• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.37-46
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• 2011

To investigate the applicability of Precious Slag Ball as the alternative material such as vertical drains, it is necessary to check the drainage effect of it in the field construction. In order to attain an successful design it is important to predict problems encountered in field construction. Accordingly, in this study the laboratory tests were executed under different conditions before applying of the field. 4 cases including Precious Slag Ball, sand+Precious Slag Ball, pack Precious Slag Ball and sand as vertical drains were conducted, and under the base of the laboratory tests the field test was executed and analyzed. By the upper results it is apposite to use Precious Slag Ball as vertical drains.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.61-69
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• 2013

As construction for road and train tunnel is increasing, various geotechnical conditions can be faced during the construction stage. Especially, if the tunnel is located in limestone area, the cavity is mostly to locate in tunnel planning location. One or some cavities which can be harmful for tunnel safety are predicted. Hence, this study was fulfilled to confirm the influence between tunnel and cavity using laboratory scale down model test and numerical analysis. The scale down model test was carried out to confirm the failure load of the model ground about the interval length of cavity and tunnel and to analyze behaviour characteristics of the model ground on the cavity shape. From the model test result, the failure load decrease in accordance with decreasing of interval length between cavity and tunnel within 0.5D. The numerical analyses were carried out for verification about scale down model test. From the numerical analysis result, tunnel safety decreases in the case of the interval between cavity and tunnel within 0.5D.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.11-21
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• 2017

Ground subsidence mainly occurs due to the soil wash-away caused by cracked sewer pipes. It is necessary to understand the behavior surrounding soils with the formation of cavity and relaxation zone to set up counterplan. In this paper, a series of laboratory model tests and numerical analyses (Discrete Element Method) were performed to investigate the ground subsidence mechanism due to sewer pipe damage. For model tests, aluminum rod and trap door were used to simulate the behavior of model ground. Test results were compared with the numerical analyses conducted under the same boundary conditions with model tests. From this study, it was investigated the shape and size of cavity and relaxation zone due to the soil wash-away and a void ratio distribution of surrounding soils with relaxation properties.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.435-443
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• 2007

This study shows the prediction of the engineering properties of weathered zone bearing corestones through the engineering geological surveys and the scale model test in the laboratory. The window survey and the observation on the borehole core were peformed on three natural slopes in corestones area in order to analyse the distribution pattern and the geometrical properties of corestones. Natural corestones were crushed and abrased for the scale model test into less than 5 mm in maximum-2mm in average by the scale reduction ratio based on the size of natural corestones and the specimen size. Scale model tests were carried out on soil and plaster model specimens with different corestone content ratio - 0%, 10%, 20%. The direct shear test on soils shows that shear strength is increased by the increase of corestone content ratio. The increase of cohesion is, however, more important factor to the shear strength of soil for 20% corestone content ratio due to interlocking of crushed corestone particles. The plaster model test shows a tendance of increase of UCS and modulus of elasticity with increase of corestone content. The variation ratio of specimen property by change of corestone content ratio in plaster model test was applied to in situ properties in order to estimate the properties of weathered zone bearing corestones. So it could be predicted that the increase of corestone content to 10% and to 20% produce about 18% and 30% UCS's increase respectively.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.37-44
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• 1993

Model pile tests in calibration chamber are performed in order to study the two factors that the pile bearing capacity is significantly influenced by. Those factors are the critical depth concept and the scale effect caused by pile diameters. Firstly, the predicted values of end bearing capacity from the various static formulae were compared with the measured ones from model pile tests. Secondly, the critical depth concept and the scale effect were investigated by using two different soil conditions in a series of calibration chamber tests : the one is uniform sand : and the other is weathered granites overlayered by sand. Main results obtained from the model tests can be summarized as follows : (1) The end bearing capacity was increased with pile penetration depth up to penetration ratio of 7 to 8 when the cell pressure is high, and the critical depth was observed in the current chamber tests with uniform sand layer , (2) The predicted end bearing capacities were mostly lager than the measured, and it was found that the differences between the predicted and the measured values became smaller as the pile penetration ratio was increased : (3) The end bearing capacity of the small diameter pile in weathered granites layer was mostly less than that of the larger pile, while in uniform sand layer it was vice.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.429-430
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• 2012

3차원 유한요소 지하수 모형인 FEMWATER를 이용하여 실험실내에 축조된 모형 제방의 정상상태 침투흐름을 분석하였다. 수치 모형의 비교와 검증을 위해 실험실내에 모형 제방을 축조하였다. 홍수위 증가에 따른 비정상 상태의 침투수위 변화를 모의하였으며, 제외지 수위는 0.15 m, 0.20 m, 0.25 m, 0.30 m의 4가지 수심(각각 Case1~4) 조건으로 하였다. FEMWATER 모형의 매개변수는 투수계수, 수리전도도가 있으며, 각 매개변수에 대한 민감도 분석을 수행하였다. 수치모델링은 수리모형실험과 실험조건을 동일하게 하였으며, 수리모형실험에서 사용한 제방재료의 투수계수를 사용하였으며 제방의 투수계수는 1.35 m/day이다. 수치모형에 사용한 3차원 ?자의 층별 최대 높이는 0.05 m로 제한하였으며 3차원 유한요소망은 삼각형 요소를 사용하였다. 수치해석 결과는 수리모형실험 결과와 비교적 같은 양상을 보였으며, 침윤선의 상태를 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.284-284
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• 2020

지하수 흐름 모의를 위한 2차원 수조모형 실내 실험은 현장에서 발생하는 복잡성을 배재하는 동시에 간편함과 재현가능성을 제시하는 실험 방식이다. 지하수 흐름 모형은 수치모델을 구현하여 계산할 때 검증용 실험 결과를 얻는 목적으로 운용할 수 있으며 또한 테스트베드 규모의 실증 실험을 대신할 용도로 실증부지의 환경을 축소 모의하고자 하는 용도에도 사용할 수 있다. 본 연구는 모형의 길이에 비해 두께가 상대적으로 얇아 지하수 2차원을 모의할 수 있는 실내실험 방식의 표준을 제안한다. 연구 방법에서 인공 매질 및 모래와 같이 수조모형의 흐름 영역을 채우는 매질의 수리전도도 값을 간편하고 신속하게 계산하는 방식을 Dupuit 가정을 바탕으로 구현하였다. 모의하고자 하는 실증 부지와 수조 모형 사이에는 실험 규모의 축소와 확대의 근거를 이론적으로 뒷받침하는 상사성 (similarity)이 존재하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 상사성을 구현하는데 사용할 수 있는 무차원 변수를 수리지질학적 변수의 조합으로 표현하고자 하였다. 마지막으로 무차원화 변수를 수조 모형에 대입하여 실증부지를 모의하고 결과를 표출하는 방식을 제안하였다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.17-23
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• 2003

Accurate prediction of consolidation behaviors of the soft ground improved by plastic board drains is not easy because the consolidation characteristics of the improved ground has not been fully elucidated yet. The shape of drains is one of the most important factors which affect the consolidation characteristics of the improved ground. In this paper, a series of model consolidation tests of soft clay ground improved by plastic board drain were carried out, in order to investigate the effect of both plastic board width and stress level on consolidation characteristics of the improved ground. As the results, behaviors of both settlement and excess pore pressure dissipation were elucidated. Also, the non-uniform distribution of water content in the model ground was obtained. Then, in order to investigate the effect of vertical drainage on the consolidation behavior in the model tests, the comparison between experimental consolidation behaviors and Barron's theoretical ones were carried out. As the results, it was elucidated that the consolidation behavior in the model tests was affected not only by radial drainage but also by vertical drainage.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.35-42
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• 2011

In this paper, model experiments in the laboratory were carried out to predict the effluent concentrations of suspended solid in containment of dumping dredged soils and test results were compared with results estimated by the currently used design method. Model tests of simulating dumping the dredged soils with a pump dredger in field were performed with changing the influent concentration and the length of containment and effluent concentration of suspended solid with time were measured during tests. As results of comparing test results about effluent concentration with those estimated from the design method by US Army COE(1987), they were confirmed to be in relatively good agreements.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.262-262
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• 2022

토석류는 산지 사면에서 발생하여 지형변화에 큰 영향을 미치는 대표적인 자연재해 중 하나로 국내에서 발생하는 토석류는 홍수, 태풍 등 타 재해에 비하여 상대적으로 매우 짧은 시간에 발생하며, 사후대응이 어려우므로 사전대비가 필수적이다. 토석류로 인한 피해를 효과적으로 대비하기 위해서는 국내의 지질, 지형 그리고 강우에 따라 발생하는 토석류에 대한 보다 체계적인 정밀현장조사를 통한 자료 구축과 이를 분석한 토석류의 발생원인, 이동경로와 침식 및 퇴적에 관한 연구가 필요하다. 최근의 토석류 연구에서는 침식-퇴적 및 연행작용에 의한 효과를 반영한 수치모의 연구들이 있으나, 모형의 검증을 위한 침식-퇴적 거동에 대한 자료는 현재까지 매우 부족한 실정이다. 토석류 발생에 따른 침식-퇴적 거동특성은 그 자체로도 공학적으로 중요한 요소이며, 수치해석 모의에 필요한 매개변수 추정에도 필요한 항목이다. 토석류 모의의 검증자료로 활용될 수 있는 토석류에 대한 실험적 연구는 토석류의 확산 형태 및 확산 길이에 대한 내용이 대부분으로 흐름수로에서의 침식 및 퇴적에 대한 연구는 찾아보기 어려운 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 토석류 발생에 따른 흐름부에서의 침식 및 퇴적에 대한 거동 특성을 분석하기 위하여 함수비, 흐름수로 경사, 상부 붕괴토조의 토사깊이, 흐름수로 침식가능 깊이 등 다양한 조건으로 실내모형실험을 수행하였다. 상부 토조의 토사 함수비가 30~80% 실험에서는 퇴적 현상이 탁월하였고, 100% 이상인 실험에서는 침식 현상이 확연하게 나타나 토사의 함수비가 높아지면 집중호우 등 선행강우로 인한 산지 지역에서 발생되는 토석류 현상과 유사하고, 함수비가 낮으면 토석류(Debris flow)가 아닌 입상유동(Granular flow)으로 보는 것이 적절한 것으로 판단된다. 상부 토조의 함수비를 100% 이상으로 변화하여 침식이 발생한 실험에서 상부 토조의 액화 된 토사는 빠른 속도로 흐름이 진행되면서 함수비와 붕괴 체적이 증가할수록 흐름수로 상류부에 침식이 크게 나타나고, 상류부의 토사를 중류부를 거쳐 하류부까지 연행(Entrainment)하는 것으로 판단된다.