• 한국농공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.111-121
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• 2002

This study was performed to estimate the degree of consolidation using excess pore water pressure in the very soft ground. The final settlement prediction methods by Hyperbolic, Asaoka and Curve fitting methods from the measured settlement data were used to compare with the degree of consolidation estimated by excess pore water pressure. The dissipated excess pore water pressure during embankment construction and the peak excess pore water pressure on the completed embankment were used for the estimation of the degree of consolidation. After completion of embankment, it was concluded that the degree of consolidation estimated from dissipated excess pore water pressure was more reliable than that from the peak excess pore water pressure. And, the degree of consolidation estimated from the surface settlement was nearly the same as settlement of each layer. The degree of consolidation estimated from dissipated excess pore water pressure was a little larger than that from settlement.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.13-17
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• 2019

This paper presents case history of railway embankment excess settlement on soft clay during service in southern region of Korea. A lot of field observations show that the measured settlements are a lot larger than settlements actually calculated in this area. Back analysis is carried out to verify the soil parameters which are intended to investigate in the subsurface exploration phase and later in a laboratory test program. Recommendations and causes for the engineering practice are suggested to review the determination of excess settlements and, consequently, to improve the settlement prediction. This enormous discrepancy is due to the passing over secondary consolidation, and the design filling did not meet to real construction filling. Immediate settlement could be subsidiary factor of excess settlement.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.209-216
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• 2000

When subjected to earthquake shaking, saturated sandy soil may generate excess pore pressure. And a time may come when initial confining pressure will equal to excess pore pressure. Depending on the characteristics of the soil and the length of the drainage path, excess pore pressure was dissipated after earthquake. For this reason, it was induced settlement in grounds and fatal damage of various structures. In this study, settlement in silty sand grounds induced earthquake was evaluated using post-liquefaction constitutive equation between volumetric strain and shear strain from previous study. Using that, it was proposed that simplified estimation of settlement in silty sand grounds induced liquefaction.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.27-40
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• 2014

지금까지의 방파제 침하와 관련된 연구는 주로 해석위주의 수치모형실험 또는 축소모형을 이용한 실내수조모형실험을 통해 이루어졌다. 현재까지 실제 방파제 구조물에서 계측된 침하를 이용한 연구는 이루어지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 실제 케이슨 방파제에서 장기간 계측된 침하 자료를 분석해 정성적인 측면에서 파동에 의한 케이슨의(하부지반 포함)침하 경향과 그 원인을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 케이슨 침하에 파랑의 영향이 있음을 분명하게 확인할 수 있었다. 특히 태풍과 같은 고파랑 조건에서는 그 경향이 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 케이슨 침하는 파랑에 의한 해저지반에서의 진동과잉간극수압과 잔류과잉간극수압의 합으로 표현되는 과잉간극수압의 증가에 의한 지반의 액상화와 축적된 과잉간극수압의 소산에 따른 지반의 고밀도화 과정을 통해 발생된다. 케이슨 하부 지반의 과잉간극수압 거동은 전적으로 케이슨 거동에 지배된다. 고밀화과정을 경험한 지반은 동급의 또는 그 보다 작은 파랑 조건에서는 액상화 발생 가능성이 현저하게 줄어들어 결과적으로 침하 발생도 감소된다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2022

본 연구는 국내 연약지반 설계에서 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 Terzaghi 압밀이론에 의한 1차원 압밀해석의 침하량 및 침하시간이 실제 현장에서 측정되는 침하량 및 침하시간과의 차이로 인해 발생하는 문제점을 최소화하고자 수행하였다. 현장 지반특성을 고려한 압밀도-시간계수는 압밀도, 침하시간, 시간계수의 관계를 이용하여 결정할 수 있으므로 현장에서 측정된 시간-침하량 곡선을 현장과 동일한 압밀거동이 재현될 때의 수치해석기법으로 역해석하였다. 현장과 동일한 압밀거동이 재현될 때의 시간-침하량과 시간-과잉간극수압 데이터로 각 침하시간에 대한 침하량과 과잉간극수압을 이용하여 침하량과 과잉간극수압에 의한 송산그린시티 지반의 압밀도-시간계수를 산정하였다. 본 연구결과 연약지반 대상지역의 압밀특성이 고려되지 않은 Terzaghi 압밀도-시간계수를 사용한다면 시공시 연약지반 종료시기를 결정하는데 어려움이 있으며 압밀특성이 고려된 압밀도-시간계수를 사용할 필요가 있다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2012

In this study, field test on utilization of recycled aggregates and crushed stone as horizontal drains to use an alternative material of sand in soft ground is practiced. The settlement with time showed similarly ranged from 28.4-30.3 cm in the all horizontal materials. The excess pore water pressure of the recycled aggregates and crushed stone showed smaller than sand. The small the excess pore water pressure becomes faster the consolidation period and it can reduces the amount of residual settlement. Therefore, it was verified as having enough to an alternative materials that the field applicability is excellent. The distribution of earth pressure with time showed similarly in the all horizontal materials. The recycled aggregates and crushed stone was very applicable to practice because there is no mat resistance in the horizontal drains layer. The penetration rate in the SCP and PVD improvement sections did not show large differences as the grain size and the horizontal drainage height increases.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.17-36
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• 2013

Settlement of the piled raft can be estimated even after years of completing the construction of any structure over the foundation. This study is devoted to carry out numerical analysis by the finite element method of the consolidation settlement of piled rafts over clayey soils and detecting the dissipation of excess pore water pressure and its effect on bearing capacity of piled raft foundations. The ABAQUS computer program is used as a finite element tool and the soil is represented by the modified Drucker-Prager/cap model. Five different configurations of pile groups are simulated in the finite element analysis. It was found that the settlement beneath the piled raft foundation resulted from the dissipation of excess pore water pressure considerably affects the final settlement of the foundation, and enough attention should be paid to settlement variation with time. The settlement behavior of unpiled raft shows bowl shaped settlement profile with maximum at the center. The degree of curvature of the raft under vertical load increases with the decrease of the raft thickness. For the same vertical load, the differential settlement of raft of ($10{\times}10m$) size decreases by more than 90% when the raft thickness increased from 0.75 m to 1.5 m. The average load carried by piles depends on the number of piles in the group. The groups of ($2{\times}1$, $3{\times}1$, $2{\times}2$, $3{\times}2$, and $3{\times}3$) piles were found to carry about 24%, 32%, 42%, 58%, and 79% of the total vertical load. The distribution of load between piles becomes more uniform with the increase of raft thickness.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2001년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.485-492
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• 2001

Weathered soil is one of the most representative soils in Korea. In this study, a series of cyclic triaxial tests was carried out to predict the post-cyclic deformation behavior of weathered soils in case of non-liquefaction. Excess pore pressure response during cyclic loading and volumetric strain during the dissipation of excess pore pressure were measured varying the confining pressure, relative density and cyclic stress ratio. Based on the test results, it Is found that the modified excess pore pressure ratio, excess pore pressure ratio normalized by cyclic stress ratio, is uniquely correlated with the number of cycles irrespective of confining pressure and cyclic stress ratio. Using the newly proposed MEPPR(modified excess pore pressure ratio) concept, it is possible to easily evaluate the excess pore pressure and the settlement of weathered soils due to cyclic loading by greatly reduced number of tests. It is also verified that the reconsolidation volumetric strain is independent of the way how the excess pore pressure was generated.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.187-220
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• 2015

Soil disturbance induced by installation of mandrel driven vertical drains decreases the in situ horizontal hydraulic conductivity of the soil in the vicinity of the drains, decelerating the consolidation rate. According to available literature, several different profiles for the hydraulic conductivity variation with the radial distance from the vertical drain, influencing the excess pore water pressure dissipation rate, have been identified. In addition, it is well known that the visco-plastic properties of the soil also influence the excess pore water pressure dissipation rate and consequently the settlement rate. In this study, a numerical solution adopting an elastic visco-plastic model with nonlinear creep function incorporated in the consolidation equations has been developed to investigate the effects of disturbed zone properties on the time dependent behaviour of soft soil deposits improved with vertical drains and preloading. The employed elastic visco-plastic model is based on the framework of the modified Cam-Clay model capturing soil creep during excess pore water pressure dissipation. Besides, nonlinear variations of creep coefficient with stress and time and permeability variations during the consolidation process are considered. The predicted results have been compared with V$\ddot{a}$sby test fill measurements. According to the results, different variations of the hydraulic conductivity profile in the disturbed zone result in varying excess pore water pressure dissipation rate and consequently varying the effective vertical stresses in the soil profile. Thus, the creep coefficient and the creep strain limit are notably influenced resulting in significant changes in the predicted settlement rate.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.1086-1093
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• 2005

In soft ground, consolidation settlement is mainly consider. The primary consolidation settlement which is the time when the excess pore water pressure is completely dispersed and the secondary consolidation settlement which follows. Recently as the depth of consolidation layer increases the consideration of not only the primary consolidation settlement but also of the secondary consolidation settlement becomes a very important element. But up to the present there were only a few in-depth study of the secondary consolidation settlement performed. At present there are a lot of methods available when it comes to the improvement of soft soil. In this study, Preloading Method which is the most commonly used soft soil improvement method locally was used in order to investigate the method for the reduction of secondary consolidation settlement. The objective of this study is to determine the amount of preloading required to reduce secondary consolidation settlement and to determine whether secondary consolidation settlement using standard consolidation test.