• 터널과지하공간
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.144-156
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 TBM의 굴진성능 평가를 위한 실내시험 중 하나인 압입시험의 시험과 결과 분석방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 압입시험은 암석의 굴진저항 및 취성도를 나타내는 여러 지수들을 산정하고 이를 통해 TBM의 굴진율 및 추력을 직접적으로 추정할 수 있는 유용한 실험으로 알려져 있으나 국내에서는 아직 관련된 연구가 수행된 바 없으며 규격화된 시험방법이나 결과해석방법 역시 제시되지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 압입시험의 시험 장비를 재구성하여 제작하였고 다양한 조건에 대하여 시험을 수행하여 합리적인 시험방법과 시편의 크기에 대하여 고찰하였다. 또한 국내의 6개 암종에 대하여 압입시험을 수행하고 하중지수의 산정방법에 대하여 연구하였으며 하중지수로써 PLI와 MLI를 제안하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 지수인 PLI와 MLI는 동일한 암종을 대상으로 수행된 선형절삭시험결과와 밀접한 상관관계를 보였으며 하중지수를 통해 개략적으로 예측된 단일 디스크커터의 수직하중은 실험값과 10% 오차를 보였다. 압입시험은 TBM의 성능예측을 위한 유용한 실험법임을 확인할 수 있었으며 본 연구는 이를 위한 기초연구로서 그 활용도가 높을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.30-42
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• 2024

This study examined the jack-up spudcan penetration for a new type of offshore wind substructure newly proposed using the jack-up concept to reduce construction costs. The jack-up spudcan for offshore wind turbines should be designed to penetrate a stable soil layer capable of supporting operational loads. This study evaluated multi-layered soil conditions using centrifuge tests: loose sand over clay and loose sand-clay-dense sand. The penetration resistance profiles of spudcan recorded at the centrifuge tests were compared with the ISO and InSafeJIP methods. In the tests, a spudcan punch-through effect slightly emerged under the sand-over-clay condition, and a spudcan squeezing effect occurred in the clay-over-sand layer. On the other hand, these two effects were not critically predicted using the ISO method, and the InSafeJIP result predicted only punch-through failure. Nevertheless, ISO and InSafeJIP methods were well-matched under the conditions of the clay layer beneath the sand and the penetration resistance profiles at the clay layer of centrifuge tests. Therefore, the ISO and InSafeJIP methods well predict the punch-through effect at the clay layer but have limitations for penetration resistance predictions at shallow depths and strong stratum soil below a weak layer.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.391-399
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• 2020

Brittleness is one of the most important properties of rock which has a major impact not only on the failure process of intact rock but also on the response of rock mass to tunneling and mining projects. Due to the lack of a universally accepted definition of rock brittleness, a wide range of methods, including direct and indirect methods, have been developed for its measurement. Measuring rock brittleness by direct methods requires special equipment which may lead to financial inconveniences and is usually unavailable in most of rock mechanic laboratories. Accordingly, this study aimed to develop a new strength-based index for predicting rock brittleness based on the obtained base form. To this end, an innovative algorithm was developed in Matlab environment. The utilized algorithm finds the optimal index based on the open access dataset including the results of punch penetration test (PPT), uniaxial compressive and Brazilian tensile strength. Validation of proposed index was checked by the coefficient of determination (R²), the root mean square error (RMSE), and also the variance for account (VAF). The results indicated that among the different brittleness indices, the suggested equation is the most accurate one, since it has the optimal R², RMSE and VAF as 0.912, 3.47 and 89.8%, respectively. It could finally be concluded that, using the proposed brittleness index, rock brittleness can be reliably predicted with a high level of accuracy.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.237-248
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• 2014

TBM의 사양을 설계하고 굴진성능을 예측할 때 실대형 선형절삭시험을 통하여 설계변수를 획득하는 것이 매우 효과적인 방법인 것으로 알려져 있다. 하지만 선형절삭시험을 위해서는 대형 시편을 획득하고 큰 하중용량의 시험을 수행하는 과정에서 상당한 비용과 노력이 소모된다는 단점이 있다. 따라서 선형절삭시험을 대체하는 경험적 예측 모델, 즉 CSM모델과 NTNU모델을 사용하여 몇 가지 지수를 산정하고 이로부터 설계변수를 추정하는 경우가 많다. 본 연구에서는 압입시험 및 세르샤 마모시험을 이용하여 TBM의 사양(추력, 토크)과 굴착에 따라 소요되는 디스크 커터의 개수를 추정하는 방법에 대하여 고찰하였다. 압입시험과 세르샤 마모시험은 TBM의 설계 변수를 추정하기 위한 유용한 시험법이나 그 활용법이 연구 되고 있지 못한 실정이다. 이 연구에서는 압입시험과 세르샤 마모시험결과를 간단한 형태의 지수형태로 도출하고 이를 선형절삭시험 및 실제 굴진자료와 비교하여 상관관계를 도출하고 이로 부터 디스크 커터의 작용력 및 수명을 예측하였다. 또한 이 일련의 계산 과정을 프로그램화 하였으며, 터널의 연장 정보, TBM의 기계정보, 구간별 암석의 물성을 입력변수로 하여 구간별 굴진율과 TBM 사양 및 운영조건, 디스크 커터의 소모개수를 예측할 수 있었다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.29-41
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• 2023

암석의 취성은 암석의 파쇄 및 파괴특성에 주요한 영향을 미치는 인자로 알려져 있으나, 현재까지 표준화된 정의가 없고 연구자들은 취성을 정의하기 위한 다양한 취성도의 산정방식을 제안하여 오고 있다. 암석의 드릴링 및 암반의 기계굴착과정에서도 암석의 취성은 기계굴착장비의 굴진효율 혹은 암석의 굴진저항성을 평가하기 위한 중요한 파라미터로 평가되고 있으며, 다양한 취성도와 기계굴착장비의 굴진효율 사이의 상관관계를 규명하려는 연구들이 지속적으로 수행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 압입시험으로부터 암석의 취성도를 산출하기 위한 방법에 대하여 소개하고, 압입시험에서 산정되는 취성도와 기존의 암석의 일축압축강도와 간접인장강도로부터 계산되는 기존의 취성도의 상관관계에 대하여 분석하고자 하였다. 상관관계분석 결과로부터 다양한 취성도들 간의 상관관계를 확인할 수 있었으며, 압입시험으로부터 계산되는 PSI와 BI₃가 기존의 취성도들과 좋은 상관관계를 보임을 확인하였다. 또한 기존의 취성도 중에서는 B₃와 B₄가 암반기계굴착분야에서의 굴진효율 및 굴진저항성을 나타내기에 적합한 취성도인 것으로 판단되었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.279-289
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• 2023

Brittleness index (BI) is an important property of rocks because it is a good index to predict rockburst. Due to its importance, several empirical and soft computing (SC) models have been proposed in the literature based on the punch penetration test (PPT) results. These models are very important as there is no clear-cut experimental means for measuring BI asides the PPT which is very costly and time consuming to perform. This study used a novel Multivariate Adaptive regression spline (MARS), M5P, and white-box ANN to predict the BI of rocks using the available data in the literature for an improved BI prediction. The rock density, uniaxial compressive strength (σ_c) and tensile strength (σ_t) were used as the input parameters into the models while the BI was the targeted output. The models were implemented in the MATLAB software. The results of the proposed models were compared with those from existing multilinear regression, linear and nonlinear particle swarm optimization (PSO) and genetic algorithm (GA) based models using similar datasets. The coefficient of determination (R²), adjusted R² (Adj R²), root-mean squared error (RMSE) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) were the indices used for the comparison. The outcomes of the comparison revealed that the proposed ANN and MARS models performed better than the other models with R² and Adj R² values above 0.9 and least error values while the M5P gave similar performance to those of the existing models. Weight partitioning method was also used to examine the percentage contribution of model predictors to the predicted BI and tensile strength was found to have the highest influence on the predicted BI.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.491-498
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• 2018

The Earth Mechanics Institute (EMI) was established at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in 1974 to develop innovations in rock mechanics research and education. During the last four decades, extensive rock mechanics research has been conducted at the EMI. Results from uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), Brazilian tensile strength (BTS), point load index (PLI), punch penetration (PP), and many other types of tests have been recorded in a database that has been unexamined for research purposes. The EMI database includes over 20,000 tests from over 1,000 different projects including mining and underground construction, and analysis of this database to identify relationships has been started with preliminary results reported here. Overall, statistically significant correlations are identified between bulk density and mechanical strength properties through UCS, BTS, PLI, and PP testing of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. In this paper, bulk density is considered as a surrogate metric that reflects both mineralogy and porosity. From this analysis, sedimentary rocks show the strongest correlation between the UCS and bulk density, whereas metamorphic rocks exhibit the strongest correlation between UCS and PP. Data trends in the EMI database also reveal a linear relationship between UCS and BTS tests. For the singular case of rock coral, the database permits correlations between bulk density of the core versus the deposition depth and porosity. The EMI database will continue under analysis, and will provide additional insightful and comprehensive understanding of the variation and predictability of rock mechanical strength properties and density. This knowledge will contribute significantly toward the increasingly safe and cost-effective geostructures and construction.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.130-135
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• 2012

Hydrogen charging was electrochemically conducted at high strength DP steels and TRIP steel with varying charging time. The penetration depths and the mechanical properties with charging conditions were investigated through the distribution of micro-hardness and the microstructural observation of the subsurface zone. The micro-Vickers hardness was measured to evaluate the hydrogen embrittlement of subsurface zone in addition to the microscope investigation. It was shown that the hydrogen amounts decreased in DP steels and TRIP steel with increasing hydrogen charging time. As shown by micro-Vickers hardness test and small punch test results, micro-Vickers hardness and SP energy for DP steels and TRIP steel decreased with increasing hydrogen charging time, for constant value of charging current density. SEM investigation results for the hydrogen contained samples showed that the major fracture behavior was brittle fracture which results in dimples on fractured surface and the size of dimples were decreased with increasing hydrogen charging time. These results indicate that hydrogen embrittlement is the major cause for the fracture of high strength steels and also micro-Vickers hardness test and small punch test is a valuable test method for hydrogen embrittlement of high strength sheet steels.