• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.491-498
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• 2018

The Earth Mechanics Institute (EMI) was established at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in 1974 to develop innovations in rock mechanics research and education. During the last four decades, extensive rock mechanics research has been conducted at the EMI. Results from uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), Brazilian tensile strength (BTS), point load index (PLI), punch penetration (PP), and many other types of tests have been recorded in a database that has been unexamined for research purposes. The EMI database includes over 20,000 tests from over 1,000 different projects including mining and underground construction, and analysis of this database to identify relationships has been started with preliminary results reported here. Overall, statistically significant correlations are identified between bulk density and mechanical strength properties through UCS, BTS, PLI, and PP testing of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. In this paper, bulk density is considered as a surrogate metric that reflects both mineralogy and porosity. From this analysis, sedimentary rocks show the strongest correlation between the UCS and bulk density, whereas metamorphic rocks exhibit the strongest correlation between UCS and PP. Data trends in the EMI database also reveal a linear relationship between UCS and BTS tests. For the singular case of rock coral, the database permits correlations between bulk density of the core versus the deposition depth and porosity. The EMI database will continue under analysis, and will provide additional insightful and comprehensive understanding of the variation and predictability of rock mechanical strength properties and density. This knowledge will contribute significantly toward the increasingly safe and cost-effective geostructures and construction.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.413-420
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 터널 및 지하공간의 기계화 시공에 있어서 굴진성능을 예측하는 모델링 기법을 고찰하였다. 첫 번째로 세계적으로 가장 잘 알려져 있는 두 가지 모델, 즉 이론적 접근을 기본으로 하고 있는 CSM 모델과 경험적 접근을 기본으로 하고 있는 NTH 모델의 비교를 수행하였다. 두 번째로는, 특별히 Constant Cross Section 커터를 사용하는 경우의 암석 굴삭 원리를 알아보고, 이 원리를 기본으로 하는 이론적 모델을 전개하여 암석특성과 커터 제원만으로 유도되는 절삭력을 구하는 관계식을 고찰하였다. 세 번째로는 기계화 시공에 있어서 굴진성능을 예측하기 위한 일반적인 모델링 기법을 제시하였다. 마지막으로 미국 Colorado School of Mines의 Earth Mechanics Institute(EMI)에서 개발한 CSM 컴퓨터 모델을 소개하고, 이 모델을 TBM 설계에 적용한 사례를 제시하였다.