• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.637-648
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• 2023

When an earth pressure balance (EPB) shield machine bores a tunnel in gravelly sand stratum, the excavated natural soil is normally transformed using foam and water to reduce cutter wear and the risk of direct muck squeezing out of the screw conveyor (i.e., muck spewing). Understanding the undrained shear behavior of conditioned soils under pressure is a potential perspective for optimizing the earth pressure balance shield tunnelling strategies. Owing to the unconventional properties of conditioned soil, a pressurized vane shear apparatus was utilized to investigate the undrained shear behavior of foam-conditioned gravelly sands under normal pressure. The results showed that the shear stress-displacement curves exhibited strain-softening behavior only when the initial void ratio (e₀) of the foam-conditioned sand was less than the maximum void ratio (e_max) of the unconditioned sand. The peak and residual strength increased with an increase in normal pressure and a decrease in foam injection ratio. A unique relation between the void ratio and the shear strength in the residual stage was observed in the e-ln(τ) space. When e₀ was greater than e_max, the fluid-like specimens had quite low strengths. Besides, the stick-slip behavior, characterized by the variation coefficient of measured shear stress in the residual stage, was more evident under lower pressure but it appeared to be independent of the foam injection. A comparison between the results of pressurized vane shear tests and those of slump tests indicated that the slump test has its limitations to characterize the chamber muck fluidity and build the optimal conditioning parameters.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.287-311
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• 2015

The ultimate bearing capacity and failure mechanism of square footings resting on a sand layer over clay soil have been investigated numerically by performing a series of three-dimensional non-linear finite element analyses. The parameters investigated are the thickness of upper sand layer, strength of sand, undrained shear strength of lower clay and surcharge effect. The results obtained from finite element analyses were compared with those from previous design methods based on limit equilibrium approach. The results proved that the parameters investigated had considerable effect on the ultimate bearing capacity and failure mechanism occurring. It was also shown that the thickness of upper sand layer, the undrained shear strength of lower clay and the strength of sand are the most important parameters affecting the type of failure will occur. The value of the ultimate bearing capacity could be significantly different depending on the limit equilibrium method used.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.5-18
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• 1988

본 연구는 인공연약점토를 시료로 하여 미려밀점토의 비배수 전단강도가 압밀과정에서 어떻게 변 이되는가를 고색하고 그 결과를 점토련자가 상당한 속도를 가지고 지적적으로 퇴적하고 있는 해천 모면에 적용하여 사면의 안정성을 검토하였다. 비배수 삼동려축 전단강도는 여밀도가 증가함에 따라 포물선을 그리며 증가하였고 유효응력과는 불 가분의 관계가 있음이 고찰되었다. 사면안정 검토에는 실험결과치들이 유한요소 프로그램에 입력되 감으며 흙의 여축성과 투수계수도 여밀도에 따라 변화시켰다. 퇴적률, 여밀도간의 관계와 사면붕괴시점과 이동토최예측도가 제시되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 부산지역 점토의 비 배수전단강도를 추정하기 위해 현장 및 실내시험을 통해 부산점토의 콘계수를 평가하였다. 이를 위해 부산신항 지역 및 녹산지역에서 $CK_0U$ 삼축압축시험, 베인전단시험, 피에조 콘 관입시험(CPTu) 등을 실시하였다. 시험결과, 현장 점토의 비배수전단강도는 심도에 따라 증가하였으며, 강도증가비는 각각 $S_{u(CKU)}/{\sigma}'_v\;{\fallingdotseq}\;0.26{\sim}0.44$와 ${\mu}_{su(VST)}/{\sigma}'_v\;{\fallingdotseq}\;0.20{\sim}0.23$로 삼축 비배수전단강도가 베인 비배수전단강도에 비해 1.5배 정도 크게 나타났다. 또한 CPTu 시험결과 콘선단저항($q_c$)과 간극수압($u_2$)은 심도에 따라 증가하였으며, 간극수압비($B_q$)는 $0.3{\sim}1.0$정도로 나타났다. 삼축압축 및 베인시험 결과와 CPTu 결과로부터 콘계수를 산정한 후 간극수압비와 비교한 결과, 삼축 비배수전단강도와 베인 비배수전단강도를 추정하기 위한 부산지역 점토의 콘계수는 각각 $5{\sim}20$, $10{\sim}35$로 나타났다. 그리고 콘계수는 간극수압비가 증가함에 따라 선형적으로 감소하였으며, 이로부터 간극수압비를 이용한 부산점토 콘계수 추정방법을 제안하였다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 피압의 작용에 따른 점토 지반의 용탈 특성을 조사하기 위해 두 종류의 원통형 일차원 대형 컬럼 장치(높이 : 1,100mm, 직경 250mm)를 제작하여 점토 지반의 압밀 거동 실험을 수행하였다. 피압의 크기는 5.5kPa로 하부지반에서부터 작용하도록 하였으며, 압밀 실험 종료 후 점토층의 깊이에 따른 염분의 농도와 비배수 전단강도를 측정하였다. 실험 결과 비배수 전단강도 및 염분 분포는 점토층 하부에서 뚜렷한 차이를 보였으며, 상부로 갈수록 유사한 경향을 보였다. 이는 피압이 작용할 경우 점토층 내에 용탈현상이 발생하여 지반이 구조적으로 취약해져 나타난 결과로 판단된다. 또한 전기전도도 측정을 통해 시간에 따른 간극비 변화를 살펴본 결과, 피압이 작용하는 지반에서 간극율 변화가 더 크게 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.639-646
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• 2000

It is important to estimate the mechanical properties of clay since it is directly related to the design and the construction of geotechnical structures. Site exploration, which is composed of boring, sampling, in-situ, or laboratory tests, is preformed to estimate the mechanical properties. However, mechanical properties of clay measured from laboratory test may be different from in-situ properties due to disturbances occurred during sampling, transportation, storage, and trimming. In this study, the degree of disturbance according to sampling method was estimated with the test results of CK/sub o/U triaxial compression test on Yangsan clay. The soil samples were obtained by three types of sampling method, j.e., 76mm-tube sampler, 76mm-piston sampler, and block sampler. In order to evaluate the quality of samples, volumetric strain, undrained shear strength, secant Young's modulus, and pore pressure coefficient at peak measured from each sample were compared with one another. From the test results, it was observed that mechanical properties of the block and piston samples were more reliable than those of tube samples. But it was observed that the water content of piston was similar to that of tube samples at given depths while the water content of block samples was 14.3∼15.8% smaller than that of piston and tube samples. In addition to the evaluation of the quality of samples, relationship between c/sub u// σ/sub vc/'and OCR was established from the results of the CK/sub o/U triaxial compression tests, which were carried out using SHANSEP method. And also undrained shear strength was analyzed using the in-situ test data such as Cone Penetration Test(CPT), Dilatometer Test(DMT), and Field Vane Test(FVT) and was compared with that evaluated from CK/sub o/U triaxial compression test.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.427-437
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• 2019

Waste materials are being produced in huge quantities globally, and the usual practice is to dump them into legal or illegal landfills. Recycled tiles (RT) are being used in soil stabilisation which is considered as sustainable solution to reduce the amount of waste and solve the geotechnical problems. Although the stabilisation of soil using RT improved the soil properties, it could not achieve the standard values required for construction. Thus, this study uses 20% RT together with low cement content (2%) to stabilise soft soil. Series of consolidated undrained triaxial compression tests were conducted on untreated and RT-cement treated samples. Each test was performed at 7, 14, and 28 days curing period and 50, 100, and 200 kPa confining pressures. The results revealed an improvement in the undrained shear strength parameters (cohesion and internal frication angle) of treated specimens compared to the untreated ones. The cohesion and friction angle of the treated samples were increased with the increase in curing time and confining pressure. The peak deviator stress of treated samples increases with the increment of either the effective confining pressures or the curing period. Microstructural and chemical tests were performed on both untreated and RT-cement treated samples, which included field emission scanning electron microscopic (FESEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDX). The results indicated the formation of cementation compounds such as calcium aluminium hydrate (C-A-H) within the treated samples. Consequently, the newly formed compounds were responsible for the improvement observed in the results of the triaxial tests. This research promotes the utilisation of RT to reduce the amount of cement used in soil stabilisation for cleaner planet and sustainable environment.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1998년도 지반조사위원회 여름 학술세미나
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• pp.51-80
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• 1998

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.681-686
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• 2006

This study is to examine slope activity safety ratio on the strength of the natural sample or soil collected through field test in the slope activity region during destruction happened in the course of soil-relocating work planned for ground improvement under strict supervision at the house-building site, using Bishop's slope analysis method and investigate relationship between slope analysis theories and actual destruction so as to compare determining method of clean water of soil essential for slope activity analysis and accuracy of resulting value of clean water of soil.

• 기술발표회
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• 통권2006호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2006

This study researched N-Value, strength of clayey soil and preconsolidation pressure m order to variety application of standard Penetration test. We compared it makes on analysis of the relationship of the N-value and $q_u$ with relation formula is presented in existing, presented the estimated preconsolidation pressure by using the predicted undrained shear strength.