• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.209-220
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• 2001

준설매립지반 표층강도증진을 위한 수평진공배수공법 적용시의 압밀현상 예측을 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 초연약지반에 수평배수재와 진공압을 이용하여 수평진공배수 공법을 적용할 경우, 배수재 부근에서 3차원적 배수특성과 넓은 범위의 유효응력의 변화, 지반의 압축성 및 투수성이 크게 변화하게 된다. 이를 위하여 3차원 배수특성과 다양한 경계조건, 부의 간극수압 발생을 통한 유효응력의 증가, 유효응력에 따른 압축성과 투수성의 비선형성을 포함할 수 있도록 기존의 3차원 압밀 지배방정식을 확장 유도하였고, 유효응력-간극비-투수계수의 관계를 누승형태의 함수로 표현하여 사용하였다. 해석기법의 타당성을 검증하기 위하여 실내에서 수행된 대형 토조실험 결과를 모델링하여 좋은 일치를 확인하였고, 이를 바탕으로 수평진공배수공법 적용시의 압밀효과에 대한 분석결과 드레인이 타설된 상부지반에서는 균등한 개량효과의 결과를, 하부의 미개량 지반에서는 자중압밀에 의한 압밀효과를 확인할 수 있었으며 배수재의 수평타설 간격에 따른 압밀효과 분석을 통하여 적정 배수재 설치간격의 범위를 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.17-25
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• 2004

A horizontal drain method, which applies vacuum pressure at the end of a horizontal drain for discharging pore water, is used often for improving surface reclaimed clay in the field. In this study, to examine the effectiveness of improving consolidation or shear strength depends by varying vacuum pressure, laboratory chamber horizontal drain test using vacuum pressure is performed and the results is compared with that of self-weight consolidation. The results show that water content reduces with the increase of soil depth in case of self-weight consolidation, while it reduces near the horizontal drain and increases with the increase of the distance from the horizontal drain in case of applying vacuum pressure. The shear strength of dredged soil was improved as well, when the vacuum pressure is applied. The optimized consolidation was achieved at the vacuum pressure range of 30 to 50kPa in the laboratory box test of 50cm wide, considering the range of drain interval in the field was between 0.7 and 1.2m.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.137-146
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• 1997

In this study, a large consolidation test was carried out to estimate the consolidation behaviour of dredged clay ground improved by horizontal drain using plastic board drain with a vacuum pressure. The test results were analyzed by a numerical simulation using potential consolidation theory applied to a hollow cylinder. The rapid decreases in pore pressure and the drain speed in the plastic board indicate that the consolidation occurred quickly after the vacuum state was applied to the test soil. According to the numerical analysis obtained by applying the linear potential consolidation theory to a clay hollow cylinder with external radial drainage, the pore pressure is affected by the strain and the permeability of the soil rather than by the diffusion types. Therefore, measured surface settlement agreed with the numerical solution at the point where consolidation pressure increasing rate u: -0.5. Also the behaviour of the clay layer settlement in the place where the drain was installed was similar to that shown in Barron's consolidation theory. Finally, the design and construction procedure including the selection of the appropriate arrangement of horizontal drains were discussed based on the results of the laboratory tutsts. It is also shown that the potential consolidation theory make it possible to predict consolidation behaviour in the field using horizontal drains exactly.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.21 no.A
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• pp.293-301
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• 2001

This paper is experimental results of investigating the efficiency of horizontal vacuum drainage system. Effects of size and shape of drain on horizontal vacuum drainage were studied. Model tests in the laboratory with soft marine clay were carried out with drain pipe of having three different diameters and PBD (Plastic Board Drain) of strip shape so that consolidation settlement of soft clay due to applied vacuum pressure, amount of discharge, ground settlement and distributions of pore pressure and undrained shear strength were measured during testing. From results of model test, amount of discharge due to vacuum pressure was increased with the diameter of pipe drain whereas the drain efficiency of pipe in per unit area of drain surface was decreased with diameter of pipe. The rate of discharge per unit time was reduced very fast with diameter of pipe. Settlement of ground surface with time was increased with diameter of pipe as a result of increase of discharge to drain pipe.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.55-60
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• 2010

This study are carried out to an lab model tests to develop a construction method that solidifies high-water content cohesive soil by using filter type drain and vacuum pressure, and that stabilizes the ground by accelerating horizontal drain at incline or in tunnel. The calibration chamber was designed within length of 1.5m and height of 50cm, and a drainage hole for preconsolidation, a switchgear and a piezometer were installed at the bottom part of the chamber. Also, a settlement gage was installed at the top part so that it can measure the settlement by time. The calibration ground basis was made in a form of thin layer from kaolinite and bentonite in 9:1 ratio stirred at 130% water content condition. A filter type drain was installed at chamber center and a vacuum pressure of 0.8MPa was applied through a hose linked to the cap at the top part, then, the settlement was measured in every 1 hour interval. After experiment, the moisture contents were measured by position, then, verified the increase of solidity of the ground through a triaxial compression test on undisturbed profile. After 11 days from the effective date, it was observed that the settlement decreased by maximum 35mm and the water content ratio was reduced by 38% at most while the solidity of the ground increased by 5~8 times greater than before preconsolidation.