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A case Study on Collapse Causes and Restoration of Retaining Wall with Vegetated Concrete Block (식생블록 옹벽의 붕괴원인 및 복구방안에 관한 사례 연구)

  • Hong, Gigwon;You, Seung-Kyong;Yun, Jung-Mann;Park, Jong-Beom;Lee, Kwang-Wu
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.105-115
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    • 2016
  • This paper describes a restoration of retaining wall, which was collapsed by rainfall. The failure causes was analyzed by field case, and then the countermeasure was suggested. The failure causes confirmed that observance of design and construction criteria was insufficient. It also was the climate condition like a rainfall and inappropriate construction management. The stability analysis for retaining wall, soil improvement and reinforced earth wall was conducted to confirm validity of the countermeasure. The analysis results showed that the suggested construction method satisfied in required safety factors. Therefore, it should be secured the stability of the structure based on the application of appropriate design method and construction management, when structure was constructed.

A study on the Supporting Program for Integrated Rehabilitation of Deteriorated Public Housing Blocks : Focused on the HOPE SF in San Francisco (노후 공공주택단지의 통합적 재생을 위한 지원제도에 관한 연구 : 샌프란시스코시 HOPE SF 프로그램을 중심으로)

  • Yoon, Hye-Yeong;Yoo, Hae-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.2807-2817
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to draw out implications and directions for improvements on national public rental housing policy by examining SF's public rental housing policy and conditions for low income households, and analyzing 'multilateral considerations for residents and communities' and 'concrete case and policy for support' which are discovered in process of re-development of large-scale public housing revitalization. The results were as follows: First of all, HOPE SF ensures to involve resident as participant in entire project considering exist communities and resettlement of resident. Secondly, HOPE SF supported to enhance the lives of existing residents and their community through integrated support system. Thirdly, HOPE SF collaborated with various participants as partner of city's rehabilitation, thus, invite community opinion to build a sense of cohesion. And for last, HOPE SF tried to create a new financial model for sustainable and practicable rehabilitation.

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Hexagonal Blocks Infilled RC Frames (육각형 블록을 이용한 채움벽 RC 골조의 채움벽 내진성능평가)

  • Chang, Kug Kwan;Seo, Dae Won;Ko, Tae Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.116-124
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    • 2011
  • RC frames with unreinforced masonry infiledl walls are common in worldwide. Since infilled walls are normally considered as non-structural elements, their presence is often ignored by engineers. In this study, to improve the seismic performance of masonry walls, hexagonal block was developed and the influence of masonry infilled wall on the seismic performance of reinforced concrete(RC) frames that were designed in accordance with current code provisions without the consideration of earthquake loadings are investigated. Two 1/2 scale, single story, single bay, frame specimens were tested. The parameters investigated included that the strength of infilled wallls with respect to that of the lateral load history. The experimental results indicate that infilled walls can significantly improve the lateral stiffness and strength of RC frames. The lateral loads developed by the infilled frame specimen is higher than that of the bare frame. It also indicates that infilled walls can be potentially used to improve the performance of existing nonductile frames. For this purpose. methods should be developed to avoid irreparable damage and catastrophic failure.

Analysis on underwater stability of the octagonal pillar type fish cage and mooring system (팔각기둥형 가두리 시스템의 수중 안정성 분석)

  • Yang, Yong-Su;Park, Seong-Wook;Lee, Kyounghoon;Lee, Dong-Gil;Jeong, Seong-Jae;Bae, Jaehyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.193-201
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    • 2014
  • The sea cage in marine aquaculture might be varied such as on the stability and shape in the open sea by environmental factors. To evaluate the stability of net cage structures in the open sea, the physical and numerical modeling techniques were applied and compared with field observations. This study was carried out to analyse the stability and the volume loss which would have an effect on the fish swimming behavior in the octagonal pillar type fish cage under the open sea. As a results, the volume loss ratio of the fish cage as measured using a depth sensor was indicated a value of the 30.3% under the current velocity (1.1m/s). The fish cage should be consisted of a concrete block with a weight over 10 tons, a mooring rope diameter over 28mm PP, and a shackle of 25mm under the current speed of 1m/sec for reasonable stability.

Comparative Study on Major Nations's Related Legislation for Counter-terrorism (테러대응 관련 법제의 국가별 비교 연구)

  • Kwon, Jeong-Hoon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.343-352
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    • 2010
  • As a result of comparing and analyzing the related legislation of each nation, more superior legislative systems should be made to cope with a number of terrors effectively. And also it is required to devise some concrete regulations such as the following in superior legislative systems. First, because it is hard to collect information on terrorism and watch over suspects according to Communication Privacy Protection Law. More in-depth discussion into the issue of surveillance is needed for the protection of lives and property, although public concerns of privacy are a valid point of contention. Second, it is necessary to take complementary measures on immigration as surveillance, since the current Immigration Control Law has restrictions in many ways to hinder efforts to root out terrorists. Third, under the current law on financial activities, it is impossible to block influx of terror financing. Therefore it is necessary to come up with ways of making the punishment procedures. Fourth, considering that convicted terrorists get punished under the standard procedures and precedents, it is required to clearly differentiate between what the terror acts are and what terrorist groups are. Fifth, it is necessary to make use of the private security system to enhance the security system of national facilities.

Evaluation of PBD as Horizontal Drains of Soilbag Retaining Wall (토낭 보강토 옹벽의 수평 배수재로서 PBD의 적용성 평가)

  • Shin, Eun-Chul;Lee, Myung-Shin;Kim, Sung-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.35-42
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    • 2013
  • Recently, construction of reinforced earth structure using geosynthetics has been increased because it has advantages such as construction efficient, cost effectiveness and appearance aspect against existing gravity or cantilever retaining wall. However due to the climate change in Korea excessive inflow of ground water and surface water from heavy rainfall could affect the stability of reinforced retaining wall seriously. So the discharge capacity of drains should be evaluated by using experimental method in the design of reinforced earth wall. In this study, instead of concrete block used in most of the retaining wall, eco-friendly porous soilbag was used. This paper describes the test method and result of the laboratory testing for determination of discharge capacity utilizing PBDs.

A Case Study on the Restoration of Collapsed Geosynthetics Reinforced Soil Wall Using Limit Equilibrium and Numerical Analyses (한계평형해석과 수치해석에 의한 붕괴된 보강토 옹벽 복구 사례에 관한 연구)

  • Won, Myoung-Soo;Kim, Hyeong-Joo;Kim, Young-Shin;Choi, Jeong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.29 no.11
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    • pp.107-118
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    • 2013
  • Geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) walls have been increasingly applied recently due to its numerous geotechnical engineering applications. However failure occurs in some cases of constructed GRS walls. These GRS wall failures are mostly due to the unpredictable characteristics of intensive rainfall. Hence, the need for new and innovative ideas for rehabilitation methods has been getting attention. This paper introduces a case study for the design and restoration method of collapsed GRS wall using Limit equilibrium and Numerical Analyses. Restoration method includes: (1) soil nailing without backfill excavation and (2) reconstruction with GRS wall after collapsed backfill excavation. Analyses results show minimal horizontal displacements and shear strain on the reinforced concrete facing for the restoration case with soil nailing. On the other hand, horizontal displacements are developed in the middle of the mortar block facing and shear strains are developed at the bottom facing with spiral curves for the reconstructed GRS wall after collapsed backfill excavation. Therefore, the collapsed GRS wall was restored with the soil nailing without backfill excavation and its construction procedures are discussed in this paper.

A Study on the Adaptive Reuse Techniques through the History of Buildings in the Historic Urban Area - Focused on the Deep and Narrow Lots of Nammun-ro 2Ga, Cheongju - (역사적 도심 내 건축물의 이력을 통해 본 재생기법에 관한 연구 -청주시 남문로 2가동의 세장형 필지를 대상으로-)

  • Kim, Tai-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2020
  • This study is intended to derive the adaptive reuse techniques through the history and aspects of new construction, extension, repair, and other works, limited to the deep and narrow lots facing Seongan-gil and Nammun-gil in Nammun-ro 2 ga of Cheongju, the historic urban area. The results are as follows. 1) In the case of newly built reinforced concrete buildings, the central part of the top floor of the residence or all floors are opened to the open space(void) to facilitate lighting and ventilation. This is developed as a convection phenomenon due to the temperature difference from the slits between buildings, which affects the entire air flow of the block. 2) The buildings of extension and repair are composed of two-story masonry or steel frame, both the front store facing the road and the house on the back, but it looks like one because it is in contact with each other. If only a small gap between the front and rear buildings is restored to an external space or a space equipped with sun light, a small breath can be provided in lighting and ventilation. 3) The existing two-story wooden stores and houses have lost their external space due to repairs. With minimal intervention to restore the small courtyard, slits, and space under the eaves, it will not only improve lighting and ventilation, but also create a unique appearance as a segment of the elongated store.

Study on the Development of Reinforced Earth Retaining Wall (보강옹벽개발연구)

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    • Geotechnical Engineering
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.51-66
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    • 1986
  • The design of fabric reinforced retaining wall structure was discussed in this article. It was confirmed that the reinforced retaining earth wall which was designed by new theoretical formulae developed this time was stable structurally and economically. The plastic fabric filter which was placed in layers behind the facing element reduced the lateral earth pressure on the wall elements in comparison with a conventional retaining earth walls. The reinforcing characteristics of earth wall was governed by the spacing of fabric layers, effective length of fabrics, particle distribution and compaction, and thus it is essential that, in the construction field, the reinforcing strips should be selected in order to develop the maximum friction forces bet.eon soil and fabric filters. The maximum tensile stress developed from the reinforcing strips was appeared at a little far distance from the back of skin element and it was not well agreed with the Rankine's theory but distributed well as a symmetrical shape against the point of the maximum tensile stress. The total length of the different layers should be sufficient so that the tension in the fabric strip could be transferred to the backfill material. Also the total stability of reinforced earth wall should be checked with respect to a failure surface which extended blond the different lathers.

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Thermal and Electrical Energy Mix Optimization(EMO) Method for Real Large-scaled Residential Town Plan

  • Kang, Cha-Nyeong;Cho, Soo-Hwan
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.513-520
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    • 2018
  • Since Paris Climate Change Conference in 2015, many policies to reduce the emission of greenhouse gas have been accelerating, which are mainly related to renewable energy resources and micro-grid. Presently, the technology development and demonstration projects are mostly focused on diversifying the power resources by adding wind turbine, photo-voltaic and battery storage system in the island-type small micro-grid. It is expected that the large-scaled micro-grid projects based on the regional district and town/complex city, e.g. the block type micro-grid project in Daegu national industrial complex will proceed in the near future. In this case, the economic cost or the carbon emission can be optimized by the efficient operation of energy mix and the appropriate construction of electric and heat supplying facilities such as cogeneration, renewable energy resources, BESS, thermal storage and the existing heat and electricity supplying networks. However, when planning a large residential town or city, the concrete plan of the energy infrastructure has not been established until the construction plan stage and provided by the individual energy suppliers of water, heat, electricity and gas. So, it is difficult to build the efficient energy portfolio considering the characteristics of town or city. This paper introduces an energy mix optimization(EMO) method to determine the optimal capacity of thermal and electric resources which can be applied in the design stage of the real large-scaled residential town or city, and examines the feasibility of the proposed method by applying the real heat and electricity demand data of large-scale residential towns with thousands of households and by comparing the result of HOMER simulation developed by National Renewable Energy Laboratory(NREL).