• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2019

Plate anchors are generally used for structures like transmission towers, mooring systems etc. where the uplift and lateral forces are expected to be predominant. The capacity of anchor plate can be increased by the use of geosynthetics without altering the size of plates. Numerical simulations have been carried out on three different sizes of square anchor plates. A single layer geosynthetic has been used as reinforcement in the analysis and placed at three different positions from the plate. The effects of various parameters like embedment ratio, position of reinforcement, width of reinforcement, frequency and loading amplitude on the pull out capacity have been presented in this study. The load-displacement behaviour of anchors for various embedment ratios with and without reinforcement has been also observed. The pull out load, corresponding to a displacement equal to each of the considered maximum amplitudes of a given frequency, has been expressed in terms of a dimensionless breakout factor. The pull out load for all anchors has been found to increase by more than 100% with embedment ratio varying from 1 to 6. Finally a semi empirical formulation for breakout factor for square anchors in reinforced soil has also been proposed by carrying out regression analysis on the data obtained from numerical simulations.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.5-10
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• 2009

느슨한 사질토나 연약 점토층에서는 큰 앵커 극한인발력 확보가 어렵기 때문에 앵커공법이 잘 적용되지 않는다. 그러나 앵커 천공 홀을 다양한 방법으로 확공시키는 기술이 개발되어 있으며 이러한 기술로 인하여 느슨한 사질토 및 연약 점토에서 비교적 큰 극한인발력을 확보할 수 있게 되었다. 특히, 축적된 전기에너지를 짧은 시간에 방전시키는 펄스방전 공법은 앵커 정착장을 천공 케이싱 또는 비트 직경보다 크게 확공시키는 공법이다. 총 24공의 앵커를 성균관 대학교 지반시험장 풍화토 및 모래질 점토층에 시공하였다. 극한인발력과 앵커 확공비와의 관계를 확인하기 위해 AASHTO에서 규정하고 있는 시험방법으로 인발시험이 수행되었으며 펄스방전에 의해 확공된 앵커의 직경을 확인하기 위해 7공의 앵커를 굴착하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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• pp.1354-1359
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• 2009

Ground anchor should not be used in soft clay, because anchor resistance can not be guaranteed. However, there is a way to increase the capacity of anchors. The anchor is an underreamed anchor by using high voltage electric discharge energy. In this study, a series of field test were carried out in order to find ultimate load of underreamed anchors in weathered soil at the new apartment construction site located in Inchon, Korea. Data were analyzed in order to define a relation between ultimate load and the number of electric discharge.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.1107-1112
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• 2009

Ground anchor should not be used in soft clay, because anchor resistance can not be guaranteed. However, there is a way to increase the capacity of anchors. The pulse powered anchor is an underreamed anchor by using high voltage electrokinetic pulse energy. In this study, a series of field test were carried out in order to find expansion rate related in number of pulse charge. and Anchor pull-out tests were performed at the Geotechnical Experimentation Site at Sungkyunkwan University in Suwon, Korea. Data were analyzed in order to define a relation between expansion rate and ultimate pullout load.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2013

Anchors are primarily designed and constructed to resist outwardly directed loads imposed on the foundation of a structure. These outwardly directed loads are transmitted to the soil at a greater depth by the anchors. Buried anchors have been used for thousands of years to stabilize structures. Various types of earth anchors are now used for the uplift resistance of transmission towers, utility poles, submerged pipelines, and tunnels. Anchors are also used for the tieback resistance of earth-retaining structures, waterfront structures, at bends in pressure pipelines, and when it is necessary to control thermal stress. In this research, we analyzed the uplift behavior of plate anchors in clay using a laboratory experiment to estimate the uplift behavior of plate anchors under various conditions. To achieve the research purpose, the uplift resistance and displacement characteristics of plate anchors caused by the embedment ratio, plate diameter, and loading rate were studied, compared, and analyzed for various cases.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1998년도 정보화시공 및 터널분과위원회 논문집
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• pp.1-16
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• 1998

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.2428-2435
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• 2014

해상에 활용되는 계류앵커형식 중 한 종류인 석션 매입 앵커(Embedded Suction Anchor; ESA)의 점토지반에서 인발 저항력을 평가하기 위해 ALE(Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian) Adaptive Meshing기법을 적용한 수치해석을 수행하였다. 기존에 수행된 원심모형 실험과 한계 평형법을 이용한 해석적 방법의 결과와 비교 분석을 통해 수치해석 기법을 검증하고, 이를 이용해 앵커의 수평, 연직, 그리고 경사 방향의 인발 저항력을 평가하였다. 더불어 경사 방향의 재하 이전에 앵커를 경사각만큼 회전시켜 앵커에 수직한 방향으로 인발이 가해지도록 하여 그 거동을 평가하였다. 그 결과, 수평 재하 시 중간 위치에서 가장 큰 저항이 발휘되었고, 연직 재하의 경우 재하 위치에 따른 저항력의 차이가 크게 나타나지 않았다. 앵커의 중간 위치에서 경사 재하 결과 경사각이 증가할수록 인발 저항력이 감소하였으며, 초기회전이 있는 앵커의 경우 초기회전각이 30도 이하일 때 인발저항력이 일정한 결과를 보였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.497-509
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• 2021

A large deformation FEM (Finite Element Method) based numerical analysis has been performed to study the behaviour of the bell-shaped anchor embedded in undrained saturated (cohesive) soil with the help of finite element based software ABAQUS. A typical model anchor with bell-diameter of 0.125 m, embedded in undrained saturated soil with varying cohesive strength (from 5 kN/m² to 200 kN/m²) has been chosen for studying the characteristic behaviour of the bell-shaped anchor installed in cohesive soil. Breakout factors have been evaluated for each case and verified with the results of experimental model tests for three different types of soil samples. The maximum value of breakout factor was found as about 8.5 within a range of critical embedment ratio of 2.5 to 3. An explicit model has been developed to estimate the breakout factor (F_c) for uplift capacity of bell-shaped anchor within clay mass in terms of H/D ratio (embedment ratio). It was also found that, the ultimate uplift capacity of the anchor increases with the increase of the value of cohesive strength of the soil and H/D ratio. The empirical equation developed in the present investigation is usable within the range of cohesion value and H/D ratio from 5 kN/m² to 200 kN /m² and 0.5 to 3.0 respectively. The proposed model has been validated against data obtained from a series of model tests carried out in the present investigation. From the stress-profile analysis of the soil mass surrounding the anchor, occurrence of stress concentration is found to be generated at the joint of anchor shaft and bell. It was also found that the vertical and horizontal stresses surrounding the anchor diminish at about a distance of 0.3 m and 0.15 m respectively.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.299-312
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• 2013

The horizontal pullout capacity of a group of two vertical strip plate anchors, placed along the same vertical plane, in a fully cohesive soil has been computed by using the lower bound finite element limit analysis. The effect of spacing between the plate anchors on the magnitude of total group failure load ($P_{uT}$) has been evaluated. An increase of soil cohesion with depth has also been incorporated in the analysis. For a weightless medium, the total pullout resistance of the group becomes maximum corresponding to a certain optimum spacing between the anchor plates which has been found to vary generally between 0.5B and B; where B is the width of the anchor plate. As compared to a single plate anchor, the increase in the pullout resistance for a group of two anchors becomes greater at a higher embedment ratio. The effect of soil unit weight has also been analyzed. It is noted that the interference effect on the pullout resistance increases further with an increase in the unit weight of soil mass.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.153-159
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• 2019

This paper examines the results from three-dimensional dynamic finite element analysis undertaken to develop a new dynamically installed anchor (DIA). Several candidate shapes of new DIAs were selected after an investigation into previous researches of existing DIA designs. The performances of selected DIAs during the installation and loading in non-homogeneous clay were investigated through large deformation finite element (LDFE) analyses. Findings were compared to the current anchors in operation (i.e., Torpedo and Omni-Max DIA) to assess the viability of the new designs in the field. Overall, the anchor embedment depths of the novel DIAs lied under the results of OMNI-Max DIA. And also, the tracked anchor trajectory confirmed that, the novel DIAs dove deeper with stiffer travelling angle, compared to the OMNI-Max DIA. These elements are more critical and beneficial especially in a field where the achieved embedment depths are generally low.