• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.715-742
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• 2017

Earth berms are often left in place to support retaining walls or piles in order to eliminate horizontal struts in excavations of soft soil areas. However, if the excavation depth is relatively large, an earth berm-supported retaining system may not be applicable and could be replaced by a multi-bench retaining system. However, studies on multi-bench retaining systems are limited. The goal of this investigation is to study the deformation characteristics, internal forces and interaction mechanisms of the retaining structures in a multi-bench retaining system and the failure modes of this retaining system. Therefore, a series of model tests of a two-bench retaining system was designed and conducted, and corresponding finite difference simulations were developed to back-analyze the model tests and for further analysis. The tests and numerical results show that the distance between the two rows of retaining piles (bench width) and their embedded lengths can significantly influence the relative movement between the piles; this relative movement determines the horizontal stress distribution in the soil between the two rows of piles (i.e., the bench zone) and thus determines the bending moments in the retaining piles. As the bench width increases, the deformations and bending moments in the retaining piles decrease, while the excavation stability increases. If the second retaining piles are longer than a certain length, they will experience a larger bending moment than the first retaining piles and become the primary retaining structure. In addition, for varying bench widths, the slip surface formation differs, and the failure modes of two-bench retained excavations can be divided into three types: integrated failure, interactive failure and disconnected failure.

• 기술발표회
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• 통권2006호
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• pp.162-171
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• 2006

Segmental Grid Retaining Wall is one of the segmental grid retaining walls using headers and stretchers to establish the framework of the wall In this method, grids formed by the intersection of headers and stretchers are generally filled with the gravel to maintain the weight of the wall Therefore, the construction can be carried out with higher speed and much economically when compared with the concrete retaining wall Furthermore, it has high drain capacity, and environmentally friendly aspects also have been pointed out because the possibility of the planting at the front of the wall However, in the segmental grid retaining wall method, the relative movement between the individual headers and stretchers was generally recognized, and stress redistribution in the gravel filling was also observed when subjected to the external loading and self-weight of filling Therefore, it has been thought that the distribution of the earth pressure in the segmental grid retaining wall system differ from that of the concrete retaining wall In this study, the surcharge tests using the scaled model segmental grid retaining wall was carried out to observe the distribution of the earth pressure in the segmental grid retaining wall The earth pressure was measured in the six specified height of wall, and the distribution of the pressure was analyzed. Furthermore, the earth pressure by computation or by the test using the concrete retaining wall was also considered to make comparison

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.413-420
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• 2019

The changes in earth pressure and ground settlement due to underground excavation near an existing retaining wall were studied experimentally according to the separation distance between the underground excavation and the retaining wall. In addition, this study attempted to experimentally prove that the arching phenomenon occurred during the construction of the underground space. A model tank having 120 cm in length, 160 cm in height, and 40 cm in width was manufactured to simulate underground excavation through the use of five separated base wall bodies. The variation of earth pressure on the retaining wall was measured according to the underground excavation phase through the use of 10 separated right wall bodies. The results showed that the earth pressure on the retaining wall was changed by the lowering of the first base bottom wall; however, the earth pressure was not changed significantly by the lowering of the third base bottom wall, since the third base wall had sufficient separation distance from the retaining wall. Lowering of the first base wall induced a decrease in the earth pressure in the lower part of the retaining wall; in contrast, lowering of the first base wall induced an increase in the earth pressure in the middle part of the retaining wall, proving the arching effect experimentally. It is necessary to consider the changes in earth pressure on the retaining wall in designing earth retaining structures for sections where the arching effect occurs.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제21권B호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2001

This paper is experimental and numerical research about the sliding behavior of cantilever retaining walls resisting surcharge loads. In experimental research, centrifuge model tests at the lg and 40 g-level were performed by changing the location of model footing and its width. Bearing capacity of model footing and characteristics of load-settlement and load-lateral displacement of retaining wall were investigated. Test results of bearing capacity were compared with modified jarquio method, based on the limit equilibrium method with elasticity theory. For the numerical analysis, the commericially available program of FLAC was used by implementing the hyperbolic constitutive relationships to compare with test result about load-settlement and load-displacement of retaining wall, bearing capacity of strip footing.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.118-126
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• 2006

건축공사가 대형화됨에 따라 대규모 지하공간을 구축하기 위한 흙막이 공사의 중요성도 점차 커지고 있다. 따라서 적정한 흙막이공법의 선정은 건축공사의 원활한 수행을 위해서 매우 중요한 요소 중의 하나라 할 수 있다. 그러나 흙막이공법의 설계와 시공이 분리되어 있는 우리나라의 경우에는 많은 설계변경이 발생하고 있고, 이러한 설계변경은 건설사업의 성패를 좌우하는 공사비와 공기 측면에서 지대한 영향을 줄 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 흙막이공법에 대한 의사결정 단계에서 활용할 수 있는 Support Vector Machine(SVM)을 활용한 흙막이공법 선정모델을 구축하여 제안하였다. SVM은 기본적으로 이원분류를 위한 분류기이기 때문에 이원분류기를 조합한 형태의 다원분류기로 확장하여 모델을 구축하였다. 구축한 SVM 모델을 실제사례에 적용한 결과 비교적 정확한 결과를 도출하는 것으로 나타났으며, 따라서 본 연구에서 제시한 SVM 흙막이공법 선정모델은 흙막이공법 선정의 의사결정과정에 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.76-83
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• 2004

건축공사가 대형화됨에 따라 대규모의 지하공간을 구축하기 위한 흙막이 공사의 중요성도 점차 커지고 있다. 따라서 적정한 흙막이공법의 선정은 건축공사의 원활한 수행을 위해서 매우 중요한 요소 중의 하나라 할 수 있다. 그러나 흙막이공법의 설계와 시공이 분리되어 있는 우리나라의 경우에는 많은 설계변경이 발생하고 있고, 이러한 설계변경은 건설사업의 성패를 좌우하는 공사비와 공기 측면에서 지대한 영향을 줄 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 흙막이공법에 대한 의사결정 단계에서 활용할 수 있는 사례기반추론기법을 활용한 흙막이 공법 선정 모델을 구축하여 제안하고, 이를 실제 시공된 사례를 이용하여 모델을 평가하였다. 사례연구 결과 유사사례와 추천사례에서 비교적 정확한 결과를 도출하는 것으로 나타났다. 흙막이공법의 선정과 같이 의사결정과정에서 고려해야할 요소가 많고, 이러한 영향요소를 정량화하기 어려운 분야에서는 본 연구에서 활용된 사례기반추론기법이 매우 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2382-2389
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• 2012

일반적으로 높이가 높아짐에 따라 옹벽의 안정성과 경제성은 작아지는데 이런 경우 선반식 옹벽이 효과적으로 사용될 수 있다. 선반식 옹벽의 선반은 전체 토압을 감소시켜주어 옹벽의 안정성을 향상시켜준다. 이 연구에서는 일반적으로 선반이 설치되는 위치인 지표면으로부터 0.4H지점에 선반을 설치한 선반식 옹벽과 캔틸레버식 옹벽에 작용하는 토압분포에 대한 모형시험 결과를 수치해석 프로그램과 이론해를 이용한 토압과 비교하여 선반식 옹벽에 발생하는 토압 경감효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 모형시험결과와 유한요소해석 프로그램 및 이론해에 의한 토압산정 결과를 종합해 볼 때 선반식 옹벽은 캔틸레버식 옹벽에 비해서 수평토압이 감소하는 것을 알 수 있고, 선반을 설치하여 발생하는 토압의 감소효과는 뚜렷한 것으로 나타났다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.195-205
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• 2021

Time effect on the deformation and strength characteristics of geogrid reinforced sand retaining wall has become an important issue in geotechnical and transportation engineering. Three physical model tests on geogrid reinforced sand retaining walls performed under various loading conditions were simulated to study their rate-dependent behaviors, using the presented nonlinear finite element method (FEM) analysis procedure. This FEM was based on the dynamic relaxation method and return mapping scheme, in which the combined effects of the rate-dependent behaviors of both the backfill soil and the geosynthetic reinforcement have been included. The rate-dependent behaviors of sands and geogrids should be attributed to the viscous property of materials, which can be described by the unified three-component elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model. By comparing the FEM simulations and the test results, it can be found that the present FEM was able to be successfully extended to the boundary value problems of geosynthetic reinforced soil retaining walls. The deformation and strength characteristics of the geogrid reinforced sand retaining walls can be well reproduced. Loading rate effect, the trends of jump in footing pressure upon the step-changes in the loading rate, occurred not only on sands and geogrids but also on geogrid reinforced sands retaining walls. The lateral earth pressure distributions against the back of retaining wall, the local tensile force in the geogrid arranged in the retaining wall and the local stresses beneath the footing under various loading conditions can also be predicted well in the FEM simulations.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 보강재의 침하를 허용하는 침하형 보강토 옹벽의 거동을 평가하기 위하여 원심모형실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과는 연결부의 침하를 허용하지 않는 일반형 보강토옹벽에 대한 결과와 비교 분석하여 침하형 보강토 옹벽의 안정성을 평가하였다. 모형실험에서 전면판은 알루미늄판을 사용하였으며, 보강재는 알루미늄 호일을 이용하였으며, 뒤채움지반은 화강풍화토를 사용하였다. 실험결과, 침하자유형 보강토옹벽은 80g의 중력수준에서 완전한 파괴상태에 도달하였으며, 일반형 보강토 옹벽이 69g의 중력수준에서 파괴된 것을 감안하면 침하자유형 보강토 옹벽이 안정성이 우수하다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 69g에서 침하자유형 보강토옹벽 저면에서의 수직토압이 일반형에 비해 16% 정도 크게 측정되었다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.998-1007
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• 2006

In former times, It is obvious that the earth retaining cantilever wall using stabilizing piles is definitely superior to the other methods due to economical efficiency and the efficiency of construction through model tests using a soil tank and practical application(Kim, 2006). However, this method was not proved in theoretical basis from the viewpoint of geotechnical engineering. Accordingly, a variety of model experiments in order to analyze the behavior of the earth retaining cantilever wall and stabilizing piles according to excavation step and earth pressure and stress acting on stabilizing piles according to excavation step were performed. On the basis of analyzing the result of model tests using a soil tank, this study suggests failure mechanism of clods and a method calculating virtual supported point. In addition, this study contributes to developing the analyzing method of retaining piles, stabilizing piles and beams connecting two piles and, this study helps this method to be established as a new design method through analyzing the results of model tests using a soil tank.