• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.112-116
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• 2005

Composite films were prepared with soy protein isolate (SPI) and various clay minerals by casting from polymer and clay water suspension. Effects of clay minerals on film thickness, moisture content (MC), tensile strength (TS), elongation at break (E), water vapor permeability (WVP), and water solubility (WS) were tested. Properties including thickness, surface smoothness, and homogeneity of films prepared with organically modified montmorillonite (O-MMT), Wamok clay (W-clay), bentonite, talc powder, and zeolite were comparable to those of control SPI films. TS increased significantly (p<0.05) in films prepared with O-MMT and bentonite, while WVP decreased significantly (p<0.05) in bentonite-added films. WS of most nanocomposite films decreased significantly (p<0.05).

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 소형콘의 관입저항력을 이용한 점토의 액성한계를 측정하기 위하여 카올리나이트 점토와 벤토나이트 점토의 비율을 다양하게 혼합한 점토흙에 대하여 함수비와 소형콘의 관입저항력을 조사하고 기존의 동적(Casagrande 시험법) 및 정적(Fall cone 시험법) 액성한계 시험결과와 직접 비교하였다. 비교결과 다양한 점토흙의 함수비에 따른 관입저항력 관계곡선에서 변곡점이 형성된다는 것을 파악하였으며 이 때의 함수비가 정적액성한계(Fall cone)시험법에 의한 액성한계 값과 매우 유사함을 파악하였다. 변곡점이 형성된 점에서의 소형콘의 관입저항력은 약 0.2kPa로 나타났으며 이 때 의 함수비가 점토흙의 액성한계를 나타낸다는 것을 확인하였다. 이와 같은 연구결과를 토대로 향후 점토의 액성한계를 파악하는데 본 연구에서 조사된 0.2kPa의 소형콘의 관입저항력이 유용한 지표가 될 수 있다는 사실을 파악하였다. 또한 소형콘의 관입저항력을 이용한 액성한계 시험법을 제시하였다.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.159-168
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• 1997

보강재의 방향, 표면거칠기 그리고 점토의 함수비가 보강점토의 응력-변형률 거동 및 파괴거동에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 강으로 보강된 점토를 대상으로 일축압축시험을 실시하였다. 시험결과 보강점토 강도의 증가 또는 감소는 보강재의 방향과 점토의 함수비에 영향을 받고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 보강재 설치방향에 따른 점토의 강도저하는 점토와 보강재의 경계면 끝에서 발생된 균열과 관련이 있는 것으로 판단된다. 파괴역학 이론을 적용하여 보강점토의 파괴 거동에 대한 이론적인 고찰을 하였으며 시험 결과를 이론적인 예측결과와 비교하였다. 폐합된 균열이 내재된 물질의 파괴기준을 적용하여 예측한 균열진행 방향은 시험으로부터 측정된 값과 비교적 잘 일치되었다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.336-344
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• 2017

The soil water characteristics curve (SWCC) represents the relation between soil water potential and soil water content. The shape and range of SWCC according to the relation could vary depending on soil characteristics. The objective of the study was to estimate SWCC depending on soil types and layers and to analyze the trend among them. To accomplish this goal, the unsaturated three soils were considered: silty clay loam, loam, and sandy loam soils. Weighable lysimeters were used for exactly measuring soil water content and soil water potential. Two fitting models, van Genuchten and Campbell, were applied. Two models entirely fitted well the measured SWCC, indicating low RMSE and high $R^2$ values. However, the large difference between the measured and the estimated was found at the 30 cm layer of the silty clay loam soil, and the gap was wider as soil water potential increased. In addition, the non-linear decrease of soil water content according to the increase of soil water potential tended to be more distinct in the sandy loam soil and at the 10 cm layer than in the silty clay loam soil and at the lower layers. These might be seen due to the various factors such as not only pore size distribution, but also cracks by high clay content and plow pan layers by compaction. This study clearly showed difficulty in the estimation of SWCC by such kind of factors.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.63-73
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• 2003

The settling of the dredged soil may vary with mineral composition, grain size distribution, initial water content and salt concentration of suspension of the site. A series of settling column test was performed to investigate the behaviour of solid suspension material from dredging and reclamation. Settling mode was divided into four types from the observation of interface and settling curves of clay minerals and marine clay samples, and the relationship charts of salt concentration and the initial water content were established to use in the dredging operation with any salt concentration. The critical initial water content which was defined as a threshold of zone settling and the consolidation settling was varied with salt concentration of water and was proportional to the plasticity of soil in sea water.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.707-721
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• 2017

The objective of this paper is to experimentally study the consolidation of saturated silty clay subjected to repeated heating-cooling cycles using a modified temperature-controlled triaxial apparatus. Focus is placed on the influence of the water content, confining pressure, and magnitudes and number of thermal loading cycles. The experimental results show that the thermally induced pore pressure increases with increasing water content and magnitude of thermal loading in undrained conditions. After isothermal consolidation at an elevated temperature, the pore pressure continues to decrease and gradually falls below zero during undrained cooling, and the maximum negative pore pressure increases as the water content decreases or the magnitude of thermal loading increases. During isothermal consolidation at ambient temperature after one heating-cooling cycle, the pore pressure begins to rise due to water absorption and finally stabilizes at approximately zero. As the number of thermal loading cycles increases, the thermally induced pore pressure shows a degrading trend, which seems to be more apparent under a higher confining pressure. Overall, the specimens tested show an obvious volume reduction at the completion of a series of heating-cooling cycles, indicating a notable irreversible thermal consolidation deformation.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2008

Recently many countries have become interested in the development of cold or arctic regions. The construction of engineered structures in those regions demands an understanding of the deformation characteristics of frozen soil. However, an understanding of frozen soil behavior poses difficult problems owing to the complex interaction between the soil particles and the ice matrix. In this research, a series of laboratory tests was performed to investigate the variations in the unconfined compression strength and split tensile strength of weathered granite soil and mixed soil (standard sand and kaolinite) in 15 degrees below zero environments. In the frozen soil tests, specimens were prepared with various water and clay contents, and then the interrelationships between four factors (water content, clay content, unconfined compression strength, split tensile strength) were analyzed. The test results were summarized as follows; as the water content was increased, the unconfined compressive and split tensile strengths also increased in frozen soil. However as the clay content was increased, the unconfined compressive and split tensile strengths were lowered. In the case of frozen soil that contained little clay content, the strength decreased rapidly in mixed soil (standard sand and kaolinite) when the frozen specimen was broken. On the other hand, in the cases of mixed soil that contained a high clay content and weathered granite soil, the strength decreased relatively slowly.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.93-107
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• 2005

부산 신항만 및 녹산공단 지역을 포함하는 낙동강 하구 유역에는 두꺼운 점토질퇴적물이 퇴적되어 연약지반을 구성하고 있다. 이곳의 4개의 시추공에서 채취한 점토퇴적물에 대해 광물성분과 공학적 토질물성을 분석하여, 깊이에 따른 변화를 검토하고 그들의 상관관계를 검토하였다. 그 결과 점토퇴적물 속에 함유된 일부 광물조성은 토질물성과 약간의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 석영의 함량은 습윤단위중량과 정의 관계이고, 액성한계와는 부의 상관관계를 보였다. 함수량은 장석의 함량과는 부의 관계이고, 점토광물의 함량과는 정의 관계를 나타냈다. 습윤단위중량은 점토광물의 함량과는 부의 관계를 나타냈다. 그리고 복합적 인자에 의한 상관분석 결과에서 소성지수는 점토광물, 스멕타이트, 점토입토의 함량과 일정의 관계식을 가지는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.5-13
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 점토를 포함한 세립분의 함유량이 50% 이상인 두 실트(No.1 시료는 실트 44.1% 점토 8.8%, No.2 시료는 실트 57.2% 점토 12.4%)의 액상화거동을 반복삼축압축시험을 통해 평가하였다. 시험결과, 세립분 함유량이 50% 이상인 시료에서, 세립분 함유량의 증가는 시료의 액상화 저항을 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 즉 시료에서 세립분 함유량이 증가하면 적은 반복재하 횟수에서 시료는 액상화 상태에 도달한다. 과잉간극수압비와 반복횟수의 관계에서 과잉간극수압비 증가 기울기는 세립분이 증가하는 경우 더 가파르게 증가하였다. 두 실트 시료의 액상화 거동을 세립분에 포함된 점토의 함유량으로 분석해 본 결과, 점토의 함유량이 높은 No.2 실트에서 액상화가 더 쉽게 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 이것은 세립분에 포함된 점토가 실트의 액상화 거동에 영향을 미치는 것임을 보여준다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.615-626
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• 2021

The main objective of this study is to present a fast and reliable approach to predict the swelling potential of clay-bearing rocks. Investigations showed that there is a good correlation between the swelling potential of a rock and its desire to absorb water due to its clay content which could be measured using the "Contact Angle" test as one of the most common ways to determine the wettability. In this test, the angle between a water drop and the flat rock surface on which it rests is measured. The present method is very fast and returns repeatable results and requires minimal sample preparation. Only having a saw-cut surface of a sample with any shape is all one needs to perform this test. The logic behind this approach is that the swelling potential of a rock is a function of its mineral content and molecular structure, which are not only distributed in the bulk of the sample but also reflected on its surface. Therefore, to evaluate swelling behavior, it is not necessary to wait for a sample to get wet all the way to its "internal structure" (which, due to the low permeability of clay-bearing rocks, is very slow and time-consuming). Instead, one can have a good sense of swelling potential by studying its surface. Parametric studies on the effect of moisture content, porosity, and surface roughness on the contact angle measurements showed that using a saw-cut oven-dried sample is a convenient way to evaluate the swelling potential by this method.