• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.53-68
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• 1981

지속하중하(持續荷重下)의 점토지반(粘土地盤) 또는 사면(斜面)을 형성(形成)하고 있는 점토(粘土)는 시간의존변형(時間依存變形)을 일으키고 어떤 경우 파괴(破壞)에 이르기도 하는데 그 원인(原因)은 점토(粘土)의 Creep 거동(擧動) 때문이라는 보고(報告)가 대부분(大部分)이다. Creep 거동(擧動)은 많은 요소(要素)에 관련될 뿐 아니라 특(特)히 함수비(含水比) 및 응력수준(應力水準)에 큰 영향(影響)을 받기 때문에 매우 복잡(複雜)하며 따라서 그 거동(擧動)을 해석(解析) 하기도 어려운 일인데 Creep이 궁극적(窮極的)으로는 점토(粘土) 입자간(粒子間)의 미시적(微視的)인 거동(擧動)에서 비롯되기 때문이다. 응력(應力)-변형(變形)-시간(時間) 관계(關係)로서의 Creep 거동(擧動)을 수학적(數學的)으로 표현(表現)하기 위하여 여러 형태(形態)의 유변학적(流變學的) 모델이 제안(提案) 되었다. 유변학적(流變學的) 모델은 선형(線形) 스프링, 비선형(非線形) Dashpot 및 Slider를 조합(組合)한 것인데 점토(粘土)의 변형(變形)에 관한 탄성적(彈性的), 소성적(塑性的) 및 점성적(粘性的) 성분(成分)을 구분(區分) 하는데 매우 유용(有用)하다. 그러나 대부분(大部分)의 경우, 유변학적(流變學的)모델은 포화(飽和)된 점토(粘土)에 대(對)하여 주(主)로 2차압밀(次壓密) 거동(擧動)을 밝히기 위하여 제안(提案)된 것으로 비포화점토(非飽和粘土)에 대(對)한 보고(報告)는 매우 드문 것 같다. 한편, Creep 거동(擧動)은 시간의존변형(時間依存變形)이므로 흐트러진 점토(粘土)를 다져서 시험(試驗)하는 경우, 시간경과(時間經過)에 따라 Thixotropy 문제(問題)가 제기(提起)될 것이고 배수조건(排水條件)과 관련하여서는 공시체(供試體)의 높이가 문제(問題)될 수 있다. 그뿐 아니라 많은 연구결과(硏究結果)에 의(依)하면 응력증가초기(應力增加初期)에는 시간지체(時間遲滯)가 없는 초기탄성변형(初期彈性變形)이 발생(發生)된다고 하므로 유변학적(流變學的) 모델에는 이를 나타내는 요소(要素)가 반드시 필요(必要)하게 될 것이다. 본(本) 연구(硏究)는 이러한 면(面)에 초점(焦點)을 두고 함수비(含水比)와 응력수준(應力水準)을 여러 가지로 변화(變化)시켰을 때의 Creep 거동(擧動)을 유변학적(流變學的) 모델로 해석(解析)함에 있어 소성(塑性)이 비교적(比較的) 큰 3종(種)의 점토(粘土)를 사용(使用)하여 초기탄성변형(初期彈性變形) 거동(擧動)을 밝히고 Thixotropy 효과(効果) 및 공시체(供試體)의 높이가 Creep 거동(擧動)에 끼치는 영향(影響)을 구명(究明)하며 아울러 유변학적(流變學的) 모델의 어떤 요소(要素)에 관련 되는가를 알아내기 위하여 다져서 성형(成形)한 공시체(供試體)로서 일축배수형식(一軸排水形式)의 Creep 거동(擧動)을 시행(施行)하였다. 실험결과(實驗結果) 및 검토(檢討)에 의(依)하면 응력재하(應力載荷) 및 증가초기(增加初期)에는 시간지체(時間遲滯)가 없는 탄성적(彈性的) 초기변형(初期變形)이 발생(發生)하고 따라서 유변학적(流變學的) 모델에는 이를 나타내기 위한 상부(上部)스프링을 설치(設置)해야 하며 Thixotropy 효과(効果)를 고려(考慮)한 경우, Creep변형(變形)은 완만(緩慢)하게 되나 함수비(含水比) 및 응력수준(應力水準)에 따른 상태거동(狀態擧動)은 같으므로 그 차이(差異)는 모델 상수(常數)의 크기에만 관련됨을 알아내었고 따라서 동일(同一)한 유변학적(流變學的) 모델로 그 거동(擧動)을 나타낼 수 있다는 사실(事實)을 밝혀 냈다. 또 공시체(供試體) 높이를 작게 한 경우에는 함수비(含水比)가 비교적(比較的) 작아서 점(粘)-소(塑)-탄성(彈性) 및 점(粘)-탄성(彈性)일 때만 높이가 클 때와 같은 상태거동(狀態擧動)을 나타내어 동일(同一)한 유변학적(流變學的) 모델로 나타낼 수 있고 함수비(含水比)가 큰 점일소성(粘一塑性) 및 점성류(粘性流)일 때는 그 상태거동(狀態擧動)이 배수문제(排水問題)와 관련하여 달라지게 되고 따라서 유변학적(流變學的) 모델도 달라지게 된다는 사실(事實)을 발견(發見) 하였다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2015년도 학술발표회
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• pp.237-237
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• 2015

The district of Marlborough has had more than its share of river management projects over the past 150 years, each one uniquely affecting the geomorphology and flood hazard of the Wairau Plains. A major early project was to block the Opawa distributary channel at Conders Bend. The Opawa distributary channel took a third and more of Wairau River floodwaters and was a major increasing threat to Blenheim. The blocking of the Opawa required the Wairau and Lower Wairau rivers to carry greater flood flows more often. Consequently the Lower Wairau River was breaking out of its stopbanks approximately every seven years. The idea of diverting flood waters at Tuamarina by providing a direct diversion to the sea through the beach ridges was conceptualised back around the 1920s however, limits on resources and machinery meant the mission of excavating this diversion didn't become feasible until the 1960s. In 1964 a 10 m wide pilot channel was cut from the sea to Tuamarina with an initial capacity of $700m^3/s$. It was expected that floods would eventually scour this 'Wairau Diversion' to its design channel width of 150 m. This did take many more years than initially thought but after approximately 50 years with a little mechanical assistance the Wairau Diversion reached an adequate capacity. Using the power of the river to erode the channel out to its design width and depth was a brilliant idea that saved many thousands of dollars in construction costs and it is somewhat ironic that it is that very same concept that is now being used to deal with the aggradation problem that the Wairau Diversion has caused. The introduction of the Wairau Diversion did provide some flood relief to the lower reaches of the river but unfortunately as the Diversion channel was eroding and enlarging the Lower Wairau River was aggrading and reducing in capacity due to its inability to pass its sediment load with reduced flood flows. It is estimated that approximately $2,000,000m^3$ of sediment was deposited on the bed of the Lower Wairau River in the time between the Diversion's introduction in 1964 and 2010, raising the Lower Wairau's bed upwards of 1.5m in some locations. A numerical morphological model (MIKE-11 ST) was used to assess a number of options which led to the decision and resource consent to construct an erodible (fuse plug) bank at the head of the Wairau Diversion to divert more frequent scouring-flows ($+400m^3/s$)down the Lower Wairau River. Full control gates were ruled out on the grounds of expense. The initial construction of the erodible bank followed in late 2009 with the bank's level at the fuse location set to overtop and begin washing out at a combined Wairau flow of $1,400m^3/s$ which avoids berm flooding in the Lower Wairau. In the three years since the erodible bank was first constructed the Wairau River has sustained 14 events with recorded flows at Tuamarina above $1,000m^3/s$ and three of events in excess of $2,500m^3/s$. These freshes and floods have resulted in washout and rebuild of the erodible bank eight times with a combined rebuild expenditure of $80,000. Marlborough District Council's Rivers & Drainage Department maintains a regular monitoring program for the bed of the Lower Wairau River, which consists of recurrently surveying a series of standard cross sections and estimating the mean bed level (MBL) at each section as well as an overall MBL change over time. A survey was carried out just prior to the installation of the erodible bank and another survey was carried out earlier this year. The results from this latest survey show for the first time since construction of the Wairau Diversion the Lower Wairau River is enlarging. It is estimated that the entire bed of the Lower Wairau has eroded down by an overall average of 60 mm since the introduction of the erodible bank which equates to a total volume of $260,000m^3$. At a cost of $$0.30/m^3$ this represents excellent value compared to mechanical dredging which would likely be in excess of $$10/m^3$. This confirms that the idea of using the river to enlarge the channel is again working for the Wairau River system and that in time nature's "excavator" will provide a channel capacity that will continue to meet design requirements.