• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.375-384
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• 2018

Unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of high plasticity clayey soil mixed with 5 and 10 % of Portland cement and four chemical agents such as sodium hexametaphosphate, aluminum sulfate, sodium carbonate, and sodium silicate with 0, 5, 10, and 20% concentrations was comparatively evaluated. The individual and combined effects of the cement and chemical agents on the UCS of the soil mixture were investigated. The strength of the soil-cement mixture generally increases with increasing the cement content. However, if the chemical agent is added to the mixture, the strength of the cement-chemical agent-soil mixture tends to vary depending on the type and the amount of the chemical agent. At low concentrations of 5% of aluminum sulfate and 5% and 10% of sodium carbonate, the average UCS of the cement-chemical agent-soil mixture slightly increased compared to pure clay due to increasing the flocculation of the clay in the mixture. However, at high concentrations (20%) of all chemical agents, the UCS significantly decreased compared to the pure clay and clay-cement mixtures. In the case of high cement content, the rate of UCS reduction is the highest among all cement-chemical agent-soil mixtures, which is more than three times higher in comparison to the soil-chemical agent mixtures without cement. Therefore, in the mixture with high cement (> 10%), the reduction of the USC is very sensitive when the chemical agent is added.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2011

최근 연안지역에서의 대형건설공사 증가로 인해 대규모의 연약지반처리 공사가 많이 이루어지고 있다. 이로 인해, 흙에 시멘트나 석회를 첨가하여 안정성과 내구성을 증대시키는 고화안정처리공법이 연약지반 현장의 표층처리에 빈번히 사용되고 있다. 고소성, 고압축성의 초연약 점성토를 대상으로 한 고화처리 연구는 그 동안 많이 이루어져 왔으나 상대적으로 낮은 소성성과 압축성을 가진 실트질 점성토를 대상으로 한 고화처리 연구는 찾아보기 힘들다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 송도 지역의 저소성 실트질 점성토를 배합 함수비, 개량재 배합비, 양생 기간을 변화시키며 시멘트와 생석회로 고화처리하고, 일축압축 시험 및 평판재하시험을 통하여 강도 특성을 파악하였다. 일축 압축 시험과 평판 재하 시험으로부터 상당히 일치하는 강도 특성 결과를 얻었으며, 이를 바탕으로 개량토를 매립지 표토층으로 이용하였을 경우 건설 장비의 주행성을 평가하였다. 이상의 결과로부터 송도 지역 점성토를 고화 처리하는 최적의 조건을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.135-150
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• 2012

This paper presents the study of the effect of microorganism Bacillus pasteurii on the properties such as Atterbergs' limit and unconfined compressive strength of cohesive soils. The results of this study reveal that the liquid limit and plasticity index for all clay soils decreased and the unconfined compressive strength increased. Decrease in plasticity index is very high for Kuttanad clay followed by bentonite and laterite. The unconfined compressive strength increased for all the soils. The increase was high for Kuttanad soil and low for laterite soil. After 24 h of treatment the improvement in the soil properties is comparatively less. Besides the specific bacteria selected Bacillus pasteurii, other microorganisms may also be taking part in calcite precipitation thereby causing soil cementation. But the naturally present microorganisms alone cannot work on the calcite precipitation.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.97-115
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• 2024

In this paper, a database consisting of the dynamic shear modulus ratio and damping ratio test data of clay obtained from 406 groups of triaxial tests is constructed with the starting area of Xiong'an New Area as the research background. The aim is to study the nonlinear dynamic properties of clay in this area under cyclic loading. The study found that the effective confining pressure and plasticity index have certain influences on the dynamic shear modulus ratio and damping ratio of clay in this area. Through data analysis, it was found that there was a certain correlation between effective confining pressure and plasticity index and dynamic shear modulus ratio and damping ratio, with fitting degree values greater than 0.1263 for both. However, other physical indices such as the void ratio, natural density, water content and specific gravity have only a small effect on the dynamic shear modulus ratio and the damping ratio, with fitting degree values of less than 0.1 for all of them. This indicates that it is important to consider the influence of effective confining pressure and plasticity index when studying the nonlinear dynamic properties of clays in this area. Based on the above, prediction models for the dynamic shear modulus ratio and damping ratio in this area were constructed separately. The results showed that the model that considered the combined effect of effective confining pressure and plasticity index performed best. The predicted dynamic shear modulus ratio and damping ratio closely matched the actual curves, with approximately 88% of the data falling within ±1.3 times the measured dynamic shear modulus ratio and approximately 85.1% of the data falling within ±1.3 times the measured damping ratio. In contrast, the prediction models that considered only a single influence deviated from the actual values, particularly the model that considered only the plasticity index, which predicted the dynamic shear modulus ratio and the damping ratio within a small distribution range close to the average of the test values. When compared with existing prediction models, it was found that the predicted dynamic shear modulus ratio in this paper was slightly higher, which was due to the overall hardness of the clay in this area, leading to a slightly higher determination of the dynamic shear modulus ratio by the prediction model. Finally, for the dynamic shear modulus ratio and damping ratio of the engineering site in the starting area of Xiong'an New Area, we confirm that the prediction formulas established in this paper have high reliability and provide the applicable range of the prediction model.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.827-836
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• 2016

The rate of softening is an important factor to determine whether the failure occurs along localized shear band or in a more diffused manner. In this paper, strength loss and softening rate effect depending on sensitivity are investigated for weakly cemented clays, for both artificially cemented high plasticity San Francisco Bay Mud and low plasticity Yolo Loam. Destructuration and softening behavior for weakly cemented sensitive clays are demonstrated and discussed through multiple vane shear tests. Artificial sensitive clays are prepared in the laboratory for physical modeling or constitutive modeling using a small amount of cement (2 to 5%) with controlled initial water content and curing period. Through test results, shear band thickness is theoretically computed and the rate of softening is represented as a newly introduced parameter, ${\omega}_{80%}$. Consequently, it is found that the softening rate increases with sensitivity for weakly cemented sensitive clays. Increased softening rate represents faster strength loss to residual state and faster minimizing of shear band thickness. Uncemented clay has very low softening rate to 80% strength drop. Also, it is found that higher brittleness index ($I_b$) relatively shows faster softening rate. The result would be beneficial to study of physical modeling for sensitive clays in that artificially constructed high sensitivity (up to $S_t=23$) clay exhibits faster strain softening, which results in localized shear band failure once it is remolded.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.37-42
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• 1995

폐기물의 침출수가 해성점토의 투수성에 미치는 영향에 대해서 연구하기 위하여 실내에서 강성벽의 정수위투수시험을 시행하였다. 본 연구에서 이용한 해성점토와 침출수는 김포 폐기물 매립장에서 채취하였으며 공시체에 가한 동수경사는 비교적 큰 값인 37.5~225 정도이었다. 연구결과 침출수의 농도가 클수록 그리고 동수경사가 작을수록 침출수에 대한 해성점토의 투수계수는 증가한다. 또한 침출수와 혼합시킨 해성점토의 액성한계와 소성지수는 침출누의 농도가 증가할수록 감소한다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.683-696
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• 2022

Dams are inevitably planned to be built on thick overburden with high permeability and deformability. The connection part between concrete cut-off wall in overburden and earth core in dam body is not only a key part of the anti-seepage system, but also a weak position. Large uneven settlement will be aroused at the concoction part. However, the interaction behavior and the scope of the connection part cannot be determined effectively. In this paper, numerical analysis of a high earth core dam built on thick overburden was carried out with large deformation FE method. The mechanical behavior of the connection part was detail studied. It can be drawn that there is little differences in dam integral deformation for different analysis method, but big differences were found at the connection part. The large deformation analysis method can reasonably describe the process that concrete wall penetrates into soil. The high plasticity clay has stronger ability to adapt to large uneven deformation which can reduce stress level, and stress state of concrete wall is also improved. The scope of high plasticity clay zone in the connection part can be determined according to stress level of soils and penetration depth of concrete wall.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.461-469
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• 2022

One of the most important factors that should be considered for using any ground improvement technique is the stability of stabilized soil and the durability of the provided solution for getting the required engineering properties. Generally, most of the earth structures that are constructed on clayey soils are exposing movements due to the long periods of drying or wetting cycles. Over time, environmental changes may result in swells or settlements for these structures. In order to mitigate this problem, this research has been performed on mixtures of high plasticity clay with traditional additives such as lime, cement and non-traditional additives such as polypropylene fiber. The purpose of the research is to assess the most appropriate ground improvement technique by using commercially available additives for resisting the developed desiccation cracks during the drying process and resisting the volume changes that may result during wet/dry cycles as an attempt to simulate the changes of environmental conditions. The results show that the fiber-reinforced samples have the lowest volumetric deformation in comparision with cement and lime stabilized samples, and the optimum fiber content is identified as 0.38%. In addition, the desiccation cracks were not visible on the samples' surface for both unreinforced and chemically stabilized samples. Regarding cracks resistance resulting from the desiccation process, it is observed, that the resistance is connected with the fiber content and increases with the increase of the fiber inclusion, and the optimum content is between 1% and 1.5%.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2018

연약지반 설계에 중요한 지반정수는 압축지수($C_c$)이며, 현장의 압밀침하량 및 압밀침하속도를 산출하는데 필요하다. 이러한 압축지수 산정은 실내압밀시험을 통해 얻어지는데, 실내압밀시험에서는 반드시 시료교란이 발생하며, 이러한 교란현상을 보정하기 위하여 Schmertmann(1955)이 제시한 보정 압축지수 산정방법이 일반적으로 사용되고 있다. 그러나 최근 시료 샘플링기술의 발전과 국내 지반조건 등이 Schmertmann이 제시한 것과 상이하므로 이에 대한 검증이 필요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 저소성 실트(ML), 저소성(CL) 및 고소성 점토시료(CH)에 대하여 교란도를 변화시켜 압밀시험을 실시하여 각각의 압밀곡선의 교차 간극비를 평가하였다. 시험결과 저소성 실트(ML)의 경우 $0.521e_0$, 저소성 점토(CL)의 경우 $0.404e_0$, 고소성 점토(CH)의 경우 $0.458e_0$로 산정되어, Schmertmann이 제시한 $0.42e_0$의 보정값과 다른 결과를 확인하였으며, 흙의 종류에 따른 소성지수(PI)를 활용한 보정식을 제안하였다. 그러나 본 연구결과는 한정된 지역에서의 시험결과이므로 흙의 소성도에 따른 압축지수 보정방법을 제시하기 위해서 다양한 국내 점토에 대한 후속연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2011

국내의 동 서 남해안에는 해성점토층이 폭넓게 분포되어 있으며, 해안지역에서 기반시설물을 설계할 때 압축성이 큰 해성점토로 구성된 연약지반의 공학적 특성을 파악하는 일은 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 인천, 목포, 광양 및 부산지역 해성점토의 물리적 압축특성을 분석하여 각 지역 및 우리나라 서 남해안 점토특성을 비교하였다. 이를 위하여 114구역 1,471개 샘플의 실험결과를 이용하였다. 비교결과, 인천점토의 경우 중국 황하로부터 유입된 세립실트 및 높은 조수간만의 차로 가장 낮은 소성 및 높은 단위중량을 보였고, 광양점토는 광범위한 준설매립의 영향으로 압축성이 가장 컸다. 그와 비교할 때 목포 및 부산의 경우는 부분적으로 비슷한 수준의 특성을 나타내었다. 목포와 부산점토의 압축지수는 인천에 비하여 2배 이상, 광양점토의 경우는 목포 및 부산에 비해 70% 이상 높게 나타났다.