• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.109-122
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• 2012

An efficient and accurate algorithm is proposed to evaluate the reliability of cable-stayed bridges accounting for soil-pile interaction. The proposed algorithm integrates the finite-element method and the response surface method. The finite-element method is used to model the cable-stayed bridge including soil-pile interaction. The reliability index is evaluated based on the response surface method. Uncertainties in the superstructure, the substructure and load parameters are incorporated in the proposed algorithm. A long span steel cable-stayed bridge with a main span length of 1088 m built in China is considered as an illustrative example. The reliability of the bridge is evaluated for the strength and serviceability performance functions. Results of the study show that when strength limit states for both girder and tower are considered, soil-pile interaction has significant effects on the reliability of steel cable-stayed bridges. Further, a detailed sensitivity study shows that the modulus of subgrade reaction is the most important soil-pile interaction-related parameter influencing the reliability of steel cable-stayed bridges.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.2369-2379
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• 2013

불포화 조건에서 흙의 초기 밀도에 따라 흙-함수특성곡선이 변화시키게 되며, 이로 인하여 불포화 조건에서 투수특성도 변화하게 된다. 이에 대한 영향을 고찰하기 위하여 상대밀도 40%, 60% 및 75%의 주문진 표준사에 대한 건조 및 습윤과정에서의 흙-함수특성곡선(SWCC)과 불포화 투수계수함수를 산정하였다. van Genuchten (1980)의 방법을 이용하여 흙-함수특성곡선(SWCC)을 산정한 결과 공기유입값과 관계된 계수 ${\alpha}$는 습윤과정에서 더 큰 값을 가지며, 변곡점의 경사에 관계된 계수 n과 잔류함수비에 관계된 계수 m은 건조과정에서 더 큰 값을 갖는다. 그리고 상대밀도가 증가할수록 공기함입치는 증가하지만 수분함입치는 감소하며, 동일한 상대밀도에서 공기함입치는 수분함입치보다 크게 발생된다. 한편, 계수추정방법 가운데 하나인 van Genuchten (1980)의 방법을 적용하여 불포화 투수계수함수를 산정한 결과 불포화 투수계수는 포화시 투수계수로 일정하게 유지되다가 공기함입치 혹은 수분함입치 직전에 급격하게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 건조과정에서의 포화투수계수는 습윤과정에서의 포화투수계수보다 크게 나타나며, 상대밀도가 증가함에 따라 건조 및 습윤과정에서의 포화투수계수는 감소한다. 실험결과에 의하면 주문진 표준사의 초기 간극비에 따라 흙-함수특성곡선(SWCC)에서의 공기함입치(AEV)는 감소하고 포화투수계수는 증가하므로, 흙-함수특성곡선(SWCC)과 불포화 투수계수함수(HCF)는 초기 간극비에 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.158-167
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• 2008

The quality control of compacted fills has been carried out by evaluating relative densities and coefficients of soil reaction. These measures have several limitations regarding repeatability and reliability of field measurements, and difficulties to use in the fills including large grain size as gravels and boulders. Also, the density is not directly related to the design parameter such as resilient modulus. A preliminary investigation for the usage of the stiffness as a control measure has been carried out. In the laboratory, the stiffness (P-wave velocity) was measured during compaction tests. The stiffness at the optimal moisture content was proposed to use a target control parameter likewise maximum dry density. A field method to match the target stiffness was also proposed by considering easiness of the method and availability of equipment. The most phenomenal feature of the method is that the control parameter (stiffness) is closely related to resilient modulus and can be consistently used from the design stage to the field control during construction.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.82-95
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• 1989

This study was carried out for the stability analysis of earth dam by the variation of compaction density. The test samples were taken from five kinds of soil used for banking material and the degree of compaction for this samples were chosen 100, 95, 90, 85, and 80 percent. The stability problems were analysed by the settlement and camber( extra banking) of dam, strength parameter and dam slope, and coefficient of permeability and seapage flow through dam body. The results of the stability analysis of earth dam are as follows. 1. The more the fine particle increases and lower the compaction degree becomes, the lower the preconsolidation load becomes but the compression index becomes higher. 2. Sixty to eighty percent of settlement of dam occurs during the construction period and the settlement ratio after completion of dam is inversly proportional to the degree of compaction. 3. The camber of dam has heigher value in condition that it has more fine particle(N) and heigher dam height(H) with the relation of H= e(aN-bH-e). 4. The cohesion(C) decreases in proportion to compaction degree(D) and fine particle(N) with the relation of C= aD+ bN-c, but the internal friction angle is almost constant regardless of change of degree of compaction. 5. In fine soil, strength parameter from triaxial compression test is smaller than that from direct shear test but, they are almost same in coarse soil regardless of the test method. 6. The safety factor of the dam slope generally decreases in proportion to cohesion and degree of compaction but, in case of coarse soil, it is less related to the degree of compaction and is mainly afected by internal friction angle. 7. Soil permeability(K) decreases by the increases of the degree of compaction and fine particle with relation of K=e(a-bl)-cN) 8. The more compaction thickness is, the less vertical permeability (Kv) is but the more h6rzontal permeability (KH) is, and ratio of Kv versus KH is largest in range from 85 to 90 percent of degree of corn paction. 9. With the compaction more than 85 percent and coefficient of permeability less than ${\alpha}$X 10-$^3$cm/sec, the earth dam is generally safe from the piping action.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.131-139
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• 2012

In this study, we developed a simulation program for the prediction of tractive performance of a tractor, by applying a widely used empirical model for tractive performance prediction of single tire, Brixius. The tractive performance prediction program can readily predict and estimate tractive performance according to various soil conditions and different specifications of tractors. The program was developed with the considerations of tractor's specification-related parameters (e.g., weight, tire size, and wheelbase of the tractor), a soil parameter (i.e., cone index which represents the soil strength), and operating conditions of the tractor (e.g., theoretical speed and driving types such as 2WD and 4WD). Also, the program was designed to provide tractive performance prediction results of tractors such as gross traction, motion resistance, net traction, and tractive efficiency, in the form of not only numerical values but also graphical visualization. To evaluate the feasibility of the program, we input three different soil conditions (which have different cone indexes each other) and tractor operating conditions to the program and analyzed the tractive performance from each input condition. From the analysis, it can be concluded that the developed program can be effectively utilized to predict the tractive performance under various soil conditions and driving types of tractors with different specifications.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.730-739
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• 2010

Stress history increases in penetration resistance due to the increase in residual horizontal stress of granular soil. This study analyzes the effect of stress history on the results of CPT and DMT from calibration chamber specimen in OC as well as NC state. Test results show that the normalized cone resistance by mean effective stress correlates well with the relative density and the state parameter, whereas the normalized cone resistance with regard to vertical effective stress is a little affected by stress history. The horizontal stress index($K_D$) in DMT more reflects the influence of stress history on granular soil than the dilatometer modulus($E_D$) and cone resistance($q_c$). The $K_D/K_0$, in which the effect of stress history on $K_D$ is compensated by the at-rest coefficient of earth pressure, $K_0$, is related to relative density, state parameter and the normalized cone resistance by mean effective stress. It is also observed that the normalized dilatometer modulus by mean effective stress($E_D/{\sigma_m}'$) is unique correlated with the state parameter, regardless of stress history.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.143-156
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• 2021

Rail transit lines usually pass through many complicated topographies in mountain areas. The influence of inclined bedrock on the train-induced soil vibration response was investigated. Model tests were conducted to comparatively analyze the vibration attenuation under inclined bedrock and horizontal bedrock conditions. A three-dimension numerical model was built to make parameter analysis. The results show that under the horizontal bedrock condition, the peak velocity in different directions was almost the same, while it obviously changed under the inclined bedrock condition. Further, the peak velocity under inclined bedrock condition had a larger value. The peak velocity first increased and then decreased with depth, and the trend of the curve of vibration attenuation with depth presented as a quadratic parabola. The terrain conditions had a significant influence on the vibration responses, and the inclined soil surface mainly affected the shallow soil. The influence of the dip angle of bedrock on the peak velocity and vibration attenuation was related to the directions of the ground surface. As the soil thickness increased, the peak velocity decreased, and as it reached 173% of the embedded pile length, the influence of the inclined bedrock could be neglected.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.944-958
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• 2011

Soil hydraulic properties such as hydraulic conductivity or water retention which are costly to measure can be indirectly generated by soil pedotransfer function (PTF) using easily obtainable soil data. The field soil structure description which is routinely recorded could also be used in PTF as an input to reduce the uncertainty. The purposes of this study were to use qualitative morphological soil structure descriptions and soil structural index into PTF and to evaluate their contribution in the prediction of soil hydraulic properties. We transformed categorical morphological descriptions of soil structure into quantitative values using categorical principal component analysis (CATPCA). This approach was tested with a large data set from the US National Pedon Characterization database with the aid of a categorical regression tree analysis. Six different PTFs were used to predict the saturated hydraulic conductivity and those results were averaged to quantify the uncertainty. Quantified morphological description was successively used in multiple linear regression approach to predict the averaged ensemble saturated conductivity. The selected stepwise regression model with only the transformed morphological variables and structural index as predictors predicted the $K_{sat}$ with $r^2$ = 0.48 (p = 0.018), indicating the feasibility of CATPCA approach. In a regression tree analysis, soil structure index and soil texture turned out to be important factors in the prediction of the hydraulic properties. Among structural descriptions size class turned out to be an important grouping parameter in the regression tree. Bulk density, clay content, W33 and structural index explained clusters selected by a two step clustering technique, implying the morphologically described soil structural features are closely related to soil physical as well as hydraulic properties. Although this study provided relatively new method which related soil structure description to soil structure index, the same approach should be tested using a datasets containing the actual measurement of hydraulic properties. More insight on the predictive power of soil structure index to estimate hydraulic properties would be achieved by considering measured the saturated hydraulic conductivity and the soil water retention.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.87-98
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• 2013

본 연구는 석탄회의 상대밀도를 40%, 60%, 80%, 95%로 각각 변화시켜 등방압축팽창시험과 구속압력을 달리한 배수삼축시험을 하였다. 그리고 이 시험자료를 이용하여 Lade의 단일항복면 구성모델의 토질매개변수의 변화 특성을 알아보았다. 그 결과 탄성성분을 나타내는 토질매개변수 Kur과 n은 상대밀도의 변화에 따른 영향이 미소하고 파괴규준, 경화함수, 소성포텐셜에 관련된 토질매개변수는 상대밀도의 증가에 따라 선형적인 증 감현상을 보이고 있다. 그리고 항복함수에 관련된 토질매개변수 h와 ${\alpha}$는 상대밀도에 따른 변화가 미세하고 파괴규준에 관련한 토질매개변수와 관련성이 매우 높아 파괴규준, ${\eta}_1$에 관한 식으로 대체할 수 있으며, 이 식을 이용하여 수치해석한 결과 양호하게 예측하고 있다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제31권1C호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2011

본 연구는 백마강 모래의 상대밀도를 25%, 50%, 80%, 100%로 각각 변화시켜 등방압축-팽창시험과 구속압력을 달리한 일련의 배수삼축시험을 하였다. 그리고 이 시험자료를 이용하여 회귀분석을 근거로 상대밀도의 변화에 따른 Lade의 단일항복면 구성모델의 토질매개변수의 변화 특성을 알아보았다. 그 결과 탄성성분을 나타내는 토질매개변수 Kur과 n은 상대밀도의 변화에 따른 영향이 미소하고 파괴규준, 경화함수, 소성포텐셜에 관련된 토질매개변수는 상대밀도의 증가에 따라 선형적인 증 감현상을 보이고 있다. 그리고 항복함수에 관련된 토질매개변수 h와 ${\alpha}$는 상대밀도에 따른 변화가 미세하고 파괴규준에 관련한 토질매개변수와 관련성이 매우 높아 파괴규준, ${\eta}_1$에 관한 식으로 대체할 수 있으며, 이 식을 이용하여 수치해석 한 결과 양호하게 예측하고 있다.