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• 2011

HEC-GeoRAS는 HEC-RAS의 모의값을 토대로 지형공간자료로 나타내기 위한 ArcView GIS의 확장모형이다. 이모형은 홍수 범람도 작성 및 침수피해 위험도 평가 등에 이용되고 있으며, 이때 홍수 범람도 작성이나 침수범위 설정에 이용되는 지형자료가 수치지형모형(DTM)이다. 수치지형모형에서 표고는 수치지도와 횡단자료를 중첩시켜 만든 TIN(Triangulated Irregular Network)과 같은 자료 구조 규칙을 사용하여 저장된다. HEC-GeoRAS에서 여러 가지 RAS Themes을 만드는데 이 중에서 지형속성 Themes을 생성할 때 문제점이 발생하는데 사용자가 HEC-GeoRAS 사용하여 직접 드로잉하기 때문에 잘못된 위치에 지형속성자료를 입력할 수 있다는 것이다. 또한 TIN생성 시 하천 고수호안이 수직 옹벽형태로 되어 있으면 벽체에 여러 개의 고도자료가 존재하는데 한 개의 고도값만 입력할 수 있어 횡단면이 왜곡된다는 점이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하고자 ArcView GIS에서 RAS Themes을 구축할 때 Auto CAD를 사용하여 지형속성자료를 드로잉 하였고, 수직 옹벽형태의 측점을 수정하여 고도값을 추가 입력하였다. 연구 대상지역은 광주천으로 고수호안이 수직 옹벽형태로 되어 있어 벽체에 여러 개의 고도값이 존재하므로 TIN 구축 시 횡단면이 왜곡되는 하천이다. 연구결과 횡단자료가 갖고 있는 좌표를 Auto CAD에서 입력할 수 있어 정확한 위치에 지형속성자료를 생성할 수 있었다. 또한 수직 옹벽형태의 측점을 수정하여 고도값을 추가 입력함으로써 횡단면 왜곡을 보완할 수 있었다. 홍수량에 따른 최대 침수심과 침수면적을 분석한 결과 횡단자료 수정 전 후 2배정도 차이가 생김을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과를 이용하면 보다 정확한 침수범위를 설정할 수 있고, 저빈도 홍수위 분석도 용이할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.49-58
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• 2014

This paper presents the results of a reduced-scale physical model investigation into the behavior of retaining walls subject to cycles of freezing and thawing due to seasonal temperature change. Reduced-scale model walls equipped with a temperature control chamber that can simulate freezing and thawing conditions were first constructed and a series of tests were conducted with due consideration of different initial water contents of backfill soil and soil types. The results indicate that cycles of freezing and thawing process increase wall deformation as well as earth pressure acting on the wall. Also revealed was that the effect of the freezing and thawing cycles becomes more pronounced for cases with a larger initial water content and for soils with a larger fine content. Practical implications of the findings from this study are discussed in great detail.