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Evaluation of Maximum Shear Modulus of Silty Sand in Songdo Area in the West Coast of Korea Using Various Testing Methods (다양한 시험 방법을 이용한 서해안 송도 지역에 분포하는 실트질 모래의 최대 전단탄성계수 평가)

  • Jung Young-Hoon;Lee Kang-Won;Kim Myoung-Mo;Kwon Hyung-Min;Chung Choong-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.65-75
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    • 2005
  • Maximum shear modulus of soil is a principal parameter for the design of earth structures under static and dynamic loads. In this study, the statistical data of maximum shear moduli of silty sands in Songdo area in the west coast of Korea evaluated by various field and laboratory tests - standard penetration test (SPT), cone penetration test (CPT), self-boring pressuremeter test (SBPT), downhole test (DH), seismic cone penetration test (SCPT) and resonant column test (RC) were analyzed. Based on the measurement of shear moduli using DH which is known as maximum value at very small strain, the new empirical correlations between shear moduli and SPT or CPT values were proposed. Predictions of maximum shear moduli using the proposed correlations were compared with the data obtained from DH. The good agreement confirmed that the proposed correlations reasonably predicted the maximum shear moduli of silty sands in the area.

A Pilot Study of Inhole Type CPTu from Model Tests (실내모형실험을 통한 인홀형 탄성파콘 시험의 적용성 분석)

  • Jang, In-Sung;Jung, Min-Jae;Kwon, O-Soon;Mok, Young-Jin
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.2C
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    • pp.95-103
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    • 2008
  • Seismic piezocone penetration tests (SCPTu) can be used to obtain dynamic properties of soils as well as cone resistance and penetration pore pressure. However, the SCPTu system can be hardly utilized in marine soils because it is difficult to install the source apparatus which generates the shear wave in offshore site. The authors developed an inhole type piezocone penetration test (CPTu) equipment which both source and receiver composed of bender elements were installed inside the rod located behind the cone. Therefore, it can be applicable to even an offshore site without any additional source apparatus. The objective of this paper is to investigate the practical application of inhole type CPTu by performing laboratory model tests using kaolinite as soft clay. The shear wave velocities of kaolinite soil were measured with time, and the effects of soil disturbance due to the installation of source and receiver were also examined for various distance between source and receiver.

Case studies on construction and design in Colombo port, Sri Lanka (스리랑카 콜롬보항만 시공 및 설계사례 (ELIPO 및 COLPO 현장))

  • Lee, Seung-Won;Chung, Yoon-Young;Lee, Gab-Yeol;Park, Kyoung-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2010.03a
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    • pp.44-57
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this paper is to introduce case studies on 2 projects for the construction of port facilities in Colombo, Sri lanka. In Queen Elizabeth quay development project in 2000, the damage at the bottom of steel tubular piles were occurred when piles were driven into subsoil for piled wharf structure in Stage 1. In order to prevent same incident in Stage 2 & 3, the pile driveability analysis were executed by dynamic formulas, analysis program, test driving and pile load tests. Through pile driveability analysis, prevention plans were proposed. In Colombo port expansion project in 2008, the mv method was applied to predict a primary consolidation settlement of a subsoil under a breakwater in the calculation stage. The $m_v$ was estimated from results of cone penetration tests and the final settlement by consolidation was calculated with it.

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Application of the New Degree of Compaction Evaluation Method (새로운 다짐도 평가기법의 적용성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Keun-Bo;Kim, Ju-Hyong
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.5-14
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    • 2012
  • CMV(Compaction Meter Value) obtained from compaction results using an accelerometer, which measures the impact on the ground and the resilient force of the ground, is compared with the other degree of compaction through regression analysis. As a result, there is no correlation between results from conventional test methods (e.g., the plate load test and field density test) and the degree of compaction evaluated by either the Geogauge or the dyanamic cone penetrometer. To assess the possibility of replacing the conventional test methods with new test methods using CMV, several degrees of compaction tests were carried out. Those results show that the CMV obtained from compaction results using an accelerometer can be used as a substitute for conventional methods to evaluate the stiffness characteristics of compacted soil.

Development of Portable Multi-function Sensor (Mini CPT Cone + VWC Sensor) to Improve the Efficiency of Slope Inspection (비탈면 점검 효율화를 위한 휴대형 복합센서 개발)

  • Kim, Jong-Woo;Jho, Youn-Beom
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2022
  • In order to efficiently analysis the stability of a slope, measuring the shear strength of soil is needed. The Standard Penetration Test (SPT) is not appropriate for a slope inspection due to cost and weights. One of the ways to effectively measure the N-value is the Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DCPT). This study was performed to develop a minimized multi-function sensors that can easily estimate CPT values and Volumetric Water Content. N value with multi-fuction sensor DCPT showed -2.5 ~ +3.9% error compared with the SPT N value (reference value) in the field tests. Also, the developed multi-fuction sensor system was tested the correlation between the CPT test and the portable tester with indoor test. The test result showed 0.85 R2 value in soil, 0.83 in weathered soil, and 0.98 in mixed soil. As a result of the field test, the multi-function sensor shows the excellent field applicability of the proposed sensor system. After further research, it is expected that the portable multi-function sensor will be useful for general slope inspection.

Development and Verification of Static-Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (정동적 콘관입실험 장비의 개발과 검증)

  • Bae, Myeong-Ho;Yu, Jung-Dong;Kim, Ju-Han;SaGong, Myung;Lee, Jong-Sub
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2011
  • The advanced geotechnical information has been required to determine the accurate design parameters for complex construction. However, the Standard Penetration Test (SPT), which has low reliability, has been used to estimate the subsurface condition in the field. The objective of this paper is development and application of the Static-Dynamic penetrometer, which detects the resistances in soft clay, sand and rock. The energy losses according to the rod connection methods (perfect or non-perfect connection, and number rods) are experimentally evaluated. The reflection and transmission ratios are used to investigate the energy loss by a simulation. The static-dynamic cone penetrometer, in which the accelerometers and strain gauges are installed on the cone tip and the rod head, is used to estimate the energy loss during penetration by impacts. The experimental and simulation studies show that the transferred energy through rods with non-perfect connection dramatically decreases. Furthermore, the transferred energy on the rod head is not the same as that on the cone tip. This study demonstrates that the energy loss should be evaluated on the cone tip.

A Study on the Relation between Dynamic Deflection Modulus and In-Situ CBR Using a Portable FWD (소형FWD를 이용한 노상토의 동적변형계수와 현장 CBR의 상관 연구)

  • Kang, Hee Bog;Kim, Kyo Jun;Park, Sung Kyoon;Kim, Jong Ryeol
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.149-155
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    • 2008
  • The road construction, as part of effort to ease the worsening traffic, has been underway throughout the nation, while the existing road has been increasingly losing its load carrying capacity due to such factors as heavy traffic and weathering. In the case of site, the soil type, plasticity index, and specific gravity were SC, 12.2%, and 2.66, respectively. The maximum dry density, optimum moisture content and modified CBR were $1.895g/cm^3$ (Modified Compaction D), 13.6%, and 16.2%, respectively. A correlation of coefficient expressed good interrelationship by 0.90 between the CBR estimated from a dynamic penetration index of dynamic cone penetrometer test and a deformation modulus converted from a dynamic deflection modulus obtained from a portable FWD test.

Evaluation of Dynamic Ground Properties of Pohang Area Based on In-situ and Laboratory Test (현장실험 및 동적실내실험을 이용한 포항지역 동적 지반특성 평가)

  • Kim, Jongkwan;Kwak, Tae-Young;Han, Jin-Tae;Hwang, Byong-Youn;Kim, Ki-Seog
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.36 no.9
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    • pp.5-20
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    • 2020
  • In 2017, after the Pohang earthquake, liquefaction phenomena were firstly observed after the observation of domestic earthquake by epicenter. In this study, various in-situ tests and laboratory tests were performed to determine the dynamic properties in (1) Songlim Park, (2) Heunghae-eup, Mangcheon-ri and (3) Heungan-ri, Pohang. As a site investigation, the standard penetration test (SPT), cone penetration test (CPT), multichannel analysis of surface wave (MASW), density logging, downhole test, and electrical resistivity survey were performed. In addition, cyclic triaxial test against sampled sand from site was also conducted. Based on the result, high ground water level and loose sand layer in shallow depth were observed for all sites. In addition, liquefaction resistance ratio of soil sampled from Songlim park was lower than those of Jumunjin sand, Toyoura sand, and Ottawa sand.

Assessment of Shear Strength Parameter for Weathered Soils Using Artificial Neural Network (인공신경망을 이용한 풍화토의 강도정수 산정)

  • Lee, Moo-Cheol;Lee, Song
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.147-154
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    • 2008
  • Weathered soil slope loses its shear strength if it is exposed in the air for a long time or in contact with water. And this kind of strength loss is remarkable in dam slope which has very big difference in water level according to the season. In this study, shear strength loss of weathered soil due to saturation had been found out through dryness and wetness repetition direct shear test. Also relation between penetration blow number(Nc) and shear strength parameter had been found out through small sized dynamic cone penetration test device and the correlation equation of Nc had been proposed through artificial neural network analysis to estimate shear strength parameter easily.

Comparison of Elastic Moduli of Subgrade Soils Using Plate Loading Test, Soil Stiffness Gauge and Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (평판재하시험, 흙강성측정기 및 동적콘관입시험기를 이용한 노상토의 탄성계수 비교)

  • Kim, Kyu-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.63-72
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    • 2015
  • This paper describes the correlation and relationship between elastic moduli measured by three stiffness measurement methods with different mechanical characteristics to evaluate the compaction characteristics of subgrade soils. The Soil Stiffness Gauge (SSG) with very small strain (${\approx}0.001%$) ranges, static Plate Loading Test (PLT) with mid-level strain (${\approx}0.01{\sim}0.1%$) ranges, and Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) using penetration resistance were implemented to measure the elastic modulus. To use the elastic modulus measured by different measurement methods with a wide range of strain in practice, it is required to identify the correlation and relationship of measured values in advance. The comparison results of the measured elastic moduli ($E_{SSG}$, $E_{PLT}$, $E_{DCP}$) using the three measurement methods for domestic and overseas subgrade soils under various conditions indicate that the evaluated elastic modulus relies on the types of soils and the level of stress condition. The correlation analysis of the measured elastic moduli except the data of cement treated soils indicates that the static elastic modulus ($E_{PLT}$) is evaluated as about 60 to 80% of the dynamic elastic modulus ($E_{SSG}$). Unusual soils such as cement treated soils are required to be corrected by the stress correction during the correlation analysis with typical soils, because these types of soils are sensitive to the stress condition when measuring the static elastic modulus ($E_{PLT}$) of soils. In addition, when considering the use of DCP data for the evaluation of the elastic modulus ($E_{DCP}$), the measured data of the elastic modulus less than 200 MPa show more reliable correlation.