• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.79-95
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• 2013

Suction anchors are widely adopted in mooring systems. However there are still challenges in predicting the failure mode and ultimate pullout capacity of the anchor. Previously published methods for predicting the inclined pullout capacity of suction anchors are mainly based on experimental data or the FEM analysis. In the present work, an analytical method that is capable of predicting the failure mode and ultimate pullout capacity of the suction anchor in clay under inclined loading is developed. This method is based on a rational mechanical model for suction anchors and the knowledge of the mechanism that the anchor fails in seabed soils. In order to examine the analytical model, the failure angle and pullout capacity of suction anchors from FEM simulation, numerical solution and laboratory tests in uniform and linear cohesive soils are employed to compare with the theoretical predictions and the agreement is satisfactory. An analytical method that can evaluate the optimal position of the attachment point is also proposed in the present study. The present work proves that the failure mode and pullout capacity of suction anchors can be reasonably determined by the developed analytical method.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2005

동다짐공법은 느슨한 지반의 개량에 주로 사용되는 공법으로 점착성 토사나 폐기물과 성토지반에도 성공적으로 적용되고 있다. 동다짐공법의 설계에 있어 지반개량심도의 결정은 중요한 요소이다. 그러나 개량심도는 다짐에너지 뿐만 아니라 다짐간격, 대상토질 특성, 포화정도 및 현장여건 등에 영향을 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 개량심도 예측을 위하여 현장실험결과를 이용하였으며 다짐에너지, 토질특성 및 포화정도에 따른 개량심도를 평가하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2004

사례 연구를 통해서 실제 세립토 교량현장에 대해 기존 교량세굴 해석모델들의 적용성을 분석하였다. 하상이 실트질 점토로 구성된 강화 초지대교를 대상교량으로 선정하여 현장조사를 실시하였다. 초음파 센서장비를 이용하여 교각주변의 세굴심을 직접 측정하였으며, 불교란시료를 채취하여 지반공학적 특성을 결정하고, 또한 세굴률 실험을 통해 대상 지반의 유속별 세굴률을 분석하였다. 그 결과를 바탕으로 기존에 제안된 대표적인 교량세굴 해석모델들을 이용하여 주요 교각의 세굴심을 예측하여 실측 세굴심과 비교하였다. 지반의 침식특성을 고려하지 않는 기존의 교량세굴 해석모델들은 모두 3.6∼6.5의 비율로 세굴심을 과대평가하는 경향을 보였으며, SRICOS 방법은 실측세굴심에 비해 1.7배의 합리적인 결과를 보여주었다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2012

흙의 전단강도는 흙 속의 임의의 면을 따라 발생하는 파괴와 활동에 저항하는 힘으로 흙의 공학적 특성 중에 가장 중요한 요소 중의 하나이다. 전단강도는 앝은 기초나 말뚝의 지지력 해석방법과 같은 기초공학의 문제나 댐 및 절 성토 후의 사면안정, 그리고 토류 구조물의 횡토압과 같은 흙의 안정 문제 해석 등에 이용된다. 본 연구는 화강풍화토에서 점성토 성분을 제거하고 건조시킨 후, 2 00mm(10번체)와 0 85mm(20번체), 0 475mm(40번체)로 분류한 시료로 직접전단시험기를 이용하여 전단강도 변화를 파악하고자 하였으며, 또한 산호모래를 선정하여 비교 시험을 실시하였다. 따라서 본 연구는 입자의 크기에 따른 전단강도 특성을 비교한 연구에 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.51-66
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• 2022

The article presents the results of finite element analyses carried out on skirted footings. The bearing capacity increases with the provision of the flexible and rigid skirt, but the effectiveness varies with various other factors. The skirts are more efficient in the case of cohesionless soils than cohesive and c-ϕ soils. Efficiency reduces with an increase in the soil strength and footing depth. The rigid skirt is relatively more efficient compared to the flexible skirt. In contrast, to the flexible skirt, the efficiency of the rigid skirt increases continuously with skirt length. The difference in the effectiveness of both skirts becomes more noticeable with an increase in the strength parameters, skirt length, and footing depth. The failure mechanism also changes significantly with the inclusion of a rigid skirt. The rigid skirt behaves as a solid embedded footing, and the failure mechanism becomes confined with an increase in the skirt length. Few small-scale laboratory tests were carried out to study the flexible and rigid skirt and verify the numerical study results. The numerical analysis results are further used to develop nonlinear equations to predict the enhancement in bearing capacity with the provision of the rigid and flexible skirts.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.529-545
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• 2023

The coupled soil-pile-structure seismic response is recently in the spotlight of researchers because of its extensive applications in the different fields of engineering such as bridges, offshore platforms, wind turbines, and buildings. In this paper, a simple analytical model is developed to evaluate the dynamic performance of seismically isolated bridges considering triple interactions of soil, piles, and bridges simultaneously. Novel expressions are proposed to present the dynamic behavior of pile groups in inhomogeneous soils with various shear modulus along with depth. Both cohesive and cohesionless soil deposits can be simulated by this analytical model with a generalized function of varied shear modulus along the soil depth belonging to an inhomogeneous stratum. The methodology is discussed in detail and validated by rigorous dynamic solution of 3D continuum modeling, and time history analysis of centrifuge tests. The proposed analytical model accuracy is guaranteed by the acceptable agreement between the experimental/numerical and analytical results. A comparison of the proposed linear model results with nonlinear centrifuge tests showed that during moderate (frequent) earthquakes the relative differences in responses of the superstructure and the pile cap can be ignored. However, during strong excitations, the response calculated in the linear time history analysis is always lower than the real conditions with the nonlinear behavior of the soil-pile-bridge system. The current simple and efficient method provides the accuracy and the least computational costs in comparison to the full three-dimensional analyses.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2018

Soils are generally classified as fine-grained or coarse-grained depending on the percentage content of the primary constituents. In reality, soils are actually made up of mixed and composite constituents. Soils primarily classified as fine-grained, still consists of a range of coarse particles as secondary constituents in between 0% to 50%. A laboratory scale model test was conducted to investigate the influence of coarse particles on the physical (e.g., density, water content, and void ratio) and mechanical (e.g., quick undrained shear strength) properties of primarily classified fine-grained cohesive soils. Pure kaolinite clay and sand-mixed kaolinite soil (e.g., sand content: 10%, 20%, and 30%) having various water contents (60%, 65%, and 70%) were preconsolidated at different stress levels (0, 13, 17.5, 22 kPa). The quick undrained shear strength properties were determined using the conventional Static Cone Penetration Test (SCPT) method and the new Fall Cone Test (FCT) method. The corresponding void ratios and densities with respect to the quick undrained shear strength were also observed. Correlations of the physical properties and quick undrained shear strengths derived from the SCPT and FCT were also established. Comparison of results showed a significant relationship between the two methods. From the results of FCT and SCPT, there is a decreasing trend of quick undrained shear strength, strength increase ratio ($S_u/P_o$), and void ratio (e) as the sand content is increased. The quick undrained shear strength generally decreases with increased water content. For the same water content, increasing the sand content resulted to a decrease in quick undrained shear strength due to reduced adhesion, and also, resulted to an increase in density. Similarly, it is observed that the change in density is distinctively noticeable at sand content greater than 20%. However, for sand content lower than 10%, there is minimal change in density with respect to water content. In general, the results showed a decrease in quick undrained shear strength for soils with higher amounts of sand content. Therefore, as the soil adhesion is reduced, the cone penetration resistances of the FCT and SCPT reflects internal friction and density of sand in the total shear strength.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 표준 탄성-소성-점성 관계식에 근거하고, 수식을 간략화하기 위한 몇 가지 가정을 도입하여 전단속도에 능동적으로 대처할 수 있는 비교적 간단한 구성모델을 개발하였다. 개발된 모델은 정규압밀점토의 음력경로를 비교적 성공적으로 묘사하였다. 개발된 모델에서는 하나의 전단속도에서 결정한 모델변수 값들을 다른 전단속도 경우에도 적용할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 모델변수 및 모델의 추가 간략화는 연속된 논문에서 설명된다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.361-368
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• 2000

In other to examine the compressibility characteristics of cohesive soils in the mouth of the Nakdong river, the oedometer tests were peformed on undisturbed and reconstituted samples obtained by continuous boring typically at 3 different sites. It is meaningful to compare the consolidation behavior of natural clays with a reference state because the natural clays are depending on the stress history, sedimentary environment and geological history. In this study, the insitu state of the Pusan clays was investigated using the concepts of ISL(Nagaraj, 2000) and ICL and SCL(Burland, 1990). And for the purpose of confirming the existence of the underconsolidated clays, a standpipe type piezometer test and a dissipation test by piezocone were performed at their sites. Consequently, the Pusan clays were evaluated as normally consolidated clays.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.529-537
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• 2009

A key parameter in the design of a laterally loaded pile is the determination of its performance level. Performance level of a pile is usually expressed as the maximum head deflection and bending moment. In general, uncertainties in the performance of a pile originates from many factors such as inherent variability of soil properties, inadequate soil exploration programs, errors taking place in the determination of soil parameters, limited calculation models as well as uncertainties in loads. This makes it difficult for practicing engineers to decide for the reliability of laterally loaded piles both in cohesive and cohesionless soils. In this paper, limit state functions and consequent performance functions are obtained for single concrete piles to predict the maximum bending moment, a widely accepted design criterion along with the permissible pile head displacement. Analyses were made utilizing three dimensional finite element method and soil-structure-interaction (SSI) effects were accounted for.