• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 지반공학 공동 학술발표회
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• pp.517-520
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• 2005

The embedded suction anchor(ESA) is and anchor that is driven by a suction pile. The cross-sectional shape of the ESA anchor is circle. Its diameter is the same as that of the suction pile that is used to drive it into the seafloor. For the installation, the anchor is attached to the tip of the suction pile and then driven as a unit with the pile by and applied suction pressure. Once the ESA anchor reaches the desired depth, the pile is retrieved by applying a positive pressure. Finally, only the ESA anchor remains in the soil layer. This paper presents the results of centrifuge model tests to investigate ESA pullout capacity. The main parameters that have effects on the pullout capacity of ESA may include g-level, embedded depth, direction of loading, and loading point. The results of tests show that the pullout loading capacities increase as the loading point shift toward the tip of the anchors for a given loading direction. They also indicate that the loading point associated with the maximum pullout loading capacity is located at approximately 67 percent of the anchor length from the top for the horizontal load.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.79-95
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• 2013

Suction anchors are widely adopted in mooring systems. However there are still challenges in predicting the failure mode and ultimate pullout capacity of the anchor. Previously published methods for predicting the inclined pullout capacity of suction anchors are mainly based on experimental data or the FEM analysis. In the present work, an analytical method that is capable of predicting the failure mode and ultimate pullout capacity of the suction anchor in clay under inclined loading is developed. This method is based on a rational mechanical model for suction anchors and the knowledge of the mechanism that the anchor fails in seabed soils. In order to examine the analytical model, the failure angle and pullout capacity of suction anchors from FEM simulation, numerical solution and laboratory tests in uniform and linear cohesive soils are employed to compare with the theoretical predictions and the agreement is satisfactory. An analytical method that can evaluate the optimal position of the attachment point is also proposed in the present study. The present work proves that the failure mode and pullout capacity of suction anchors can be reasonably determined by the developed analytical method.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.279-299
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• 2015

Suction anchors are widely adopted and play an important role in mooring systems. However, how to reliably predict the failure mode and ultimate pullout capacity of the anchor in sand, especially by an easy-to-use theoretical method, is still a great challenge. Existing methods for predicting the inclined pullout capacity of suction anchors in sand are mainly based on experiments or finite element analysis. In the present work, based on a rational mechanical model for suction anchors and the failure mechanism of the anchor in the seabed, an analytical model is developed which can predict the failure mode and ultimate pullout capacity of suction anchors in sand under inclined loading. Detailed parametric analysis is performed to explore the effects of different parameters on the failure mode and ultimate pullout capacity of the anchor. To examine the present model, the results from experiments and finite element analysis are employed to compare with the theoretical predictions, and a general agreement is obtained. An analytical method that can evaluate the optimal position of the attachment point is also proposed in the present study. The present work demonstrates that the failure mode and pullout capacity of suction anchors in sand can be easily and reasonably predicted by the theoretical model, which might be a useful supplement to the experimental and numerical methods in analyzing the behavior of suction anchors.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2011

모래지반에서 석션파일의 최대인발저항력 산정을 위한 일련의 원심모형실험이 수행되었다. 최대인발저항력 산정을 위한 실험인자인 석션파일의 인발각과 인발작용점의 위치에 대하여 실험을 수행하였다. 인발작용점의 경우 75%에서 최대인발저항력이 관찰되었다. 모든 경사각에 대하여 전체파일 높이에서 50%에서 75%사이에 석션파일의 회전각이 변함을 알 수 있었다. 인발각이 증가함에 따라 최대 인발저항력 발생 시까지의 변위가 점점 작아짐을 알 수 있었다. 석션파일의 형상중심의 수직변위를 최대인발저항력이 작용한 시점에서 관찰한 결과 모두 지표 쪽으로 이동한 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.2428-2435
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• 2014

해상에 활용되는 계류앵커형식 중 한 종류인 석션 매입 앵커(Embedded Suction Anchor; ESA)의 점토지반에서 인발 저항력을 평가하기 위해 ALE(Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian) Adaptive Meshing기법을 적용한 수치해석을 수행하였다. 기존에 수행된 원심모형 실험과 한계 평형법을 이용한 해석적 방법의 결과와 비교 분석을 통해 수치해석 기법을 검증하고, 이를 이용해 앵커의 수평, 연직, 그리고 경사 방향의 인발 저항력을 평가하였다. 더불어 경사 방향의 재하 이전에 앵커를 경사각만큼 회전시켜 앵커에 수직한 방향으로 인발이 가해지도록 하여 그 거동을 평가하였다. 그 결과, 수평 재하 시 중간 위치에서 가장 큰 저항이 발휘되었고, 연직 재하의 경우 재하 위치에 따른 저항력의 차이가 크게 나타나지 않았다. 앵커의 중간 위치에서 경사 재하 결과 경사각이 증가할수록 인발 저항력이 감소하였으며, 초기회전이 있는 앵커의 경우 초기회전각이 30도 이하일 때 인발저항력이 일정한 결과를 보였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2018

A series of pullout tests were carried out on waste tire treadmats of various weave arrangements, with confining stresses ranging from 9 to 59 kPa approximately, in order to investigate the pullout behavior and to apply the results to the design of treadmat reinforced soil structures. A treadmat reinforcement can be considered as belonging to the extensible type thus progressive failure would develop in every tread. The pullout capacity of a treadmat was found to be generally equal to the sum of capacities of the longitudinal treads, with minor enhancement realized due to the presence of transverse treads. Pullout failures occurred in treadmats under light surcharge and with treadmats with higher material presence per unit area, while breakage failures occurred in treadmats under heavier surcharge and with treadmats with higher ratio of opening. The pullout capacity of a treadmat increased with increasing surcharge height and treadmat stiffness. A pullout test on a commercially available geogrid was also carried out for comparison and the pullout capacity of a treadmat was found higher than that of the comparable geogrid under identical loading conditions, indicating the merit of using the treadmat as an alternative to the chosen geogrid.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.801-810
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• 2015

The ultimate pullout capacity under inclined dynamic loading is an important measure of the destruction degree of vertical screw piles (anchors) under dynamic actions. Based on the static and dynamic tests on two kinds of model screw piles, the ultimate bearing capacity was researched considering different distance-width ratio of blade (D/W) and preloading ratio. The results compared well with other experimental data available in the literature. This research reveals that D/W might determine the failure model of the piles (anchors), for example D/W = 3.14 or 5; a critical dynamic-static loading ratio (DSLR) existed in the experiments. The critical DSLR was reached under the conditions of 40%~60% preloading (D/W = 3.14) or 20%~40% preloading (D/W = 5), respectively.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 수치해석을 이용하여 모래지반에 설치된 병렬식 그룹석션앵커의 인발하중에 대한 거동을 분석하였다. 단일형과 병렬식 그룹석션 앵커에 대한 수치 모델을 구성하고 인발하중을 재하하여 하중재하점의 위치, 길이/직경비, 하중경사 및 단위앵커간 간격에 따른 그룹형 석션앵커의 인발지지력에 대한 영향을 연구하였다. 더블형과 트리플 그룹앵커의 인발지지력은 단일앵커의 인발지지력 대비 1.7배와 2.4배로 나타났고, 설치간격이 증가함에 따라 그 증가율은 증가하였다. 하중재하점, 하중경사, 단위앵커의 형상비의 차이는 그룹앵커의 인발저항력 증가비에 큰 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2014

석션 매입 앵커(Embedded Suction Anchor; ESA)는 석션 기초(Suction Pile or Caisson)을 이용하여 앵커를 지중에 매설한 후 인발에 저항하는 계류앵커형식이다. 본 연구에서는 ALE (Arbitrary Larangan Eulerian) Adpative Meshing 기법을 이용한 수치해석을 통해 석션 매입 앵커의 인발 거동을 모사하고, 그 결과를 기존 연구에서 수행된 원심모형 실험 및 한계 평형법을 이용한 해석적 방법의 결과와 비교 분석 하였다. 이를 통해 앵커의 수평 연직 경사 방향의 인발 거동을 평가하였으며, 수치 해석 결과, 수평 재하 시 중간 위치에서 가장 큰 저항력을 발휘하는 것으로 나타났다. 연직 재하의 경우 재하 위치와 무관하게 유사한 저항력이 발휘 되었으며, 수평 저항력이 가장 큰 중간 위치에서 경사 하중을 가한 결과 경사각이 증가할수록 인발 저항력이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.277-284
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• 2000

Using the large diameter (D ＝ 2,500mm, L ＝ 40m) batter steel pipe piles, designed as compression piles but used as reaction piles during the static compression load test of socketed test piles (D ＝ 1,000mm, L ＝ 40m), static pile load tests for large diameter instrumented rock-socketed piles were performed. The reaction steel pipe piles were driven 20m into the marine deposit and weathered rock layer and then l0m socketed with reinforced concrete through the weathered rock layer and into hard rock layer. Steel pipe and concrete in the steel pile part, and concrete and rebars in the socketed parts were instrumented to measure strains in each part. The pullout amounts of reaction pile heads were also measured with LVDT. During the static pile load test, total compressional load of about 20MN was loaded on the head of test piles, but load above 20MN was not loaded due to lack of loading capacity of loading system. Over the course of the study, maximum pullout amount up to 7mm was measured in the heads of reaction piles when loaded op to 10MN and 1mm of pullout amount was measured. More than 85% of pullout load was transfered in the residual weathered rock layer and about 10% in the soft rock layer, which was somewhat different transfer mechanism in the static compressional load tests.