• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.163-172
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• 1998

To study the carrying capacity behavior of pile, dynamic pile testis and static load tests were carried out on two instrumented piles during and some time after pile driving. Cone Penetration Test( CPT) and Standard Penetration Test(SPT) were also performed at the test site before pile tests to investigate the relationship between unit skin friction of piles and cone tip resistance values and SPT N values. Total static capacity of pile reached the ultimate stage at the pile head settlement of about 0.055D (D : Pile diameter), at which skin friction of Pile already Passed the maximum value, but the end bearing was still increasing with the pile head settlement. The carrying capacity of pile increased in the form of natural logarithmic function with the time after pile driving. The increase in skin friction with time was very substantial the increase in skin friction 40 days after pile driving was 4.6 times of that determined during pile driving. The contribution of skin friction to the total capacity twas insignificant in the beginning, but became substantial 40 days after pile driving. This implies that the tested pile initially responded as an end bearing pile and later behaved as a friction pile. It was also noted that unit skin friction of pile might be ielated to cone tip resistance values(q.) and SPT N values, though the coefficient of this relationship might differ from one soil group to another and was somewhat greater than the value used in the design practice of Korea.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.21-35
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• 2015

Electrical resistivity survey (2D and 3D) were employed for detection of possible weak zone of core zones of three central core earth-rockfill dams in Korea. In the 2D results, the core zones is lower resistivity zone with less than $50{\sim}400ohm{\cdot}m$, and the basement is relatively higher resistivity zone with over $1,000ohm{\cdot}m$. In the 3D results, especially, the weak zone with under $100ohm{\cdot}m$ was detected spatial distribution area in the dam. We also drilled boreholes to collect soil samples of core zones of each dam. Water was not used during boring, because water for rotary wash boring could cause structural damages in earth dams. We found that the soil samples of core zones from all of the boreholes correspond to CL (USCS), but we also found that the fluidized or water-saturated soil samples were found in lower resistivity zones. Therefore, the electrical resistivity survey and drilling method without water are a quick and efficient method for structural-health evaluation which is detection of possible weak zones in earth core rockfill dams.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.6C
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• pp.367-377
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• 2008

As part of study to develop LRFD (Load and Resistance Factor Design) codes for foundation structures in Korea, resistance factors for static bearing capacity of driven steel pipe piles were calibrated in the framework of reliability theory. The 57 data sets of static load tests and soil property tests conducted in the whole domestic area were collected and these load test piles were sorted into two cases: SPT N at pile tip less than 50, SPT N at pile tip equal to or more than 50. The static bearing capacity formula and the Meyerhof method using N values were applied to calculate the expected design bearing capacities of the piles. The resistance bias factors were evaluated for the two static design methods by comparing the representative measured bearing capacities with the expected design values. Reliability analysis was performed by two types of advanced methods: the First Order Reliability Method (FORM), and the Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) method using resistance bias factor statistics. The target reliability indices are selected as 2.0 and 2.33 for group pile case and 2.5 for single pile case, in consideration of the reliability level of the current design practice, redundancy of pile group, acceptable risk level, construction quality control, and significance of individual structure. Resistance factors of driven steel pipe piles were recommended based on the results derived from the First Order Reliability Method and the Monte Carlo Simulation method.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.28 no.7
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• pp.31-40
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• 2012

In most design codes, soils are classified as either sandy or clayey soils, and appropriate design equations for each soil type are used to estimate their soil behaviour. However, sand-fine mixtures, which are typically referred to as intermediate soils, are somewhere at the middle of sandy or clayey soils, and therefore a unified interpretation of soil behaviour is necessary. In this paper, a series of cyclic shear tests were carried out for three different combinations of sand-fine mixtures with various fines content. Silica-sand mixture and fines (Iwakuni natural clay, Tottori silt, kaolinite) were mixed together with various mass ratios, while paying attention to the changes of void ratios expressed in terms of sand structure. The cyclic shear strengths of the mixtures below the threshold fines content were examined with the increasing fines contents. As a result, as the fines contents increased, their cyclic deviator stress ratios decreased for dense samples while it increased for loose samples. Additionally, cyclic deviator stress ratio of the mixtures was estimated using the concept of equivalent granular void ratio.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.43-51
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• 2015

In seasonal frozen areas which have a temperature difference in the winter and spring season like south korea, if stiffness reduction by repeated freezing and thawing occurs to slopes adjacent to private facilities or mountain slopes, safety factor is insufficient to design criteria and landslide could be occurs due to rainfall or snowfall. It can lead to large damage of human life and property. In this study, in order to examine the safety changes of mountain slopes by repeated freezing and thawing, soil samples series of SP and SM by USCS distributed in surface soil of mountain slopes were collected for specimens. Through the direct shear test, the characterestics of frozen soil shear strength were analyzed and by utilizing numerical methods, chracteristics of strength reduction of weathered granite soil according to repeated action of freezing and thawing, changes in the stability of the slopes when applying freezing and thawing of the soil samples were examined. As a result, the maximum shear stress decreased approximately 10%, and slope stability analysis confirmed that required safety factor is less than compare with the non-frozen samples.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.796-800
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• 2009

토목구조물 및 사면의 붕괴는 집중호우가 내리는 경우 많이 발생하고 있으며, 특히 사면에서는 붕괴까지의 변형이 급속히 진행되어 이를 사전에 예방하기는 매우 어려운 현실이다. 침투 및 배수과정에서의 사면 붕괴는 강우침투로 인한 지반의 물리적 특성변화가 직접적으로 사면의 안전계수 변화에 영향을 주는 것으로 판단되며, 이때 발생하는 물리적 특성변화로는 침투시 사면 내 지반의 단위 중량은 증가하여 전단응력의 증가 및 전단강도 감소현상이 발생하며, 이와 반대로 사면 내 배수로 인하여 전단응력의 감소 및 전단강도의 증가현상이 발생한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 강우침투로 발생하는 지반의 포화도 변화를 지반 내 투수계수의 함수로 설명하여 강우로 인한 지반의 침투 및 배수과정을 규명하고자 한다. 일반적으로 지반 내 지하수의 침투과정은 라플라스 공식을 적용한다. 그러나 라플라스 공식은 정상 상태(Steady State)일 경우에만 사용할 수 있고, 강우 등으로 인한 지하수의 수두 변화가 발생한 비정상 상태(Unsteady State)의 경우에는 부적합하므로 사면과 옹벽 등의 토질구조물에서는 안전성 변화를 계산할 수 없다. 이를 위해 사면 내 지반의 침투 및 배수과정을 투수계수의 함수로 나타내어, 강우의 침투과정을 Fourier Series, 변수분리법 및 섭동함수를 사용하여 식으로 유도함으로서 강우에 의한 지반의 침투 및 배수과정에 따른 사면 내 지하수의 분포를 예측한다. 침투과정 해석을 위하여 지표에서 포화대까지의 깊이 10m의 모델사면 및 지표부터 포화대까지의 포화도는 직선으로 비례한다는 가정을 적용한다. 먼저 푸리에 급수를 이용, 시간에 따른 온도를 열전달에 관하여 편미분하여 발생하는 열확산계수를 투수계수로 변환함에 따라 지하수의 시간과 수직방향거리에 대한 지반의 포화도를 산정한다. 변수분리법은 산정된 포화도에 지반의 초기조건과 경계조건를 고려하기 위해 적용하며, 변수분리법에 의해 산정된 지하수 분포를 섭동함수법으로 과도 및 정상상태로 분류한다. 본 연구의 수행으로 인해 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, Fourier Series와 변수분리법, 섭동함수를 이용하여 강우에 의한 지반의 포화도 변화를 수식적으로 나타낼 수 있으며 둘째, 지반에서의 강우침투과정을 식으로 표현함으로서, 깊이별 시간에 따른 포화도의 영역이 상부로부터 하부로 전이되는 과정을 알 수 있다. 셋째, 푸리에 급수를 이용한 지반의 침투계산으로 강우로 인한 지반의 포화영역 및 불포화영역을 명확히 구분할 수 있으며, 각 깊이별 포화도를 계산하여 각 구간에서 불포화구간의 전단강도에 대한 보다 정확한 계산이 가능하리라 판단된다.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.288-291
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• 2004

The development of land classification and soil productivity rating systems (SPR) are examined for their application to valuation of agricultural land in South Dakota, USA. For current and impending environmental and agricultural land issues, there is virtually no hard data available. Therefore, the study works with government and private sector clients to identify needs, and develop and apply a variety of techniques to mine data and carry out appropriate assessment methods. The application of SPR data to land valuation work conducted by real estate appraisers, tax assessors, and economists are discussed along with an assessment of its benefits and limitations. However, the actual value of the agricultural land can be determined by fulfilling the agricultural's vision of protecting and improving the environment by agricultural activities besides the safe food production. Therefore, it is increasingly important that we understand the impacts of farming and forestry on land, water and air.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.67-74
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• 2002

The purpose of this study is to determine the weights of the factors for landslide susceptibility analysis using artificial neural network. Landslide locations were identified from interpretation of aerial photographs, field survey data, and topography. The landslide-related factors such as topographic slope, topographic curvature, soil drainage, soil effective thickness, soil texture, wood age and wood diameter were extracted from the spatial database in study area, Yongin. Using these factors, the weights of neural networks were calculated by backpropagation training algorithm and were used to determine the weight of landslide factors. Therefore, by interpreting the weights after training, the weight of each landslide factor can be ranked based on its contribution to the classification. The highest weight is topographic slope that is 5.33 and topographic curvature and soil texture are 1 and 1.17, respectively. Weight determination using backprogpagation algorithms can be used for overlay analysis of GIS so the factor that have low weight can be excluded in future analysis to save computation time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2004.03a
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• pp.481-486
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 분석된 산사태 발생원인을 근거로 산사태 발생 가능 지역에 대한 산사태 발생원인에 대한 등급값을 이용하여, 인접한 연구지역에 교차 적용하여 위험성을 평가하여 취약성도를 작성하고 산사태 피해 예방을 위한 방재 사업, 국토개발 계획 및 건설계획을 위한 기초 자료로 적용 및 활용할 수 있도록 하였다. 연구대상 지역은 여름철 집중호우시 산사태가 많이 발생하는 지역으로 정하였으며, 행정구상으로 강원도 강릉시 사천면 사기막리와 주문진읍 삼교리에 해당한다. 산사태가 발생할 수 있는 요인으로 지형도로부터 경사, 경사방향, 곡률, 수계추출을, 정밀토양도로부터 토질, 모재, 배수, 유효토심, 지형을, 임상도로부터 임상, 경급, 영급, 밀도를, 지질도로부터 암상을, Landsat TM 영상으로부터 토지이용도와 추출하여 격자화 하였으며, 아리랑1호 영상으로부터 선구조를 추출하여 l00m 간격으로 버퍼링한 후 격자화 하였다. 이렇게 구축된 산사태 발생 위치 및 발생요인 데이터베이스를 이용, Frequence ratio를 이용하여 각 요소간의 분류를 산사태와의 상관관계를 바탕으로 취약성도를 구하였다. 그리고 계산된 산사태 취약성 지수의 기존 산사태 발생을 설명하는 능력을 정량적으로 표현하기 위하여 추정능력을 계산하였다 또한 이를 교차적용 하여 산사태 취약성도를 각각의 경우에 맞게 만들었다 이러한 평가는 산사태 피해 예방을 위한 방재 사업, 국토개발 계획, 건설계획 등에 기초자료로서 적용 및 활용될 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.47-55
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• 2019

This study aims to provide basic data for soil packaging differing in accordance with the strength characteristics of mixed soil, using E.S.B. (Eco Soil Binder), an eco-friendly hardening agent, based on the type of soil. The soil used in this study is weathered granite soil readily collected in and around Korea, and is classified into SW, SP and SC according to soil classification systems. The test piece for the unconfined compressive strength test has dimensions of 50 mm in diameter and 100 mm in height, with the mix ratio of E.S.B. proportional to the weight of mixed soil changed from 5% to 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30%, where compactness of 90% and 100% were applied according to each condition to analyze the unconfined compressive strength characteristics at material ages of 3, 7, and 28 days. Also, the ratio of soil packaging standard strength and unconfined compressive strength was calculated to determine the optimal E.S.B. mix ratio, whereby the field applicability of the unconfined compressive strength using the estimation equation of ACI209R was evaluated.