• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 1994

In general there are many cracks in rocks. In this study, we are concerned with the mechanical effect on cracks on the behavior of rocks. For this purpose, we used spedmens rnade of mortar having one crack set which has a constant length and same direction. Orientafion of this set was varied with respect to the loading axis. We did a number of uniaxial experiments and observed propagafion of the crack set to understand the effect set of the geometry of the crack set and its location on the mechanical behavior of the rocks with distributed crack sets. Finally, we analysed our experiments by FEM elastic analyses and Homogenization theory.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.393-402
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• 2012

A behavior of ridge-cut rock slope had been monitored by installing inclinometers and regional slope movement toward rear side of cut face was detected. To delineate the governing factors of slope behavior, especially backward slip of ridge-cut slope, petrographic characteristics of rock cores obtained from four drilled boreholes had been examined. BIPS images inside boreholes had been acquired and structural characteristics of slope rock had been studied. Mechanical properties of discontinuity planes distributed in the drilled core had been measured and the shear strength of coal seam imbedded-discontinuity planes also had been obtained by performing the direct shear test. Monitoring results of slope behavior had been analyzed by comprehensibly considering both the mechanical and structural characteristics of slope rock and coal seam-imbedded discontinuity planes, and the potential governance of coal seam and clay minerals embedded in the joint plane on the regional slope behavior has been also identified.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.464-474
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• 2007

An enhancement in the performance and safety of a high-level waste repository requires a validation of its engineered barrier. An engineering-scale test (named "KENTEX") has been conducted to investigate the thermal-hydro-mechanical behaviors in the engineered barrier of the Korean reference disposal system The validation test started on May 31, 2005 and is still under operation. The experimental data obtained allowed a preliminary and qualitative interpretation of the thermal-hydro-mechanical behaviors in the bentonite blocks. The temperature was higher as it became closer to the heater, while it became lower as it was farther away from the heater. The water content had a higher value in the part close to the hydration surface than that in the heater part. The relative humidity data suggested that a hydration of the bentonite blocks might occur by different drying-wetting processes, depending on their position. The total pressure was continuously increased by the evolution of the saturation front in the bentonite blocks and thereby the swelling pressure. Near the heater region, there was also a significant contribution of the thermal expansion of bentonite and the vapor pressure in the pores of the bentonite blocks.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.573-590
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• 2020

This study presents the current status of DECOVALEX-2023 project Task G and our research results so far. Task G, named 'Safety ImplicAtions of Fluid Flow, Shear, Thermal and Reaction Processes within Crystalline Rock Fracture NETworks (SAFENET)' aims at developing a numerical method to simulate the fracture creation and propagation, and the coupled thermohydro-mechanical processes in fracture in crystalline rocks. The first research step of Task G is a benchmark simulation, which is designed for research teams to make their modelling codes more robust and verify whether the models can represent an analytical solution for displacements of a single rock fracture. We reproduced the mechanical behavior of rock and embedded single fracture using a three-dimensional grain-based distinct element model for the simulations. In this method, the structure of the rock was represented by an assembly of rigid tetrahedral grains moving independently of each other, and the mechanical interactions at the grains and their contacts were calculated using 3DEC. The simulation results revealed that the stresses induced along the embedded fracture in the model were relatively low compared to those calculated by stress analysis due to stress redistribution and constrained fracture displacements. The fracture normal and shear displacements of the numerical model showed good agreement with the analytical solutions. The numerical model will be enhanced by continuing collaboration and interaction with other research teams of DECOVALEX-2023 Task G and validated using various experiments in a further study.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.57 no.6
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• pp.37-41
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• 2017

이 글에서는 분자동역학 및 탄성 네트워크 모델 기반 계산과학 기법을 이용하여 단백질의 역학적 거동 해석에 대한 연구를 소개하고자 한다.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.11-15
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• 1994

본 고에서는 축대칭회전 Shell을 해석모델로 선정하여 주로 Shell의 휨 강성이 구조체의 거동에 미치는 영향에 대하여 검토하였다. 어떠한 구조형식이든 외력의 작용하에서 발생되는 응력이 축방향력 뿐이라는 것은 상당히 합리적이고 역학적으로도 명쾌한 동시에, 실제 설계상 이상적인 판단기준을 부여하지만, 실제로는 필히 휨상태를 수반하게 된다. 이러한 휨상태는 구성요소의 휨강성에 크게 의존하고 있고, 구조체에 어느정도의 휨강성을 부여하므로써 작용하중에 대한 저항능력의 증가, 변형 및 응력의 저감에 효과적이라는 것을 알 수 있다. 본 고에서는 등방성 Shell에 대한 선형 해석결과만을 게재하였으나, 이러한 성상은 여러가지 영향인자(지지조건, 하중상태 등)에 따라 아주 상이하게 나타나기 때문에 세심한 고찰이 필요하다고 할 수 있다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.131-144
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• 2010

The design and construction of tunnels has been followed an large parallel tunnels with a small clearance because of the various conditions. Rock pillar between each single tunnel is supposed to be under heavy load by rock mass. The stability of pillar is very important for the ensure the stability of the large parallel tunnels. In this study, the analysis of stress state of pillar at various construction cases is reviewed to investigate the mechanical behaviour of tunnels and stability of the pillar.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.1-7
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• 2003

In the study, aeroelastic behaviors and aerodynamic performances of flexible airfoil in low Reynolds number environment are evaluated. To facilitate the present study, flexible airfoil in modeled through attaching massless membrane in portion of the upper CLARK-Y airfoil surface, which is often proposed low Reynolds number airfoil. The behavior of membrane in governed by aerodynamic forces and membrane equilibrium equation. Nondimensional parameter deducted by nondimensionalizing the membrane equilibrium equation, which represents the interaction between fluid and membrane has a great influence on membrane aeroelastic behavior. Changing the starting point of the membrane is conducted on aerodynamic performances. As a result, the value of nondimensional parameter should almost linearly increase according to moving the starting point of the membrane surface toward the trailing edge.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.132-134
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• 2003

직물에 부직포 심지를 부착하면, 각각 단독으로 있을 때와는 다른 새로운 특성을 나타내게 되고, 그러한 복합재료의 역학적 성질들을 그것의 구성성분들의 성질들로부터 예견하려는 시도가 많이 행해지고 있다. 이에 대해서는 복합재료와 구성성분들의 역학적 성질들 비교[1,2]에서부터 구성성분들의 역학적 성질들의 합에 가중치를 적용해서 구성성분들과 복합재료의 역학적 성질들의 상관관계를 구하려는 노력[3,4,5], 구성성분들 뿐만 아니라 접착제의 상태가 최종 복합재료의 역학적 성질에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구[6,7]까지 다양한 관점에서 연구가 행해지고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics Conference
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• 1996.03a
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• pp.83-94
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• 1996

지하 암반구조물의 안정적 설계 및 효율적 시공을 위해서는 공동설계 및 거동예측에 필요한 지질공학적 자료의 획득이 가장 중요하다. 현재 절리 등의 불연속면을 포함한 현장암반의 역학적 특성계수 및 응력 상태에 대한 조사기법들이 다양하게 개발되어 신뢰성 있는 분석결과를 제공하고 있다. (중략)