• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.399-415
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• 2017

A series of direct shear tests were conducted to investigate the frictional properties of the interface between structures and the filling soil of Chongqing airport fourth stage expansion project. Two types of structures are investigated, one is low carbon steel and the other is the bedrock sampled from the site. The influence of soil water content, surface roughness and material types of structure were analyzed. The tests show that the interface friction and shear displacement curve has no softening stage and the curve shape is close to the Clough-Duncan hyperbola, while the soil is mainly shear contraction during testing. The interface frictional resistance and normal stress curve meets the Mohr-Coulomb criterion and the derived friction angle and frictional resistance of interface increase as surface roughness increases but is always lower than the internal friction angle and shear strength of soil respectively. When surface roughness is much larger than soil grain size, soil-structure interface is nearly shear surface in soil. In addition to the geometry of structural surface, the material types of structure also affects the performance of soil-structure interface. The wet interface frictional resistance will become lower than the natural one under specific conditions.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.28-37
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• 1988

This study was conducted to construct the soil bin system and associated microcomputer-based data acquisition system which is to be used for the effective evaluation of wheel performance. The soil bin system consists of four main parts; soil bin, carriage drive system, test carriage and soil processing carriage. The test carriage was constructed to measure the five performance parameters of testing wheels; pulling forte, motion resistance, sinkage and rotational speed of test wheel, and speed of test carriage. The test wheel is powered by a hydraulic system up to 8 ps. Soil processing carriage was designed to provide uniform test soil condition across the toil bin, and reproduction of soil conditions found satisfiable. The data acquisition system consists of APPLE II PLUS microcomputer, strain amplifier, I/O interface, A/D converter, digital counter and various transducers. It takes about 0.86 seconds to measure a set of performance parameters and store on the floppy disk simultaneously. Series of experiment showed that this system can be used effectively for evaluating the wheel performance associated with soil.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2011

In this study, the feasibility of using bioremediation to treat lubricant-contaminated soil around railroad turnouts was investigated. Lubricants used during the maintenance of railroad turnouts can drip onto the ground causing soil contamination. In the laboratory experiments, the residual TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons) concentration in soil gradually decreased after microorganisms degrading the lubricants were added. Generally, the soil around railroad turnouts is covered by a layer of ballasts. In the column experiments that were designed considering field sites, the removal efficiency of TPH was about 11% after 60 days of cultivation time. In the field experiments, microorganisms were added into the soil periodically, and finally the residual TPH concentrations were reduced to less than 1,700 mg/kg-soil on average. These results indicate that the lubricant in the contaminated soil around railroad turnouts could be efficiently removed through bioremediation method.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.539-544
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• 2011

The relative focus about phosphorus (P) which causes eutrophication characterized by increased growth of undesirable algae has increased in recent years. Phosphorus forms in soil and water include both organic and inorganic forms. There are also a large number of soil P determination methods that have been designed to account for various types of P and mechanisms controlling the chemistry of P in soil, water, and residual materials for environmentally relevant forms of P. However, phosphorus forms in soil, water, and residual materials are also difficult to standardize with any reasonable consensus, due to the number of different disciplines involved. Hence, it is essential to accurately define how P can be measured in soil, water, or residual material samples to avoid potential misinterpretations or inappropriate recommendations in determining amount and types of P. Therefore, we reviewed the testing methods which have appeared in the scientific literature to provide an overview of the soil test P most commonly used.

• 지질공학
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2023

국내에서 관리되고 있는 토양오염물질 중 지질 기원의 영향이 큰 물질로는 비소, 카드뮴, 구리, 납, 아연, 니켈, 수은, 불소 등이 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내 토양오염 조사 자료를 바탕으로 GIS 모델링을 통해 오염물질의 분포 현황을 파악하고 오염원과의 공간적 개연성을 확인하였다. 그 결과, 카드뮴, 구리, 납, 니켈, 수은의 경우 1% 미만의 낮은 기준초과 빈도를 나타내고 있다. 비소와 아연의 경우 각각 광산 영향범위와 산업단지 부지 내에서 높은 초과 빈도를 나타내며, 주변 오염인자에 의한 영향이 매우 높은 것으로 확인되었다. 그러나 불소의 경우 조사지점 수가 가장 적고, 기준초과 빈도가 가장 높음에도 불구하고 뚜렷한 인위적 오염원이 확인되지 않았고, 분포 특성 또한 광역적인 연속성을 보임에 따라 지질 분포와의 개연성이 매우 높을 것으로 추정된다. 불소 항목의 기준초과 지점에 대한 지질 분포 현황을 확인한 결과, 쥐라기 화강암(40.00%)과 선캄브리아기 호상편마암(34.12%)에서 집중적인 초과 빈도를 나타내고 있다. 이는 화강암과 편마암에 존재하는 높은 불소 함량이 암석의 풍화에 따른 토양의 생성 과정에서 토양의 구성 성분으로 존재함에 따라 이들 암석이 분포하는 지역의 토양 중 불소 농도가 높게 나타난 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.96-108
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• 2011

Several methods of in-field measurements of Nitrogen and other soil properties using cores extracted by a hydraulic soil sampler were evaluated. A prototype core scanner was built to accommodate Veris Technologies commercial Vis-NIRS equipment. The testing result for pH, P and Mg were close to RPD (Ratio of Prediction to Deviation = Standard deviation/RMSE) of 2, however the scanner could not achieve the goal of RPD of 2 on some other properties, especially on nitrate nitrogen ($NO_3$) and potassium (K). In situ NIRS/EC probe showed similar results to the core scanner; pH, P and Mg were close to RPD of 2, while $NO_3$ and K were RPD of 1.5 and 1.2, respectively. Correlations between estimations using the probe and the core scanner were strong, with $r^2$ > 0.7 for P, Mg, Total N, Total C and CEC. Preliminary results for mid-IR spectroscopy showed an $r^2$ of 0.068 and an RMSE for nitrate (N) of 18 ppm, even after the removal of calcareous samples and possible N outlier. After removal of calcareous samples on a larger sample set, results improved considerably with an $r^2$ of 0.64 and RMSE of 6 ppm. However, this was only possible after carbonate samples were detected and eliminated, which would not be feasible under in-field measurements. Testing of $NO_3$ and K ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) revealed promising results, with acceptable errors measuring soil solutions containing nitrate and potassium levels that are typical of production agriculture fields.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2007년 가을학술발표회
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• pp.623-634
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• 2007

The aim of this research is development and verification of resistivity seismic dilatometer (RSDMT) system. The resistivity module for obtaining resistivity-depth plot and seismic module for obtaining wave velocity-depth plot are attached to the conventional flat dilatometer testing equipment. To enhance reliability and repeatability of seismic part in RSDMT, automatic testing system including automatic surface source, PC based data acquisition system and operating program were developed. To obtain real resistivity value of soil, geometric factor for the array of electrodes in RSDMT was derived empirically. The verification studies for the developed RSDMT system were performed at the southeast side of Korea where soil improvement work is planned. SPT, CPT, geophysical subsurface imaging techniques and some laboratory tests were performed for the comparisons. As one penetration of RSDMT, various soil parameters could be obtained. The results of field test showed good repeatability and reliability in every part. From these studies, developed RSDMT system was checked and the effectiveness of this system was verified in light of proper evaluation of geotechnical characteristics of soft soil.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.13-24
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• 1995

5가지의 토질을 대상으로 하여 심지배수가 존재하는 경우와 그렇지 않은 경우에 있어서 진공압밀실험을 실시하여 진공압밀에서의 시간에 따른 침하량을 측정하였다. 이에 앞서 기초실험을 통하여 토질의 특성을 파악하고 아울러 일차원 압밀실험을 행하여 심지배수가 존재하지 않은 경우의 진공압밀이 진행되는 동안 기존의 압밀 실험이 토질의 거동을 예측할 수 있는지를 검토하여 보았다. 본 연구결과 기존의 일차원 압밀실험은 심지배수가 존재하지 않는 경우의 진공압밀 실험과정을 예측하는데 부적절하였으나 최종침하량은 적절하게 예측하였음이 밝혀졌다. 진공압밀의 실험결과에서는, 실트질토에 있어서 심지배수의 존재가 압밀의 속도에는 커다란 영향을 미쳤으나 최종 침하량은 심지배수의 존재에 상관없이 동일하였음이 밝혀졌으며 심지배수의 존재는 시료의 깊이에 대해 함수비와 밀도를 일정하게 한다는 것은 규명되었으나 점토질토에서의 심지배수의 존재는 압밀의 속도 뿐만 아니라 최종침하량도 증가시킴이 밝혀졌다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.113-127
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• 2022

The undrained shear strength of soil is considered one of the engineering parameters of utmost significance in geotechnical design methods. In-situ experiments like cone penetration tests (CPT) have been used in the last several years to estimate the undrained shear strength depending on the characteristics of the soil. Nevertheless, the majority of these techniques rely on correlation presumptions, which may lead to uneven accuracy. This research's general aim is to extend a new united soft computing model, which is a combination of random forest (RF) with grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA) to the pile set-up parameters' better approximation from CPT, based on two different types of data as inputs. Data type 1 contains pile parameters, and data type 2 consists of soil properties. The contribution of this article is that hybrid GOA - RF for the first time, was suggested to forecast the pile set-up parameter from CPT. In order to do this, CPT data and related bore log data were gathered from 70 various locations across Louisiana. With an R² greater than 0.9098, which denotes the permissible relationship between measured and anticipated values, the results demonstrated that both models perform well in forecasting the set-up parameter. It is comprehensible that, in the training and testing step, the model with data type 2 has finer capability than the model using data type 1, with R² and RMSE are 0.9272 and 0.0305 for the training step and 0.9182 and 0.0415 for the testing step. All in all, the models' results depict that the A parameter could be forecasted with adequate precision from the CPT data with the usage of hybrid GOA - RF models. However, the RF model with soil features as input parameters results in a finer commentary of pile set-up parameters.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.584-594
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• 2010

It is difficult to prepare a specimen for directly testing a tensile strength of soils. Therefore, a tensile strength of soils has been measured indirectly. In this study, a mold and sample preparation tool for directly testing a tensile strength of soils has been developed and a tensile strength of weakly cemented sand was measured by using such device. A compressive strength of the cemented sand was also measured and its value was 30 times greater than its tensile strength.