• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제90권6호
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• pp.591-600
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• 2024

This study investigated the acceleration response and shape change characteristics of a gravity quay wall according to the magnitude of the applied acceleration. The quay wall was defined as a port facility damaged by the Kobe earthquake. Four experimental scenarios were established based on the inclination condition grades, considered to be a significant defect factor in the quay wall. Then, the shaking table test was conducted using scaled-down quay wall models constructed per each scenario. The ground acceleration was gradually increased from the peak ground acceleration (PGA) of 0.1 g to 0.7 g. After each ground acceleration test, acceleration installed on the wall and backfill ground and inclination on the top of the wall were measured to assess the amplification of peak response acceleration and maximum response amplitude and the change in the inclination of the quay wall. This study also analyzed the separation of the quay wall from the backfill and the crack pattern of the backfill ground according to PGA values and inclination condition grades. The result of this study shows that response acceleration could provide a reasonable prediction for the changes in the inclination of the quay wall and the crack generation and propagation on the backfill from a current inclination condition grade.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2005년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.82-89
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• 2005

The vibrohammer compaction methods had been applied more and more to the rubble mound lying under the gravity quay wall in Korea. 1g Shaking table tests were performed to evaluate on the dynamic behavior of gravity quay wall with different relative density of rubble mound. The settlements, relative displacements and accelerations of gravity quay wall were measured and analysed.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2003년도 춘계 학술발표회논문집
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• pp.148-156
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• 2003

Shaking table tests and pseudo-static analysis were performed, in this study, on newly-designed aseismatic L-type caisson quay walls, which were constructed by extending the bottom plate of gravity quay walls into the backfill soil. The L-type quay walls are expected to give economical benefits by reducing the cross-sectional area of the wall while maintaining its aseismatic efficiency as much as the classical caisson gravity quay wall. To confirm the effectiveness of the L-type structure, the geometry of L-type quay walls were varied for shaking table tests. And, to verify the influence of backfill soils on the seismic behavior of quay walls, additional shaking table tests were performed on the L-type quay wall after the backfill soils were replaced by gravels and light materials. As a result, it was found that L-type caisson quay walls are good earthquake resistant structures but increasing the length of bottom plate did not proportionally increase the effectiveness of the structure in its aseismatic performance. Replacing the backfill soils by the gravels and light materials, contrary to our expectation, was not an effective measure in improving the seismic performance of L-type caisson quay wall.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.447-463
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• 2021

Caisson-type structures are widely used as quay walls in coastal areas. In Korea, for a long time, many caisson-type quay walls have been constructed with a low front water depth. These facilities can no longer meet the requirements of current development. This study developed a new technology for deepening existing caisson-type quay walls using grouting and rubble mound excavation to economically reuse them. With this technology, quay walls could be renovated by injecting grout into the rubble mound beneath the front toe of the caisson to secure its structure. Subsequently, a portion of the rubble mound was excavated to increase the front water depth. This paper reports the results of an investigation of the seismic behavior of a renovated quay wall in comparison to that of an existing quay wall using centrifuge tests and numerical simulations. Two centrifuge model tests at a scale of 1/120 were conducted on the quay walls before and after renovation. During the experiments, the displacements, accelerations, and earth pressures were measured under five consecutive earthquake input motions with increasing magnitudes. In addition, systematic numerical analyses of the centrifuge model tests were also conducted with the PLAXIS 2D finite element (FE) program using a nonlinear elastoplastic constitutive model. The displacements of the caisson, response accelerations, deformed shape of the quay wall, and earth pressures were investigated in detail based on a comparison of the numerical and experimental results. The results demonstrated that the motion of the caisson changed after renovation, and its displacement decreased significantly. The comparison between the FE models and centrifuge test results showed good agreement. This indicated that renovation was technically feasible, and it could be considered to study further by testbed before applying in practice.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 세 종류의 안벽시스템에 대해 랜덤파를 이용한 진동대 실험을 수행하여 진동 중 뒤채움지반에서 발생하는 과잉간극수압이 중력식 안벽구조물 시스템의 고유진동수에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 또한 진동대 실험결과를 이용한 역해석을 통하여 과잉간극수압의 크기에 따른 뒤채움지반의 탄성계수를 추정하였다. 그 결과, 뒤채움지반에서 과잉간극수압이 증가하면 안벽시스템의 고유진동수는 감소하고 과잉간극수압이 감소하면 고유진동수가 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 안벽시스템의 고유진동수는 뒤채움지반에서 과잉간극수압이 발생하지 않을 때 약 44Hz이었으며 간극수압비가 0.55일 때 약 16Hz까지 감소하였다. 또한 뒤채움지반의 탄성계수는 간극수압비가 약 0.2이하에서는 최대값으로 거의 일정하지만 간극수압비가 약 0.2이상으로 증가하면 급격히 감소하여 간극수압비가 0.55일 때 간극수압비가 0일 때의 탄성계수의 약 $10\%$까지 감소하였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2010

In this paper, a total stress analysis method for gravity quay walls is suggested. The method can evaluate the displacement of the quay walls considering the effect of excess pore pressure developed in backfill soils. This method changes the stiffness of backfill soils according to the expected magnitude of the excess pore pressure. For practical application, evaluation methods are suggested for determining the excess pore pressure ratio developed in the backfill soils and the backfill stiffness that corresponds to the excess pore pressure ratio. This method is important in practical applications because the displacement of the quay walls can be evaluated by using only the basic input properties in the total stress analysis. The applicability of the suggested method was verified by comparing the results of the analysis with the results of 1-g shaking table tests. From the comparison, it was found that the calculated displacements from the suggested method showed good agreement with the measured displacements of the quay walls. It was also found that the excess pore pressure in backfill soils is a governing influence on the dynamic behavior of quay walls.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.129-139
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• 2000

항만시설에서 발생하는 지진에 의한 피해의 대부분은 매립지반의 액상화에 기인하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 국내 대형항만의 안벽은 대부분 중력식 안벽으로 설계.시공되고 있으며, 이러한 중력식 안벽은 조성된 배후 지반의 액상화에 취약하여 지진 발생시 액상화로 인한 대규모의 파괴가 발생한 사례가 많이 보고된 바 있다. 최근 기존에 시공된 중력식 안벽구조물의 내진성능을 향상시키기 위해 다양한 공법이 제안되고 있지만, 그 효율성에 대한 연구는 미진한 실정이다. 이번 연구에서는 기존 안벽의 내진보강공법으로 쉽게 적용할 수 있는 내진안벽 형식에 대한 내진보강 성능을 평가하였다. 이 논문에서는 내진보강안벽의 내진보강 성능을 평가하기 이해 수치해석적 측면에서 케이슨식 안벽의 내진보강 성능을 평가하였으며, 동일한 단면에 대해 실시된 진동대시험 결과와 비교하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.379-389
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• 2010

It is very important to determine a target probability of failure in reliability based design such as an allowable factor of safety in working stress design because they are indices to judge the stability of structures. We have carried out reliability analyses of nationwide gravity type quay walls and found that sliding and foundation failures of quay walls were dominant failure modes for every case of loads. And a target probability of failure for bearing capacity of foundation of quay wall was also determined in this study. Of several approaches which have been suggested until now, a couple of reasonable approaches were used. Firstly, in order to consider the safety margin of structures which have been executed so far, the reliability levels of existing structures were assessed. And then a mean probability of failure for the quay walls was estimated. In addition, life cycle cost(LCC) analyses for representative structures were performed. Probabilities of failure for several quay walls were calculated with changing the width of each quay wall section. LCC of quay wall which is requiring case by case during the service life was evaluated, and also the optimum probability of failure of quay wall which minimizes LCC was found. Finally, reasonable target probabilities of failure were suggested by comparing with mean probability of failure of existing structures.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2018

Pseudo-static approach has been conventionally applied for the design of gravity type quay walls. In this method, seismic coefficient ($k_h$), expressed in terms of acceleration due to gravity, is used to convert the real dynamic behavior to an equivalent pseudo-static inertial force for seismic analysis and design. Therefore, the calculation of an appropriate $k_h$ considering frequency characteristics of input earthquake is critical for representing the real dynamic behavior. However, the definitions of $k_h$, which is used for simplified analysis in Korea, focuses only on convenience that is easy to use, and the frequency characteristics of input earthquake are not reflected in the $k_h$ definitions. This paper evaluates the influences of the frequency characteristics of input earthquake on $k_h$ by initially reviewing the $k_h$ definitions in the existing codes of Japan for port structures and then by performing a series of dynamic centrifuge tests on caisson gravity quay walls of different earthquake input motions (Ofunato, Hachinohe). A review of the existing codes and guidelines has shown that the $k_h$ values are differently estimated according to the frequency characteristics of input earthquake. On the other hand, based on the centrifuge tests, it was found that the permanent displacements of wall are more induced when long-period-dominant earthquake is applied.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2004

1995년 고베지진에 의해 피해를 입었던 중력식 안벽구조물과 잔교식 안벽구조물의 동적 거동을 재현하고, 분석하기 위하여 소규모 1-g 진동대 모형시험을 수행하였다. 1989년 Iai가 제안한 상사법칙을 이용하여 진동대 모형시험 결과를 원형크기의 것으로 환산하여 현장계측 결과와 비교하였다. 그 결과, 중력식 안벽구조물의 변위는 현장계측 결과의 약 1/3 정도 발생하였고, 벽체의 변형 형상은 원형과 유사하였다. 잔교식 안벽구조물의 변위는 현장계측 결과의 약 2/3 가 발생하였고, 말뚝에 발생하는 최대모멘트의 위치와 원형말뚝의 파괴위치는 잘 일치하였다.