• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.307-310
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• 1998

연약지반상에 고속도로 노체를 형성하기 위해서는 다양한 지반개량공법이 적용되며 그 중 가장 보편적인 개량공법이 연직배수를 통한 압밀촉진 공법이다. 이와 같은 압밀촉진공법이 효율적으로 이루어지기 위해서는 연약층 내부에 타입하는 연직배수재의 역할도 중요하지만, 연직배수재를 통해서 상승하는 압밀수를 신속히 제체 밖으로 배출시킬 수 있는 수평배수기능도 매우 중요하다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.3-9
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• 2005

Natural fiber mat made with compressed coconut mat and jute filter is in the spotlight recently as an alternative material for sand mat, which is getting expensive in Korea. Tensile strength and permeability tests for the natural fiber mat were carried out to evaluate for its practical use in this study. Despite of very low tensile strength of coconut mat, that of jute filter was satisfied with conventional criteria of geotextile suggested by Christopher and Holtz(1985). Besides, permeability of fiber mat under high compressive pressure was greater than that of conventional sand material used as sand mat. It was found that the fiber mat has a great potential in substituting the conventional sand material.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1998.03a
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• pp.119-126
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• 1998

• Journal of Korean Port Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.329-336
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• 1998

Sandmats are used to dissipate trapped water rapidly from the embankment built on marine soft ground. At present, however, it becomes difficult to obtain qualified sands since natural resources such as river sand are to exhausted. Also, low permeability of sand may cause low degree of consolidation and instability of embankment. In this study, design and construction methods was discussed. Drainage capacities of prefabricated horizontal drains which were installed in highway construction site are investigated in order to find possible substitution for river sands as drainage materials. On the basis of measurement data at the construction site, it was concluded that use of the prefabricated horizontal drains shows satisfactory drainage capacity without instability of embankment.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.11-20
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• 2014

To create a large-scale complex, it is often the case to perform ground improvement by using vertical drain method after the reclamation of coastal soft ground, for construction period shortening and stable site renovation. During this process, the pore water migrates to the horizontal drainage layer of the ground surface through the vertical drain installed in the soft ground and discharged out to the open. In the past sand was used as the material for the horizontal drainage layer in numerous cases, however recently, due to material shortage and high pricing, the use of crushed stones has increased. To prevent mixing of the materials between the horizontal drainage layer and the upper landfill, geosynthetics (PPMat) are installed. However, the use of geosynthetics results in high additional cost for material purchase and installation, therefore it is necessary to examine the validity of the installation itself. In this study, to verify the necessity, model tests were performed. Results from the model tests indicate that the drainage ability of the horizontal drainage layer is barely affected by the application of geosynthetics.