• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.287-294
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• 2002

Underground flexible pipes for electric cables are subject to external loads and surrounding soil pressure. Particularly, strain of flexible pipes is of great concern in terms of safety and maintenance for electric cables. In this study, the actual size tests were carried out to investigate strain-deformation relation for underground flexible pipes subject to vehicle loads with various depths and degree of compaction.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.730-737
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• 2004

In this paper, in order to examine cyclic hehavior characteristics and safety of underground flexible pipes for electric cables subject to cyclic vehicle load, FEM analysis and cyclic soil box test were carried out. As results of the test, it was revealed that the vertical displacement of the test was larger than that of FEM analysis because thermal effect arising from power cables made reduction of rigidity of the pipe so that large deformation of the pipe induced by the heat occured. Moreover, it was shown that the final vertical displacement under about 0.4 million times of the cyclic load test was not satisfied with elastic allowable displacement of the pipe, and long term stability of the pipe was not stable since behavior characteristics of the pipe exists plastic strain range pasted clastic strain range.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2017

Most of existing buried pipes are composed of reinforced concrete. Reinforced concrete pipes have many problems such as aging, corrosion, leaking, etc. The polyethylene (PE) pipes have advantages to solve these problems. The plastic pipes buried underground are classified into a flexible pipe. National standard that has limited the long-term vertical deformation of the pipe to 5% for flexible pipes including PE pipe. This study presents a prediction for the long-term behavior of the polyethylene pipe based on ASTM D 5365. This prediction method is presented to estimate by using the statistical method from the initial deflection measurement data. We predict the behavior of long-term performance on the double-wall pipe and multi-wall pipe. As a result, it was found that the PE pipe will be sound enough more than 50 years if the compaction of soil around the pipe is more than 95% of the standard soil compaction density.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.167-183
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• 2013

Methods for estimating structural reliability using probability ideas are well established. When the residual ultimate strength of a buried pipeline is exceeded the limit, breakage becomes imminent and the overall reliability of the pipe distribution network is reduced. This paper is concerned with estimating structural failure of underground flexible pipes due to corrosion induced excessive deflection, buckling, wall thrust and bending stress subject to externally applied loading. With changes of pipe wall thickness due to corrosion, the moment of inertia and the cross-sectional area of pipe wall are directly changed with time. Consequently, the chance of survival or the reliability of the pipe material is decreased over time. One numerical example has been presented for a buried steel pipe to predict the probability of failure using Hasofer-Lind and Rackwitz-Fiessler algorithm and Monte Carlo simulation. Then the parametric study and sensitivity analysis have been conducted on the reliability of pipeline with different influencing factors, e.g. pipe thickness, diameter, backfill height etc.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.25-35
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• 2003

원형지하매설관의 경우 관의 하단부의 다짐이 매우 어렵고, 또한 다짐효율이 떨어져서 지하매설물의 안정성을 저감시키고, 이로 인해 각종 파손이 발생하는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결할 수 있는 하나의 대안으로 저강도 콘크리트 개념을 지반공학에 적용하여 만들어진 CLSM을 이용하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 지금까지의 CLSM 실내실험결과를 이용하여 현장적용성 시험을 하기 위한 중간단계로서 베딩재, 뒤채움재, 관의 종류를 변화시킨 20가지 사례에 대한 PENTAGON 유한요소 프로그램을 이용하여 수치해석을 실시하였다. 수치해석을 실시한 결과 뒤채움재로 CLSM을 사용하는 경우에 토사나 일반모래를 사용한 경우보다 지표면 및 관의 침하를 현저히 감소시키는 것으로 해석되었다. 관의 연직변위를 놓고 볼 때 토사 뒤채움을 사용한 경우에 연성관의 변위량이 강성관의 2배 정도에 달했으나 CLSM으로 대체한 경우에는 오히려 토사 뒤채움에 강성관을 사용한 경우보다 변위가 줄어들었다. CLSM 뒤채움에 강성관을 사용한 경우도 유사하게 나타났고, CLSM이 구조적인 지지 역할을 확실히 함을 보여준다.

• 복합신소재구조학회 논문집
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2013

Glass fiber reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes buried underground are attractive for use in harsh environments, such as for the collection and transmission of liquids which are abrasive and/or corrosive. In this paper, we present the result of investigation pertaining to the structural behavior of GRP flexible pipes buried underground. In the investigation of structural behavior such as a ring deflection, experimental and analytical studies are conducted. In addition, vertical ring deflection is measured by the field test and finite element analysis (FEA) is also conducted to simulate behavior of GRP pipe buried underground. Based on the results from the finite element analyses considering soil-pipe interaction the vertical ring deflection behavior of buried GRP pipe is predicted. In addition, analytical and experimental results are compared and discussed.

• 복합신소재구조학회 논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2015

The industrialization and urbanization forced to increase the density of pipelines such as water supply, sewers, and gas pipelines. The materials used for the existing pipe lines are mostly composed of concretes and steels, but it is true that the development for more durable and efficient materials has been continued performed to produce long lasting pipe lines. Recently, underground pipes serve in diverse applications such as sewer lines, drain lines, water mains, gas lines, telephone and electrical conduits, culverts, oil lines, etc. In this paper, we present the result of investigation pertaining to the structural behavior of unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U) flexible pipes buried underground. In the investigation of structural behavior such as a ring deflection, pipe stiffness, 4-point bending test, experimental and analytical studies are conducted. In addition, pipe stiffness is determined by the parallel plate loading tests and the finite element analysis. The difference between test and analysis is about 8% although there are significant variations in the mechanical properties of the pipe material. In addition, it was found by the 4-point bending test there is no problem in the connection between the pipes by coupler.

• 복합신소재구조학회 논문집
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2012

Recently, underground pipes are utilized in various fields of applications such as sewer lines, drain lines, water mains, gas lines, telephone and electrical conduits, culverts, oil lines, etc. Most of pipes are installed for long-term purposes and they should be safely installed in consideration of installation conditions because there are unexpected various terrestrial loading conditions. In this paper, we present the result of investigation pertaining to the structural behavior of glass fiber reinforced thermosetting polymer plastic (GFRP) flexible pipes buried underground. The mechanical properties of the GFRP flexible pipes produced in the domestic manufacturer are determined and the results are reported in this paper. In addition, ring deflection is measured by the field tests and the finite element analysis (FEA) is also conducted to simulate the structural behavior of GFRP pipes buried underground. From the field test results, we predicted long-term, up to 50 years, ring deflection of GFRP pipes buried underground based on the method suggested by the existing literature. It was found that the GFRP flexible pipe to be used for cooling water intake system in the nuclear power plant is appropriate because 5% ring deflection limitation for 50 years could be satisfied.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2009

지중전력선과 같은 원형 지하매설관의 경우 관의 하단부 다짐효율이 낮아 파손등과 같은 구조적 문제점에 항상 노출되어있다. 이러한 문제점들 때문에 다양한 방법들이 강구되어 왔으며 그중 하나가 유동성이 뛰어난 저강도 콘크리트의 개발이다. 외국에서는 이미 오래전부터 연구개발을 진행하여 전력회사를 중심으로 이미 실용화 단계에 와있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 개발된 지중 전력케이블 유동성 뒷채움재의 거동특성을 확인하기 위해서 개발된 유동화 뒷채움재와 일반모래를 이용하여 DB-24차량하중에 대해서 매설관의 거동을 평가하기 위해서 실증실험을 수행하고 그 결과를 수치해석 및 이론식과 비교분석하였다. 그 결과 매설관의 변형은 뒷채움재의 종류에 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 유동성 뒷채움재가 모래다짐 보다 관로에 미치는 토압 및 변형 특성이 우수한 것으로 확인되었다. 하지만, 실증실험 결과와 비교검토를 위해서 수행한 수치해석 및 이론식 값들이 실증실험값과 차이가나 향후 유동성 뒷채움재에 맞는 해석방법 개발이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 복합신소재구조학회 논문집
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.18-24
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• 2011

이 연구에서 GRP 관의 하중-처짐 거동을 조사, 보고하였다. 지중매성 GRP관은 높은 내화학성, 높은 부식저항성, 경량성, 관표면의 매끄러움, 지반-관의 상호작용 고려에 따른 경제성 등의 탁원한 역학적, 물리적 특성들로 인해 건설현장에서 광범위하게 사용되고 있다. 지중에 매설되는 연성관을 설계하기 위해서는 ASTM D 2412 (2010)에 따라야 한다. ASTM D 2412 (2010)에 따라 설계할 경우, 관의 원강성 (PS)을 편평시험에 따라 먼저 결정해야 하는데, 이 시험이 귀찮고 노동력을 필요로 한다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 UTM에 설치된 형태의 GRP관의 하중-처짐 거동을 유한요소법에 따라 모사하였으며, 유한요소법에 의한 모사에는 재료의 탄성계수와 단면의 기하학적 치수 등 기초적인 자료를 사용하였다. 이와 같은 연구로부터, 관재료가 관의 단면내에서 비교적 일정하지 않음에도 불구하고 수직방향의 관변형이 3%와 5%가 발생할 경우, 편평시험과 수치해석적 연구 결과가 15%이내의 차이로 하중의 예측이 가능함을 알 수 있었다.