• International Journal of Railway
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2013

A mid-size RC test apparatus (MRCA) equipped with a program is developed that can test samples up to D=10 cm diameter and H=20 cm height which are larger than usual samples used in practice. Using the developed RC test apparatus, two types of crushed trackbed foundation materials were tested in order to get the shear modulus reduction curves of the materials with changing of shear strain levels. For comparison purpose, large repetitive triaxial compression tests (LRT) with samples of height H=60cm and diameter D=30 cm were performed also. Resilient modulus obtained from the LRT was converted to shear modulus by considering elastic theory and strain level conversion and were compared to shear modulus values from the MRCA. It is found from this study that the MRCA can be used to test the trackbed foundation materials properly. It is found also that strain levels of $E_{v2}$ mostly used in the field should be verified considering the shear modulus reduction curves and proper values of $E_{v2}$ of trackbed foundation must be used considering the strain level verified.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.127-138
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 국내 철도 궤도하부 다져진 흙노반의 강성 평가를 위하여 Stokoe 방식의 고정단-자유단 중형 공진주 시험기(D=10cm, L=20cm)를 이용, 구속압 및 전단변형률 증가시 포화도(S)변화에 따른 전단탄성계수의 분포변화를 조사, 분석하였다. 분석결과 포화도가 증가할수록 최대전단탄성계수는 감소하고 정규화 전단탄성계수는 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 분석결과를 바탕으로 포화도(S)~전단탄성계수(S)~전단변형률(${\gamma}$) 사이의 고유한 감소 관계특성을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이러한 특성수립 가능성을 기반으로 향후 광범위한 추가시험을 통하여 예측모델을 수립하고 소정의 모델계수 값들을 획득할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 정기총회 및 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1115-1122
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• 2011

Reinforced-Roadbed materials are usually composed of crushed stones. Repeated load application can induce deformation in the reinforced-roadbed layer so that it causes irregularity of track. Thus it is important to develop a prediction model of elastic modulus based on stress-strain relation under repeatitive load in order to investigate behavior of reinforced roadbed. The prediction model of elastic modulus of the material can be obtained from repeated triaxial test. However, a proper size of the sample for the test must be used. In this study, a large repeatitive triaxial test apparatus with the sample size of diameter of 30 cm and height of 60cm was adapted for performing test of the crushed stone reinforced-roadbed considering large particle size to get resilient modulus Mr. The obtained resilient modulus was compared to shear modulus obtained from mid size resonant column test. The sample size effect is somewhat large enough so that it is required to design a scale factor based on similarity law in order to use smaller samples for getting elastic modulus of the crushed stone reinforced-roadbed material. A scale factor could be obtained from this study.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2015

The primary function of the trackbed in a conventional railway track system is to decrease the stresses in the subgrade to be in an acceptable level. A properly designed trackbed layer performs this task adequately. Many design procedures have used assumed and/or are based on critical stiffness values of the layers obtained mostly in the field to calculate an appropriate thickness of the sublayers of the trackbed foundation. However, those stiffness values do not consider strain levels clearly and precisely in the layers. This study proposes a method of computation of stiffness that can handle with strain level in the layers of the trackbed foundation in order to provide properly selected design values of the stiffness of the layers. The shear modulus values are dependent on shear strain level so that the strain levels generated in the subgrade in the trackbed under wheel loading and below plate of Repeated Plate Bearing Test (RPBT) are investigated by finite element analysis program ABAQUS and PLAXIS programs. The strain levels generated in the subgrade from RPBT are compared to those values from RC (Resonant Column) test after some consideration of strain levels and stress consideration. For comparison of shear modulus G obtained from RC test and stiffness moduli $E_{v2}$ obtained from RPBT in the field, many numbers of mid-size RC tests in laboratory and RPBT in field were performed extensively. It was found in this study that there is a big difference in stiffness modulus when the converted $E_{v2}$ values were compared to those values of RC test. It is verified in this study that it is necessary to use precise and increased loading steps to construct nonlinear curves from RPBT in order to get correct $E_{v2}$ values in proper strain levels.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.476-484
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 국내에서 보편적으로 사용되는 최대입경이 38mm에 이르는 쇄석 강화노반재료에 대한 동적 변형특성을 평가하기 위하여 직경 D=10cm, 길이 L=20cm의 시편을 시험할 수 있는 Stokoe방식의 고정단-자유단 중형 공진주 시험기 및 구동시스템과 해석프로그램을 제작하였다. 이렇게 완성된 중형 공진주 시험기를 이용하여 우리나라의 대표적인 석산 쇄석 강화노반재료에 대하여 공진주 시험을 수행하였다. 또한 소형(D=5cm) 공진주 시험기를 이용하여 동일한 재료로 시험을 수행하여 전단탄성계수(G) 감소곡선과 정규화 전단탄성계수($G/G_{max}$) 및 감쇠비(D) 곡선을 구하고 소형과 중형 공진주 시험결과에 대한 비교 분석을 실시하였다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.85-98
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• 2017

일반적으로 철도궤도 상부노반 흙재료는 연속적인 열차의 동적하중을 받게 되어 증가-감소 단계의 응력을 경험하게 된다. 이와 같이 일정한 주기에 따라 반복적으로 재하되는 축차응력(${\sigma}_d$)과 반복재하회수가 증가하게 되어 발생하는 회복변형률(${\varepsilon}_r$)의 비를 이용, 회복탄성계수($M_R$)을 산정할 수 있다. 현재까지 철도궤도하부구조에 적용할 수 있는 통일된 회복탄성계수 측정 시험법이 제시된 바 없어, 본 연구에서는 철도궤도 하부구조에 적용 가능하며, 구속압, 응력조건 및 반복재하회수 등을 종합적으로 고려할 수 있는 반복삼축압축시험에 의한 잠정 회복탄성계수 측정시험법을 제시하였다. 또한 반복삼축압축시험에 의한 잠정 시험법을 통해 산정된 회복탄성계수($M_R$)와 중형공진주시험을 통해 측정한 전단탄성계수(G)와의 상관성분석을 실시하였다.