• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.255-265
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• 2020

Laboratory tests are conducted to investigate the performance of retaining system with different combinations of long-short piles. Numerical analysis implemented using ABAQUS are verified by comparing numerical results with measured data. By performing numerical studies, the horizontal displacement of piles, heave of excavation bottom and bending moment of pile for various pile system with different pile lengths are investigated. Results show that long piles share higher bending moments than short piles. The increase in the number of short piles leads to a slight increase in the heave at excavation bottom for long-short pile retaining system. Retaining system with different long and short pile combinations have greater effects on the horizontal displacement of pile above the excavation bottom, compared to its counterparts below excavation bottom. For a given length of long pile, the bending moment and displacement of piles increase with the decrease in length of short piles, while the increasing rate of maximum moment of retaining pile system is insignificant. Results highlight that a reliable and economical pile retaining system can be designed by optimizing the number and length of short piles, provided that the working performance of retaining structures above excavation bottom meets the design requirement in practice.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.621-640
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• 2017

The double-row long-short composite anti-sliding piles system is an effective way to control the landslides with high thrust. In this study, The double-row long-short composite anti-sliding piles with different load segment length (cantilever length) and different pile row spacing were studied by a series of physical tests, by which the influences of load segment length of rear-row piles as well as pile row spacing on the mechanical response of double-row long-short composite anti-sliding pile system were investigated. Based on the earth pressures in front of and behind the piles obtained during tests, then the maximum bending moments of the fore-row and the rear-row piles were calculated. By ensuring a equal maximum moments in the fore-row and the rear-row piles, the optimum lengths of the rear-row piles of double-row long-short composite system under different piles spacing were proposed. To investigate the validity of the reduced scale tests, the full-scale numerical models of the landside were finally conducted. By the comparisons between the numerical and the physical test results, it could be seen that the reduced scale tests conducted in this study are reliable. The results showed that the double-row long-short composite anti-sliding piles system is effective in the distribution of the landslide thrust to the rear-row and the fore-row piles.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.341-352
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• 2023

Long-short pile composite foundations bear both vertical and horizontal loads in many engineering applications. This study used indoor model tests to determine the horizontal bearing mechanism of a composite foundation with long and short piles under horizontal loads. A custom experimental device was developed to prevent excessive eccentricity of the vertical loading device caused by the horizontal displacement. ABAQUS software was used to analyze the influence of the load size and cushion thickness on the horizontal bearing mechanism. The results reveal that a large vertical load leads to soil densification and increases the horizontal bearing capacity of the composite foundation. The magnitude of the horizontal displacement of the pile and the horizontal load borne by the pile are related to the piles' positions. Due to different pile lengths, the long piles exhibit long pile effects and experience bending deformation, whereas the short piles rotate around a point (0.2 L from the pile bottom) as the horizontal load increases. Selecting a larger cushion thickness significantly improves the horizontal load sharing capacity of the soil and reduces the horizontal displacement of the pile top.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.209-219
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• 2022

The determination for bearing capacity of precast nodular piles is conventionally time-consuming and high-cost by using numerous experiments and empirical methods. This study proposes an intelligent method to evaluate the bearing capacity and shaft resistance of the nodular piles with high efficiency based on long short-term memory (LSTM) approach. A series of field tests are first designed to measure the axial force, shaft resistance and displacement of the combined nodular piles under different loadings, in comparison with the single pre-stressed high-strength concrete piles. The test results confirm that the combined nodular piles could provide larger ultimate bearing capacity (more than 100%) than the single pre-stressed high-strength concrete piles. Both the LSTM-based method and empirical methods are used to calculate the shift resistance of the combined nodular piles. The results show that the LSTM-based method has a high-precision estimation on shaft resistance, not only for the ultimate load but also for the working load.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2013

하중저항계수설계법(load and resistance factor design, LRFD)을 개발하기 위해서는 하중과 저항에 대한 신뢰성 있는 불확실성 평가가 필요하다. 기존의 말뚝기초 저항계수 산정에 관한 연구는 대부분 일반 교량에 대한 하중의 불확실성을 반영하였다. 본 연구에서는 경간장이 200m이상 300m이하인 교량과 300m이상 1500m이하인 장대 교량에 대하여 수정된 하중모델로부터 평가된 활하중 불확실성을 저항계수 산정에 반영하였다. 타입말뚝 저항을 예측하기 위하여 Imperial College Pile (ICP) 설계법을 사용하였고, 이 설계법을 적용하여 사질토 및 점성토 지반에 대한 타입 말뚝의 저항 불확실성을 평가하였다. 일반 교량에 비하여 장대교량의 경우 파괴시 발생되는 경제적, 인명적 손실이 크기 때문에 기존에 적용한 일반적인 목표신뢰수준을 더 높게 설정하였다. 장대교량에 해당하는 수정된 하중 및 목표신뢰 수준에 대하여 산정된 저항계수와 기존에 일반 교량 기초에 대하여 제시된 저항계수를 비교 분석하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2013

As a new foundation treatment technology, long-short pile composite's design theory is still in primary phase, and there are no explicit settlement calculation methods in active codes. So it is necessary to study the working mechanism and the methods of settlement calculation. In this paper, the mechanics of long-short pile composite foundation are fully discussed. Meanwhile, based on the shear deformation method, the Mylonakis & Gazetas models about mutual action between two piles and the one between pile and soil are introduced, Considering the performance of cushion, the flexible factors of mutual actions are provided. Then the settlement calculation of long-short pile composite foundation which can consider the mutual actions between pile, soil and cap is deduced, and the correlated program is also developed. Finally, an engineering example is discussed with the method. A comparison shows that calculated results and measured data from a field test pile are in a good agreement, indicating that the presented approach is feasible and applicable in engineering practice.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.165-180
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• 1999

모형 압력 토조에 개단, 폐단, 관내토 그라우팅, 그리고 선단 하부지반 그라우팅 말뚝들을 설치하여 수행된 재하실험을 통해 그 지지력을 비교하였고, 유사화된(Simulated) 해진시 말뚝의 설치깊이를 변화시켜 선단 하부지반 그라우팅 말뚝의 안정성을 검토하였다. 또한, 재하실험과 해진 실험은 2개와 4개로 된 군말뚝에 대해서도 수행되었다. 관내토 선단부만 그라우팅한 말뚝의 지지력은 선단 지반 교란으로 인한 선단지지력 감소로 개단말뚝에 비해 극한지지력이 약 11.2~30.8%정도 작았다. 관내토 선단 하부지반 그라우팅한 말뚝의 지지력은 개단말뚝의 지지력보다 약 23.8~33.9%정도 증가하였으며, 이는 폐단말뚝의 지지력과 비슷하였다. 선단 하부지반 그라우팅된 군말뚝은 개단 군말뚝에 비해 증가하였는데, 2개의 군말뚝의 경우에는 14.6~31.8%만큼 지지력이 증가하였으며, 4개의 군말뚝의 경우는 15.3~22.4%만큼 증가하였다. 심해에서 발생된 해진시 관내토 선단 하부지반 그라우팅된 개단말뚝의 안정성은 말뚝의 설치 형태와 말뚝의 지중관입 길이에 따라 달라졌다. 외말뚝의 경우에는 지중 관입 깊이가 20m보다 깊어지면 안정한 상태를 유지할 수 있었으나, 12m보다 짧은 말뚝은 파괴될 수 있었고, 12m보다 긴 말뚝의 경우에는 가동(Mobility) 상태를 유지할 수 있었다. 군말뚝의 경우에는 지중 관입깊이가 7m이상이면 지지력의 일부만 감소하여 약간 변위하는 "Mobility" 상태를 유지할 수 있었다.유지할 수 있었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2000

방글라데시의 자무나 강을 가로지르는 길이 4.8km 교량의 교각기초에 대구경 개단 강관말뚝 2본 또는 3본이 사용되었다. 총 50개의 교각과 시험용 말뚝 2본을 포함한 123본의 말뚝이 강 하저에서 정규압밀된 모래층을 지나 자갈층 위까지 항타하여 설치되었다. 두께 40mm 내지 60mm의 변단면을 갖는 직경 3.15m와 2.50m의 짧은 말뚝 2, 3개를 연결하여 69m에서 74m 깊이까지 6:1의 경사로 항타하여 시공하였다. 전체 123본의 말뚝에 대하여 항타후 관내토 길이를 측정하였고, 이중 24본의 말뚝들에 대해서는 항타시 동재하시험을 수행하였다. 말뚝 항타완료후 측정한 결과에 의하면, 선단부 근처에서는 주동 관내토(Active Plug)가 주면마찰력 발현에 크게 기여한 것으로 나타났다. 시험한 모든 말뚝들은 약 90% 정도의 지지력이 주면마찰력에 기인하는 주면마찰지지형 말뚝으로 나타났다. 현장모래지반에서의 탄성변형량(Quake)값과 감쇠계수(Smith Damping)값은 직경에 상관없이 일정하게 나타났는데, 이는 주변 지반의 균질함이 잘 반영된 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.99-110
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• 2010

연구에서는 부주면마찰력이 발생하는 3개 지역 총 16본 말뚝의 현장 계측 자료들을 바탕으로 국내 지반 특성에 맞는 주면마찰계수($\alpha$, $\beta$ 계수)의 분포범위를 압밀도(U)와 역청재(S.L) 도포 유무에 따라 역산정하였다. 역청재 도포 말뚝의 부주면마찰력 저감효과는 50~90% 정도인 것으로 나타났으며, 기존 설계에 사용되던 제안 값과의 비교를 통해, 본 연구에서 산정된 $\alpha$와 $\beta$계수가 적정 범위에 있으며, 그 결과 국내지반조건을 반영한 말뚝의 장, 단기 주면마찰력을 예측할 수 있는 기본자료를 제시하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2022

Urban deep excavation will affect greatly on the deformation of adjacent existing buildings, especially those with shallow foundations. Isolation piles has been widely used in engineering to control the deformation of buildings adjacent to the excavation, but its applicability is still controversial. Based on a typical engineering, numerical calculation models were established and verified through monitoring data to study the influence characteristics of isolation piles on the deformation of existing shallow foundation buildings. Results reveal that adjacent buildings will increase building settlement δ_v and the deformation of diaphragm walls δ_h, while the isolation piles can effectively decrease these. The surface settlement curve is changed from "groove" type to "double groove" type. Sufficiently long isolation pile can effectively decrease δ_v, while short isolation piles will lead to a negative effect. When the building is within the range of the maximum settlement location P, maximum building rotation θ_m will increase with the pile length L and the relative position between isolation pile and building d/D increase (d is the distance between piles and diaphragm walls, D is the distance between buildings and diaphragm walls), instead, θ_m will decrease for buildings outside the location P, and the optimum was obtained when d/D=0.7.