• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.191-208
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• 2012

Due to rapid industrialisation, large scale infrastructure development is taking place worldwide. This includes railways, high speed highways, elevated roads etc. To meet the demands of society and industry, many innovative techniques and materials are being developed. In developed nations like USA, Japan etc. for railways applications, new material like geocells, geogrids are being used successfully to enable fast movement of vehicles. The present research work was aimed to develop design methodologies for improvement of grounds subjected to cyclic loads caused by moving vehicles on roads, rail tracks etc. Deformation behavior of ballast under static and cyclic load tests was studied based on square footing test. The paper presents a study of the effect of geo-synthetic reinforcement on the (cumulative) plastic settlement, of point loaded square footing on a thick layer of granular base overlying different compressible bases. The research findings showed that inclusion of geo-synthetics significantly improves the performance of ballasted tracks and reduces the foundation area. If the area is kept same, higher speed trains can be allowed to pass through the same track with insertion of geosynthetics. Similarly, area of machine foundation may also be reduced where geosynthetics is provided in foundation. The model tests results have been validated by numerical modeling, using $FLAC^{3D}$.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 추계 학술발표회 3차
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• pp.3-10
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• 2010

Case study was carried out on the interpretation of the mechanical behavior of a severely damaged reinforced earth wall comprising geotextile with the concrete panel facing. In this part I, the outline of the damaged reinforced earth wall is in detail described. The background and cause of the damage are discussed based on the results of site investigation. The engineering properties of the fill were examined by performing various in-situ and laboratory tests, including the surface wave survey (SWS), PS-logging, RI-logging, soaking test, the direct shear box (DSB) test, bender element (BE) test, etc. The background as well as the cause for the damage of the wall may be described such that i) a considerable amount of settlement took place over a 3m thick weak soil layer in the lower part of the reinforced earth due to seepage of rainfall water, ii) the weight of the upper fill was partially supported by the geo-textile hooked on the concrete panels (n.b., named conveniently "hammock state" in this paper), and iii) the concrete panels to form the hammock were severely damaged by the unexpectedly large downwards compression force triggered by the tension force of the geotextile. The numerical simulation for the hammock state of the wall, together with counter-measures to re- stabilize the wall is subsequently described in Part II.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.17-27
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 쇄석배수층에 설치된 토목섬유의 효율성을 실험을 통해 검증하고자 하였다. 지지력 보강 역할을 수행하는 PET매트는 재하실험을 수행하여 효율성을 검증하였다. 또한, 폐색 방지 역할을 수행하는 PP매트는 하중재하와 강우 침투, 성토재의 특성에 따른 폐색 조건을 찾고 폐색에 의한 통수능 변화량를 파악하였다. PET매트의 재하실험 결과, PET매트가 설치되지 않으면 쇄석이 점토지반에 관입되며 파괴되었으며, PET매트 설치시 연약지반의 보강효과가 큰 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한, PP매트가 없는 경우에는 성토재의 점착력이 작으면 쇄석배수층이 쉽게 폐색되며, 이로 인해 쇄석배수층의 통수능이 약 98%정도 감소되었다.