• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.179-186
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• 2018

We present the accurate investigation the seismic behavior of the gravity retaining wall built near rock face based on numerical method. The retaining wall is a useful structure in geotechnical engineering, where the earthquake is a common phenomenon; therefore, the evaluation of the behavior of the retaining wall during an earthquake is essential. However, in all previous studies, the backfill behind the wall was usually approximated by a homogeneous region, while in contrast, in practice, in many cases retaining walls are used to support the soil pressure in, inhomogeneous, mountainous area. This suggests an accurate investigation of the problem, i.e., numerical analysis. The numerical results will be compared with some of recently proposed analytical methods to show the accuracy of the proposed method. We show that increasing the volume of the rock face yields decreasing the permanent horizontal displacement of the gravity retaining wall built near rock face. Besides, we see that the permanent horizontal displacement of the gravity retaining wall with homogenous backfill is more than permanent horizontal displacement of the gravity retaining wall case of the built near rock face in different frequency contents.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2008

실용적인 관점에서 현재 주로 사용되고 있는 중력식 옹벽, 캔틸레버식 옹벽 및 보강토 옹벽은 원활한 배수의 확보가 어렵고 뒷채움 토공량이 증가하고 현장타설에 의해 공기가 길어지는 등 현실적인 문제점을 갖고 있다. 이에 대한 대안으로서 프리캐스트 콘크리트를 이용한 블럭식 옹벽공법이 개발되어 왔다. 이들 블럭식 옹벽은 공학적 안정성을 유지함과 동시에 다양한 전면판의 구성 및 녹화의 가능성 등의 이점을 갖고 있으므로 도심지나 주택지에서의 옹벽공사에 자주 사용되고 있다. 많은 장점에도 불구하고 블록식 옹벽은 모형 실험결과 옹벽 중앙부에서 발생하는 배부름 현상이 주로 관찰되었으며, 따라서 안정성 분석이나 설계시에는 반드시 개별블럭의 전도에 대한 안정분석을 실시하고 이를 바탕으로 최적단면을 산정해야 한다는 점을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2010

기존의 보강토 옹벽의 연구는 보강토 옹벽의 내적 외적파괴에 중점이 되어 연구가 이루어져 왔고 외부 충격에 관한 연구는 지진에 관한 것이 전부인 것이 현실이다. 도로의 발달로 인해서 도로 주변의 보강토 옹벽에 차량의 충돌 같은 외부 충격을 받는 경우가 늘어나고 있다. 그래서 본 연구에서는 신뢰도를 인정받고 있는 범용 유한요소 프로그램인 LS-DYNA를 사용하여 도로 주변 보강토 옹벽을 모델링하였고, NCAC에서 제공하는 8톤 중량의 Ford single unit truck을 이용하여 차량속도에 따른 보강토 옹벽의 거동 양상을 분석하였다. 그리고 향후 도로 주변에 시공되어지는 보강토 옹벽의 충돌에 관한 안정성을 확보하기 위해서 하단에 중력식 옹벽을 적용하였고 또한 높이를(0.5m, 1.0m, 1.5m) 변화시켜가면서 수치해석을 수행하여 보강토 옹벽의 거동을 분석하고 보강토 옹벽의 안정성을 확인 하였다.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.115-126
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• 2000

Retaining walls are used to prevent excessive movement of retained soils. Typical retaining walls include gravity, reinforced concrete, reinforced earth and tie-back. However, from a practical viewpoint there are still drawbacks among these often constructed retaining walls. New types of retaining walls constructed with precast concrete blocks are proposed. This type of retaining wall is incorporates each blocks interconnected with adjacent block by connecting unit to build up a flexible retaining-wall system. This paper focus to behavior characteristics includes deformation and distribution of lateral earth pressure by loading tests and FEM analysis. For model tests, a 1/10 scale reduce models are manufactured include unevenness part, drainage hole and connecting unit and steel wire used to connect each blocks with adjacent block. To simulate the real retaining walls closely, uneven parts are interconnected each other and the construction type of blocks and wall front inclination are varied to investigate the relative displacement of individual block and the location of maximum deformation of wall as increasing surcharging. Additionally, PENTAGON3D, which solve the geotechnical and other problem, used for verifying and comparing with model tests.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 국내 간벌 목재를 사용하여 개발한 목재옹벽에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 목재옹벽은 일반적으로 중력식 옹벽의 설계방법과 동일한 방법으로 설계하고 있지만, 목재틀 전면벽체의 내적안정성에 대한 검토는 일반적으로 수행하고 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 조적식 콘크리트 블록 옹벽에 적용하고 있는 NCMA(1997)의 내적 안정성 검토 방법을 목재옹벽에 적용할 것을 제안하였다. 또한, 3종류의 목재틀 전면벽체에 대한 전단시험을 수행하여 내적안정을 검토하고 간단한 설계도표를 제안하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제73권5호
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• pp.599-612
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• 2020

A combination of a gravity wall and an anchor beam is widely used to support the high soil deposit on rock mass. In this study, two groups of shaking table test were performed to investigate the responses of such combined retaining structure, where the rock masses were shaped with a flat surface and a curved surface, respectively. Meanwhile, the dynamic numerical analysis was carried out for a comparison or an extensive study. The results were studied and compared between the combined retaining structures with different shaped rock masses with regard to the acceleration response, the earth pressure response, and the axial anchor force. The acceleration response is not significantly influenced by the surface shape of rock mass. The earth pressure response on the combined retaining structure with a flat rock surface is more intensive than the one with a curved rock surface. The anchor force is significantly enlarged by seismic excitation with a main earthquake-induced increment at the first intensive pulse of Wenchuan motion. The value of anchor force in the combined retaining structure with a flat rock surface is generally larger than the one with a curved rock surface. Generally, the combined retaining structure with a curved rock surface presents a better seismic performance.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제84권5호
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• pp.591-604
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• 2022

A gravity wall combined with an anchoring lattice frame (a combined retaining structure) is adopted at a typical engineering site at Dali-Ruili Railway Line China. Where, the combined retaining structure supports a soil deposit covering on different inclined rock slopes. With an aim to investigate and compare the effects of inclined rock slopes on the response of combined retaining structure under seismic excitation, three groups of shaking table tests are conducted. The rock slopes are shaped as planar surfaces inclined at angles of 20°, 30°, and 40° with the horizontal, respectively. The shaking table tests are supplemented by dynamic numerical simulations. The results regarding the horizontal acceleration response, vertical acceleration response, permanent displacement mode, and axial anchor force are comparatively examined. The acceleration response is more susceptible to outer structural profile of combined retaining structure than to inclined angle of rock slope. The permanent displacement decreases when the inclined angle of the rock slope increases within a range of 20°-40°. A critical inclined angle of rock slope exists within a range of 20°-40°, and induces the largest axial anchor force in the combined retaining structure.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2002년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.75-82
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• 2002

The Mononobe-Okabe method is generally used to evaluate the dynamic earth force for the seismic design of retaining walls. However, the Mononobe-Okabe method does not consider the effects of the dynamic interactions between the backfill soil and the wall. In fact, a phase difference exists between the inertia force and the seismic earth pressure. In this study, shaking table tests were peformed on gravity walls retaining dry backfill sand to analyze the influence of several parameters (the unit weight of the wall, the input acceleration and base friction) on the development of the seismic earth pressure. The experiments revealed that the magnitude of the inertia force mobilized during seismic loading affected the seismic earth pressure. The difference in the phase angles between the inertia force and the seismic earth pressure was retained at 180 degrees before the wall failed but its magnitude changed significantly as the wall began to fail.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.39-50
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• 1989

지진시 벽체의 관성력을 고려하여 소정의 미소변위를 허용하도록 설계된 옹벽의 신뢰도를 해석하는 방법을 연구하였다. FOSM 방법을 Richards and Elms의 model에 적용함으로써 책용적인 옹벽의 신뢰도해석이 가능하였다. 본 연구에서는 우선 지진시의 옹벽설계방법을 고찰하고, 그 다음에 신뢰도 해석방법의 개요를 FOSM을 중심으로 검토하였다. 마지막으로 실제 허용변랍를 인정하는 옹벽의 설계과정과 신뢰도 및 예민도 해석과정을 단계순으로 상세히 제시하여 실용에 편리하게 하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.247-267
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• 2012

Calculating the displacements of retaining walls under seismic loads is a crucial part in optimum design of these structures and unfortunately the techniques based on active seismic pressure are not sufficient alone for an appropriate design of the wall. Using limit analysis concepts, the seismic displacements of retaining walls are studied in present research. In this regard, applying limit analysis method and upper bound theorem, a new procedure is proposed for calculating the yield acceleration, critical angle of failure wedge, and permanent displacements of retaining walls in seismic conditions for two failure mechanisms, namely sliding and sliding-rotational modes. Also, the effect of internal friction angle of soil, the friction angle between wall and soil, maximum acceleration of the earthquake and height of the wall all in the magnitude of seismic displacements has been investigated by the suggested method. Two sets of ground acceleration records related to near-field and far-field domains are employed in analyses and eventually the results obtained from the suggested method are compared with those from other techniques.