• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.83-91
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• 2008

Previous settlement prediction methods based on settlement monitoring were developed under instantaneous loading condition and have restriction to be applied to soft ground under ramp loading condition. In this study, settlement prediction method under ramp loading was developed. New settlement prediction method under ramp loading considered influence factors of consolidation settlement such as thickness of clayed layer, quantity of surcharge load and preconsolidation pressure, etc. Geometrical correction method based on hyperbolic method (1991) and correction method based on probability theory were applied to increase accuracy of settlement prediction using field monitoring data after ramp loading. Large consolidation tests for ideally controlled one dimensional consolidation under ramp loading condition were performed and the settlement behavior was predicted based on the monitoring data. New prediction method yielded good result of entire settlement behavior by using data during an early stage of ramp load. Additionally, new prediction method offered better settlement prediction which had final settlement prediction in close proximity and low RMSE(Root Mean Square Error) than previous method such as hyperbolic method did.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1996.04a
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• pp.91-107
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• 1996

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1996.12a
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• pp.117-140
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• 1996

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1999.02a
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• pp.48-61
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• 1999

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1994.06b
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• pp.105-122
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• 1994

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.202-208
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• 2005

In Korea it tends to rely on foreign standards for the stability management of the embankment slope on the soft clay layer. The Matsuo-Kawamura's method, the Kurihara's method, the Tominaga- Hashimoto's method and the Shibata-Sekiguchi's method are generally employed at site. In this study these slope stability methods are investigated and the applicability of the stability management methods is evaluated through numerical analysis. It is evaluated that stability is overestimated to some degree by the Matsuo-Kawamura method. According to the result by the Tominaga-Hashimoto method there is some risk of sudden failure. This implies that the careful attention is necessary for the management of monitoring the field data. Even though the stability tends to be underestimated by the Kurihara's method, however, it is estimated that this method is applicable to the field when the probable uncertainty at site is considered. For the Shibata-Sekiguchi's method, there is some difficulties in determining the failure index for the practical application, it is considered as safe when the existing estimated failure index is greater than ${\Delta}_q/{\Delta}{\delta}$. In this study, however, it is evaluated to be safe as well when ${\Delta}_q/{\Delta}{\delta}$ to load shows the tendency of constant increase.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.5-21
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• 2014

It has been pointed out that the collapses of unsaturated road embankments caused by earthquake are attributed to high water content caused by the seepage of the underground water and/or the rainfall infiltration. Hence, it is important to study influences of water content on the dynamic stability and deformation mode of unsaturated road embankments for development of a proper design scheme including an effective reinforcement to prevent severe damage. This study demonstrates dynamic centrifugal model tests with different water contents to investigate the effect of water content on deformation and failure behaviors of unsaturated road embankments. Based on the measurement of displacement, the pore water pressure and the acceleration during dynamic loading, dynamic behavior of the unsaturated road embankments with about optimum water content and the higher water content than the optimum one have been examined. In addition, an image analysis has revealed the displacement field and the distributions of strains in the road embankment, by which deformation mode of the road embankment with higher water content has been clarified. It has been confirmed that in the case of higher water content the settlement of the crown is large mainly owing to the volume compression underneath the crown, while the small confining pressure at the toe and near the slope surface induces large shear deformation with volume expansion.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.35-44
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• 2013

This paper presents the slope wall technique using soil improvement material for reinforced soil slope through laboratory scale model tests, and verifies the experimental results comparing with numerical analysis. In additional, case study in field has performed to investigate the deformation of reinforced soil slope for 6 months. As a result of laboratory scale model test, numerical analysis, and case study, the reinforcement effect of the slope wall technique using soil improvement material is sufficient to be constructed as reinforced soil slope. The technique shows the stable ratio (0.4%) of horizontal to vertical deformation in the surface loading.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2010.03a
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• pp.951-956
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 $\bigcirc\bigcirc$화력발전소 회사장에 매립되고 있는 혼합회가 도로성토 및 철도노반 등 성토재로 사용될 수 있는가를 평가하기 위하여 물리적 및 역학적 특성을 평가하였다. 비중, 액소성 시험, 입도분석, XRD 시험, 강열감량시험, 실내투수시험을 통해 물리적 특성을 평가하였고 다짐시험, CBR 시험, 배수삼축압축시험을 실시하여 역학적 특성을 평가하였다. 두 가지 혼합회에 실험한 결과 비중은 2.181~2.189, 투수계수는 $1.32{\times}10^{-4}{\sim}1.89{\times}10^{-4}cm/sec$, 수정CBR은 19.5~21%, 배수마찰각은 $36.43{\sim}41.39^{\circ}$로 평가 되었다. 혼합회의 투수계수는 실트질 흙과 유사한 범위에 있으며 배수마찰각은 상대밀도가 큰 모래질 흙이 보일 수 있는 내부마찰각의 범위를 보였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 혼합회는 도로성토 및 철도노반 등 성토재로 사용할 수 있는 것으로 평가되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.105-111
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• 2008

To improve the stability of levee structure, it is required to use good quality fill materials, intensive management, appropriate hydraulic structure and construction of cut-off wall. In particular, the most important factor of levee construction technology is to use bed sediment for its safety. In this study, seepage model test and numerical analysis were performed based on a standard section of levee recommended in the river design standard of korea (2005). The results of test and analysis show that most of the bed soil is a sand (SP in USCS), which does not satisfy the permeability criteria for levee materials ($< k=10^{-3}cm/sec$), thus for the safety of levee it is required to adopt a stabilizing method such as good quality soil mixing, water content control.