• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.687-706
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• 2015

Methods commonly used to evaluate the improvement of lime-treated expansive soil include swelling characteristics and unconfined compressive strength. In the field, lime-treated expansive soils are in compacted unsaturated state. Soil water characteristic curves (SWCCs) represent a key parameter to interpret and describe the behavior of unsaturated expansive soil. This paper investigates the use of SWCC as a technique to evaluate improvements acquired by expansive soil after lime treatment. Three different lime contents were considered 2%, 4% and 6% by dry weight of clay. Series of tests were performed to determine the SWCC for the different lime content under curing periods of 7 and 28 day. Correlations between key features of the soil water characteristic curves of lime treated expansive soils and basic engineering behavior such as swelling characteristics and unconfined compression strength were established. Test results revealed that initial slope ($S_1$), saturated water content ($w_{sat}$), and air entry value (AEV) play an important role in reflecting improvement in engineering behavior achieved by lime treatment.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.505-508
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• 2015

Soil bulk density is a key parameter for soil physical property. Much root placed in rhizosphere soil lump, especially in grassland and orchard, makes it difficult to measure soil bulk density. This experiment was carried out to countermeasure the above drawbacks. Volume check apparatus using water-filling method was made of acryl for higher accuracy in bulk density measurement. 10 types of land cover, including bare, tall fescue, rye, and soybean, were used for determining the relationships between root and bulk density. In this study, higher root volume resulted in higher differences in bulk density between in-situ core soil and root-ridded core soil, which indicated the volume check apparatus through water-filling could be useful for increasing the accuracy of bulk density of soils with much root.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2011

The conventional grounding impedance of a counterpoise is calculated as a function of the length of the counterpoise by use of the distributed parameter circuit model with an application of the EMTP(Electromagnetic Transient Program). The adequacy of the distributed parameter circuit model is examined and verified by comparison of the simulated and the measured results. The conventional grounding impedance of the counterpoise is analyzed for the first short stroke and subsequent short stroke currents. As a result, the simulated results show that the minimum conventional grounding impedance gives at a specified length of the counterpoise. The shorter the time taken to reach the peak of injected currents, the shorter the length of the counterpoise having the minimum conventional grounding impedance. We also present the critical lengths of the counterpoise for short stroke currents as a function of soil resistivity. Based on these results, it is necessary to compute the length of the counterpoise in a specified soil resistivity which satisfies both the low conventional grounding impedance requirement whilst also providing a suitable ground resistance in order to obtain an economical design and installation of the counterpoise.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2008

풍화토 사면은 장시간 공기에 노출되거나 물과 접촉을 하게 되면 전단강도가 급격히 저하되며 계절에 따른 수위의 변화가 매우 큰 댐사면의 경우는 강도저하가 더욱 크게 발생한다. 풍화토 사면의 강도저하 파악을 위하여 반복전단시험 및 수침 건조를 반복한 시료에 대한 잔류강도 시험을 통해 포화에 따른 강도의 저하를 파악하였다. 또한 소형동적콘관입시험기를 이용하여 관입타격횟수와 전단강도정수관계를 파악하고 인공신경망 해석을 통하여 관입타격횟수 Nc를 이용한 전단강도정수의 예측이 용이하도록 상관식을 구성하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1995년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.53-56
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• 1995

Despite the recent development of structural analysis programs for the CRCP pavements over Westergaard's equations and finite element techniques, the Winkler foundations which are modelled by series of vertical springs at the nodes are generally used for the computer modelling of subbases under the concrete slab. Herewith, two parameter of soil foundation model is adopted as the most convenient mathematical model to enable deflections outside the loaded area to be effected and to upgrade the Winkler foundations. This paper highlights the derivations of finite element method for the two-parameter soil foundation model in the concrete pavements.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.969-988
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• 2016

Vibration analysis of the beams on elastic foundation has gained the great interest of many researchers. In the literature, there are many studies that focus on the free vibration analysis of the beams on one or two parameter elastic foundations. On the other hand, there are no sufficient studies especially focus on the comparison of dynamic response including the bending moment and shear force of the beams resting on Winkler and two parameter foundations. In this study, dynamic response of the axially loaded Timoshenko beams resting on modified Vlasov type elastic soil was investigated by using the separation of variables method. Governing equations were obtained by assuming that the material had linear elastic behaviour and mass of the beam was distributed along its length. Numerical analysis were provided and presented in figures to find out the differences between the modified Vlasov model and conventional Winkler type foundation. Furthermore, the effect of shear deformation of elastic soil on the dynamic response of the beam was investigated.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.217-220
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• 2003

In the case of the remediation studies, push pull test is a more time and cost effective mettled than multi-well tracer test. It also gives Just as much or more information than the traditionally used methods. But the data analysis for the hydraulic parameters, there have been some defections such as underestimation of dispersivity, requirement for effective porosity, and calculation of recovery of center of mass to estimate linear velocity. In this research, Weibull distribution function is proposed to estimate the center of mass of breakthrough curve for Push pull test. The hydraulic parameter estimation using Weibull function showed more exact values of center of mass than those of exponential regression for field test data.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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• pp.785-789
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• 2009

It is essential to carry out appropriate site investigations for the accurate prediction of the geo-structure. However, the importance of the site investigation is often overlooked due to the time and expense constraints. In this study, several cases of geotechnical design perfromed in United States are introduced with the lessons about how the site investigations are planned, performed and applied for the actual design parameter determination. Based on the case studies presented herein, experienced geotechnical engineer should participate in site investigations from the planning stage through the final boring logs and utilize all the laboratory and field tests to have consistent input parameters for the soil constitutive models. Furthermore, it is also desired to have close relationship between construction industry and the academia to compensate their needs.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.589-595
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• 2012

When surges and electromagnetic pulses from lightning or power conversion devices are considered, it is desirable to evaluate grounding system performance as grounding impedance. In the case of large-sized grounding electrodes or long counterpoises, the grounding impedance is increased with increasing the frequency of injected current. The grounding impedance is increased by the inductance of grounding electrodes. This paper presents the measured results of frequency-dependent grounding impedance and impedance phase as a function of the length of counterpoises. In order to analyze the frequency-dependent grounding impedance of the counterpoises, the frequency-dependent current dissipation rates were measured and simulated by the distributed parameter circuit model reflecting the frequency-dependent relative resistivity and permittivity of soil. As a result, the ground current dissipation rate is proportional to the soil resistivity near the counterpoises in a low frequency. On the other hand, the ground current dissipation near the injection point is increased as the frequency of injected current increases. Since the high frequency ground current cannot reach the far end of long counterpoise, the grounding impedance of long counterpoise approaches that of the short one in the high frequency. The results obtained from this work could be applied in design of grounding systems.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.21-32
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• 1996

흙의 응력-변형률 거동을 더욱 근사적으로 예측하기 위하여,소성 증분이론에 한계상태 토질역학의 개념을 도입한 것이 항복-경계면 소성 모델이다. 이 모텔은 등방 압밀 흙의 거동을 묘사하기 위하여 두개의 타원과 하나의 쌍곡선으로 구성되었다. 따라서 사용된 여러가지 매개변수로 인하여 이 모델은 매우 복잡하다. 그러므로,실제 지반 문제에 이 모델을 적용하기 위하여는 이론의 정확한 이해와 숙련이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는,이 모델에 사용된 여러 매개변수들 중항복-경계면 형상 매개변수 R과 A, 투영 중심 매개변수 C를 변화시켜 그 결과를 수치해석하였다. 최종적으로 단조하중과 주기하중에 대한 각각의 민감도를 분석하였고 각 매개변수 값의 범위를 제안하였다.