• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2012

This paper investigates the strength characteristics and stress-strain behaviors of waste fishing net (WFN)-added lightweight soil. The lightweight soil, which consisted of dredged soil, crumb rubber, and cement, was reinforced with WFN in order to increase its shear strength. Glue treated WFN was also added to lightweight soil to improve the interlocking between the soil mixture and WFN. Three kinds of test specimens were prepared: unreinforced lightweight soil, reinforced lightweight soil without glue treatment, and reinforced lightweight soil with glue treatment. Several series of laboratory tests were carried out, including flow value tests, unconfined compression tests, and SEM analyses. From the experimental results, it was found that the peak strength of the reinforced lightweight soil with glue treatment was increased by the increased interlocking between the soil mixture and WFN, which was induced from the bonding effect. The stress-strain relation of the reinforced lightweight soil, irrespective of the glue treatment, showed a more ductile behavior than that of the unreinforced lightweight soil.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제19권6호통권67호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2005

This paper investigates strength characteristics and stress-strain behaviors of unreinforced and reinforced lightweight soils. Lightweight soil, composed of dredged soil, cement, and air-foam, was reinforced by a waste fishing net, in order to increase its compressive strength. Test specimens were fabricated by various mixing conditions, such as cement content, initial water content, air content, and waste fishing net; then, unconfined compression tests were carried out on these specimens. From the test results, it was shown that reinforced lightweight soil had different behavior after failure, even though it had similar behavior as unreinforced lightweight soil before failure. The test results also showed that stress became constant after peak strength in reinforced lightweight soil, while the stress decreased continuously in unreinforced lightweight soil. It was observed that the strength was increased due to reinforcing effect by the waste fishing net for most cases, except high water content greater than $218\%$. In the case of high water content, a reinforcing effect is negligible, due to slip between waste fishing net and soil particles. In reinforced lightweight soil, secant modulus (E50) was increased, due to the inclusion of waste fishing net.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.577-595
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• 2023

A dynamic triaxial discrete element numerical model of lightweight soil was established using the discrete element method to study the microscopic mechanism of expanded polystyrene (EPS) particles in the soil under cyclic loading. The microscopic parameters of the discrete element model of the lightweight soil were calibrated depending on the dynamic triaxial test hysteresis curves. Based on the calibration results, the effects of the EPS particles volume ratio and amplitude on the contact force, displacement field, and velocity field of the lightweight soil under different accumulated strains were studied. The results showed that the hysteresis curves of lightweight soil exhibit nonlinearity, hysteresis, and strain accumulation. The strain accumulated in remolded soil is mainly tensile strain, and that in lightweight soil is mainly compressive strain. As the volume ratio of EPS particles increased, the contact force first increased and then decreased, and the displacement and velocity of the particles increased accordingly. With an increase in amplitude, the dynamic stress of the particle system increased, and the accumulation rate of the dynamic strain of the samples also increased. At 5% compressive strain, the contact force of the particles changed significantly and the number of particles deflected in the direction of velocity also increased considerably. These results indicated that the cemented structure of the lightweight soil began to fail at a compressive strain of 5%. Thus, a compressive strain of 5% is more reasonable than the dynamic strength failure standard of lightweight soil.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2008

The objective of this study was to investigate the mechanical characteristics of fiber-reinforced lightweight soil using waste fishing net or monofilament for recycling both dredged soils and bottom ash. Reinforced lightweight soil consists of dredged soil, cement, air foam, and bottom ash. Waste fishing net or monoiament was added the mixture in order to increase the shear strength of the lightweight soil. Test specimens were fabricated with various mixing conditions, including waste fishing net content and monofilament content. Several series of unconfined compression tests and direct shear tests were carried out. From the experimental results, it was found that the unconfined compressive strength, as well as the stress-strain behavior of reinforced lightweight soil was strongly influenced by mixing conditions. In this study, the maximum increase in shear strength was obtained with either a 0.5% content of monofilament or 0.25% waste fishing net. The unconfined compressive strength of reinforced lightweight soil with monofilament was greater than that of reinforced lightweight soil with waste fishing net.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.383-393
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• 2006

This paper investigates strength characteristics and stress-strain behaviors of geogrid mixing reinforced lightweight soil. The lightweight soil was reinforced with geogrid in order to increase its compressive strength. Test specimens were fabricated by various mixing conditions including cement content, initial water content, air content and geogrid layer and then unconfined compression tests were carried out. From the experimental results, it was found that unconfined compressive strength as well as stress-strain behavior of lightweight soil were strongly influenced by mixing conditions. The more cement content that is added to the mixture, the greater its unconfined compressive strength. However, the more initial water content or the more air foam content, the less its unconfined compressive strength. It was observed that the strength of geogrid reinforced lightweight soil was increased due to reinforcing effect by the geogrid for most cases except cement content less than 20%. In reinforced lightweight soil, secant modulus $(E_{50})$ was increased as the strength increased due to the inclusion of geogrid.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2011

This study investigated the shear and CBR characteristics of dredge soil-bottom ash-waste tire powder-mixed lightweight soil, which was developed to recycle dredged soil, bottom ash, and waste tire powder. Test specimens were prepared with various contents of waste tire powder ranging from 0 to 100% at 50% intervals by the weight of the dry dredged soil. Several series of triaxial compression tests and CBR tests were conducted. The shear strength characteristics of the lightweight soil were compared using two different shear tests (triaxial compression test and direct shear test). The experimental results indicated that the internal friction angle of the lightweight soil obtained by the direct shear tests was greater than that by the triaxial shear tests. However, the cohesion value obtained by the triaxial shear tests was greater than that by the direct shear tests. The CBR value of the lightweight soil decreased from 35% to 15% as waste tire powder content increased.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2013

PURPOSES : It is to evaluate lightweight soil as a subgrade material based on mechanical tests and calculation of pavement performance. METHODS : In this research, various contents of cement and air foam are used to make lightweight soil using wasted dredged soil. Uniaxial compressive strength test is conducted to evaluate strength of 7 and 28 day cured specimens. Secant modulus was calculated based on the stress and strain relationship of uniaxial compressive strength test. Resilient modulus test was measured using by repeated triaxial compression test. The measured resilient modulus was used in layered elastic program to predict fatigue and rutting life at a given pavement structure. RESULTS : Uniaxial compressive strength increases as cement content increases but decrease as air foam content increases. Resilient modulus also increases as cement content increases and decrease as air foam content decrease. CONCLUSIONS : It is concluded that dredge clay soil can be used as subgrade layer material using by lightweight treated soil method.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2006

본 연구는 지오그리드 혼합 보강경량토의 응력-변형 거동과 강도 특성에 대해 조사하였다. 경량혼합토의 압축강도를 증진하기 위해 경량혼합토에 지오그리드를 혼합하였다. 시험 공시체는 다양한 종류의 배합조건 즉, 시멘트 함유율, 함수비, 기포 함유율에 따라서 각각 제작되어졌고, 여러번의 일축압축강도시험이 수행되었다. 시험결과로부터, 경량혼합토의 일축압축강도와 응력-변형 거동은 배합조건에 의해 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 시멘트 함유율이 증가됨에 따라 일축압축강도 또한 증가한다. 그러나 초기 함수비나 기포 함유율이 증가함에 따라 일축압축강도는 감소하였다. 거의 모든 경우에서 지오그리드에 의한 보강 효과 때문에 지오그리드 보강경량토의 강도가 증가되는 것이 관찰되었다. 지오그리드 혼합 보강경량토의 응력-변형률 관계는 취성거동이라기 보다는 연성적인 거동특성을 가졌다. 보강경량토에서 할선 탄성계수 ($E_{50}$)는 지오그리드 함유로 인해 강도가 증가함에 따라 증가되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2010

본 연구는 균질한 품질을 가지는 경량기포토의 특성을 파악하기 위해 실시되었다. 이전에는 경량성토재로서 EPS (Expanded PolyStyrene)가 주로 사용되었지만, EPS의 소성변형으로 인한 단차 및 균열과 같은 문제가 발생되어 새로운 재료의 개발이 성급한 실정이다. 대체 공법으로 현장의 준설토를 활용한 경량기포혼합토가 개발되고 현장에 적용되었다. 경량기포혼합토는 EPS공법에 비해 장기적인 소성변형이 더 적은 장점이 있지만, 채취되는 준설토의 위치에 따라 서로 상이한 강도특성을 지니고 있어 품질관리에 어려움을 겪고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 공장에서 생산된 균질한 품질의 모래를 혼합한 경량기포토의 특성을 파악하였다. 즉, 경량기포토의 압축 및 인장특성을 파악하기 위해 단위중량과 시멘트-모래비 및 기포량을 달리한 공시체에 대하여 일축압축시험과 간접인장강도시험이 실시되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.43-53
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• 2012

경량기포토의 현장 적용에 있어 많은 요인들이 문제를 유발시킬 수 있다. 특히 온도가 경량기포토의 거동이나 강도에 상당한 영향을 미칠 수 있으나 아직까지 이에 대한 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 현장에서 가장많이 적용되고 있는 6, 8, 10kN/$m^3$ 3가지 단위중량으로 경량기포토 공시체를 제작하여 한국의 기온 특성에 맞는 다양한 온도에서 양생시켰다. 준비된 공시체에 대해 일축압축강도시험을 실시하고, 침하거동도 같이 관찰하였다. 양생온도에 따른 경량기포토내의 공기방울의 형태 변화를 알아보기 위해 SEM을 이용한 사진촬영도 이루어졌다. 그 결과 강도, 침하, 공기방울형성 등 경량기포토의 특성에 양생온도가 영향을 미침을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 경량기포토의 품질을 확보할 수 있는 허용양생온도 $8^{\circ}C{\sim}25^{\circ}C$가 제안되었다.