• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.41-54
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• 2023

The use of a skirt, a vertical projection attached to the footing, is a recently developed method to increase the bearing capacity of soils and reduce foundation settlements. Most of the studies were focused on vertical skirted circular footings resting on clay while neglecting the rigidity and inclination of skirts. This study employs finite element limit analysis to investigate the bearing capacity enhancement of flexible and rigid inclined skirts in cohesionless soils. The results indicate that the bearing capacity initially improves with an increase in the skirt inclination but subsequently decreases for both flexible and rigid skirts. However, the rigid skirt exhibits more apparent optimum skirt inclination and bearing capacity enhancement than the flexible one, owing to differences in their failure mechanisms. Furthermore, the bearing capacity of the inclined skirted foundation increases with the skirt length, footing depth, and internal friction angle of the soil. In the case of rigid skirts, the bearing capacity increases linearly with skirt length, while for flexible skirts, it reaches a stable value at a certain skirt length. The efficiency of the flexible footing reduces as the footing depth and soil internal friction angle increase. Conversely, the efficiency of the rigid skirt decreases only with an increase in the depth of the footing. The paper also presents a detailed analysis of various failure patterns, highlighting the behaviour of inclined skirted footings. Additionally, nonlinear regression equations are provided to quantify and predict the bearing capacity enhancement with the inclined skirts.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2001년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.299-306
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• 2001

Crushed Stone Pile(CSP) is one of the ground improvement methods available to loose sand and clayey ground by forming compacted CSP in the weak soil layer. The effects of this method are enhancement of ground bearing capacity, reduction of settlement and prevention of lateral ground movement in cohesive layer, reduction of liquefaction potential in sandy ground. This study performs model tests in 1.0m${\times}$1.0m${\times}$1.0m and 1.5m${\times}$1.5m${\times}$l.2m model tank to observe bearing capacity of CSP treated ground. The area replacement ratio of CSP composite ground varies 20%, 30% and 40% with square grid pattern. After the composite ground was consolidated under pressure of 0.5kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and 1.0kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$, load tests were carried out. The results show that ultimate bearing capacity increases with area replacement ratio and the preconsolidation pressure of ground.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.272-279
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• 2005

This paper introduces a new method of improvement for marine soft ground, MLPP(Marine Large Pack Pile). The MLPP is a reinforcement technique for the conventional SCP or GCP piles by confining with geotextile pack. A pilot project at Busan New Port site and laboratory model tests were carried out to investigate the settlement reduction and bearing capacity enhancement effect of pack pile. The results of field and laboratory tests show that MLPP method can be a safe and economic alternative method for SCP and GCP.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.31-44
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• 2023

선단확장형 마이크로파일은 시공시 강봉 선단에 확장 구조체를 설치하여, 강봉이 지중에 설치될 때 자중 등 압축하중이 작용하여 선단확장구가 팽창, 천공홀 주변 지반을 압착함으로써 선단부에서의 추가적인 마찰력 및 선단 지지력을 확보함으로써 지지력 증대효과를 유발하는 공법이다. 본 연구에서는 마이크로파일이 일반적으로 시공되는 풍화암 근입지반에 마이크로파일을 시공하고 재하시험을 수행하여 선단확장형 마이크로파일의 지지력 증대효과를 분석하였다. 정재하 시험 결과, 선단확장형 마이크로파일의 지지성능은 일반마이크로파일의 주면지지력 대비 약 12% 크게 발현됨을 확인하였다. 추가로, 하중전이분석을 통해 단위 주면지지력과 선단지지력을 비교한 결과, 최대 단위주면지지력은 일반 마이크로파일 대비 약 15.4%, 선단지지력의 경우, 약 315.1% 크게 나타나, 선단 지압구의 효과에 따라 지지력 증대효과가 발생함을 확인하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.51-66
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• 2022

The article presents the results of finite element analyses carried out on skirted footings. The bearing capacity increases with the provision of the flexible and rigid skirt, but the effectiveness varies with various other factors. The skirts are more efficient in the case of cohesionless soils than cohesive and c-ϕ soils. Efficiency reduces with an increase in the soil strength and footing depth. The rigid skirt is relatively more efficient compared to the flexible skirt. In contrast, to the flexible skirt, the efficiency of the rigid skirt increases continuously with skirt length. The difference in the effectiveness of both skirts becomes more noticeable with an increase in the strength parameters, skirt length, and footing depth. The failure mechanism also changes significantly with the inclusion of a rigid skirt. The rigid skirt behaves as a solid embedded footing, and the failure mechanism becomes confined with an increase in the skirt length. Few small-scale laboratory tests were carried out to study the flexible and rigid skirt and verify the numerical study results. The numerical analysis results are further used to develop nonlinear equations to predict the enhancement in bearing capacity with the provision of the rigid and flexible skirts.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 매입식 PHC 기성말뚝에 대한 포스트 그라우팅 공법을 적용하고, 정재하 실험을 수행하여 포스트그라우팅 공법의 지지력 증강효과를 확인하였다. 그라우팅 압력은 1.9MPa 및 3.5MPa을 적용하였으며, 그라우팅을 수행하지 않은 미보강 말뚝과의 지지력을 비교하였다. 정재하 실험 결과를 바탕으로 PHC 말뚝의 지지력을 분석한 결과, 말뚝의 항복 하중은 약 3배 이상 증가하였으며 설계효율은 당초 32%에서 97%로 증가하였다. 또한, 그라우팅 공법을 적용한 말뚝의 축방향 강성은 그라우팅 주입압의 약 1.3배 비율로 증가하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2006

쇄석기둥 공법은 성토제방, 교량교대기초, 오일탱크와 같은 침하에 민감한 구조물의 지지력 증대 및 압밀 촉진에 효과적인 지반 개량 공법이다. 쇄석기둥 공법은 지반의 지지력 증대, 침하감소, 측방유동 방지 및 액상화 방지 등의 효과를 기대할 수 있다. 최근 들어서는 쇄석기둥의 외벽을 토목섬유로 보강(감쌈) 구속력을 증가시켜 줌으로써 쇄석기둥 지반의 하중지지력을 개선시키는 공법에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있으나, 지오그리드 보강 쇄석기둥 공법에 대한 연구는 체계화되어 있지 않는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 실내모형실험을 통해 지오그리드로 보강 쇄석기둥의 하중지지력 특성 및 파괴형태를 고찰하였으며, 실험결과를 통해 지오그리드로 보강하지 않은 쇄석기둥공법에 비해 지오그리드보강 쇄석기둥공법의 지지력 개선효과가 크게 나타남을 알 수 있다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.197-205
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• 2005

이 논문에서는 속채움 재료로 입도조정 쇄석을 사용하고 해저 연약지반에 말뚝을 조성하되 말뚝의 외벽을 토목섬유 (PE Mat)로 팩을 만들어 보강하는 공법을 개발하여 이를 소개하고자 한다. 이 공법은 주로 해저 연약지반 개량에 적용하고자 해상 대구경 팩 말뚝(Marine Large Pack Pile)이라 명하였으며, 그 적용성을 검토하기 위하여 부산 신항만 현장에서 시험시공을 수행하고, 시공된 해저 지반에서 국내에서는 최초로 해상 구조물 기초 보강지반에 대하여 재하시험을 실시하였다. 또한, 실내 모형시험을 실시하여 압밀 특성 및 팩 말뚝의 자립압축강도를 파악하였다. 시험결과, MLPP 공법은 기존의 SCP나 GCP공법에 비하여 침하저감과 응력분담 측면에서 탁월한 효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제76권4호
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• pp.479-489
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• 2020

This paper proposed a novel form of reinforced concrete (RC) shear wall confined with boundary columns. The structural effect of applying steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) in the wall-column systems was studied. Three full-scale wall samples were constructed including two RC wall-RC column samples with different stirrup ratios and one RC wall-SFRC column sample. Low frequency cyclic testing was carried out to investigate the failure modes, hysteretic behavior, load-bearing capacity, ductility, stiffness degradation and energy dissipation. ABAQUS models were set up to simulate the structural behavior of tested samples, and good agreement was achieved between numerical simulation and experimental results. A further supplementary parametric study was conducted based on ABAQUS models. Both experimental and numerical results showed that increasing stirrup ratio in boundary columns did not affect much on load bearing capacity or stiffness degradation of the system. However, applying SFRC in boundary columns showed significant enhancement on load bearing capacity. Numerical simulation also shows that the structural performances of RC wall-SFRC column system were comparable to a wall-column system fully with SFRC.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.689-701
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• 2018

Corrosion of steel reinforcement is a principal cause of deterioration of RC columns. Making these corrosion-damaged columns conform to new safety regulations and functions is a tremendous technological challenge. This study presented an experimental investigation on steel-concrete jacketed corrosion-damaged RC columns. The influences of steel jacket thickness and concrete strength on the enhancement performance of the strengthened specimens were investigated. The results showed that the use of steel-concrete jacketing is efficient since the stub strengthened columns behaved in a more ductile manner. Moreover, the ultimate strength of the corrosion-damaged RC columns is increased by an average of 5.3 times, and the ductility is also significantly improved by the strengthening method. The bearing capacity of the strengthening columns increases with the steel tube thickness increasing, and the strengthening concrete strength has a positive impact on both bearing capacity, whereas a negative influence on the ductility. Subsequently, a numerical model was developed to predict the behavior of the retrofitted columns. The model takes into account corrosion-damage of steel rebar and confining enhancement supplied by the steel tube. Comparative results with the experimental results indicated that the developed numerical model is an effective simulation. Based on extensive verified numerical studies, a design equation was proposed and found to predict well the ultimate eccentric strength of the strengthened columns.