• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2021

In this study, a new approach using electrical resistivity measurement was proposed to detect grout penetration and to evaluate the grouting performance for such as waterproof efficiency in single rock fracture. For this purpose, an electrical resistivity monitoring system was designed to collect multi-channel data in real time. This was applied to a system for grout injection/penetration using a transparent fracture replica with various aperture sizes and water-cement mix ratio. The electrical resistivity was measured under various grout penetration conditions in real time, which results were directly compared to the visual observation images of grout penetration/distribution. Moreover, the grouting success status after the curing process was evaluated by measuring the electrical resistivity in relation to changes in frequency in fracture cells where grout injection and penetration were completed. Consequently, it was determined that the electrical resistivity monitoring system could be applied effectively to the detection of successful penetration of grouting into a target area and to actual field evaluation of the grouting performance and long-term stability of underground rock structures.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.259-266
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• 2019

This paper presents a comparison between experimental measurements and numerical estimations of penetration length of a cement grout injected in discrete joints. In the experiment, a joint was generated by planar acryl plates with a certain separation distance (; aperture) and was designed in such a way to vary the separation distances. Since a cement grout was used, the grout viscosity can be varied by controlling water-cement (W/C) ratios. Throughout these experiments, the influence of joint aperture, cement grout viscosity, and injection rate on a penetration length in a discrete joint was investigated. During the experiments, we also measured the time-dependent variation of grout viscosity due to a hardening process. The time-dependent viscosity was included in our numerical simulations as a function of elapsed time to demonstrate its impact on the estimation of penetration length. In the numerical simulations, Bingham fluid model that has been known to be applicable to a viscous cement material, was employed. We showed that the estimations by the current numerical approach were well comparable to the experimental measurements only in limited conditions of lower injection rates and smaller joint apertures. The difference between two approaches resulted from the facts that material separation (; bleeding) of cement grout, which was noticeable in higher injection rate and there could be a significant surface friction between the grout and joint planes, which are not included in the numerical simulations. Our numerical simulation, meanwhile, could well demonstrate that penetration length can be significantly over-estimated without considering a time-dependency of viscosity in a cement grout.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.414-423
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• 2006

Many construction projects adopt grouting technology to prevent the leakage of groundwater or to improve the shear strength of the ground. Recognition as a feasible field procedure dates back to 1925, Since then, developments and field use have increased rapidly. According to improvement of grout materials, theoretical study on grout penetration characteristics is demanded. Fluid of grout always tends to flow from higher hydraulic potential to lower and the motion of grout is also a function of formation permeability. Viscosity of grout is changed by chemical action while grout moves through pores. Due to the increment of viscosity, permeability is decreased. Permeability is also reduced by grout particle deposits to the soil aggregates. In this thesis, characteristics of new cement grout material that is developed recently is studied: injectable volume of new grout material is tested in two different sizes of sands, and the method to calculate injectable volume of grout is suggested with consideration of change in viscosity and clogging phenomena. The calculated values are compared with injection test results. Viscosity of new grout material is found to be an exponential function of time. And lumped parameter $\theta$ of new grout material to be used for assessing deposition characteristics is estimated by comparing deposit theory with injection test results considering different soil types and different injection pressure.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.5-13
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• 2007

1925년 이후 지반개량공법은 많은 발전을 거듭해 왔으며, 많은 건설현장에서 차수의 목적 또는 지반강도 증진의 목적 등으로 그라우팅이 적용되어왔다. 지반개량공법의 발전과 더불어 그라우트재의 종류 또한 그 수가 증가되었으며, 그라우트재의 침투특성과 관련된 이론적인 연구의 필요성이 요구되었다. 전수두차에 의해 그라우트재의 흐름이 발생되며, 그라우트재의 이동은 지반의 투수계수의 영향을 받는다. 그라우트재가 지반의 간극을 지날 때, 그라우트재의 화학반응에 의해 점도가 변화되며, 따라서 점도 증가로 인하여 투수계수는 감소하게 된다. 또한 현탁액형의 그라우트재의 경우 그라우트재 입자에 의한 지반 간극의 폐색으로 투수계수가 감소하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 새로 개발된 그라우트재의 물리적-화학적 특성을 연구하고, 입경이 다른 두 종류의 모형지반에서 실시된 신개발 그라우트재의 주입실험 결과와 비교하여 점도변화와 폐색현상을 고려한 그라우트재의 침투 가능성을 이론적으로 제시하고자 한다. 측정된 신개발 그라우트재의 점도는 시간의 지수함수 형태를 보였으며, 실험결과와 비교하여 폐색현상과 관련된 계수 $\delta$를 추정하였다. 그라우트재의 점도 변화는 시간에 따른 주입량에 많은 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났으며, 간극의 크기가 작은 지반에서 주입실험을 실시한 결과 폐색현상의 영향으로 주입량이 현저하게 감소되는 것으로 나타났다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2019

Grout injection is mainly used for permeability reduction and/or improvement of the ground by injecting grout material into pores, cracks, and joints in the ground. The oscillatory grout injection method was developed to enhance the grout penetration. In order to verify the level of enhancement of the grout, field grout injection tests, both static and oscillatory tests, were performed at three job sites. The enhancement in the permeability reduction and ground improvement effect was verified by performing a core boring, borehole image processing analysis, phenolphthalein test, scanning electron microscopy analysis, variable heat test, Lugeon test, standard penetration test, and an elastic wave test. The oscillatory grout injection increased the joint filling rate by 80% more and decreased the permeability coefficient by 33-68%, more compared to the static grout injection method. The constrained modulus of the jointed rock mass was increased by 50% more with oscillatory grout injection compared to the static grout injection, indicating that the oscillatory injection was more effective in enhancing the stiffness of the rock mass.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.771-783
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• 2017

Using a transparent fracture replica with aperture size and water-cement ratio (w/c), the factors affecting the penetration behavior of rock grouting were investigated through laboratory experiments. In addition, the waterproof efficiency was estimated by the reduction of water outflow through the fractures after the grout curing process. Penetration behavior shows that grout penetration patterns present similarly radial forms in all experimental cases; however, velocity of grout penetration showed clear differences according to the aperture sizes and water-cement ratio. It can be seen that the waterproof efficiency increased as the aperture size and w/c decreased. During grout injection or curing processes, air bubbles formed and bleeding occurred, both of which affected the waterproof ability of the grouting. These two phenomena can significantly prevent the successful performance of rock grouting in field-scale underground spaces, especially at deep depth conditions. Our research can provide a foundation for improving and optimizing the innovative techniques of rock grouting.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2023

그라우팅 공법은 연약지반의 차수 및 보강을 목적으로 시공되는 공법이다. 그라우트가 지반 내에 주입될 때, 지반을 구성하는 지반의 형태, 토립자의 크기, 공극율 및 지하수의 유무에 따라 그라우트가 침투 및 확산하는 형태가 다양하게 나타나고 있으나, 그라우팅 설계 시에는 이러한 요인을 적용하기 어려운 실정이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 전도성 재료를 함유한 그라우트를 지반내로 주입하는데 있어서 전도성 재료 첨가에 따른 그라우트의 침투 성능을 파악하기 위하여 실내시험을 수행하였다. 주입시험에서는 전도성 재료를 혼합수의 0%, 3% 및 5%를 그라우트에 첨가하고, 원지반 조건을 자갈과 규사로 구성된 다양한 지반으로 조성하였다. 전도성 그라우트는 전용주입장치를 사용하여 모형지반 내로 압력에 의해 주입되면서 주입시간(t), 압력(p), 유속(v) 및 주입량(q)를 계측하고, 모형지반 내 주입된 경화체를 채취하여 침투성능을 평가하였다. 그라우트 주입실험 결과에서는 전도성 재료의 사용량과 그라우트 주입율은 역의 관계를 나타내었으며, 모형지반 토립자 크기에 따라 침투형태가 변화되는 것을 확인하였다. 전도성 재료를 함유한 그라우트는 지반 내 침투가 비교적 양호하고 경화체의 강도 및 내구성이 우수하여 그라우트의 침투범위 측정을 위한 첨가제로 사용하는 것이 가능하다고 판단하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.267-278
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• 2010

To improve the grout penetration characteristics, vibration method was adopted in this study. The grout material perturbed by cyclic vibration is injected into the ground. By applying the vibrating flow system, cement particles will become less adhesive and the clogging tendency will be decreased. A series of pilot-scale chamber tests were performed to verify the enhancement of the groutability by applying the vibratory grout injection; assessment on change of the lumped parameter $\theta$ which represents a barometer of clogging phenomenon was made. Moreover, the effect of vibratory grout injection through the joint was also investigated using artificially made rock joints. Experimental results as well as analytical results show that the grout penetration depth can be substantially improved by vibration grouting. Moreover, it was found that enhancement of the permeation grouting due to vibratory injection is more dominant at low grouting pressure of less than 400kPa.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.349-360
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 절리를 포함한 터널주변 암반의 안전성 강화 및 지하수 유입 억제공으로 사용되는 침투그라우팅에 대한 모형화 기법을 제시하고 관련 매개변수 해석을 실시하였다. Bingham 모형을 적용한 시멘트 그라우팅재는 정상류 흐름으로 가정하여 해석의 편의를 도모하였으며 UDEC을 이용한 해석결과, 절리의 두께 및 주입압이 침투그라우팅에 의한 확산범위를 결정짓는 주요 변수임을 확인하였다. 침투그라우팅 모형을 근간으로 할렬그라우팅 해석을 위한 수치모형을 제안하였으며 암반의 인장강도와 점착력이 할렬의 주요변수임을 입증하였다. 한편, 주입후 지반보강효과를 정량적으로 검토하기 위하여 직교 이방성 물성을 계산할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제시하였으며 이 결과 주입후 약 3~4배 정도의 강성도 증진효과를 확인하였다. 향후 본 연구결과는 그라우팅재 주입에 의한 투수계수 저감효과 혹은 지하수 억제공법 등의 설계기법에 적용될 수 있으며 관련 실험도 수행될 예정이다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2010

그라우트재의 침투 특성을 개선하기 위하여 진동 주입을 적용하였다. 진동주입공법은 진동하는 주입압을 부가하여 주입하는 그라우팅 기술로서 이를 적용할 경우, 그라우트재의 점성과 그라우트재 입자의 흡착 현상이 감소하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 진동 주입에 의한 그라우트재의 침투 특성 개선을 검증하기 위하여 모형 주입 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과로부터 흡착 현상을 평가하는 계수인 $\theta$ 를 산정하여 침투 특성 개선 정도를 제시하였다. 또한 인공 절리면에 대한 주입 실험을 수행하였다. 모형 실험 및 인공절리면의 실험 결과와 이론적인 해석 결과를 통해 진동 주입 시 그라우트재의 침투능이 증가됨을 검증하였으며, 특히 400kPa 이하의 저압으로 주입하였을 때 진동 주입의 효과가 최대로 나타남을 확인하였다.