• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.637-644
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• 2022

Loess soils are unsaturated and widely distributed in the northwest zone in China. Many steep slope of unsaturated are observed are observed to be naturally stable. However, a low factor of safety (FoS) for these slopes would be computed from the slope stability analysis following local code practices. It seems that the analyzed results following the local code practices do not agree with the real condition as observed in the field. It is commonly known that soil suction plays an important role in slope stability due to a higher shear strength of the unsaturated soil as compared with that of the saturated soil. In this paper, it is observed that the computed FoS can also be affected by unsaturated unit weight of the soil. However, the effect of unsaturated unit weight of the soil on the slope stability is commonly ignored in engineering practice. Therefore, both the effects of shear strength and unit weight of the unsaturated soil on the computed FoS of unsaturated soil slope are investigated in this study. It is observed that the unsaturated unit weight of soil on the computed FoS increases with increase in slope angle. It is also observed that the effects of the unsaturated shear strength and unsaturated unit weight on the computed FoS are more significant than the effect of 3D analyses compared to the 2D analyses on the FoS.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.14-22
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• 2008

The forest soil sediment disasters occurred in Jinbu-myeon Pyeongchang county were investigated characteristics by the aerial photograph analysis. After digitizing from aerial photographs, forest soil sediment disaster sites were classified into 695 collapsed sites, 305 flowed sites and 199 sediment sites. DEM (Digital Elevation Model) were generated from 1 : 5,000 digital topographic map. Factors of geography, hydrology, biology, and geology were analyzed using DEM, geologic map, and forest stand map with aerial photographs by GIS spatial analysis technique. The forest soil sediment disasters were mainly occurred from southeastern slope to southwestern slope. In collapsed sit es, the average slope degree is $28.9^{\circ}$, the average flow length is 163.5m, the average area of drainage basin is 897$m^2$. In case of flowed sites, the average slope degree, flow length, the area of drainage basin and confluence order is $27.0^{\circ}$, 175m, 2,500$m^2$ and 1, respectively. In sediment sites, the average slope, flow length, the area of drainage basin and confluence order is $12.5^{\circ}$, 2,50m, 25,000$m^2$ and 4, respectively. Also the forest soil sediment disasters were occurred most of collapsed sites in the afforest land after felling and igneous rocks composed of granite.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2014

집중강우 시에는 사면의 얕은 심도에서 파괴가 빈번하게 발생한다. 사면의 표층 지반은 심도에 따라서 조밀해지는 특성이 있으며 지반의 투수특성과 강도특성도 달라지므로 강우시 사면의 얕은 심도에서 발생하는 파괴의 원인분석과 안정해석은 이러한 지반특성 변화를 고려할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 사면의 표층 부근의 지반특성 변화가 강우시 사면의 안정성에 미치는 영향을 수치해석적으로 분석해 보고자 하였으며, 표층 근처에서 심도에 따라 구한 지반특성 값을 적용하는 방식에 따라 강우침투와 사면안정해석 결과의 차이를 비교해 보았다. 실제 강우시 파괴가 발생한 사면을 대상으로 사면의 표층에서 심도별로 시료를 채취하여 전단강도와 투수특성 등 지반특성을 구하였으며, 파괴를 유발한 강우기록을 적용하여 침투해석과 안정해석을 실시하였다. 해석결과 깊이별 지반의 특성 변화를 고려한 경우와 단일지층으로 가정하여 고려하는 방식에 따라 간극수압 분포, 예상파괴면, 안전율 변화에 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 깊이별 지반 특성 변화를 고려하는 경우가 실제 파괴거동과 유사한 결과를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 강우침투에 의한 표층파괴현상을 규명하고자 하는 경우 지반의 심도별 지반특성 변화를 고려할 필요가 있음을 의미한다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.123-130
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• 2003

The estimation of key soil properties and subsequent quantitative assessment of the associated uncertainties has always been an important issue in geotechnical engineering. It is well recognized that soil properties vary spatially as a result of depositional and post-depositional processes. The stochastic nature of spatially varying soil properties can be treated as a random field. A practical statistical approach that can be used to systematically model various sources of uncertainty is presented in the context of reliability analysis of slope stability Newly developed expressions for probabilistic characterization of soil properties incorporate sampling and measurement errors, as well as spatial variability and its reduced variance due to spatial averaging. Reliability analyses of the probability of slope failure using the different statistical representations of soil properties show that the incorporation of spatial correlation and conditional simulation leads to significantly lower probability of failure than obtained using simple random variable approach.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.315-328
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• 2019

This paper presents an investigation on bearing capacity, load-settlement behavior and safety factor of rock-soil slopes reinforced using geogrid-box method (GBM). To this end, small-scale laboratory studies were carried out to study the load-settlement response of a circular footing resting on unreinforced and reinforced rock-soil slopes. Several parameters including unit weight of rock-soil materials (loose- and dense-packing modes), slope height, location of footing relative to the slope crest, and geogrid tensile strength were studied. A series of finite element analysis were conducted using ABAQUS software to predict the bearing capacity behavior of slopes. Limit equilibrium and finite element analysis were also performed using commercially available software SLIDE and ABAQUS, respectively to calculate the safety factor. It was found that stabilization of rock-soil slopes using GBM significantly improves the bearing capacity and settlement behavior of slopes. It was established that, the displacement contours in the dense-packing mode distribute in a broader and deeper area as compared with the loose-packing mode, which results in higher ultimate bearing load. Moreover, it was found that in the loose-packing mode an increase in the vertical pressure load is accompanied with an increase in the soil settlement, while in the dense-packing mode the load-settlement curves show a pronounced peak. Comparison of bearing capacity ratios for the dense- and loose-packing modes demonstrated that the maximum benefit of GBM is achieved for rock-soil slopes in loose-packing mode. It was also found that by increasing the slope height, both the initial stiffness and the bearing load decreases. The results indicated a significant increase in the ultimate bearing load as the distance of the footing to the slope crest increases. For all the cases, a good agreement between the laboratory and numerical results was observed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.449-456
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 네일 보강설계에 따른 국부 쐐기파괴의 안정성 검토가 가능한 네일 설계방법을 제안하기 위해, 국부 쐐기파괴에 대한 파괴 메커니즘을 확인하고 이에 대한 안전율 산정식을 개발하였다. 개발된 이론식을 이용하여 네일 보강여부, 지반조건, 네일 보강설치 패턴을 변화시켜 가면서 해석을 수행하였다. 또한 이를 바탕으로 각 영향요소에 대한 민감도 분석을 실시하였다. 해석 및 분석결과, 네일로 보강된 비탈면의 경우 무보강 비탈면 보다 안전율이 설계기준 이상으로 증가하였으며, 지반조건에 따른 비탈면의 안전율은 건기 시, 우기 시, 우기 시의 침투조건 순으로 증가하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.720-723
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• 2006

This study performed slope stability analysis by changing analysis methods and shear strength with the slope stability analysis program. The conclusions of the study are as follows. 1) The safe factor of clayey soil applied with Bishop's simple method turned out to be similar to or slightly higher than those of other methods, for both dry and saturated conditions. 2) The safe factor of sandy soil applied with GLE method turned out to be slightly higher than those of other methods. But when applied with Bishop's simple method, it appeared to be slightly higher than those of other methods. 3) The safe factor of ordinary soil applied with GLE method showed the highest result. 4) Janbu method showed the lowest safe factor among all the methods for the above three types of soils.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2021

산사태의 원인들은 강우강도와 강우지속시간 그리고 사면의 함수특성에 따라 좌우된다. 기존의 사면안정해석에서는 사면을 포화토로 가정하여 해석해왔다. 그러나 강우로 인한 적절한 사면의 거동을 설명하기 위해서는 불포화지반으로 구성되어 있는 현장사면을 모사하여 해석해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 국내 주요한 산지를 구성하고 있는 지반인 화강풍화토와 편마암풍화토를 구분하여 비탈면붕괴에대한 실내모형시험과 수치해석을 병행하여 강우침투와 사면의 안정성에 대해서 분석하고자 하였다. 일반적으로 세립분을 많이 포함하고 있는 편마암풍화토의 투수계수는 화강풍화토의 투수계수보다 느리다. 이러한 조건의 특징을 활용하여 두 가지 다른 풍화토의 침투량을 체적함수비 센서를 활용하여 강우로 인한 표층의 침투특성을 실내시험과 수치해석으로 비교하고자 한다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2019

Shallow failures occur frequently in both engineered and natural slopes in expansive soils. Rainfall infiltration is the most predominant triggering factor that contributes to slope failures in both expansive soils and clayey soils. However, slope failures in expansive soils have some distinct characteristics in comparison to slopes in conventional clayey soils. They typically undergo shallow failures with gentle sliding retrogression characteristics. The shallow sliding mass near the slope surface is typically in a state of unsaturated condition and will exhibit significant volume changes with increasing water content during rainfall periods. Many other properties or characteristics change such as the shear strength, matric suction including stress distribution change with respect to depth and time. All these parameters have a significant contribution to the expansive soil slopes instability and are difficult to take into consideration in slope stability analysis using traditional slope stability analysis methods based on principles of saturated soil mechanics. In this paper, commercial software VADOSE/W that can account for climatic factors is used to predict variation of matric suction with respect to time for an expansive soil cut slope in China, which is reported in the literature. The variation of factor of safety with respect to time for this slope is computed using SLOPE/W by taking account of shear strength reduction associated with loss of matric suction extending state-of-the art understanding of the mechanics of unsaturated soils.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.5-14
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• 2010

토사안정제를 이용한 비탈면 보강공법은 환경친화적이고 원지반의 강도증대를 통한 비탈면안정성을 확보하는 방법이다. 그러나 비탈면 보강공법으로 적용할 경우 현장토질과의 혼합에 따른 실제 강도증가 정도가 명확하지 못하고 보강효과에 대한 연구가 부족하여 현장에서 많이 적용되고 있지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 토사안정제 혼합율에 따른 지반강도증가 효과를 알아보고 수치해석을 통하여 비탈면 설계 적용시 비탈면 높이에 따른 적정 보강두께를 제시하고자 하였다. 실험결과 토사안정제 함량별로 강도증가가 차이는 있지만 대략 2.0~3.0배정도 강도가 증가 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났으며 수치해석을 통해서도 비탈면 높이에 따른 적정높이를 산정할 수 있었다. 향후 비탈면 보강목적으로 토사안정제의 활용도가 높을 것으로 판단된다.