• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.363-372
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• 2022

One of the most frequent issues in tunnel excavation is the collapse of rock blocks and the dropping of rock fragments from the tunnel face. The tunnel face can be reinforced using a number of techniques. One of the most popular and affordable solutions is the use of face longitudinal dowels, which has benefits including high strength, flexibility, and ease of cutting. In order to examine the reinforced face, this work shows the longitudinal deformation profile and ground response curve for a tunnel face. This approach is based on assumptions made during the analysis phase of problem solving. By knowing the tunnel face response and dowel behavior, the interaction of two elements can be solved. The rock element equation derived from the rock bolt method is combined with the dowel differential equation to solve the reinforced ground response curve (GRC). With a straightforward and accurate analytical equation, the new differential equation produces the reinforced displacement of the tunnel face at each stage of excavation. With simple equations and a less involved computational process, this approach offers quick and accurate solutions. The FLAC3D simulation has been compared with the suggested analytical approach. A logical error is apparent from the discrepancies between the two solutions. Each component of the equation's effect has also been described.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.273-280
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• 2003

Tunneling in difficult geological conditions is often inevitable especially in urban areas. Ground improvement and reinforcement techniques are often required to guarantee safe tunnel excavations and/or to prevent damage to adjacent structures. The steel pipe-reinforced multi-step grouting method has been recently applied to tunnel sites in Korea as an auxiliary technique. In this study, the face stability with steel pipe-reinforced multi-step grouting was evaluated by simultaneously considering two factors: one is the effective stress acting on the tunnel face calculated by limit theorem and limit equilibrium method; the other is the seepage force obtained by means of numerical analysis. The study revealed that the influence of the steel pipe-reinforced multi-step grouting on the support pressure in dry condition is not significant while there is relatively a large amount of reduction in seepage forces by adopting the technique in saturated condition. The effect of the anisotropy of permeability on the seepage force acting on the tunnel face was also estimated by conducting the coupled analysis. It was found that a higher horizontal permeability compared with the vertical one causes reduction in the seepage force acting on the tunnel face.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.133-144
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• 2004

NATM터널 시공 중 강관이나 FRP관을 이용하여 터널 막장을 선행보강하는 방법은 RPUM이나 UAM 등으로 알려져 있으며, 얕은 터널 및 연약지반내 터널 굴착 시 굴진면의 안정성을 확보해주거나 지반 침하를 감소시켜주는 역할을 한다. 특히 굴진지반이 연약하여 자립이 어려운 경우 최근에는 굴진면 천단뿐 아니라 굴진면 수평보강을 실시하여 굴착에 따른 터널안정을 확보하게 된다. 일반적으로 터널굴착이 진행됨에 따라 굴진면 전후에는 종방향 아칭현상이 발생하며 이는 NATM 터널 지보재 작용원리의 근간이 된다. 따라서 터널 천단과 굴진면 수평보강을 실시하는 경우도 굴진에 따른 종방향 아칭의 관점에서 해석되어야 하나 이에 대한 연구는 현재까지 거의 없는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 토사터널 굴진면에 RPUM(천단보강)이나 굴진면 수평보강이 실시된 경우, 종방향 아칭특성을 2차원 실내시험을 통해 살펴보았다. 실험결과, 연직토압의 변화를 토대로 한 종방향아칭 영향범위는 무보강의 경우 굴진면 전${\cdot}$후방으로 각각 2.5D와 1.5D(D는 터널직경), 천단보강 및 수평보강의 경우 2.0D와 1.5D, 천단과 수평보강이 동시에 적용된 경우는 2.0D와 1.0D까지로 측정되어 굴진면 보강에 따라 아칭의 영향범위가 감소함을 알 수 있었다. 반면 연직토압의 변화량은 굴진면 보강에 따라 증가하는 것으로 나타나 역학적으로 천단 및 수평보강재가 터널의 안정에 중요한 역할을 하고 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1999년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.185-192
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• 1999

This paper presents the results of a parametric study on the behavior of tunnel face reinforced with horizontal pipes. A three-dimensional finite element model was adopted in this study to capture the three-dimensional nature of tunnel face behavior under various boundary conditions. A parametric study was peformed on a wide range of boundary conditions with emphasis on the effect of reinforcing layouts on the deformation behavior of tunnel face. The results of analysis such as tunnel face deformation behavior under various conditions were thoroughly analyzed, and a database for the behavior of tunnel face under different reinforcing conditions was established for future development of a semi-empirical design/analysis method for the tunnel face reinforcing technique. The results indicated that there exits an optimum reinforcing layout for a given tunnel condition, which must be selected with due consideration of tunnel geometry and ground condition.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.79-86
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• 2000

This paper presents the results of a parametric study on the behavior of tunnel face reinforced with horizontal pipes. A series of reduced-scale model tests was carried out to in an attempt to verify previously performed three-dimensional numerical modeling and to investigate effects of reinforcement layout on the tunnel face deformation behavior The results of model tests indicate that the tunnel face deformation can significantly reduced by pre-reinforcing the tunnel face with longitudinal members and thus enhancing the tunnel stability. In addition, the model tests results compare fairly well with those from the previously performed three-dimensional finite element analysis. Therefore, a properly calibrated three dimensional model may effectively be used in the study of tunnel face reinforcing technique.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2003

도심지에서 열악한 지반조건에서의 터널 시공을 때때로 불가피 하다. 터널의 안정성 증대와 인접 구조물의 손상을 방지하기 위하여 지반 개량과 보강이 요구된다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해 보조 공법으로 강관 다단 그라우팅은 근래에 국내의 터널 현장에 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 강관 다단 그라우팅으로 보강된 터널의 막장 안정성을 평가하였다. 건조한 지반에서는 지보압이 강관 다단 그라우팅으로 인해 크게 감소하지 않으나 지하수위 하에서 터널시공 시 터널 막장에 발생하게 되는 침투수력은 상대적으로 크게 감소하였다. 투수계수의 이방성이 터널 막장에 작용하는 침투수력에 미치는 영향은 역학해석과 지하수 흐름해석의 연계해석을 통하여 검토되었다. 수직방향에 비해 수평방향의 투수계수가 큰 경우 터널 막장에 작용하는 침투수력은 감소하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.149-159
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• 2018

Thermo-mechanical buckling of sandwich beams with a stiff core and face sheets made of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) within the framework of Timoshenko beam theory is presented. The material properties of FG-CNTRC are supposed to vary continuously in the thickness direction and are estimated through the rule of mixture. Also the properties of these materials should be considered temperature dependent. The governing equations and boundary conditions are derived by using Hamilton's principle and solved using an efficient technique called the Differential Transform Method (DTM) to achieve the critical buckling of the sandwich beam in uniform thermal environment. A detailed parametric study is guided to investigate the effects of carbon nanotube volume fraction, slenderness ratio, core-to-face sheet thickness ratio, and clamped-clamped, simply-simply and clamped-simply end supports on the critical buckling behavior of sandwich beams with FG-CNTRC face sheets. Numerical results for comparison of sandwich beams with uniformly distributed carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (UD-CNTRC) face sheets with those with FG-CNTRC face sheets are also presented.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.595-610
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• 2019

This paper deals with the static and dynamic behavior of Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotubes (FG-CNT)-reinforced porous sandwich (PMPV) polymer plate. The model of nanocomposite plate is investigated within the first order shear deformation theory (FSDT). Two types of porous sandwich plates are supposed (sandwich with face sheets reinforced / homogeneous core and sandwich with homogeneous face sheets / reinforced core). Functionally graded Carbon Nanotubes (FG-CNT) and uniformly Carbon Nanotubes (UD-CNT) distributions of face sheets or core porous plates with uniaxially aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes are considered. The governing equations are derived by using Hamilton's principle. The solution for bending and vibration of such type's porous plates are obtained. The detailed mathematical derivations are provided and the solutions are compared to some cases in the literature. The effect of the several parameters of reinforced sandwich porous plates such as aspect ratios, volume fraction, types of reinforcement, number of modes and thickness of plate on the bending and vibration analyses are studied and discussed. On the question of porosity, this study found that there is a great influence of their variation on the static and vibration of porous sandwich plate.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제31권2C호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2011

최근 콘크리트 블록을 전면판으로 주로 사용하고 있는 기존의 블록식 보강토 옹벽과는 달리 경량의 강재를 지주로 이용하여 전면판의 자중을 감소시켜 안정성을 높이고 시공이 쉬운 보강토 공법이 개발되었다. 이 연구에서는 새로 개발된 보강토 옹벽의 안정성을 확인하기 위해 실제 크기의 현장시험을 수행하여 전면판에 발생하는 수평변위, 수평토압, 그리고 옹벽의 침하량 등을 계측기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 또한, 3차원 수치해석을 수행하여 현장시험결과와 수치해석결과를 비교 분석하였다. 현장계측결과 전면판 최대수평변위는 46mm(0.009H), 최대침하량은 21.5mm로 나타나 FHWA 기준을 만족하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 현장계측결과를 수치해석결과와 비교 분석한 결과 새로운 보강토 공법은 충분한 안정성을 확보하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.213-226
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• 2020

The present study covenants with the static and free vibration behavior of nanocomposite sandwich plates reinforced by carbon nanotubes resting on Pasternak elastic foundation. Uniformly distributed (UD-CNT) and functionally graded (FG-CNT) distributions of aligned carbon nanotube are considered for two types of sandwich plates such as, the face sheet reinforced and homogeneous core and the homogeneous face sheet and reinforced core. Based on the first shear deformation theory (FSDT), the Hamilton's principle is employed to derive the mathematical models. The obtained solutions are numerically validated by comparison with some available cases in the literature. The elastic foundation model is assumed as one parameter Winkler - Pasternak foundation. A parametric study is conducted to study the effects of aspect ratios, foundation parameters, carbon nanotube volume fraction, types of reinforcement, core-to-face sheet thickness ratio and types of loads acting on the bending and free vibration analyses. It is explicitly shown that the (FG-CNT) face sheet reinforced sandwich plate has a high resistance against deflections compared to other types of reinforcement. It is also revealed that the reduction in the dimensionless natural frequency is most pronounced in core reinforced sandwich plate.