• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.91-99
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• 2023

To test the effect of various pile tip shape series of model scale loading tests were carried out on test piles with special pile tips. Special pile tips were made using the 3D printer and were attached to the bottom end of the test pile for loading tests. The pile tips were made to have 30°, 45°, 60° inclined tips, as well as a rounded tip. The main objective of the test was to observe the effect of various pile tip shapes on settlement and penetrability of the pile. Moreover, a numerical model simulating the pile loading test carried out in this study was established and verified based on the loading test results. From this, the stress concentration around the pile tip was investigated. This will allow us to analyze the decrease of stress concentration around the pile tip which is the main cause of the pile tip damage during pile installation. However, modifying the pile tip shape will eventually increase the settlement of the pile. By estimating the degree of increase in pile settlement, the viability and the efficiency of the pile shape modification was judged. In addition, case studies on the effect of different pile tip shape and ground conditions on pile settlement and stress dispersion was conducted.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.287-294
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• 2019

The finite element method (FEM) is widely used to evaluate the seismic performance of pile-supported buildings. However, there are problems associated with modeling the pile end resistance using the FEM, such as the dependence on the mesh size. This paper proposes a new method of modeling around the pile tip to avoid the mesh size effect in two-dimensional (2D) analyses. Specifically, we consider the area of influence around the pile tip as an artificial constraint on the behavior of the soil. We explain the problems with existing methods of modeling the pile tip. We then conduct a three-dimensional (3D) analysis of a pile in various soil conditions to evaluate the area of influence of the soil around the pile tip. The analysis results show that the normalized area of influence extends approximately 2.5 times the diameter of the pile below the pile tip. Finally, we propose a new method for modeling pile foundations with artificial constraints on the nodal points within the area of influence. The proposed model is expected to be useful in the practical seismic design of pile-supported buildings via a 2D analysis.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.27-38
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 3D 프린팅 기술을 활용하여 타입말뚝 선단의 모양에 따른 관입성 분석을 현장 축소모형시험을 통해 관찰하고, 대변형 수치해석을 통해 타입 중 말뚝 선단에 집중되는 최대응력의 변화를 확인하였다. 3D 프린터를 통하여 다양한 직경, 각도 그리고 모양의 말뚝 선단 모형을 제작하였고, 이를 현장 축소모형시험에 활용하였다. 이를 통해, 말뚝 선단 조건에 따른 말뚝의 침하량의 변화를 관찰하였다. 더 나아가, 대변형 수치해석 기법을 적용하여 다양한 말뚝 선단 조건에 따른 타입 중 말뚝 선단부의 최대응력의 변화와 최대응력 작용 위치 또한 확인하였다. 현장 축소모형시험과 대변형 수치해석의 결과 분석을 토대로 말뚝 선단 조건의 변화를 통해 타입말뚝의 관입성을 향상 시킬 수 있으며 선단부에 집중되는 최대응력 또한 완화 시켜 말뚝 시공 중 말뚝 손상을 방지할 수 있을 것으로 결론지을 수 있었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.165-179
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• 2023

This study investigates the uplift capacity of a single vertical belled pile buried at shallow depth in dry sand. The laboratory model experiments are conducted with different pile-tip angles and relative densities. In addition, image and FEM analyses are performed to observe the failure surface of the belled pile for different pile-tip angles and relative densities. Accordingly, the uplift capacity and failure angle in the failure surface of the belled pile were found to depend on the belled pile-tip angle and relative density. A predictive model for the uplift capacity of the belled pile was proposed considering the relative density and belled pile-tip angle based on a previous limit equilibrium equation. To validate the applicability of the proposed model, the values calculated using the proposed and previous models were compared to those obtained through a laboratory model experiment. The proposed model had the best agreement with the laboratory model experiment.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.241-261
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• 2013

The bearing mechanism of pile during installation and loading process which controls the deformation and distribution of strain and stress in the soil surrounding pile tip is complex and full of much uncertainty. It is pointed out that particle crushing occurs in significant stress concentrated region such as the area surrounding pile tip. The solution to this problem requires the understanding and modeling of the mechanical behavior of granular soil under high pressures. This study aims to investigate the sand behavior around pile tip considering the characteristics of sand crushing. The numerical analysis of model pile loading test under different surcharge pressure with constitutive model for sand crushing is presented. This constitutive model is capable of predicting the dilatancy of soil from negative to positive under low confining pressure and only negative dilatancy under high confining pressure. The predicted relationships between the normalized bearing stress and normalized displacement are agreeable with the experimental results during the entire loading process. It is estimated from numerical results that the vertical stress beneath pile tip is up to 20 MPa which is large enough to cause sand to be crushed. The predicted distribution area of volumetric strain represents that the distributed area shaped wedge for volumetric contraction is beneath pile tip and distributed area for volumetric expansion is near the pile shaft. It is demonstrated that the finite element formulation incorporating a constitutive model for sand with crushing is capable of producing reasonable results for the pile loading problem.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.385-400
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• 2016

Bearing capacity of open-ended piles depends largely on inner frictional resistance, which is influenced by the degree of soil plugging. While a fully-plugged open-ended pile produces a bearing capacity similar to a closed-ended pile, fully coring (or unplugged) pile produces a much smaller bearing capacity. In general, open-ended piles are driven under partially-plugged mode. The formation of soil plug may depend on many factors, including wall thickness at the pile tip (or inner pile diameter), sleeve height of the thickened wall at the pile tip and relative density. In this paper, we studied the effects of wall thickness at the pile base and sleeve height of the thickened wall at the pile tip on bearing capacity using laboratory model tests. The tests were conducted on a medium dense sandy ground. The model piles with different tip thicknesses and sleeve heights of thickened wall at the pile tip were tested. The results were also discussed using the incremental filling ratio and plug length ratio, which are generally used to describe the degree of soil plugging. The results showed that the bearing capacity increases with tip thickness. The bearing capacity of piles of smaller sleeve length (e.g., ${\leq}1D$; D is pile outer diameter) was found to be dependent on the sleeve length, while it is independent on the sleeve length of greater than a 1D length. We also found that the soil plug height is dependent on wall thickness at the pile base. The results on the incremental filling ratio revealed that the thinner walled piles produce higher degree of soil plugging at greater penetration depths. The results also revealed that the soil plug height is dependent on sleeve length of up to 2D length and independent beyond a 2D length. The piles of a smaller sleeve length (e.g., ${\leq}1D$) produce higher degree of soil plugging at shallow penetration depths while the piles of a larger sleeve length (e.g., ${\geq}2D$) produce higher degree of soil plugging at greater penetration depths.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.965-975
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• 1994

PHC말뚝의 선단부를 개방시켜서 사용하면 관입저항력의 감소로 인하여 관입깊이가 증가되며, 결과적으로 지지력의 증가를 가져온다. 그러나 개단 PHC말뚝의 사용을 위해서는 다음의 두가지 문제가 해결되어야 한다. 첫째는 말뚝의 선단부를 개방시킴에 따른 지지력의 변화이며, 둘째는 말뚝 내부로 유입되는 관내토에 의한 말뚝 선단부의 파괴여부이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 개단 PHC말뚝의 실용성을 검토하기 위하여 먼저 말뚝의 선단부 형상에 따른 지지력 비교를 목적으로 두개의 폐단말뚝과 두 개의 개단말뚝을 이용하여 토조에서 모형말뚝실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과로부터 말뚝의 선단부 형상에 따른 관입저항력과 지지력의 변화 및 PHC말뚝 선단부의 파괴여부가 검토되었다. 실험결과 동일한 관입깊이에서 개단말뚝의 전체지지력은 관입깊이가 증가함에 따라 폐단말뚝의 전체지지력과 비슷해지며, PHC 말뚝의 경우 말뚝선단부로부터 말뚝내경의 0.8~1.1배되는 영역에서 균열발생의 가능성이 제시되었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.115-126
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• 2019

The long-term settlement characteristics for the cast-in-place bored pile in the deep-thick soft soil are investigated by post-grouting field tests. Six cast-in-place bored engineering piles and three cast-in-place bored test piles are installed to study the long-term settlement characteristics. Three post-grouting methods (i.e., post-tip-grouting, post-side-grouting, and tip and side post-grouting) are designed and carried out by field tests. Results of the local test show that decreased settlements for the post-side-grouted pile, the post-tip-grouted pile and the tip and side post-grouted pile are 22.2%~25.8%, 30.10%~35.98% and 32.40%~35.50%, respectively, compared with non-grouted piles. The side friction resistance for non-grouted piles, post-side-grouted pile, post-tip-grouted pile and the tip and side post-grouted pile undertakes 89.6~91.3%, 94.6%, 92.4%~93.0%, 95.7% of the total loading, respectively. At last, the parameters back analysis method and numerical calculation are adopted to predict the long-term settlement characteristics of the cast-in-place bored pile in the deep-thick soft soil. Determined Bulk modulus (K) and a creep parameter (Ks) are used for the back analysis of the long-term settlement of the post-grouted pile. The settlement difference between the back analysis and the measurement data is about 1.11%-7.41%. Long-term settlement of the post-grouted piles are predicted by the back analysis method, and the predicted results show that the settlement of the post-grouted pile are less than 6 mm and will be stable in 30 days.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2018

PHC말뚝, 확장판 선단부착 PHC말뚝, 강관 선단부착 PHC말뚝을 현장 시험 부지에서 시험시공하였다. 이들 선단변형 PHC말뚝들에 대하여 하중전이측정이 수반된 연직압축정재하시험을 실시하였으며 시공직후 항타후 동재하시험을 수행하였다. 또한 선단부만 그라우팅한 선단변형PHC말뚝에 대한 연직압축정재하시험도 실시하였다. 3가지 다양한 선단말뚝들 즉, PHC말뚝, 확장판 선단부착 PHC말뚝, 강관 선단부착 PHC말뚝의 하중-침하량 거동은 거의 동일한 양상을 나타내었다. 따라서 말뚝이 선단지지층에 근입된 길이가 동일하고 말뚝 본체의 직경이 동일할 경우 확장판 선단부착 PHC말뚝 및 강관 선단부착 PHC말뚝의 지지력 증대 효과는 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 최종재하하중단계에서 PHC말뚝, 확장판 선단부착 PHC말뚝, 강관 선단부착 PHC말뚝의 주면마찰력은 각각 전체 재하하중의 95.8%, 95.6%, 97.8%를 분담하였으며, 선단지지력은 전체 재하하중의 4.2%, 4.4%, 2.2%를 분담하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1999년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.3-44
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• 1999

This paper discusses the lateral behavior of single and group piles in homogeneous and non-homogeneous(two layered) soil. In the single pile, the model tests were conducted to investigate the effects on ratio of lower layer height to embedded pile length, ratio of soil modules of upper layer to lower layer, boundary rendition of pile head and tip, embedded pile length, pile construction condition, ground condition with saturate and moisture state in Nak-Dong river sand. Also, in the group pile, the model tests were to investigate the effects on spacing-to-diameter ratio of pile, pile array, ratio of pile spacing, boundary condition of pile head and tip, eccentric load and ground condition. The maximum bending moment and deflection induced in active piles were found to be highly dependent on the relative density, pile construction condition, boundary condition of pile head and tip. Based on the results obtained, it was found that the decrease of lateral bearing capacity in saturated sand was in the range of 31% - 53% as compared with the case of dry sand. Also, in the group pile, a spacing-to-diameter of 6.0 seems to be large enough to eliminate the group effect for the case of relative density of 61.8%, and 32.8%, and then each pile in such a case behaves essentially the same as a single pile. In this study, the program is developed by using the modified Chang method which used p - y method and the exact solution of governing equation of pile and it can be used to calculate the deflection, bending moment and soil reaction with FDM in non-homogeneous soil. In comparing the modified Chang method with field test results, the predict results shows better agreement with measured results in field tests.