• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.125-140
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• 2018

Tianjin, which is located on the west shore of the Bohai Sea, is part of China's Circum-Bohai-Sea Region, where very weak clay is deposited. From the 1970s to the early $21^{st}$ century, Tianjin marine clay deposits have been the subject of numerous geotechnical investigations. Because of these deposits' geological complexity, great depositional thickness, high water content, large void ratio, excessive settlement, and low shear strength, the geotechnical properties of Tianjin marine clay need to be summarized and evaluated based on various in situ and laboratory tests so that Tianjin can safely and economically sustain more infrastructure in the coming decades. In this study, the properties of Tianjin marine clay, especially its consolidation properties, are summarized, evaluated and discussed. The focus is on establishing correlations between the geotechnical property indexes and mechanical parameters of Tianjin marine clay. These correlations include the correlations between the water content and the void ratio, the depth and the undrained shear strength, the liquid limit and the compression index, the tip resistance and the constrained modulus, the plasticity index and the ratio of undrained shear strength and the preconsolidation pressure. In addition, the primary consolidation properties of Tianjin marine clay, such as the intrinsic compression line (ICL), sedimentation compression line (SCL), compression index, $C_c$, coefficient of consolidation, $C_v$, and hydraulic conductivity change index, $C_{kv}$, are evaluated and discussed. A secondary consolidation property, i.e., the secondary compression index, $C_a$, is also investigated, and the results show that the ratio of $C_a/C_c$ for Tianjin marine clay can be used to calculate $C_a$ in secondary consolidation settlement predictions.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.70-73
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• 2003

Nitrate contamination in the aquatic systems is the primary indicator of poor agricultural management. The influence of sewage sludge application rates (0, 10, 25, 50 and 100 dry Mg/ha) on distribution of nitrate originating from the sewage sludge in soil profiles was investigated. Soil profile monitoring of nitrate was carried out with a Lakeland clay soil in 1997. Irrespectively of the sewage sludge application rates up to 50 dry Mg/ha, the concentration of $NO_3$-N at the 120 cm depth was below 10 mg/kg and the difference due to the amount of sewage sludge application was negligible at this depth. There was virtually no $NO_3$-N below 120 cm depth and this was confirmed by a deep sampling up to 300 cm depth. Most of the nitrate remained in the surface 60 cm of the soil. Below 120 cm depth nitrate concentration was very low because of the denitrification even at high sewage sludge rate of 100 dry Mg/ha. The $NO_3$-N concentrations in the soil fluctuated over the growing season due to plant uptake and denitrification. The risk of groundwater contamination by nitrate from sewage sludge application up to high rate of 100 dry Mg/ha was very low in a wheat grown clay soil with high water table ( < 3 m).

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.87-98
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• 1999

연약지반에서의 압밀침하는 종종 구조물에 큰 피해를 미친다. 최근 국내에서는 대규모 프로젝트들이 계획 혹은 진행중인데, 이들 구조물들은 두꺼운 연약지반상에 건설되므로 설계나 시공에 있어서 각 단계별 정확한 압밀침하량 예측이 필요하다. 특히, 이러한 연약지반상의 이차압밀은 전체 압밀침하량에서 상당량을 차지하게 된다. 일반적으로 이차압밀은 실내 혹은 현장압밀시험을 통해 산정된다. 경험적인 $C_a/C_c$의 비는 이차압밀량을 예측하는데 있어서 경제적이고 효율적인 수단이 될 수 있을 것이나, 국내의 $C_a/C_c$는 그 데이터 베이스가 매우 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 간극수압을 측정하는 단계재하 압밀시험을 이용하여 남해안 해성점토에 대한 $C_a/C_c$의 비를 0.397로 제시하였다.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.29-38
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• 1998

이 연구의 목적은 화학공장에서 부산물로 발생되는 폐석회를 활용하여 인공점토차수재를 개발하는데 있다. 폐석회의 경우에는 일축압축강도특성, 다짐특성. 투수특성 등에 많은 영향을 미치는 것으로 알려진 유기물을 다량 함유하고 있다. 이러한 폐석회의 지반공학적인 특성을 개량하여 EPA가 점토차수재로써 요구하는 특성을 만족시키기 위하여 특성이 다른 재료를 혼합하였다. 이러한 특성을 개량하기 위한 재료로는 한국의 어느 현장에서나 쉽게 구할 수 있는 화강풍화토를 사용하였다. 화강 풍화토에 제석회의 흔합비를 중가 시키며 각종 실내시험을 실시하였다. 각각의 혼합비에 따른 지반 공학적인 특성을 매립장에서 점토차수재로서 요구되는 설계기준과 비교하였다. 실내시첩의 결과에 의하면 폐석회의 혼합비가 20~30%인 시료가 폐기물 매립장의 차수재로서 적합함이 판명되었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.561-573
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• 2020

The creep and consolidation behaviors of clays subjected to thermal cycles are of fundamental importance in the application of energy geostructures. This study aims to numerically investigate the physical mechanisms for the temperature-triggered volume change of saturated clays. A recently developed thermodynamic framework is used to derive the thermo-mechanical constitutive model for clays. Based on the model, a fully coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) finite element (FE) code is developed. Comparison with experimental observations shows that the proposed FE code can well reproduce the irreversible thermal contraction of normally consolidated and lightly overconsolidated clays, as well as the thermal expansion of heavily overconsolidated clays under drained heating. Simulations reveal that excess pore pressure may accumulate in clay samples under triaxial drained conditions due to low permeability and high heating rate, resulting in thermally induced primary consolidation. Results show that four major mechanisms contribute to the thermal volume change of clays: (i) the principle of thermal expansion, (ii) the decrease of effective stress due to the accumulation of excess pore pressure, (iii) the thermal creep, and (iv) the thermally induced primary consolidation. The former two mechanisms mainly contribute to the thermal expansion of heavily overconsolidated clays, whereas the latter two contribute to the noticeable thermal contraction of normally consolidated and lightly overconsolidated clays. Consideration of the four physical mechanisms is important for the settlement prediction of energy geostructures, especially in soft soils.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.143-152
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• 2020

In this research, soil samples of the Kerman sedimentary basin, Iran, were investigated through laboratory tests such as petrography (Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)), physical and mechanical characteristics tests. The soil in this area is dominantly CL. The petrography results showed that the dominant clay mineral is Illite. This soil has made some problems in the earth dams due to the low shear strength. In this study, a set of samples were prepared by adding different amounts of lime. Next, the petrography and strength tests at the optimum moisture content were performed. The results of SEM analysis showed substantial changes in the soil structure after the addition of lime. The primary structure was porous and granular that was changed to a uniform and solid after the lime was added. According to XRD results, dominant mineral in none stabilized soil and stabilized soil are Illite and calcite, respectively. The pozzolanic reaction resulted in the reduction of clay minerals in the stabilized samples and calcite was known as the soil hardener material that led to an increase in soil strength. An increase in the hydrated lime leads to a decrease in their maximum dry unit weight and an increase in their optimum moisture content. Furthermore, increasing the hydrated lime content enhanced the Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) and soil's optimum moisture. An increase in the strength is significantly affected by the curing time and hydrated lime contents, as the maximum compressive strength is achieved at 7% hydrated lime. Moreover, the maximum increase in the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) achieved in clay soils mixed with 8% hydrated lime.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2014

It has been known that Terzaghi's consolidation theory is not well consistent with the consolidation phenomenon on the soft clay ground, but this theory has still been adopted normally in practice because there is no method for estimating the consolidation settlement and rate easier than Terzaghi's theory. It is impossible to map whole part of consolidation settlement vs time curve to the curve of Terzaghi'z average degree of consolidation. If the primary consolidation and the secondary compression are happened same time, it would be useless of trying to find the end of primary consolidation, but it is needed for using Terzaghi's theory that the end of consolidation is determined to the time of beginning consistency between the final settlement analyzed with curve fitting and the experimented consolidation settlement.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2005

In this study, it was proposed that an equation for predicting consolidation settlement on soft clay ground, which separate total settlement into primary and secondary consolidation settlement equation. The consolidation settlements by the proposed equation and by the measured settlements from laboratory model test were compared and verified for its application. It was appeared that the proposed equation from the laboratory model test approach to be more realistic comparing to !the result of Terzaghi's equation. From the above application, it was concluded that the final settlement prediction by. the Hyperbolic, Asaoka methods is needed to the initial settlement but the proposed equation could be much applicable in the lacking condition of measured data of the initial period.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.368-376
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• 2006

셰일층으로 구성된 암반사면에서 층리면을 따라 대규모 평면파괴가 사면 중앙부에서 발생하였다. 현장조사시 파괴사면 주변은 지하수 누수 흔적과 점토층의 충전물이 존재하였으며, 파괴원인을 검토한 결과 층리면을 따라 형성된 점토 충전물의 낮은 전단강도와 강우시 인장균열내 형성된 수압에 의해 붕괴가 발생한 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 충전된 절리면의 전단강도 특성을 규명하기 위해서 모래, 점토의 인위적인 충전물을 이용하여 충전재 두께비에 따른 전단강도 특성을 고찰하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2015

하중이 가해지면 수십 cm에서 수 m까지 침하가 발생하는 준설매립지반의 압축특성 파악은 매우 중요하다고 할 수 있으나, 고 합수비와 낮은 전단강도로 인해 불교란 시료채취가 불가능하고 압밀시험 또한 불가능한 실정이다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 N. Keith Tovey의 omega point와 점토의 물리적 특성변화에 대한 기본적인 가정을 이용하여 원지반과 준설매립점토 사이에는 $C_{c(d)}=F(e_d,C_c)$ 관계를 가진다는 것을 수학적으로 증명하였으며, 제안식의 신뢰성을 검증하기 위해 준설매립을 통해 지반이 조성된 국내 1개 현장에서 수행된 계측결과에 대한 분석결과, 매우 양호한 상관관계를 보이는 것으로 나타났다.