• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.127-138
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• 2002

지진에 의한 지반거동 및 지반-구조물 상호작용 등 지반동역학적 문제분석을 위해서는 정확한 동적 토질전단탄성계수의 획득이 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 자료를 조사분석하여 어떤 변형율에서도 활용할 수 있는 사질토 전단탄성계수 감소곡선을 위한 경험식을 제안하였다. 비소성 토질의 전단탄성계수 감소곡선의 위치와 모양은 평균유효구속압에 주로 영향을 받으므로 본 연구에서는 이 영향요소 및 최대전단탄성계수를 이용하여 변형을 증가에 의한 전단탄성계수 감소를 산정할 수 있는 방정식을 형성하였다. 최대전단탄성계수가 측정되면 제안된 식을 이용하여 특정 변형을 및 구속압에서 감소된 전단탄성계수를 산출할 수 있을 것이다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.325-334
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• 2016

Rock salt is a near-perfect material for gas storage repositories due to its excellent ductility and low permeability. Gas storage in rock salt layers during gas injection and gas production causes the stress redistribution surrounding the cavity. The triaxial cyclic loading and unloading tests for rock salt were performed in this paper. The elastic-plastic deformation behaviour of rock salt under cyclic loading was observed. Rock salt experienced strain hardening during the initial loading, and the irreversible deformation was large under low stress station, meanwhile the residual stress became larger along with the increase of deviatoric stress. Confining pressure had a significant effect on the unloading modulus for the variation of mechanical parameters. Based on the theory of elastic-plastic damage mechanics, the evolution of damage during cyclic loading and unloading under various confining pressure was described.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.469-481
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• 2017

This paper aims to analytically investigate the effect of shear stress at the concrete-steel interface on the mechanical behavior of the circular steel tube-confined concrete (STCC) stub columns with active and passive confinement subjected to axial compression. Nonlinear 3D finite element models divided into the four groups, i.e. circumferential-grooved, talc-coated, lubricated, and normal groups, with active and passive confinement were developed. An innovative method was used to simulate the actively-confined specimens, and then, the results of the finite element models were compared with those of the experiments previously conducted by the authors. It was revealed that both the predicted peak compressive strength and stress-strain curves have good agreement with the corresponding values measured for the confined columns. Then, the mechanical properties of the active and passive specimens such as the concrete-steel interaction, longitudinal and hoop stresses of the steel tube, confining pressure applied to the concrete core, and compressive stress-strain curves were analyzed. Furthermore, a parametric study was performed to explore the effects of the concrete compressive strength, steel tube diameter-to-wall thickness ratio, and prestressing level on the compressive behavior of the STCC columns. The results indicate that reducing or removing the interfacial shear stress in the active and passive specimens leads to an increase in the hoop stress and confining pressure, while the longitudinal stress along the steel tube height experiences a decrease. Moreover, prestressing via the presented method is capable of improving the compressive behavior of STCC columns.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.197-208
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• 2023

Rate-dependent mechanical response of sand, subjected to loading of medium to high strain rate range, is of interest for several civilian and military applications. Such rate-dependent response can vary significantly based on the initial density state of the sand, applied confining pressure, considered strain rate range, drainage condition and sand morphology. A numerical study has been carried out employing a recently proposed visco-plastic constitutive model to explore the rate-dependent mechanical behaviour of Toyoura sand under drained triaxial loading condition. The model parameters have been calibrated using the experimental data on Toyoura sand available in published literature. Under strain rates higher than a reference strain rate, the simulation results are found to be in good agreement with the experimentally observed characteristic shearing behaviour of sand, which includes increased shear strength, pronounced post-peak softening and suppressed compression. The rate-dependent response, subjected to intermediate strain rate range, has further been assessed in terms of enhancement of peak shear strength and peak friction angle over varying initial density and confining pressure. The simulation results indicate that the rate-induced strength increase is highest for the dense state and such strength enhancements remain nearly independent of the applied confinement level.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제84권2호
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• pp.239-251
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• 2022

The use of lateral reinforcement in confined concrete columns can improve bearing capacity and deformability. The lateral responses of lateral reinforcement significantly influence the effective confining pressure on core concrete. However, lateral strain-axial strain model of concrete columns confined by lateral reinforcement has not received enough attention. In this paper, based on experimental results of 85 concrete columns confined by lateral reinforcement under axial compression, the effect of unconfined concrete compressive strength, volumetric ratio, lateral reinforcement yield strength, and confinement type on lateral strain-axial strain curves was investigated. Through parameter analysis, it indicated that with the same level of axial strain, the lateral strain slightly increased with the increase in the unconfined concrete compressive strength, but decreased with the increase in volumetric ratio significantly. The lateral reinforcement yield strength had slight influence on lateral strain-axial strain curves. At the same level of lateral strain, the axial strain of specimen with spiral was larger than that of specimen with stirrup. Furthermore, a lateral strain-axial strain model for concrete columns confined by lateral reinforcement under axial compression was proposed by introducing the effects of unconfined concrete compressive strength, volumetric ratio, confinement type and effective confining pressure, which showed good agreement with the experimental results.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.249-267
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• 2023

Various methods for determining the damping ratio have been proposed by scholars both domestically and abroad. However, no comparative analysis of different determination methods has been seen yet. In this study, typical sand (Fujian standard sand) and cohesive soils were selected as experimental objects, and undrained strain-controlled dynamic triaxial tests were conducted. The differences between existing damping ratio determination methods were theoretically compared and analyzed. The results showed that the hysteresis curve of cohesive soils had better symmetry and more closely conformed to the definition of equivalent linear viscoelasticity. For non-cohesive soils, the differences in damping ratio determined by six methods were significant. The differences decreased with increasing confining pressure and relative density, but increased gradually with increasing shear strain, especially at high shear strains, where the maximum relative error reached 200%. For cohesive soils, the differences in damping ratio determined by six methods were relatively small, with a maximum relative error of about 50%. Moreover, they were less affected by effective confining pressure and had the same changing trend under different effective confining pressures. The damping ratio determination method has a large effect on the seismic response of soils distributed by non-cohesive soils, with a maximum relative error of about 15% for the PGA and up to about 30% for the Sa. However, for soil layers distributed by cohesive soils, the damping ratio determination method has less influence on the seismic response. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt a unified damping ratio determination method for non-cohesive soils, which can effectively avoid artificial errors caused by different determination methods.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.72-81
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• 2008

This paper introduces a new steel jacketing method for reinforced concrete columns with lap splice and evaluates its performance by a series of axial tests of concrete cylinders. At first, 45 concrete cylinders were fabricated with varying the design compressive strengths of 21, 27 and 35 MPa and, then, the part of them was jacketed with two-split-steel jackets under lateral confining pressure. The parameters in the first test were the steel jacket's thickness and the existence of adhesive between steel and concrete surface. In the second test, whole steel jackets were used to wrap cylinders with lateral pressure. Also, a double-layer jacket consisted of two steel plates was introduced; a cylinder was jacketed by two steel plates one after another. The effect of the new method was verified through comparing the results of the compressive tests for plain and jacketed cylinders. The steel jacket built following the new method showed good results of increasing the compressive strength and ductility of the jacketed cylinders with respect to the plain cylinders. The thicker steel jackets showed the more increased compressive strength, and the ductility at failure depended on the welding quality on steel jackets. The adhesive between steel and concrete surface reduced the confining effect of the steel jackets. The whole jacket showed more ductile behavior than the two-split jackets. The double-layered jackets were estimated to possess an equal performance to that of a single steel jacket having the same thickness of the double-layered jacket. Finally, the experimental results were compared with the constitutive model of steel-jacketed concrete; which showed a good agreement between the experimental results and the models.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.51-62
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• 2004

조립토 다짐말뚝(granular compaction pile)공법은 비교적 강성이 크고 압축성이 작은 자갈, 쇄석 및 모래 등의 조립질 재료를 사용하여 연약한 지반에 말뚝을 조성하는 공법으로, 기초지반의 지지력 증가, 침하량 감소 및 압밀배수 촉진 등에 의한 지반개량 효과뿐 아니라, 사질토 지반에 적용시 지진에 의한 액상화 방지효과도 큰 공법으로 알려져 있으나 국내에서는 아직까지 널리 사용되지 않고 있다. 일반적으로 조립토 다짐말뚝은 Piled-raft system으로 시공되므로, 이 때 조립토 다짐말뚝의 극한지지력에 대한 평가는 팽창파괴 중심부의 깊이에 따라 달라지게 된다. 또한 조립토 다짐말뚝과 주변지반과의 하중분담에 대한 영향 및 지반내에서 조립토 다짐말뚝에 작용하는 구속응력의 변화를 적절하게 고려하여 조립토 다짐말뚝의 극한지지력이 결정되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는, 김 등(1998)에 의하여 연구되었던 조립토 다짐말뚝의 극한지지력 평가에 대한 해석기법을 토대로, 단일 말뚝에 대하여 상재하중의 크기, 재하면적의 크기 및 파괴깊이에 따른 수평구속응력의 변화를 고려하여 극한지지력을 산정하기 위한 기법을 제안하였다. 또한 제안된 조립토 다짐말뚝의 극한지지력 평가기법의 타당성을 실내모형실험을 통하여 검증하였으며, 실험결과를 토대로 하여 군말뚝의 지지력 증가효과 및 압밀계수의 변화에 대하여 비교, 분석을 실시하였다.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2005년도 학술발표논문집
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• pp.361-366
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• 2005

Since most soils exist above the ground water table, negative pore pressure exist in unsaturated soils. Negative pore water pressure in unsaturated soil affects the soil structure and degree of saturation and it is important for accurate evaluation of unsaturate flow and behavior. This negative pore pressure is called a matric suction which causes an increased shear strength. Therefore, it is required that the effect of increase in the shear strength should be included in a geotechnical analysis. From the test result, the influence of net confining pressure and matric suction on the shear strength was analyzed and strength parameter was increased with matric suction increase and a unliner relationship was found to relate matric suction and shear strength.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 토목섬유가 층상으로 보강된 슬래그 재료의 전단강도와 변형특성을 다루었다. PET mat와 같은 토목섬유에 의한 보강이 슬래그의 전단강도와 변형특성에 미치는 영향을 조사 및 분석하기 위해 압밀배수 조건 하에서의 대형삼축압축시험을 수행하였다. 연구에 사용된 슬래그 재료는 현장에서 사용되는 재료와 동일한 재료로서 scale effect로 인한 문제점은 없었다. 토목섬유로 보강된 슬래그의 응력-변형율 거동은 무보강시 보다 다일러턴시의 양이 작고, 축변형율 증가시 항복 이후에도 축차응력이 증가하는 변형율경화(strain hardening) 거동을 나타내었다. 토목섬유로 보강된 슬래그 재료의 겉보기 점착력과 내부마찰각 등의 강도정수는 보강되지 않은 경우의 값보다 1.2-1.4배 정도 크고, 구속압 수준이 클수록 커지는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 슬래그를 사용한 제방의 설계나 시공시 슬래그 재료에 토목섬유를 층상으로 보강하여 사용할 경우에는 강도증가 효과에 의해 안전율을 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.