• 한국농공학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.125-136
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• 1996

In order to investigate the characteristics of gravity drainage for geotextile, small-scale model tests for the geotextile chimney drain of earth dam which is a typical type of gravity drainage were carried out using 15 kinds of nonwoven and composite geotextiles. According to the results of this study, the drainage discharge of geotexgile drain generally increases with exponential function as hydraulic head increases and the increasing rate is greater in the coarser soil of dam material. It has a trend to increase when the construction slope of geotextile drain is steeper and the number of layers of geotextile is more. The relationship between the transmissivity of geotextile and the drainage discharge has positive correlation and the rate of increase is greater in the coarser soil. The geotextile products must be carefully selected in consideration of transmissivity of geotextile when the soil to be drained is coarser and the seepage flow is relatively high. Most of staple fiber nonwoven geotextile used in this study are found to be appropriate for drainage purpose. Among them, the composite geotextile the type of which geotextile is evaluated to be the most excellent material. But the geotextile of low permeability such as filament thermal bonded and filament spunbonded nowovens closely examined their transmissivity especially to be used for drainage function.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 보강토 옹벽에 있어서 보강토체 배면에 설치되는 연직배수층의 강우시 간극수압 증가 억제효과에 대한 내용을 다루었다. 이를 위해 먼저 다양한 배수시스템 설치 조건에 대해 유한요소해석 법에 근거한 부정류 침투해석을 수행하였으며 그 결과를 토대로 연직배수층의 간극수압 저감 메카니즘을 고찰하였다. 또한 매개변수 연구 결과를 토대로 다양한 연직배수층의 최적설치 높이를 검토하였다. 그 결과 보강토체 배면에 설치되는 연직배수층은 강우시 보강토체 내외부에 모관흡수력이 감소하는 현상을 억제시킴으로서 전단강도 저하를 억제할 수 있는 것으로 나타났으며 옹벽높이의 50% 정도 높이로 설치할 경우 최적의 효과를 발휘할 수 있는 것으로 검토되었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.193-204
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• 2009

A 10.4-m high highway embankment retained behind mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls is under construction in the northeastern part of the Indian state of Bihar. The structure is constructed with compacted, micaceous, grey, silty sand, reinforced with polyester (PET) geogrids, and faced with reinforced cement concrete fascia panels. The connections between the fascia panels and the geogrids failed on several occasions during the monsoon seasons of 2007 and 2008 following episodes of heavy rainfall, when the embankment was still under construction. However, during these incidents the MSE embankment itself remained by and large stable and the collateral damages were minimal. The observational data during these incidents presented an opportunity to develop and calibrate a simple procedure for estimating rainfall induced pore water pressure development within MSE embankments constructed with backfill materials that do not allow unimpeded seepage. A simple analytical finite element model was developed for the purpose. The modeling results were found to agree with the observational and meteorological records from the site. These results also indicated that the threshold rainwater infiltration flux needed for the development of pore water pressure within an MSE embankment is a monotonically increasing function of the hydraulic conductivity of backfill. Specifically for the MSE embankment upon which this study is based, the analytical results indicated that the instabilities could have been avoided by having in place a chimney drain immediately behind the fascia panels.