• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.27 no.12
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• pp.107-116
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• 2011

Rigid soil containers (or rigid boxes) are often used for 1g shaking table tests. The rigid boxes, however, do not accurately simulate the amplification of ground acceleration and phase difference of seismic motion in the model ground due to the confinement of shear deformation and the reflection of seismic wave at the box walls. Laminar soil containers (or laminar shear boxes) can simulate the free field motion at convincingly superior accuracy than the rigid ones. In this study, the soft ground is modeled for both types of boxes and is subjected to seismic loading using a 1g shaking table. The comparison of the results using the two types of soil containers illustrates that, in case of the rigid box, the ground acceleration shows non uniform distribution and the phase synchronization of input motion. Whereas, the dynamic behavior of the laminar shear box shows good agreement with the free field behaviors such as the amplification of ground acceleration and the occurrence of phase difference.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.36 no.11
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• pp.61-70
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• 2020

In dynamic centrifuge tests, equivalent shear beam (ESB) container minimizes the boundary effect between the soil model and the wall of the container so as to effectively simulate the boundary conditions of real field state. The ESB container at KAIST was evaluated to be performing properly by Lee et al. (2013). However, it is necessary to re-evaluate the performance of ESB container since the ESB container may have deteriorated over time. Thus, the performance of eight-year-old ESB container was re-evaluated through dynamic centrifuge tests. Firstly, the natural period of the empty ESB container was compared with the results of Lee et al. (2013). Then the boundary effect of sand-filled ESB container was evaluated. Results show that the dynamic behavior of the sand-filled ESB container was similar to that of the ground, despite a decrease in the natural period of the empty ESB container over time. In addition, the dynamic response of the ground built in the ESB container and the same ground simulated through numerical analysis with free-field boundary conditions were similar. Therefore, it was found that the boundary effect of the ESB container due to the decrease in the natural period was not significant.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.306-306
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• 2015

기존 토사유출실험 연구는 대체로 유출구에서 유사의 총량을 일정한 시간 간격으로 측정했다. 이 같은 방식으로는 총 토사유출량의 시간적 변화는 알 수 있으나, 토사유출의 공간적 분포 변화는 알 수 없기 때문에 토사유출의 취약지점을 파악하고 이를 제시할 수 없다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 한계를 극복하고자 입체사진측량 기법을 도입하여 토사유출의 공간분포를 측정하고 각 지점이 총 토사유출량에 기여하는 정도를 파악하였다. 토조($2m{\times}1m{\times}0.3m$)로부터 약 1.5 m 높이에서 고해상도 디지털 카메라를 이용하여 토조 내 표면을 촬영하였고, 입체사진측량 기법을 이용해 토조 내 수치표고모형(Digital Elevation Models)을 추출하였다. 수치표고모형 추출 과정에서는 고도값의 오차 범위를 확인하였고 격자 해상도를 다양하게 설정하면서 최적의 격자 해상도를 평가해보았다. 최종적으로 구한 일련의 수치표고모형으로부터 토사유출의 시공간적 변화를 파악할 수 있었으며, 이는 토조 내 토사유출 과정에 대한 보다 세밀한 이해를 가져올 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.555-562
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• 2019

This paper presents soil deformation measurement in model chamber based on photogrammetry. We created an aluminum framed acrylic model chamber with soil inside and applied photogrammetry to measure soil deformation caused by loading tests. The soil consists of 40% black and 60% regular sand to create image contrast in soil images. In preprocessing, the self camera calibration was carried out for IOPs (Interior Orientation Parameters), followed by the space resection to estimate EOPs (Exterior Orientation Parameters) using control points located along the aluminum frame. Image matching was applied to measure the soil displacement. We tested different matching window sizes and the effect of image smoothing. Experimental results showed that 65x65 pixels of window size produced better soil deformation map and the image smoothing was useful to suppress the matching outliers. In conclusion, photogrammetry was able to efficiently generated soil deformation map.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.66-66
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• 2017

국내 농촌의 인구고령화, 여성화 증가로 인한 농촌노동력 감소 문제를 해결하기 위해 농업기계자동화에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구는 자동화농업기계 중 자동 이식기의 성능평가 기술을 개발하기 위해 수행되었으며 이를 위해 자동 정식기의 핵심부품인 이식호퍼의 결주율, 이식율, 주간간격, 운동궤적 등을 측정할 수 있는 원형토조 실험장치를 개발하였다. 원형토조 실험장치는 원형토조, 이식호퍼 구동장치, 컨트롤러로 구성되어 있으며 이식호퍼의 회전속도(rpm)를 조절하여 주간간격을 조절할 수 있고 초고속 카메라를 이용하여 이식호퍼의 운동궤적을 측정할 수 있다. 이식작물로 고추, 양배추, 브로콜리의 3종류의 육묘를 이용하여 이식호퍼의 회전속도를 20~60 rpm 구간에서 10 rpm 단위로 속도조건변화를 주고 결주율과 이식율을 측정하였다. 이식호퍼 rpm 속도에 따른 주간거리는 190~560 mm로 나타났다. 각 rpm 단수, 작물별 평균 이식율은 고추육묘가 약 97%, 양배추육묘가 약 94%, 브로콜리육묘가 약 95%로 나타났다. 또한 초고속 카메라를 이용하여 측정한 이식호퍼의 운동궤적을 통해 선진사 제품과 대비하여 차이를 보인 것을 확인하였다. 향후 원형토조 실험장치를 이용해 다양한 작물 및 토양조건에서의 실험 및 토양저항 측정장치 개발을 통해 이식작업 진행중에 호퍼에 걸리는 부하에 대한 성능평가시험을 할 계획이다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.59-68
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• 2007

In this study, evaluation of load capacity and CPT-load capacity parameters were performed using calibration chamber tests for different types of piles including straight-side and tapered piles. Various soil conditions were considered in the investigation, aiming at establishing design procedure for foundation of electronic transmission tower structures. Test results show that no significant difference of total load capacity from straight-side and tapered piles, while individual components of base and shaft load capacities were quite different. Based on the test results, values of CPT-load capacity correlation parameters for different pile types were analyzed for the evaluation of both base and shaft load capacities.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.485-501
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• 2012

This study aims to experimentally investigate ground settlement and ground movement around the square pipe by its penetration in sandy ground. A series of laboratory model tests were carried out with a small-scale auger equipment for penetration of a square pipe as well as a newly designed test box with a sand raining equipment. From the experiments, it is shown that a square pipe induces ground movement evenly around it in a low overburden condition. However, as the overburden becomes higher, ground movement by a square pipe is concentrated mainly above it. Especially, horizontal strain above the square pipe was mainly dominated by its penetration. In addition, sand surface movement is the smallest in case of the dimensionless penetration rate equal to 0.2. When its penetration rate of the square pipe is fixed, the rotation speed of auger controls surface movement whether it is settlement or heaving. Therefore, the selection of an optimal dimensionless rate for the square pipe is a key design factor to minimize ground settlement in a trenchless construction.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.173-180
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• 2013

In this paper, we studied on measurement of soil deformation around the tip of model pile by close-range photogrammetry. The rigorous bundle adjustment method was utilized to monitor the soil deformation in the laboratory model pile-load test as function of incremental penetration of the pile. Control points were installed on the frame of the laboratory model box case and more than 150 target points were inserted inside the soil around the model pile and on the surface. Four overlapping images including three horizontal and one vertical image were acquired by a non-metric camera for each penetration step. The images were processed to automatically locate the control and target points in the images for the self-calibration and the bundle adjustment. During the bundle adjustment, the refraction index of the acrylic case of the laboratory model was accounted for accurate measurement. The experiment showed the proposed approach enabled the automated photogrammetric monitoring of soil deformation around the tip of model pile.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.65-73
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• 2002

Underground flexible pipes for electric cables are subject to external loads and surrounding soil pressure. Particularly, strain of flexible pipes is of great concern in terms of safety and maintenance for electric cables. In this paper, stress and strain of flexible pipes with various depth are compared using traditional formula, FEM analysis and model soil box test. The results show that theoretical values are more conservative in strain in comparison with model soil box test and FEM analysis. Considering the strain criteria - maximum 3.5%, flexible pipes can be buried at the depth of 40cm without additional soil improvement. From the result of this study, deformation formula compatible with the field condition was proposed.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.489-499
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• 2018

A flume experiments was used to study the characteristics of the surface displacements and volumetric water contents (VWC) during torrential rain. The surface displacement and VWC of the granite weathered soil were measured for rainfall intensity (100, 200 mm/hr) and initial ground condition (VWC 7, 14, 26%). The test processes were also recorded by video cameras. According to the test results, The shallow failure is classified into three types: retrogressive failure, progressive failure and defined failure. In the case of retrogressive failure and progressive failure, relatively large damage could occur due to the feature that soil is deposited to the bottom of the slope. the shallow failure occurred when the VWC reached a certain value regardless of the initial soil condition. It was found that the shallow failure can be predicted through the increase patton of the VWC under the condition of the ground dry condition (VWC 7%) and the natural condition (VWC 14%). For high rainfall intensity, progressive failure predominated, and rainfall intensity above a certain level did not affect wetting front transition.