• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.17-26
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• 1993

The mechanism of wave -induced stresses and liquefactions in a seabed is studied theoretically and experimentally, A constitutive equation which is governing wave -induced effective stresses and porepressures in an unsaturated seabed under the hydraulically anisotropic conditions is developed. It is learned that the effective stresses and excessive porewater pressures are governed by the conditions of waves and sedimentary layers, Especially the magnitude of effective stresses and the depth of disturbed zone induced by waves is controlled by the degree of saturation of the unsaturated seabeds.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.37-43
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• 2022

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.52-58
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• 2022

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.54-60
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• 2022

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.62-70
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• 2022

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.15-16
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• 2015

해저파이프라인 및 해저케이블 설치해역이 대수심으로 이동함에 따라 육지와는 다른 열악한 시공 환경에 놓이게 된다. 이때 파이프라인 및 케이블이 매설되는 해저지반 상태와 작업이 이루어지는 해역의 해상조건 등은 작업효율에 영향을 미치기 때문에 효율적인 시공이 필요하다. 본 논문은 구조물 매설에 앞서 해저지반 굴삭 작업을 수행하기 위해 ROV 트렌쳐의 하단에 장착되는 워터젯 굴삭기의 작업효율 및 시공성능 추정에 관한 연구이다. 먼저 전산유체해석을 통해 워터젯 굴삭기의 굴삭효율을 극대화할 수 있는 노즐 수량을 정하였고, 모형실험을 수행하여 굴삭기의 시공성능을 예측할 수 있는 최대 굴삭심도 및 최대 굴삭속도를 파악하였다. 이를 바탕으로 실제 운용중인 워터젯 굴삭장비들과 시공성능을 비교 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.43-54
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• 2018

Underwater tracked vehicle is employed to perform underwater heavy works on saturated seafloor. When an underwater tracked vehicle travels on the seafloor, shearing action and ground settlement take place on the soil-track interface, which develops the soil thrust and soil resistance, respectively, and they restrict the tractive performance of an underwater tracked vehicle. Thus, unlike the paved road, underwater tracked vehicle performance does not solely rely on its engine thrust, but also on the soil-track interaction. This paper aimed at evaluating the tractive performance of an underwater tracked vehicle with respect to ground conditions (soil type, and relative density or consistency) and vehicle conditions (weight of vehicle, and geometry of track system), based on the soil-track interaction theory. The results showed that sandy ground and silty sandy ground generally provide sufficient tractions for an underwater tracked vehicle whereas tractive performance is very much restricted on clayey ground, especially for a heavy-weighted underwater tracked vehicle. Thus, it is concluded that an underwater tracked vehicle needs additional equipment to enhance the tractive performance on the clayey ground.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.5-14
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• 2015

Seabed may undergo large excess pore water pressure in the case of long duration of high wave loading. This excess pore water pressure may reduce effective stress and, consequently, the seabed may liquefy. Thus, it is necessary to develop a numerical technique which can precisely evaluate the dynamic response of seabed due to wave action. In this study, a new numerical technique named mixed model (2D NIT & FLIP models) was proposed. The dynamic wave pressure and water flow velocity acting on the boundary between seabed and the wave field was estimated using 2D-NIT model. This result was used as input data in FLIP program for investigation of dynamic response of seabed. To secure the reliability of the mixed model, the numerical analysis results of the mixed model were compared with Yamamoto's solution and Chang's experiment results. The comparison results indicated that there were some differences between them, but the general trend of the effective stress increment and the excess pore water pressure along the depth of seabed was similar to each other. Thus, this study clearly supports the plausibility of the numerical analysis of the mixed model.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.12-17
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• 2014

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.20-35
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• 2017

In the case of the seabed around and under gravity structures such as submerged breakwater is exposed to a large wave action long period, the excess pore pressure will be significantly generated due to pore volume change associated with rearrangement soil grains. This effect will lead a seabed liquefaction around and under structures as a result of the decrease in the effective stress, and eventually the possibility of structure failure will be increased. The study of liquefaction potential for regular waves had already done, and this study considered for irregular waves with the same numerical analysis method used for regular waves. Under the condition of the irregular wave field, the time and spatial series of the deformation of submerged breakwater, the pore water pressure (oscillatory and residual components) and pore water pressure ratio in the seabed were estimated and their results were compared with those of the regular wave field to evaluate the liquefaction potential on the seabed quantitatively. Although present results are based on a limited number of numerical simulations, one of the study's most important findings is that a safer design can be obtained when analyzing case with a regular wave condition corresponding to a significant wave of the irregular wave.