• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.585-599
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• 2015

Laboratory model tests were conducted to investigate the effect of surcharge loading rate on the magnitude of lateral displacement of prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) improved deposit. The test results indicate that under the condition that the system had sufficient factor of safety (FS) ($FS{\geq}1.2$), for the similar model ground under the same total applied surcharge load, the lateral displacement increases with the increase of loading rate. The test results have been used to check the validity of a previously proposed method for predicting the maximum lateral displacement, and it shows that the data points are around the middle line of the predicted range, which supports the usefulness of the proposed method. The basic idea of the prediction method is an empirical relationship between the normalized lateral displacement (NLD) and a ration of load to the undrained shear strength of the deposit (RLS). The model test results offer some modifications of the NLD-RLS relationship: (1) instead of a bilinear relationship, NLD-RLS relationship may be entirely nonlinear; (2) the upper bound value of RLS for the proposed method can be used may be limited to 2.1 instead of the originally proposed value of 3.0.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.239-249
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• 2018

연약점토 지반 개량을 위해 연직배수재 타설 후 선행재하공법이 일반적으로 적용되는데, 현장에서의 시공계획 변경 등으로 인해 연직배수재 타설 후 장기간 방치되는 경우가 종종 발생된다. 따라서 장기간 방치된 조건에서의 연직배수재 열화 현상을 고려하기 위해 구속압으로 적용되는 수온을 각각 30, 35, $40^{\circ}C$를 적용하였다. 그 결과, 시간경과에 따라 배수성능이 급격히 저하되는 경향을 나타냈다. 그리고 현장 원위치 조건, 즉, 점토 구속조건하에서 장기간 통수능 저하 정도를 평가하기 위하여 Miura와 Chai(2000)식을 적용하였다. 그 결과, 온도 변화 조건에서 수행된 통수능 시험결과를 이용한 신뢰성 해석 방법과 Miura와 chai(2000)식을 적용하여 장기 통수능을 평가할 수 있는 것으로 평가되었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.447-462
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• 2019

The vacuum preloading method has been used in many countries for ground improvement and land reclamation works. A sand cushion is required as a horizontal drainage channel for conventional vacuum preloading. In terms of the dredged-fill foundation soil, the treatment effect of the conventional vacuum preloading method is poor, particularly in Tianjin, China, where a shortage of sand exists. To solve this problem, straight-line vacuum preloading without sand is widely adopted in engineering practice to improve the foundation soil. Based on the engineering properties of dredged fill in Lingang City, Tianjin, this paper presents field instrumentation in five sections and analyzes the effect of a prefabricated vertical drain (PVD) layout and a vacuum pumping method on the soft soil ground treatment. Through the arrangement of pore water pressure gauges, settlement marks and vane shear tests, the settlement, pore water pressure and subsoil bearing capacity are analyzed to evaluate the effect of the ground treatment. This study demonstrates that straight-line vacuum preloading without sand can be suitable for areas with a high water content. Furthermore, the consolidation settlement and consolidation degree system is developed based on the grey model to predict the consolidation settlement and consolidation degree under vacuum preloading; the validity of the system is also verified.