• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 2005

Dredged soil from sea has much higher water content than liquid limit of clay and even if small loads apply, it will suffer a great settlement. Therefore it is very difficult to perform a consolidation test with general consolidation apparatus because of high water content. In this study Rowe cell apparatus consolidation tests have been performed with 5 slurry clays of a water content of 100%, 110%, 120%, 133%, and 150%. From the test results the consolidation characteristics such as compression index, secondary compression index, consolidation coefficient, and strain have been investigated with a variation of water content of dredged soil. The equations to get consolidation constants such as a compression index, a coefficient of consolidation, and strain have been proposed with the field water content.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.1C
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• pp.1-5
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• 2010

The river maintenance processing has revealed that the river beds in Korea have been significantly polluted in various ways for the last two decades. Thus, the dredging, transportation and landfilling of these contaminated materials are attracting public attention these days. In this study, electrokinetic method was applied in order to accelerate the settling processes of clay particles in suspension and evaluate the factors affecting the settling behaviour. It has been found from the testing results that the settling velocity under the influence of electrokinetics was much faster than the gravitational one, and the water content of slurry soil reduced significantly after the electrokinetic processing. The initial water content of slurry soil should be one of the important factors affecting the settling behaviour as well as variation of water content, and hence the electrokinetic processing would be the cost-effective method for the field application.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.37 no.12
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• pp.1192-1197
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• 2000

Si-Mg 첨가물, LiOH, NaOH로부터 제조한 슬러리의 수열반응으로 헥토라이트 점토를 합성하였다. 수열합성의 온도와 반응시간에 따른 합성헥토라이트 점토의 화학적 조성과 결정형태를 조사하였고, 합성헥토라이트 0.2~1.0% 수분산액의 투과도와 입경을 UV-VIS 분광광도계와 투과전자현미경으로 각각 측정하였다. 합성헥토라이트 수분산액의 투과도와 유동성은 25$0^{\circ}C$, 6시간의 합성조건과 Si/Mg/Li/Na=8.0/5.4/0.6/0.6의 조성에서 최대치를 나타내었고, Mg/Si=5.4/8.0의 슬러리 조성으로부터 합성된 헥토라이트(Hec-6)가 최적의 투명성과 용액점도를 나타내었다. 또한 Hec-6의 수분산액은 높은 전단력에서 낮은 점도의 졸상으로 전화됨으로서 요변성을 나타내었고, 1.0% Hec-6/sodium carboxymethyl cellulose(50/50) 혼합용액은 전단력이 1.0 s$^{-1}$ 이상에서 1.0% Hec-6 수분산액보다 더욱 높은 점도를 나타냄으로서 점도의 상승효과가 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.38 no.7
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• pp.654-659
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• 2001

고령토 슬러리의 분산특성에 미치는 양이온성 polyethyleneimine 결합제의 영향을 고찰하였다. 분산제인 Sodium Hexametaphosphate (SHP)를 0.8 wt% 첨가한 경우와 첨가하지 않은 두 가지 슬러리 내에서 polyethyleneimine (PEI)의 첨가량에 따른 슬러리의 응집, 분산거동을 점도 및 제타전위 측정을 통해 평가하였다. 슬러리 내에 SHP 유무에 상관없이 PEI 농도가 0.02 wt%일 경우에는 응집, 0.6 wt%에서는 분산, 0.6 wt% 이상에서는 재응집되는 것으로 각각 나타났다. 슬러리가 응집-분산-재응집과정을 거치는 동안 점토입자의 제타전위는 항상 일정한 값을 유지하였다. 또한 입자표면의 PEI의 흡착량은 SHP를 첨가한 슬러리의 경우가 크게 나타났으며, 분산성은 상대적으로 더 향상됨을 알 수 있었다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.3C
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• pp.143-148
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• 2008

This paper demonstrates settling and further consolidation behaviour of dredged clayey soils during landfilling. The effects of initial moisture content, electrolyte type and concentration on settling and consolidation behaviour were examined and evaluated by laboratory column tests. Electrokinetic tests were carried out with modified settling column to compare the soil behaviour under the gravity. From the testing results, the settling velocity increased due to the effects of cations in the electrolyte solution, and electrically induced settlements were found to be greater than those under the gravity.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.822-826
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• 2015

This study investigated the possible use of vibration from polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF) film to enhance the performance of the deteriorated tunnel drainage due to physical/chemical clogging of the fine particles through a series of laboratory experiments. The test program was consisted of two different experiments, fundamental investigation and drainage model test. In the fundamental investigation, flow of clay slurry mixed with 50% water (freshwater and brine) on PVDF film with various frequencies was examined. In the model tests, slurry clogging to the woven fiber attached to drainage pipe and its reduction by vibration was investigated. Results of the experiment show that vibration from PVDF film enhances the drain performance significantly. Based upon the investigation, it gives an essential data that are needed for a potential use of hybrid drainage system with PVDF.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.17-24
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• 2002

The objective of the present research is to evaluate the wave propagation velocity and attenuation characteristics of kaolin clay specimens using ultrasonic testing. Test specimens with known initial micro-fabric were prepared using a two-stage slurry consolidation technique. For a known state of stress conditions, initial void ratio, and micro-fabric, a series of experiments were conducted to evaluate the longitudinal wave propagation velocity and associated damping behavior. The effects of major variables involved in ultrasonic testing of cohesive soil were considered in this study. Ultrasonic velocity was not correlated to the microfabric structure under the given consolidated pressure whereas ultrasonic attenuation was affected by the microstructural properties of the specimen.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2003.03a
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• pp.875-883
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• 2003

Slurry clay has much higher water content than liquid limit of clay and even if small loads apply, it suffers a great settlement. Accordingly it is very difficult to perform a general consolidation test about slurry clay because of high water content. In this study consolidation tests have been performed successfully using Rowe Cell Tester about 1 remolding clay and 3 slurry clays with a water content of 100%, 133% and 150%. From the test results compression index characteristics, secondary compression index characteristics and consolidation coefficient characteristics have been investigated about slurry clay and remolding clay. Also two kinds of theory, by Terzaghi theory and by Mikasa theory, has been used to calculate consolidation coefficients. Compared to the calculation results, they had a similar value of consolidation coefficient. However if Mikasa theory is applied in the field design, the period which reach to the required consolidation degree will be much reduced compared to the period by Terzaghi theory because the time coefficient T$\_$v/ by Mikasa theory is far smaller than T$\_$v/ by Terzaghi theory.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.88-93
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• 2006

To recycle the electric arc furnace (EAF) dust as a ceramic raw materials, the leaching concentrations of heavy metals (Zn, Pb, Cr, Cd) were analysed with various pH and mixing ratios for EAF dust and EAF dust-clay mixtures. The evaporation amounts of the some heavy metals were evaluated by measuring their total concentrations in the sintered bodies of EAF dust-clay mixtures with various mixing ratio and sintering temperature. Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) test was conducted for evaluating the chemical stabilities of the heavy metal elements. Leaching concentrations of heavy metal ions shows minimum leaching concentration at the pH 10. Evaporation amount of heavy metals in the sintered bodies were evaluated for the mixtures of pH 10 depenidng on mixing ratio and sintering temperature. Evaporation of heavy metal components were increased with increasing the sintering temperature and contents of the EAF dust. The evaporation of the heavy metal components in EAF dust was effectively suppressed by increasing the clay content. The leaching concentrations of heavy metal components were decreased with increasing clay content and temperature.

• Journal of Korea Soil Environment Society
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.67-79
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• 1996

Clay soils typically have low hydraulic conductivities in the presence of high polarity pore fluid, such as water. Low polarity fluids, such as hydrocarbon fuels and halogenated organic solvents, typically cannot migrate into clay pores because they cannot displace the pore water. Oxygenated additives in gasoline, such as alcohols and methyl-tert-butyl ether, are increasingly used to control air pollution emissions. These relatively polar and highly water-soluble compounds may facilitate displacement of pore water and enhance migration of fuels and solvents through clay-rich soil strata. In the reported research, the migration of gasoline-alcohol fuel mixtures (gasohol) through consolidated clay was examined. Prepared kaolinite clay samples were consolidated from slurry, and various combinations of gasoline, alcohol, and water were applied to the clays under 152 Pa gauge pressure. Movement of the fluids into the clay samples was monitored by measur ing displaced pore fluid and by magnetic resonance imaging of the samples. The structures of selected samples were examined using environmental scanning electron microscopy. Results of the research suggest that alcohol added to hydrocarbon fuels can enhance migration through some clays significantly. Gasoline did not migrate appreciably into water saturated clay, even after 14 days under pressure. The gasohol mixture migrated readily into the clay in only 20 minutes. Increased hydraulic conductivity of the clay in the presence of gasohol is hypothesized to be due to the collapse of the clays pore structure when ethanol is present, creating larger pores. Increasing pore diameter decreases the capillary pressure needed for the gasohol to replace water and allows gasohol to migrate through the clay.