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사면안정해석에 있어서의 유한요소법과 한계평형법의 비교연구 (Comparative Study Between Finite Element Method and Limit Equilibrium Method on Slope Stability Analysis)

  • 이동엽;유충식
    • 한국지반공학회논문집
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 2003
  • 본 논문에서는 사면안정해석에 있어서의 유한요소법과 한계평형법의 결과를 나타내었다 해석의 타당성을 부여하기 위하여 유한요소법과 한계평형법에 의한 안전율을 비교하였으며, 각각의 방법에 의한 안전율이 잘 일치됨을 보여 전단강도감소기법을 사용한 유한요소해석이 사면안정해석에 있어서 효과적으로 사용될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 구성 법칙, 사면의 경사각, 흐름법칙, 그리고 유한요소망의 이산화에 따른 일련의 유한요소해석을 실시한 결과, 전단강도감소기법에 근거한 유한요소해석법은 안전율에 관하여 합리적인 결과를 제공할 수 있음을 확인하였고 유한요소해석결과는 구성법칙과 흐름법칙의 선택에 의해 상당한 영향을 받을 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

암석 버력으로 성토한 사면의 안정성 해석 (Stability Analysis of Embankment Slopes Consisting of Rock Fragments)

  • 김치환
    • 터널과지하공간
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2002
  • 암석 버력으로 성토한 사면의 역학적 안정성을 한계평형해석법과 유한차분법으로 검토하였다. 암석 버력 성토사면의 높이는 약 40 m이고 사면의 구배는 1:1.5이다. 암석 버력 성토체의 강도정수 중 점착력은 없고, 내부마찰각은 43$^{\circ}$로 가정하고 사면의 안정성을 해석하였다. 한계평형해석 중 Fellenius법과 Bishop법으로 구한 안전율 Fs는 1.4이었다. 또 유한차분법으로 사면의 안전율을 구하기 위해서 강도감소법을 이용하였고 파괴영역을 기준으로 결정한 사면의 안전율 Fs도 역시 약 1.4로 한계평형해석 결과와 동일하였다. 여러 기관에서 사면설계기준으로 적용하는 안전율 1.3과 비교할 때 암석 버력 성토사면은 안정상태로 확인되었다.

The expanded LE Morgenstern-Price method for slope stability analysis based on a force-displacement coupled mode

  • Deng, Dong-ping;Lu, Kuan;Wen, Sha-sha;Li, Liang
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.313-325
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    • 2020
  • Slope displacement and factor of safety (FOS) of a slope are two aspects that reflect the stability of a slope. However, the traditional limit equilibrium (LE) methods only give the result of the slope FOS and cannot be used to solve for the slope displacement. Therefore, developing a LE method to obtain the results of the slope FOS and slope displacement has significance for engineering applications. Based on a force-displacement coupled mode, this work expands the LE Morgenstern-Price (M-P) method. Except for the mechanical equilibrium conditions of a sliding body adopted in the traditional M-P method, the present method introduces a nonlinear model of the shear stress and shear displacement. Moreover, the energy equation satisfied by a sliding body under a small slope displacement is also applied. Therefore, the double solutions of the slope FOS and horizontal slope displacement are established. Furthermore, the flow chart for the expanded LE M-P method is given. By comparisons and analyses of slope examples, the present method has close results with previous research and numerical simulation methods, thus verifying the feasibility of the present method. Thereafter, from the parametric analysis, the following conclusions are obtained: (1) the shear displacement parameters of the soil affect the horizontal slope displacement but have little effect on the slope FOS; and (2) the curves of the horizontal slope displacement vs. the minimum slope FOS could be fitted by a hyperbolic model, which would be beneficial to obtain the horizontal slope displacement for the slope in the critical state.

절리암반사면의 안정해석 방법에 관한 비교연구 (A Comarative study on slope stability modeling of highly fractured rock slopes)

  • 유충식;김선빈;양기호;정하승
    • 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지반공학회 2009년도 춘계 학술발표회
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    • pp.434-443
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    • 2009
  • Slope stability analysis is an essential part of rock slope design. For highly fractured rock, the limit equilibrium method (LEM) based slope stability analysis with a circular failure surface is often carried out assuming the rock mass behaves more or less as a continuum. This paper examines first, the applicability of the finite-element method (FEM) based shear strength reduction (SSR) technique for highly fractured rock slope, and second the use of Mohr-Coulomb (MC) failure criterion in conjunction with generalized Hoek-Brown (HB) failure criterion. The numerical results on a number of cases are compared in terms of the factor of safety (FS). The results indicated that the FEM-based SSR technique yields almost the same FSs from LEM, and that the MC and HB failure criteria yield almost identical FSs when the strength parameters for MC failure criterion are obtained based on the modified HB failure criterion if and only if value of the Hoek-Brown constant $m_i$ is smaller than 10 and slope angle is smaller than 1:1, otherwise MC failure criteria over-estimate the factor of safety.

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Reliability analysis of soil slope reinforced by micro-pile considering spatial variability of soil strength parameters

  • Yuke Wang;Haiwei Shang;Yukuai Wan;Xiang Yu
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • 제36권6호
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    • pp.631-640
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    • 2024
  • In the traditional slope stability analysis, ignoring the spatial variability of slope soil will lead to inaccurate analysis. In this paper, the K-L series expansion method is adopted to simulate random field of soil strength parameters. Based on Random Limit Equilibrium Method (RLEM), the influence of variation coefficient and fluctuation range on reliability of soil slope supported by micro-pile is investigated. The results show that the fluctuation ranges and the variation coefficients significantly influence the failure probability of soil slope supported by micro-pile. With the increase of fluctuation range of soil strength parameters, the mean safety factor of the slope increases slightly. The failure probability of the soil slope increases with the increase of fluctuation range when the mean safety factor of the slope is greater than 1. The failure probability of the slope increases by nearly 8.5% when the fluctuation range is increased from δv=2 m to δv =8 m. With the increase of the variation coefficient of soil strength parameters, the mean safety factor of the slope decreases slightly, and the probability of failure of soil slope increases accordingly. The failure probability of the slope increases by nearly 31% when the variation coefficient increases from COVc=0.2, COVφ=0.05 to COVc=0.5, COVφ=0.2.

Seismic lateral earth pressure analysis of retaining walls

  • Ismeik, Muhannad;Shaqour, Fathi
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • 제8권4호
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    • pp.523-540
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    • 2015
  • Based on limit equilibrium principles, this study presents a theoretical derivation of a new analytical formulation for estimating magnitude and lateral earth pressure distribution on a retaining wall subjected to seismic loads. The proposed solution accounts for failure wedge inclination, unit weight and friction angle of backfill soil, wall roughness, and horizontal and vertical seismic ground accelerations. The current analysis predicts a nonlinear lateral earth pressure variation along the wall with and without seismic loads. A parametric study is conducted to examine the influence of various parameters on lateral earth pressure distribution. Findings reveal that lateral earth pressure increases with the increase of horizontal ground acceleration while it decreases with the increase of vertical ground acceleration. Compared to classical theory, the position of resultant lateral earth force is located at a higher distance from wall base which in turn has a direct impact on wall stability and economy. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the computations of lateral earth pressure distribution based on the suggested analytical method.

복합사면의 사면안정해석에 관한 연구 (Slope Stability Analysis for Compound slope)

  • 신은철;김진수
    • 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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    • pp.1279-1285
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    • 2010
  • Our country has a tendency to build many structures by cutting mountainous areas due to geographical features. Among these construction done in our country, road construction take the first spot in rank. As the construction is done, fractured inclining plane is created inevitability because of the natural properties of mountainous areas. The stability of the fractured inclining planes and slope formed in the opening, which are developed at the time of construction, need to be evaluated. Also, reinforcement plans for these matters are necessary. This paper is to go through an examination on the fractured inclining surface that is developed at the time of construction, especially the composite inclining plane that consists of soil and rocks. Furthermore, evaluating the stability by performing an analysis on stereographic projection and limit equilibrium, based on the examination results. using the stability evaluations, applications were explored for reinforcement methods of construction that fits the geological characters of this inclining surface.

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The Orientation of CO in Heme Proteins Determined by Time-Resolved Mid-IR Spectroscopy: Anisotropy Correction for Finite Photolysis of an Optically Thick Sample

  • Lim, Man-Ho
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제23권6호
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    • pp.865-872
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    • 2002
  • A systematic way of determining the equilibrium orientation of carbon monoxide (CO) in heme proteins using time-resolved polarized mid-IR spectroscopy is presented. The polarization anisotropy at pump-probe delay time of zero in the limit of zero photolysis and the angular distrbution function of CO are required to obtain the equilibrium orientation of CO. An approach is developed for determining the polarization anisotropy in the zero-photolysis limit from the anisotropy measured under finite photolysis conditions in an optically thick sample where the fraction of molecules photolyzed decreased as the pump pulse passes through and is absorbed by the sample. This approach is verified by measuring the polarization anisotropy of CO of carbonmonoxy myoglobin at various levels of photolysis. This method can be readily applied to other photoselection experiments determining precise angle between transition dipoles.

평면(平面) Frame의 최적소성설계(最適塑性設計) (Optimal Plastic Design of Planar Frames)

  • 임상전;황선희
    • 대한조선학회지
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1980
  • The optimal plastic design of framed structures has been treated as the minimum weight design while satisfying the limit equilibrium condition that the structure may not fail in any of the all possible collapse modes before the specified design ultimate load is reached. Conventional optimum frame designs assume that a continuous spectrum of member size is available. In fact, the vailable sections merely consist of a finite range of discrete member sizes. Optimum frame design using discrete sections has been performed by adopting the plastic collapse theory and using the Complex Method of Box. This study has presented an iterative approach to the optimal plastic design of plane structures that involves the performance of a series of minimum weight design where the limit equilibrium equation pertaining to the critical collapse mode is added to the constraint set for the next design. The critical collapse mode is found by the collapse load analysis that is formulated as a linear programming problem. This area of research is currently being studied. This study would be applied and extended to design the larger and more complex framed structures.

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The bearing capacity of square footings on a sand layer overlying clay

  • Uncuoglu, Erdal
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.287-311
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    • 2015
  • The ultimate bearing capacity and failure mechanism of square footings resting on a sand layer over clay soil have been investigated numerically by performing a series of three-dimensional non-linear finite element analyses. The parameters investigated are the thickness of upper sand layer, strength of sand, undrained shear strength of lower clay and surcharge effect. The results obtained from finite element analyses were compared with those from previous design methods based on limit equilibrium approach. The results proved that the parameters investigated had considerable effect on the ultimate bearing capacity and failure mechanism occurring. It was also shown that the thickness of upper sand layer, the undrained shear strength of lower clay and the strength of sand are the most important parameters affecting the type of failure will occur. The value of the ultimate bearing capacity could be significantly different depending on the limit equilibrium method used.