• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.219-231
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• 2022

Geotechnical materials such as silt, fine sand, or coarse granular soils may be unstable under undrained shearing or during rainfall infiltration starting an unsaturated state. Some researches are available describing the instability of coarse granular soils in drained or undrained conditions. However, there is a need to investigate the instability mechanism of unsaturated silty soil considering the effect of degree of compaction and net confining stress under partially and fully drained conditions. The specimens in the current study are compacted at 65%, 75%, & 85% degree of compaction, confined at pressures of 60, 80 & 120 kPa, and tested in partially and fully drained conditions. The tests have been performed in two steps. In Step-I, the specimens were sheared in constant water content conditions (a type of partially drained test) to the maximum shear stress. In Step-II, shearing was carried in constant suction conditions (a type of fully undrained test) by keeping shear stress constant. At the start of Step-II, PWP was increased in steps to decrease matric suction (which was then kept constant) and start water infiltration. The test results showed that soil instability is affected much by variation in the degree of compaction and confining stresses. It is also observed that loose and medium dense soils are vulnerable to pre-failure instability i.e., instability occurs before reaching the failure state, whereas, instability in dense soils instigates together with the failure i.e., failure line (FL) and instability line (IL) are found to be unique.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2000년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집 Proceedings of EESK Conference-Fall 2000
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• pp.98-107
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• 2000

Free-field ground motion during earthquake is significantly affected by the local site conditions and it is essential for the seismic design to perform the ground response analysis In this study, ground response analyses based on the equivalent linear method were carried out to evaluate the effects of various ground conditions on the site amplification. Four major factors including the depth of the site(very soft and dense soil), the impedance ratio between soil layer and bed rock, linear analysis versus equivalent linear analysis, and the location of soft soil layer were deeply discussed. Based on the analysis results, the importance of various local site conditions on the site amplification was emphasized.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.316-321
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• 2006

The Prouductivity of pump dredger varies very much depend on soil conditions is one of the main factors affecting construction period. Therefore the acculate evaluation of dredging capability of pump dredger considering soil conditions is a main task in dredging projects. After assesing the results of pump dredging on several Gwangyang port projects, some data of Japan standard for pump dredger are similar to those of actual results and a pump dredging capability table is prepared for future evaluation purposes.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.105-112
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• 1994

A computer program was developed for the simulation of mobility and tractive performance of tracked off-road vehicles. Input parameters for the simulation involve those characterizing track and power drive line of a vehicle and soil conditions upon which the vehicle operates. The simulation predicts tractive performance in terms of soil thrust and motion resistance of track device and mobility performance in terms of the maximum speed, time-distance and time-speed relation that a vehicle can obtain under the given soil conditions. It also determines whether or not the vehicle can move in those conditions. An example of performing simulation was presented and its results showed that the performance prediction was reasonably in a good agreement with the published data.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.179-190
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• 2016

A single rigid footing constructed on sandy-clay soil was modeled and analyzed using FLAC software under static conditions and vertical ground motion using three accelerograms. Dynamic analysis was repeated by changing the elastic and plastic parameters of the soil by changing the percentage of cement grouting (2, 4 and 6 %). The load-settlement curves were plotted and their bearing capacities compared under different conditions. Vertical settlement contours and time histories of settlement were plotted and analyzed for treated and untreated soil for the different percentages of cement. The results demonstrate that adding 2, 4 and 6 % of cement under specific conditions increased the dynamic bearing capacity 2.7, 4.2 and 7.0 times, respectively.

• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2003

Achievements in the real-time soil spectro-photometer are: an improved soil penetrator to ensure a uniform soil surface under high speed conditions, real-time collecting of underground soil reflectance, getting underground soil color images, use of a RTK-GPS, and all units are arranged for compactness. With the soil spectrophotometer, field experiments were conducted in a 0.5 ha paddy field. With the original reflectance, averaging and multiple scatter correction, Kubelka-Munk (KM) transformation as soil absorption, its 1st and 2nd derivatives were calculated. When the spectra was highly correlated with the soil parameters, stepwise regression analysis was conducted. Results include the best prediction models for moisture, soil organic matter (SOM), nitrate nitrogen (NO$_3$-N), pH and electric conductivity (EC), and soil maps obtained by block kriging analysis.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.9-34
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• 2013

Submarine pipelines encounter significant wave forces in shallow coastal waters due to the action of waves. In order to reduce such forces (also to protect the pipe against anchors and dropped objects) they are buried below the seabed. The wave force variation due to burial depends on the engineering characteristics of the sub soil like hydraulic conductivity and porosity, apart from the design environmental conditions. For a given wave condition, in certain type of soil, the wave force can reduce drastically with increased burial and in certain other type of soil, it may not. It is hence essential to understand how the wave forces vary in soils of different hydraulic conductivity. Based on physical model study, the wave forces on the buried pipeline model is assessed for a wide range of wave conditions, for different burial depths and for four types of cohesion-less soils, covering hydraulic conductivity in the range of 0.286 to 1.84 mm/s. It is found that for all the four soil types, the horizontal wave force reduces with increase in depth of burial, whereas the vertical force is high for half buried condition. Among the soils, well graded one is better for half buried case, since the least vertical force is experienced for this situation. It is found that uniformly graded and low hydraulic conductivity soil attracts the maximum vertical force for half buried case. A case study analysis is carried out and is reported. The results of this study are useful for submarine buried pipeline design.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제83권4호
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• pp.473-479
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• 1994

본 연구는 임지의 수저류능력을 토양공극 구분에 의한 실제 이용가능수량으로 평가하여 지속적인 수자원의 확보를 위한 기초자료를 제공할 목적으로 수행하였으며, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 조공극은 임지>임간나지>초지의 순으로 높았고, 토심이 깊을수록 전공극, 조공극, 이용가능수량은 감소하는 반면, 세공극은 점차 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 2. 토양의 공극과 이학적 특성은 지피상태별로 표층(0~20cm)에서 고도의 유의차를 보이는 반면, 토심 20~40cm와 토심 40~60cm에서는 큰 차이가 없었다. 한편, 동일 시험구에서 표층(0~20cm)과 토심 20~40cm와는 큰 차이를 보이나 토심 20~40cm와 토심 40~60cm와는 큰 차이가 없었다. 3. 전 시험구에서 이용가능수량은 조공극과 고도의 상관관계를 나타냈다. 4. 조공극량과 토심을 이용하여 나타낸 이용가능수량으로 각 지피상태별 수저류량 추정모델을 산출할 수 있었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2023

지반구조물의 해석에 있어서 해석의 고려 대상과 분야가 점점 다변화되고 있으며, 특히 지반동결과 관련된 분야에서 지반재료의 열적거동 특성에 대한 예측의 필요성이 중요해지고 있다. 신뢰성 있는 지반의 동결거동 평가를 위해서는 다양한 조건에서의 시료의 유효 열전도도 변화에 대한 고려가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 시료의 간극률, 초기 포화도, Read time 설정을 달리하여 탐침 실험을 수행하였고, 이를 통해 동결 사질토의 유효 열전도도에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 평가하였다. 서로 다른 간극률 조건에서 실험을 수행한 결과, 시료의 간극률이 작을수록 동결토의 유효 열전도도는 증가하는 경향이 나타났다. 반면, 시료의 포화도가 증가할수록 동결토의 유효 열전도도는 증가하였다. 유효 열전도도 측정에 대한 계측기 Read time 설정의 민감도가 존재하였는데, Read time을 1분으로 설정하여 측정하였을 때 측정값의 범위가 국내의 선행연구결과와 유사하게 나타났다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.797-802
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• 2017

This study aimed to remove organic matter and heavy metals that could affect the recycling of soils contaminated by heavy metals, by means of electrolysis, carried out simultaneously with the leaching of the soil. To ensure better experimental equipment, a soil electrolysis apparatus, equipped with spiral paddles, was used to agitate the heavy-metal-contaminated soil effectively. The heavy-metal-contaminated soil was electrolyzed by varying the voltage to 5 V(Condition 1), 15 V(Condition 2), and 20 V(Condition 3), under the optimal operating conditions of the electrolysis apparatus, as determined through previous studies. The results showed that the pH of the electrolyte solution and the heavy-metal-contaminated soil, after electrolysis, tended to decrease with an increase in voltage. The highest removal efficiencies of TOC and $COD_{Cr}$ were 18.8% and 29.1%, 38.8% and 4.2%, and 33.3% and 50.0%, under conditions 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Heavy metals such as Cd and As were not detected in this experiment. The removal efficiencies of Cu, Pb and Cr were 4.7%, 8.3% and 2.1%, respectively, under Condition 1, while they were 42.9%, 15.2% and 22.1%, respectively, under Condition 2, and 4.7%, 23.0%, and 24.9%, respectively, under Condition 3. These results suggest that varying the voltage with the soil electrolysis apparatus for removing contaminants for the recycling of heavy-metal-contaminated soil allows the selective removal of contaminants. Therefore, the results of this study can be valuable as basic data for future studies on soil remediation.