• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1999년도 토목섬유 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.69-83
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• 1999

Soil-reinforced segmental retaining walls(SRW) have been proven to be high earthquake-resistant structure during recent earthquakes in United States and Japan. The mechanicals behavior of the SRWs under seismic loading, however, has not been fully understood. Although the seismic design issues for the civil engineering structures have gained much attention in Korea due to the increase in frequency of earthquake occurrence, the seismic design for the SRWs has not been being implemented. This study has been undertaken with the aim of developing a more rational seismic design/analysis method for soil-reinforced segmental retaining walls. This paper present fundamentals of current seismic design/analysis method and the results of a comparative study between NCMA and FHWA design guidelines, Practical implications of the findings from this study are discussed in great detail.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.13-26
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 최근 보강토 옹벽의 보강재와 시공법에 대한 국산화에 대한 요구로 전면벽체나 토목섬유 등을 대체할 수 있는 공법에 대한 개발 수요가 많아짐에 따라 경제적이고, 안정한 블록식 보강토 옹벽의 개발을 실시하고, 새롭게 고안된 블록식 보강토 옹벽에 대해 수치해석을 실시하여 거동특성에 대해 분석하였다. 제안된 보강토 옹벽은 첫째, 블록에 전단키를 두어 벽체를 일체화 하였으며, 둘째, 이론적인 파괴면에 보강재를 집중적으로 시공하여 전단 파괴면을 보강함으로써 옹벽의 안정성을 만족시키는 공법이다. 블록식 옹벽의 거동 특성을 분석하기 위해 해석에서 보강재의 사용 요소는 cable 요소와 strip 요소에 대해 수치해석을 실시하였으며, 보강재 길이, 간격, 블록의 일체화의 조건을 변화하여 해석하였다. 이러한 조건으로 해석한 결과 파괴면만 보강하는 경우보다 전면 벽체 블록과 체결을 위해 긴 보강재를 설치하는 경우가 보강효과를 증가시키고, 변위를 많이 구속할 수 있는 것으로 판단되었으며, 전면 벽체와 체결과 함께 일체화를 고려하기 위해 전단키를 설치하는 경우가 벽체를 개별요소로 해석한 경우보다 변위 구속효과가 있었다. 또한, 긴 보강재를 1간격과 2간격으로 시공한 경우의 발생 변형량은 AASHTO의 시공중 허용 발생변형량에 비해 작게 발생되어 본 연구에서 제안한 공법은 구조물의 중요도에 따라 보강재의 간격을 달리하여 현장에 적용할 수 있는 안정한 공법으로 판단된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.763-783
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• 2016

A methodology based on Teaching Learning-Based Optimization (TLBO) algorithm is proposed for optimum design of reinforced concrete retaining walls. The objective function is to minimize total material cost including concrete and steel per unit length of the retaining walls. The requirements of the American Concrete Institute (ACI 318-05-Building code requirements for structural concrete) are considered for reinforced concrete (RC) design. During the optimization process, totally twenty-nine design constraints composed from stability, flexural moment capacity, shear strength capacity and RC design requirements such as minimum and maximum reinforcement ratio, development length of reinforcement are checked. Comparing to other nature-inspired algorithm, TLBO is a simple algorithm without parameters entered by users and self-adjusting ranges without intervention of users. In numerical examples, a retaining wall taken from the documented researches is optimized and the several effects (backfill slope angle, internal friction angle of retaining soil and surcharge load) on the optimum results are also investigated in the study. As a conclusion, TLBO based methods are feasible.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.3-15
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• 2004

1990년대 후반부터는 시공의 간편성과 유연한 벽면 형상이 가능한 블럭식 보강토 옹벽의 시공사례가 급격히 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 그러나, 기존의 연구자료와 비교해 볼 때 블럭의 형태, 보강재, 보강재와 블록의 연결형태, 뒤채움재에 따라 상이한 거동을 할 개연성이 있다. 따라서, 이 연구는 블럭식 보강토 옹벽의 거동을 수평 수직 토압계, 경사계, 침하판, 스트레인 게이지, 변형핀 등의 계측기를 설치하여 시공중과 시공후의 보강토 옹벽의 거동을 평가하였다. 또한, 현장에 적용된 보강토 옹벽의 설계 프로그램인 SRWall에 의해 산정된 안전율과 이론에 의해 도출된 안전율을 상호 비교함으로써 현장 계측결과와 설계프로그램에 의한 안전성을 검증하였다. 9개월 동안의 현장계측을 통한 연구 결과를 종합해보면, 블럭식 보강토 옹벽은 양호한 다짐관리와 시공기간의 장기화로 인한 변위는 매우 미미한 것으로 판명되었다. SRWall을 활용하여 도출한 안전율과 보강토 옹벽의 안전율을 평가한 결과 이론에 의해 도출한 안전율과 유사한 것으로 판명되었다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집(I)
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• pp.620-625
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• 2002

In this study, the simulated cyclic train loading test was carried out in order to investigate the dynamic behavior in/at the block type reinforced earth retaining wall. The results in this test were compared with unreinforced and reinforced case, respectively. It was shown that we confirmed the correlation between earth pressure and displacement, the confining effect of wall displacement by the effect of geogrid.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.1562-1571
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• 2005

The use of geogrid for SRW systems and bridge abutment has increased rapidly over the past 10 years in Korea. The concept of segmental retaining walls and reinforced soil is very old and for example The Ziggurats of Babylonia(i.e. Tower of Babel) were built some 2,500 to 3,000 years ago using soil reinforcing methods very similar to those described in current design. Modern SRW(Semental Retaining Wall) units were introduced in 1960's as concrete crib retaining wall systems. In this paper, the friction properties between segmental concrete units and geogrid are investigated by performing various tests.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.757-774
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• 2016

Soils are usually weak in tension therefore different materials such as geosynthetics are used to address this inadequacy. Worldwide annual consumption of geosynthetics is close to $1000million\;m^2$, and the value of these materials is probably close to US$1500 million. Since the total cost of the construction is at least four or five times the cost of the geosynthetic itself, the impact of these materials on civil engineering construction is very large indeed. Nevertheless, there are several significant problems associated with geosynthetics, such as creep, low modulus of elasticity, and susceptibility to aggressive environment. Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) was introduced over two decades ago in the field of structural engineering that can also be used in geotechnical engineering. CFRP has all the benefits associated with geosynthetics and it boasts higher strength, higher modulus, no significant creep and reliability in aggressive environments. In this paper, the performance of a CFRP reinforced retaining wall is investigated using the finite element method. Since the characterization of behavior of soils and interfaces are vital for reliable prediction from the numerical model, soil and interface properties are obtained from comprehensive laboratory tests. Based on the laboratory results for CFRP, backfill soil, and interface data, the finite element model is used to study the behavior of a CFRP reinforced wall. The finite element model was verified based on the results of filed measurements for a reference wall. Then the reference wall simulated by CFRP reinforcements and the results. The results of this investigations showed that the safety factor of CFRP reinforced wall is more and its deformations is less than those for a retaining wall reinforced with ordinary geosynthetics while their construction costs are in similar range.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1996년도 토목섬유(Geosymthetics) 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.43-54
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• 1996

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.1038-1045
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• 2006

The Green Wall is highest eco-system among a segmental retaining wall systems. Recently, the demand of high segmental retaining wall (SRW) is increased in domestic. The soil nailing system is applied in order to maintain the high SRW stability for steeper slope. However, the proper design approach that can consider the earth pressure reduction effects in soil nailing system has not been proposed. This study was performed to introduce the design case by 'Two-Body Translation mechanism' to be able to consider distribution of earth pressure in the soil nailing when designing the green wall using soil nailing system. Also, this study attempts to evaluate the earth pressure change when advanced soil nailing system is constructed using $FLAC^{2D}$ ver. 3.30 program and 'Two-Body Translation mechanism'. Also in this study, various parametric studies using numerical methods as shear strength reduction (SSR) technique and limit equilibrium technique were carried out. In the parametric study, the length ratio and the bond ratio of the soil nailing were changed to identify the earth pressure reduction effect of the retaining wall reinforced by soil nailing.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.541-548
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• 2002

This paper presents the results of stability analyses on soil-reinforced segmental retaining walls in a tiered arrangement. As-built design sections of four different walls were analyzed within the context of the limit equilibrium-based current design guidelines. The appropriateness of the original designs were then evaluated. Slope stability analyses against the compound failure mode, which Is frequently Ignored during design, were additionally peformed based on the method recommended by FHWA design guideline. The results indicate that the as-built designs of most of the walls examined do not meet the minimum factors of safety for the external and internal stabilities, and for the compound failure mode. The implications of the findings from this study are discussed.