• Computers and Concrete
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.525-535
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• 2020

The use of pile foundations has become more popular in recent years, as the combined action of the pile cap and the piles can increase the bearing capacity, reduce settlement, and the piles can be arranged so as to reduce differential deflection in the pile cap. Piles are relatively long, slender members that transmit foundation loads through soil strata of low bearing capacity to deeper soil or rock strata having a high bearing capacity. In this study analysis of pile cap with considering different parameters like depth of the pile cap, width and breadth of the pile cap, type of piles and different types of soil which affect the behaviour of pile cap foundation is carried out by using Finite Element Software ANSYS. For understanding the settlement behaviour of pile cap foundation, parametric studies have been carried out in four types of clay by varying pile cap dimensions with two types of piles namely normal and under-reamed piles for different group of piles. Furthermore, the analysis results of settlement and stress values for the pile cap with normal and under-reamed piles are compared. From the study it can be concluded that settlement values of pile cap with under-reamed pile are less than the settlements of pile cap with normal pile. It means that the ultimate load bearing capacity of pile cap with under-reamed piles are greater than the pile cap with normal piles.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.447-462
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• 2019

The vacuum preloading method has been used in many countries for ground improvement and land reclamation works. A sand cushion is required as a horizontal drainage channel for conventional vacuum preloading. In terms of the dredged-fill foundation soil, the treatment effect of the conventional vacuum preloading method is poor, particularly in Tianjin, China, where a shortage of sand exists. To solve this problem, straight-line vacuum preloading without sand is widely adopted in engineering practice to improve the foundation soil. Based on the engineering properties of dredged fill in Lingang City, Tianjin, this paper presents field instrumentation in five sections and analyzes the effect of a prefabricated vertical drain (PVD) layout and a vacuum pumping method on the soft soil ground treatment. Through the arrangement of pore water pressure gauges, settlement marks and vane shear tests, the settlement, pore water pressure and subsoil bearing capacity are analyzed to evaluate the effect of the ground treatment. This study demonstrates that straight-line vacuum preloading without sand can be suitable for areas with a high water content. Furthermore, the consolidation settlement and consolidation degree system is developed based on the grey model to predict the consolidation settlement and consolidation degree under vacuum preloading; the validity of the system is also verified.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제20권A호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2000

This research is to investigate the self-weight consolidation settlement and desiccation shrinkage settlement of soft marine dredging clay by performing numerical and experimental works. Large column test were carried out investigate the consolidation settlement considering effect of the self-weight and desiccation shrinkage, and centrifuge model test was also carried out investigate self-weight consolidation settlement. Results of centrifuge model and large column experiments about changes of settlement with time were analyzed by using the numerical technique of explicit finite difference method considering effect of the self-weight and desiccation based on the finite strain consolidation theory. Centrifuge model test results were in relatively good agreements with analyzed results in terms of self-weight consolidation settlement with time. Large column test results showed quite different values from the numerically estimated one, carried by experimental conditions.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.385-397
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• 2020

This paper presents an application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in settlement prediction of a foundation on sandy soil. In order to train the ANN model, a wide experimental database about settlement of foundations acquired from available literatures was collected. The data used in the ANNs model were arranged using the following five-input parameters that covered both geometrical foundation and sandy soil properties: breadth of foundation B, length to width L/B, embedment ratio D_f/B, foundation net applied pressure q_net, and average SPT blow count N. The backpropagation algorithm was implemented to develop an explicit predicting formulation. The settlement results are compared with the results of previous studies. The accuracy of the proposed formula proves that the ANNs method has a huge potential for predicting the settlement of foundations on sandy soils.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2002년도 학술발표회 발표논문집
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• pp.321-324
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• 2002

To analyze the settlement characteristics of short-fiber reinforced soil(SFRS) under dynamic loading, a series of tests with loading condition of 5 Hz frequency and 500,000 cycles were performed. The materials used for tests are a soil of SM type and short-fibers with polypropylene and monofilament or fibrillated type. From the tests, average plastic settlement of SFRS at PPF38(0.3%), PPF38(0.5%), PPM60(0.2%) is low. Elastic settlement of SFRS is low at PPM60(0.2%) and is high at PPF60(0.5% ).

• 전산구조공학
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.129-135
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• 1991

본 논문에서는 유한요소해석을 통하여 부등침하를 받는 매설관 기초지반 보강의 적용성과 지반보강 상호작용에 의하여 매설관 연결부 하부에서의 부등침하를 최소화 할 수 있는 방안에 관하여 다루었다. 매설관의 일단이 구조물에 고정되어 있는 경계조건에 대하여 상호비교하여 지반보강에 따른 응력전이 효과와 이로인한 배설관 침하억제 효과를 수치적으로 분석하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.179-190
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• 2016

A single rigid footing constructed on sandy-clay soil was modeled and analyzed using FLAC software under static conditions and vertical ground motion using three accelerograms. Dynamic analysis was repeated by changing the elastic and plastic parameters of the soil by changing the percentage of cement grouting (2, 4 and 6 %). The load-settlement curves were plotted and their bearing capacities compared under different conditions. Vertical settlement contours and time histories of settlement were plotted and analyzed for treated and untreated soil for the different percentages of cement. The results demonstrate that adding 2, 4 and 6 % of cement under specific conditions increased the dynamic bearing capacity 2.7, 4.2 and 7.0 times, respectively.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 토사가 혼합된 암성토 제방의 침하 특성을 분석하기 위하여 실트질 재료 혼합에 따른 토사재료의 물리적 특성을 확인하고, 토사재료 혼합 비율에 따른 자갈재료의 압축특성을 분석하였다. 이를 위하여 사질토에 실트질 재료를 혼합하여 토사재료의 압축특성을 분석하였으며, 도상자갈과 유사한 입도분포를 갖는 암성토 재료에 다양한 비율의 토사를 혼합하여 지반을 조성하고 중형챔버를 이용한 일차원 압축실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과, 혼합토사 재료의 경우 Transition Fine Content(TFC)는 하중 조건에 따라서 21~26% 범위로 나타났으며, 토사가 혼합된 암성토 재료의 경우, 자갈 시료 내 토사의 공극 채움비율이 증가함에 따라 총압축량과 크리프 압축이 모두 감소하다가 50% 혼합비 이후에는 다시 침하량이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.85-93
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 오염된 지반의 정화 시에 발생되는 침하량 계측에 대한 VMS의 적용성을 평가하기 위하여, 오염지반의 침하에 대한 실내실험을 수행하였다. 즉, 수치사진측량기법을 기반으로 개발된 3D-Visual Monitoring System(VMS)와 기존 계측장비인 토탈스테이션을 이용하여, 오염지반 침하에 대한 계측결과를 비교하였다. 실험결과, 중금속으로 오염된 지반의 침하량은 친수성 필터가 적용된 실험조건에서 많이 발생하였다. 계측결과를 바탕으로 VMS의 오차범위를 산정한 결과, 최소 및 최대 오차범위는 각각 ±0.36mm와 ±0.87mm 산정되었고, VMS의 오차량은 모든 실험조건에서 오차범위를 만족하는 것으로 확인되었다. VMS의 평균오차율을 산정한 결과, 소수성 필터조건에 비하여 친수성 필터 조건에서 낮은 평균오차율을 보였다. 이를 바탕으로 오염된 지반의 침하량 계측에 있어서 VMS의 적용이 가능한 것으로 평가되었다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.191-198
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• 2000

Dynamic fatigue test is carried out using soil model box for the evaluation of performance of three different roadbed materials. Bearing capacity, settlement and mud pumping phenomenon of each roadbed materials as well as penetration of model ballast into the roadbeds are investigated. It was found that settlement of slag and crushed stone roadbed is smaller than the soil roadbed during dynamic fatigue test with same initial conditions.