• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.175-185
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• 2018

Sand Compaction Piles (SCPs) are constructed by feeding and compacting sand into soft clay ground. Sand piles have been installed with irregular cross-sectional shapes, and mixtures of both sand and clay, which violate the design requirement of circular shape according to the replacement area ratio due to various factors, including side flow pressure. Therefore, design assumptions cannot be satisfied according to the conditions of the ground and construction and the replacement area ratio. Two case histories were collected, examined, and interpreted in order to study the effect of the shape of SCPs. The effects of the distortion of SCP shape and the mixture of sand and clay were studied with the results of large direct shear tests. The design internal friction angle was secured with the irregular cross-sectional sand piles regardless of the replacement area ratio. The design internal friction angle was secured regardless of mixed condition when the mixture of sand and clay was higher than the replacement area ratio of 65%. Therefore, systematic construction management is recommended with a replacement area ratio below 65%.

• KCI Concrete Journal
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2002

The mechanical properties of fiber reinforced porous concrete for use as a planting material were investigated in this study. Changes in physical and mechanical properties, subsequent to the addition of carbon fiber and silica fume, were studied. The effects of recycled aggregate were also evaluated. The applicability as planting work concrete material was also assessed. The results showed that there were no remarkable changes in the void and strength characteristics following the increase in proportion of recycled aggregate. Also, the mixture with 10% silica fume was found to be the most effective for strength enforcement. The highest flexural strength was obtained when the carbon fiber was added with $3\%$. It was also noticed that PAN-derived carbon fiber was superior to Pitch-derived ones in view of strength. The evaluation of its usage for vegetation showed that the growth of plants was directly affected by the existence of covering soil, in case of having the similar size of aggregate and void.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.289-301
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• 2024

In this work, an analytical model employing a new higher-order shear deformation beam theory is utilized to investigate the bending behavior of axially randomly oriented functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite nanobeams. A modified continuum nonlocal strain gradient theory is employed to incorporate both microstructural effects and geometric nano-scale length scales. The extended rule of mixture, along with molecular dynamics simulations, is used to assess the equivalent mechanical properties of functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) beams. Carbon nanotube reinforcements are randomly distributed axially along the length of the beam. The equilibrium equations, accompanied by nonclassical boundary conditions, are formulated, and Navier's procedure is used to solve the resulting differential equation, yielding the response of the nanobeam under various mechanical loadings, including uniform, linear, and sinusoidal loads. Numerical analysis is conducted to examine the influence of inhomogeneity parameters, geometric parameters, types of loading, as well as nonlocal and length scale parameters on the deflections and stresses of axially functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (AFG CNTRC) nanobeams. The results indicate that, in contrast to the nonlocal parameter, the beam stiffness is increased by both the CNTs volume fraction and the length-scale parameter. The presented model is applicable for designing and analyzing microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) constructed from carbon nanotubes reinforced composite nanobeams.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.249-262
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• 2014

Tire chips and tire chips-soil mixtures can be used as alternative fill material in many civil engineering applications. In this study, the potential benefits of using tire chips as lightweight material to improve the bearing capacity and the settlement behavior of sand slope was investigated experimentally. For this aim, a series of direct shear and model loading tests were conducted. In direct shear tests, the effect of contents of the tire chips on the shear strength parameters of sand was investigated. Different mixing ratios of 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20% by volume were used and the optimum mixing ratio was obtained. Then, laboratory model tests were performed on a model strip footing on sand slope reinforced with randomly distributed tire chips. The loading tests were carried out on sand slope with relative density of 65% and the slope angle of $30^{\circ}C$. In the loading tests the percentage of tire chips to sand was taken as same as in direct shear tests. The results indicated that at the same loading level the settlement of strip footing on sand-tire chips mixture was about 30% less than in the case of pure sand. Addition of tire chips to sand increases BCR (bearing capacity ratio) from 1.17 to 1.88 with respect to tire chips content. The maximum BCR is attained at tire chips content of 10%.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 보강재료(폐어망, 본딩처리된 폐어망, 지오그리드)와 보강층수(1층 및 2층)에 따른 정수슬러지 혼합 경량토의 강도 및 용출 특성을 비구속압축시험과 용출시험을 통해 분석하였다. 정수슬러지가 혼합된 경량토는 정수슬러지, 시멘트, 저회를 유동성에 맞춰서 배합 제작되었다. 시험에 사용된 보강재료는 폐어망과 지오그리드이다. 흙입자와 폐어망 사이의 억물림을 증가시키기 위하여 본딩처리를 한 폐어망을 추가로 사용하였다. 정수슬러지가 혼합된 경량토에 대한 강도시험 결과 보강재료에 따른 강도증진은 폐어망, 본딩처리된 폐어망, 지오그리드 순으로 증가하였다. 또한 보강층수가 1층에서 2층으로 증가할수록 강도 역시 증가되는 경향을 나타내었다. 또한 정수슬러지를 혼합한 경량토에 대한 용출시험을 분석한 결과 환경부가 고시한 기준을 만족하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.561-570
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• 2016

이 연구는 심곡사칠층석탑의 해체와 재조립에 3차원 영상분석 기법을 적용하여 원형에 가깝게 보수한 기술적 사례로써 의미가 있다. 석탑의 해체와 재조립 과정에서 전체적인 변형상태와 변위를 분석하였으며 구조적 안정성 검토를 통하여 재조립에 따른 변형을 최소화하였다. 또한 석탑의 원위치도 재검토하여 보수에 적용하였다. 재조립에 앞서 오염된 석재의 표면은 과학적 표면세정을 통해 이끼류와 지의류 등을 제거하였고, 석탑의 지반은 강회를 이용한 판축과 유사한 형식으로 다짐하여 보강하였다. 이 결과는 석탑의 해체와 재조립 과정에 중요한 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.