• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.447-462
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• 2019

The vacuum preloading method has been used in many countries for ground improvement and land reclamation works. A sand cushion is required as a horizontal drainage channel for conventional vacuum preloading. In terms of the dredged-fill foundation soil, the treatment effect of the conventional vacuum preloading method is poor, particularly in Tianjin, China, where a shortage of sand exists. To solve this problem, straight-line vacuum preloading without sand is widely adopted in engineering practice to improve the foundation soil. Based on the engineering properties of dredged fill in Lingang City, Tianjin, this paper presents field instrumentation in five sections and analyzes the effect of a prefabricated vertical drain (PVD) layout and a vacuum pumping method on the soft soil ground treatment. Through the arrangement of pore water pressure gauges, settlement marks and vane shear tests, the settlement, pore water pressure and subsoil bearing capacity are analyzed to evaluate the effect of the ground treatment. This study demonstrates that straight-line vacuum preloading without sand can be suitable for areas with a high water content. Furthermore, the consolidation settlement and consolidation degree system is developed based on the grey model to predict the consolidation settlement and consolidation degree under vacuum preloading; the validity of the system is also verified.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.31-41
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 해성점토로 기 매립된 준설토 지반의 압밀특성 및 평가방법에 대한 연구를 실시하였다. 자중압밀 진행 중인 고함수비의 준설매립지반은 불교란 시료의 채취가 사실상 불가능하므로 압밀특성 파악에 어려움이 있다. 이를 위해 실무에서 압밀거동 분석을 위해 적용하는 압밀정수를 교란된 시료로 이용하여 실내실험으로 평가하는 방법에 대하여 연구를 진행하였다. 실험은 기본물성실험과 표준압밀실험, 일정변형률압밀실험과 60, 100, 150mm 직경의 Rowe-cell압밀실험을 수행하였으며, 함수비 조건을 변화하면서 40g의 중력수준에서 원심모형실험을 수행하였다. 실내 압밀실험시 현장의 응력조건에 해당하는 강제압밀로 시료를 조성하여 보다 합리적인 압밀특성을 파악할 수 있었다. 원심모형실험결과로 획득한 시간-침하관계를 침하예측기법으로 분석하여 최종침하량을 분석하였다. 분석결과, Asaoka방법을 적용한 해석결과가 원심모형실험에 의한 자중압밀결과의 경향을 잘 나타내었으며, 이를 통하여 최종침하량을 추정하였다. 또한, 실내압밀실험과 자중압밀실험결과에 대한 역해석을 통하여 유한변형률 압밀이론의 간극비-유효응력-투수계수 구성관계식을 산정하였다. 구성관계와 다양한 압밀실험을 통하여 획득한 결과를 비교 분석하여 연구대상 지역의 압축지수, 팽창지수, 체적변화계수, 연직 및 수평압밀계수 등의 압밀정수를 제안하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.99-109
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• 2008

본 연구는 군산 새만금지역의 점성토를 소성지수 15%, 30%, 45%, 60%가 되도록 벤초나이트를 첨가한 인공의 시료를 이용하여 하중재하기간을 1일, 2일, 4일, 8일 등으로 달리한 표준압밀시험을 실시하였다. 그리고 인천, 광양, 울산지역의 불교란 시료에 대한 압밀시험도 같이 수행하여 소성지수와 압밀하중재하기간이 2차 압밀에 어떤 영향이 있는지를 밝혔다. 그리고 각 소성지수에 따른 하중과 침하특성, 압밀계수특성, 압축지수 및 2차 압축지수특성, 간극수압특성을 밝히고 압축지수, 압밀계수, 2차 압축지수 등을 소성지수, 하중에 관하여 정식화하였다. 또한 정식화한 식을 이용한 1차 및 2차 압밀침하량 예측결과와 탄소성 구성모델인 수정 Cam-Clay모델과 탄 점소성 모델인 Sekiguchi모델을 이용한 예측결과를 모형시험 결과와 같이 비교하였다. 그 결과, 2차 압밀특성을 고려한 Sekiguchi모델이 매우 정도 높게 결과를 예측할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.495-508
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• 2010

Vertical drains are commonly used to accelerate the consolidation process of soft soils, such as dredged materials. The installation of vertical drain provides a radial drainage path to water in the deposit soil in addition to the vertical direction. An estimation of time rate of settlement is considerably complicated when vertical drains are installed to enhance consolidation process of dredged material because the vertical drains are commonly installed before self-weight consolidation is ceased. In this paper, the vertical drain theory developed by Barron(1948) is applied to analyze the non-linear consolidation behavior considering radial drainage. The overall average degree of self-weight consolidation of the dredged soil under the condition that the water is drained in both radial and vertical directions is estimated using the Carillo(1942) formula. In addition, the Morris(2002) theory and the one-dimensional non-linear finite strain numerical model, PSDDF, are applied to analyze the self-weight consolidation in case of only the vertical drainage is considered. The new analysis approach proposed herein can simulate properly the time rate of the self-weight consolidation of dredged materials that is facilitated with vertical drains.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.5-18
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 배수면으로부터의 거리에 따라 점진적으로 진행되는 압밀이 차후의 압밀 거동에 미치는 영향에 대하여 고찰하였다. 이를 위해 압밀진행에 따른 위치 별 투수계수 및 부피압축계수의 변화를 고려할 수 있는 유한차분 압밀해석기법 및 프로그램을 개발하였다. 개발된 해석 프로그램을 이용하여 간극비 변화에 따른 투수계수와 부피압축 켸수의 변화 정도가 다른 다양한 특성의 지반에 대하여 연직배수재가 설치된 모형지반의 압밀거동을 분석하였다. 또한 실제 지반조건에서의 영향 정도를 살펴보기 위하여, 낙동강 하구의 정규압밀 점성토 및 재성형 카올리나이트의 지반 특성을 근간으로 입력치를 결정, 해석을 수행하여 위치 별 점진적 압밀에 의한 영향을 분석하였다. 해석 결과 점진적 압밀 진행에 따른 압밀 지체가 현장의 압밀 거동 이해에 매우 중요하며, 또한 압밀 초기에, 소성성이 크고, 재하하중이 클수록 현저하게 나타남을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.83-95
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• 2003

In this study, a new concept in a paddy consolidation project is introduced in that curved parallel terracing with contour-lined layout is adopted in sloping areas instead of conventional rectangular terracing. The contoured layout reduces earth-moving considerably compared to rectangular methods in consolidation projects. The objective of the paper is to develop a combinatorial optimization model using the network theory for the design of contour-lined plots which minimizes the volume of earth moving. The results showed that as the length of short side of plot is longer or the land slope is steeper, the volume of earth moving for land leveling increases. The developed optimization model is applied for three consolidated districts and the resulting optimal earth moving is compared with the volume of earth from the conventional method. The shorter is the minimum length of short side of a polt with increases the number of plots, the less is the volume of earth. As the minimum length of short side is 20 m for efficient field works by farm machinery, the volume of earth moving of optimal plot is less by 21.0∼27.1 % than that of the conventional consolidated plots.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.225-245
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• 2016

Settlement of foundations in permafrost regions primarily results from three physical and mechanical processes such as thaw consolidation of permafrost layer, creep of warm frozen soils and the additional deformation of seasonal active layer induced by freeze-thaw cycling. This paper firstly establishes theoretical models for the three sources of settlement including a statistical damage model for soils which experience cyclic freeze-thaw, a large strain thaw consolidation theory incorporating a modified Richards' equation and a Drucker-Prager yield criterion, as well as a simple rheological element based creep model for frozen soils. A novel numerical method was proposed for live computation of thaw consolidation, creep and freeze-thaw cycling in corresponding domains which vary with heat budget in frozen ground. It was then numerically implemented in the FISH language on the FLAC platform and verified by freeze-thaw tests on sandy clay. Results indicate that the calculated results agree well with the measured data. Finally a model test carried out on a half embankment in laboratory was modeled.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.561-573
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• 2020

The creep and consolidation behaviors of clays subjected to thermal cycles are of fundamental importance in the application of energy geostructures. This study aims to numerically investigate the physical mechanisms for the temperature-triggered volume change of saturated clays. A recently developed thermodynamic framework is used to derive the thermo-mechanical constitutive model for clays. Based on the model, a fully coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) finite element (FE) code is developed. Comparison with experimental observations shows that the proposed FE code can well reproduce the irreversible thermal contraction of normally consolidated and lightly overconsolidated clays, as well as the thermal expansion of heavily overconsolidated clays under drained heating. Simulations reveal that excess pore pressure may accumulate in clay samples under triaxial drained conditions due to low permeability and high heating rate, resulting in thermally induced primary consolidation. Results show that four major mechanisms contribute to the thermal volume change of clays: (i) the principle of thermal expansion, (ii) the decrease of effective stress due to the accumulation of excess pore pressure, (iii) the thermal creep, and (iv) the thermally induced primary consolidation. The former two mechanisms mainly contribute to the thermal expansion of heavily overconsolidated clays, whereas the latter two contribute to the noticeable thermal contraction of normally consolidated and lightly overconsolidated clays. Consideration of the four physical mechanisms is important for the settlement prediction of energy geostructures, especially in soft soils.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2024

Unlike artificially created homogeneous materials, the process of calculating the elastic modulus of natural soil involves the possibility of errors. Because the stress-strain behavior of soil is nonlinear, the secant modulus of elasticity is often used based on 1/2 of the stress at failure. Since soil has the property of changing its elastic modulus depending on the confining pressure, numerical analysis models that analyze its behavior inevitably include complex elements. The hyperbolic model, which relatively accurately simulates the behavior immediately after loading in soft ground, assumes that the stress-strain curve of the consolidated undrained triaxial test is hyperbolic and requires the slope of the tangent line at the starting point. However, the slope of the initial tangent in the stress-strain curve obtained from an actual triaxial test is difficult to have regularity according to changes in confining pressure. Additionally, due to the characteristics of a hyperbola, even small changes in related factors cause large changes in the hyperbola. Therefore, there is a lot of randomness in the process of calculating model parameters from the triaxial test results, which causes large differences in the results. Therefore, the method of calculating the initial elastic modulus by the consolidation test presented in this study is also used to verify the method by the triaxial test. It can be applied. However, since this study was applied to only one sample showing typical consolidation characteristics, it is necessary to check samples with various physical properties in the future.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2012

국토의 효율적 이용과 기간시설 수용을 위한 대단위 부지 확충 및 대규모 항만배후부지 개발이 계획 중에 있으며, 이에 따라 해안지역의 준설매립은 지속적으로 이루어지고 있다. 슬러리 상태의 초연약 상태인 준설매립 지반은 오랜 시간에 걸쳐 침강 및 자중압밀 과정을 거치게 되며 투기한 준설토를 압밀 촉진시켜 침하시킬 수 있다면 기존 처분지의 수명을 연장시킬 수 있으므로 경제적으로 유용하리라 판단된다. 재하중 없이 공기를 단축시키고 매립 물량을 증대시키기 위하여 small column test와 medium column을 보완, 개발한 medium column test를 실시하여 PBD와 침투압이 동시에 작용하였을 PBD의 효과 및 침투압의 침강 및 자중압밀 촉진 효과를 검토하였다. 연구 결과, 기존의 자중압밀 공법에 비하여 침투압과 PBD를 적용한 지반은 배수재의 배수거리 단축에 따른 투수 상승 효과와 침투압에 의한 침투 압밀의 효과가 활발히 이루어지는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 통해 매립 직후나 매립 도중에 연직드레인을 직접 타설하여 침강 및 자중압밀 과정을 단축시키면 전체 매립공사 공기를 단축시킬 수 있으며 압밀촉진에 따라 확보된 여유고 만큼 준설토 투기가 가능해져 투기 준설토량을 경제적으로 증대시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.