• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.561-573
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• 2020

The creep and consolidation behaviors of clays subjected to thermal cycles are of fundamental importance in the application of energy geostructures. This study aims to numerically investigate the physical mechanisms for the temperature-triggered volume change of saturated clays. A recently developed thermodynamic framework is used to derive the thermo-mechanical constitutive model for clays. Based on the model, a fully coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) finite element (FE) code is developed. Comparison with experimental observations shows that the proposed FE code can well reproduce the irreversible thermal contraction of normally consolidated and lightly overconsolidated clays, as well as the thermal expansion of heavily overconsolidated clays under drained heating. Simulations reveal that excess pore pressure may accumulate in clay samples under triaxial drained conditions due to low permeability and high heating rate, resulting in thermally induced primary consolidation. Results show that four major mechanisms contribute to the thermal volume change of clays: (i) the principle of thermal expansion, (ii) the decrease of effective stress due to the accumulation of excess pore pressure, (iii) the thermal creep, and (iv) the thermally induced primary consolidation. The former two mechanisms mainly contribute to the thermal expansion of heavily overconsolidated clays, whereas the latter two contribute to the noticeable thermal contraction of normally consolidated and lightly overconsolidated clays. Consideration of the four physical mechanisms is important for the settlement prediction of energy geostructures, especially in soft soils.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.7-18
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• 1994

본 연구에서는 단조하중과 반복하중에 대한 점토지반의 거동을 표현할 수 있는 새로운 구성모델을 제안하였다. 제안된 모델은 과압밀상태에서의 응력-변형률 관계를 쌍곡선식으로 가정하고 한계상태이론과 결합시켜 비배수 응력경로를 예측한다. 에너지분산식을 이용하여 개발된 이 구성모델은 단조하중 작용시에 미약한 과압밀상태 및 과다한 과압밀상태의 점성토거동을 표현할 수 있다. 또한 반복하중하에서의 거동을 나타내기 위하여 단조하중에 대하여 개발된 구성모델에 비배수 경로간격비 이동함수를 도입하였다. 이를 위하여 한개의 추가적인 모델계수가 필요하며 그 값은 합리적 방법으로 실험결과로부터 산정될 수 있다. 본 구성모델은 비교적 쉽고 정확하게 반복하중을 받는 점성토지반의 비배수 거동에 대한 실험결과를 예측한다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.312-333
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• 2006

This paper presents the results of an analysis of the excess porewater pressure distribution due to piezocone penetration in overconsolidated clays. From piezocone test results for moderately and heavily overconsolidated clays, it was observed that the excess porewater pressure increases monotonically from the piezocone surface to the outer boundary of the shear zone and then decreases logarithmically to the outer boundary of the plastic zone. It was also found that the size of the shear zone decreases from approximately 2.2 to 1.5 times the cone radius with increasing OCR, while the plastic radius is about 11 times the piezocone radius, regardless of the OCR. The equation developed in this study based on the modified Cam clay model and the cylindrical cavity expansion theory, which take into consideration the effects of the strain rate and stress anisotropy, provide a good prediction of the initial porewater pressure at the piezocone location. The method of predicting the spatial distribution of excess porewater pressure proposed in this study is based on a linearly increasing ${\Delta}u_{shear}$. In the shear zone and a logarithmically decreasing ${\Delta}u_{oct}$, and is verified by comparing with the excess porewater pressure measured in overconsolidated specimens at the calibration chamber.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.596-601
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 전 논문에서 개발되었으나 검증을 필요로 한 간단한 전단속도 의존적 구성모델을 유명한 보스톤블루 점토를 대상으로 엄격하게 수행된 비등방 삼축압축시험 결과를 활용하여 검증하였다. 검증은 전단속도 0.05%hr, 0.5%/hr, 5.0%hr 및 OCR=1, 2, 4, 8 경우에 있어서 수행되었다. 연구결과, 개발된 모델은 OCR=4, 8 경우 등 심한 과압밀 경우에는 변형율 완화, 비배수강도 등 응력-변형율 예측에 있어 개선이 필요한 것으로 보였으나, OCR=1, 2 등 정규압밀 또는 약간 과압밀 경우에는 비교적 신뢰도 높게 응력-변형을 관계를 예측하여, 그 활용도를 기대할 수 있겠다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.453-462
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• 2023

Intermediate Geomaterials (IGMs) are natural formation materials that exhibit the engineering behavior (strength and compressibility) between soils and rocks. The engineering behavior of such material is highly unpredictable as the IGMs are stiffer than soils and weaker/softer than rocks. Further, the characterization of such material needs exposure to both soil and rock mechanics. In most conventional designs of geotechnical structures, the engineering properties of the IGMs are either aligned with soils or rocks, and this assumption may end up either in an over-conservative design or under-conservative design. Hence, many researchers have attempted to evaluate its actual engineering properties through laboratory tests. However, the test results are partially reliable due to the poor core recovery of IGMs and the possible sample disturbance. Subsequently, in-situ tests have been used in recent years to evaluate the engineering properties of IGMs. However, the respective in-situ test finds its limitations while exploring IGMs with different geological formations at deeper depths with the constraints of sampling. Standard Penetration Test (SPT) is the strength-based index test that is often used to explore IGMs. Moreover, it was also observed that the coefficient of variation of the design parameters (which represents the uncertainties in the design parameters) of IGMs is relatively high, and also the studies on the probabilistic characterization of IGMs are limited compared with soils and rocks. With this perspective, the present article reviews the laboratory and in-situ tests used to characterize the IGMs and explores the shear strength variation based on their geological origin.