• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.433-446
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• 2020

In this paper the effect of confining pressure and tunnel depth on the ground vertical settlement has been investigated using particle flow code (PFC2D). For this perpuse firstly calibration of PFC2D was performed using both of tensile test and triaxial test. Then a model with dimention of 100 m × 100 m was built. A circular tunnel with diameter of 20 m was drillled in the middle of the model. Also, a rectangular tunnel with wide of 10 m and length of 20 m was drilled in the model. The center of tunnel was situated 15 m, 20 m, 25 m, 30 m, 35 m, 40 m, 45 m, 50 m, 55 m and 60 m below the ground surface. these models are under confining pressure of 0.001 GPa, 0.005 GPa, 0.01 GPa, 0.03 GPa, 0.05 GPa and 0.07 GPa. The results show that the volume of colapce zone is constant by increasing the distance between ground surface and tunnel position. Also, the volume of colapce zone was increased by decreasing of confining pressure. The maximum of settlement occurs at the top of the tunnel roof. The maximum of settlement occurs when center of tunnel was situated 15 m below the ground surface. The settlement decreases by increasing the distance between tunnel center line and measuring circles in the ground surface. The minimum of settlement occurs when center of circular tunnel was situated 60 m below the surface ground. Its to be note that the settlement increase by decreasing the confining pressure.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.445-452
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• 2019

Gel-type biopolymers have recently been introduced as environmentally friendly soil binders and have shown substantial strengthening effects in laboratory experimental programs. Although the strengthening effects of biopolymer-treated sands have been verified in previous direct shear tests and uniaxial compression tests, there has been no attempt to examine shear behavior under different confining stress conditions. This study therefore aimed to investigate the strengthening effects of biopolymer-treated sand using laboratory triaxial testing with a focus on confining pressures. Three representative confining pressure conditions (${\sigma}_3=50kPa$, 100 kPa, and 200 kPa) were tested with varying biopolymer contents ($m_{bp}/m_s$) of 0.5%, 1.0%, and 2.0%, respectively. Based on previous studies, it was assumed that biopolymer-treated sand is susceptible to hydraulic conditions, and therefore, the experiments were conducted in both a hydrated xanthan gum condition and a dehydrated xanthan gum condition. The results indicated that the shear resistance was substantially enhanced and there was a demonstrable increase in cohesion as well as the friction angle when the biopolymer film matrix was comprehensively developed. Accordingly, it can be concluded that the feasibility of the biopolymer treatment will remain valid under the confining pressure conditions used in this study because the resisting force of the biopolymer-treated soil was higher than that in the untreated condition, regardless of the confining pressure.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.547-558
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• 2018

Studies of soil dynamic properties in Malaysia are still very limited. This study aims to investigate the dynamic properties of two selected tropical residual soils (i.e., Sandy Clay and Sandy Silt) and a sand mining trail (Silty Sand) in Peninsular Malaysia using 1g shaking table test. The use of 1g shaking table test for soil dynamic testing is often constrained to large strain level and small confining pressure only. Three new experimental setups, namely large laminar shear box test (LLSBT), small chamber test with positive air pressure (SCT), and small sample test with suction (SSTS) are attempted with the aims of these experimental setups are capable of evaluating the dynamic properties of soils covering a wider range of shear strain and confining pressure. The details of each experimental setup are described explicitly in this paper. Experimental results show that the combined use of the LLSBT and SCT is capable of rendering soil dynamic properties covering a strain range of 0.017%-1.48% under confining pressures of 5-100 kPa. The studied tropical residual soils in Malaysia behaved neither as pure sand nor clay, but show a relatively good agreement with the dynamic properties of residual soils in Singapore. Effects of confining pressure and plasticity index on the studied tropical residual soils are found to be insignificant in this particular study.

• KCI Concrete Journal
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2001

Tests of cylindrical concrete specimens under lateral confining pressure of up to 5,000 psi were conducted for two different axial loading cases: monotonic compression and monotonic tension. The purpose of this experimental investigation is to provide stress-strain characteristics of plain concrete in triaxial stress conditions. Lateral confining pressure levels, loading rates, and strength of concrete specimens are varied as parameters. The loading rates are $34.75$\times$10^{-5}$ in/in/sec for fast, $\times$$6.95x10^{-5}$ in/in/sec for normal. and $0.579$\times$10^{-5}$ in/in/sec for slow loading cases. The concrete specimens used in the experiment have compressive strength of 3,500 psi and 6,500 psi, respectively. Findings of this experiment include dependency of the stress-strain behavior of concrete on the above parameters under two different types of loading conditions. The parametric study includes a series of 106 triaxial tests.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.27-38
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 모래-실트 혼합토의 압력수준별 전단특성을 파악하기 위해 모래가 골격구조를이루는 세립분 함유율의 시료를 이용하여 저압 및 고압 삼축압축시험을 수행했다. 시험조건으로 세립분 함유율(0%, 9.8%, 14.7%, 19.6%), 공시체의 밀도(다짐에너지 $22kJ/m^3$, $504kJ/m^3$), 구속압(100kPa, 1MPa, 3MPa, 5MPa) 등을 변화시켜가며 각 조건에서 비소성 실트가 혼합토의 전단강도와 거동에 미치는 영향을 조사했다. 시험 결과, 모래의 골격구조에서 세립분 구조로 전환되는 전환 세립분 함유율은 구속압이 높을수록 감소하는 경향을 나타낸다. 구속압력이 높은 고압영역에서의 전단 특성은 구속압이 높을수록 조립자의 파쇄로 인하여 조밀한 모래에서도 느슨한 모래와 같은 경화, 수축거동을 나타내고 세립분 함유율이 증가함에 따라 전단강도 또한 증가하였다. 이러한, 비소성 실트가 혼합토의 전단특성에 미치는 영향은 실트도 모래와 같은 입상체이므로 소성점토 혼합토와는 상이한 거동을 나타냄을 알았다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.515-527
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 국내 모래의 공학적 특성을 파악하기 위하여 표준사, 욕지사, 낙동강사를 이용하여 구속압 조건, $K_0$ 조건, 과압밀 조건, 상대밀도 조건을 다르게하여 삼축압축시험을 실시하였다. 삼축압축시험 결과, 변형률 ${\epsilon}_1$에 따른 축차응력 $\acute{q}$의 변화는 구속압 ${\sigma}_3$와 상대밀도 $D_r$이 클수록 크게 변화하였으나, $K_0$ 조건과 과압밀 조건변화와 크게 상관이 없었다. 모래의 최대 내부마찰각(${\phi}_{max}$)은 구속압이 클수록 입자간의 접촉력이 크게 되어 작아지는 경향을 나타내었고, $K_0$ 조건과 과압밀 조건에 따라서는 거의 변화가 없는 것으로 나타났으며, 상대밀도에 따라서는 상대밀도가 감소함에 따라 내부마찰각도 작아지는 경향을 나타내었다. 체적변형률(${\epsilon}_u$)은 구속압이 클수록 입자의 파쇄성과 입자간의 재배열에 의해 체적 팽창이 작게 나타났으며, $K_0$ 조건과 과압밀 조건에서는 조건에 상관없이 거의 같은 거동을 보였고, 상대밀도에 따라서는 상대밀도가 커질수록 초기에는 압축되다가 축변형률(${\epsilon}_1$)이 증가할수록 팽창하는 경향이 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 변형률 변화에 따른 탄성계수 $E_{sec}$는 변형률이 커질수록 차츰 수렴하는 경향을 나타내었고, 축차응력($\acute{q}$)-변형률(${\epsilon}_1$) 관계에서 초기할선 탄성계수($E_{ini}$)>할선 탄성계수($E_{sec}$)>접선 탄성계수($E_{tan}$) 순으로 탄성계수의 크기가 산정되었으며, 구속압 및 상대밀도가 증가함에 따라 탄성계수가 증가하는 경향을 보였고, $K_0$ 및 과압밀에 따라서는 거의 비슷한 탄성계수를 나타내었다. 접선 탄성계수에 의한 정규화에 대해서는 다양한 증가비로 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 한계상태선의 기울기 M은 구속압이 증가함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 나타내었고, $K_0$ 및 구속압, 상대밀도에 따라서는 동일선상에 표현되며, 상대밀도가 증가할수록 한계상태선의 기울기 M도 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.69-78
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• 2022

지오튜브 공법은 해안지역 해안선 침식방지와 준설토 매립 호안사면의 뒤채움 필터석 대체용으로도 널리 활용되고 있다. 본 연구는 지오텍스타일에 의해 보강되어 제작된 공시체를 현장 상태를 고려하여 등방 구속압력 10kPa, 50kPa, 100kPa 이하로 최소화하여 연직응력 재하 시 변형 거동을 파악하였다. 시험결과 공시체의 연직 변형율 7%까지는 구속압(≤100kPa)에 관계없이 지오텍스타일 조직의 이완에 따른 인장력이 발휘되는 초기 Strain Hardening 영향으로 응력-변위 거동은 동일하였다. 변형율 7%이상부터는 구속압력이 작은 공시체는 재하 시 변형이 커서 보강 지오텍스타일의 인장 저항력을 증가시키므로 Strain Hardening에 의해 파괴 시 축차응력은 상대적으로 증가하였다. 파괴 후는 급격하게 Strain Softening에 의해 취성파괴형태를 나타내면서 저하되었다. 이는 일반적인 삼축압축시험에서 셀 압이 증가되면서 전단응력도 크게 증가되는 현상과 다르다. 지오텍스타일 등방구속시험에서는 지오텍스타일의 인장변위가 일차적으로 영향을 받기 때문에 탄성계수를 급격하게 증가시키는 탄성 거동을 나타내고 있다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2018

This paper presents an investigation of the liquefaction characteristics and particle crushing of isotropically consolidated silica sand specimens at a wide range of confining pressures varying from 0.1 MPa to 5 MPa during undrained cyclic shearing. Different failure patterns of silica sand specimens subjected to undrained cyclic loading were seen at low and high pressures. The sudden change points with regard to the increasing double amplitude of axial strain with cycle number were identified, regardless of confining pressure. A higher cyclic stress ratio caused the specimen to liquefy at a relatively smaller cycle number, conversely producing a larger relative breakage $B_r$. The rise in confining pressure also resulted in the increasing relative breakage. At a specific cyclic stress ratio, the relative breakage and plastic work increased with the rise in the cyclic loading. Less particle crushing and plastic work consumption was observed for tests terminated after one cyclic loading. Majority of the particle crushing was produced and majority of the plastic work was consumed after the specimen passed through the phase transformation point and until reaching the failure state. The large amount of particle crushing resulted from the high-level strain induced by particle transformation and rotation.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.1458-1465
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• 2010

A lot of dredging and reclaming projects are recently under way in Korea for the efficient use of limiting land space. Saemanguem area is special case of reclaiming by dredged soil. In case of a confined disposal of dredged soils by a pump dredger, generally coarse grained soils are separated from fines with dropping at the near part of the pump dredger. This kind of seperation of fine contents could be a factor of liquefaction by earthquake. In Korea, recently, earthquakes with magnitude of 3.0 or higher are distinctively increasing in 1990. In this study, cyclic shear characterics of Saemanguem Dredged sand depending on fine content were analyzed. A series of undrained cyclic triaxial test with cyclic stress ratio ($\sigma_d/{2\sigma_{{\upsilon}c}}'$) were performed on both isotropic consolidated specimen and sand with fine contents of 0%, 5%, 15%, 30%, 40% under the effective vertical stress of 100kPa and 50% and 60%, 70% of relative density for fine content of 0%, respectively. In the test results, cyclic shear strength increased by increasing of cyclic stress ratio($\sigma_d/{2\sigma_{{\upsilon}c}}'$) with increasing the relative density at the same number of cyclic under the effective confining pressure of 100kPa. It is almost highest the double amplitude(DA) 1%, 3%, 5%, 7.5% and 10% at fine content of 15% between Cyclic stress ratio($\sigma_d/{2\sigma_{{\upsilon}c}}'$) value at cyclic number five and fine content. Number of cyclic is 30 under the effective vertical stress of 100kPa, 70% of relative density for fine content of 15%. when the cyclic stress ratio at each relative density was compared at cyclic number five, the double amplitude(DA) 1%, 3%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%, and the pore-pressure ratio (${\Delta}u/{\sigma'}_c$) 0.95 value were compared; under the relative density of 70% and the effective confining pressure of 100kPa. The pore-pressure ratio (${\Delta}u/{\sigma'}_c$) 0.95 value showed a similar trend to the double amplitude (DA) 5% line.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2000년도 학술발표회 발표논문집
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• pp.451-457
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• 2000

A series of consolidated undrained triaxial tests for compacted short fiber reinforced clay were performed to increase the field applications, e.g. retaining wall, waste landfill, soft ground etc. of soil admixtures mixed with short fiber. Kaolin clay and three types of fiber were selected. To acquire reliable length of fibers, an auto cutter was used and a helical mixer was also used to avoid floating of fibers during mixing soil and fibers. It is found that reinforcing effect by aspect ratio and mixing ratio of short fiber decreases as confining pressure is increased. Reinforcing effect has a maximum value at the aspect ratio of 120 and the fiber content of 0.6%∼1.2% and low confining pressure like 50kPa.