• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2009

Many aspects of the behavior of sands are affected by the content of non-plastic fine particles and these various aspects should be included in a constitutive model for the soil behavior. The fines content affects maximum and minimum void ratios, compressibility, shear strength, and static liquefaction under undrained conditions. Twenty-eight undrained triaxial compression tests were performed on mixtures of sand and fine particles with fines contents of 0, 10, 20, 30, 50, 75, and 100% to study the effects of fines on void ratio, compressibility, and the occurrence of static liquefaction. The experiments were performed at low consolidation pressures at which liquefaction may occur in near-surface, natural deposits. The presence of fines creates a particle structure in the soil that is highly compressible, enhancing the potential for liquefaction, and the fines also alter the basic stress-strain and volume change behavior, which should be modeled to predict the occurrence of static liquefaction in the field. The void ratio at which liquefaction occurs for each sand/fines mixture was determined, and the variation of compressibility with void ratio was determined for each mixture. This allowed a relation to be determined between fines content, void ratio, compressibility, and the occurrence of static liquefaction. Such relations may vary from sand to sand, but the present results are believed to indicate the trend in such relations.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.247-258
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• 2024

Tailings are waste materials of mining operations, consisting of a mixture of clay, silt, sand with a high content of unrecoverable metals, process water, and chemical reagents. They are usually discharged as slurry into the storage area retained by dams or earth embankments. Poor knowledge of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of tailings has often resulted in a high rate of failures in which static liquefaction has been widely recognized as one of the major causes of dam collapse. Many studies have dealt with the static liquefaction of coarse soils in saturated conditions. This research provides an extension to the case of silty tailings in unsaturated conditions. The static liquefaction resistance was evaluated in terms of stress-strain behavior by means of monotonic triaxial tests. Its dependency on the preparation method, the volumetric water content, the void ratio, and the degree of saturation was studied and compared with literature data. The static liquefaction response was proved to be dependent mainly on the preparation technique and degree of saturation that, in turn, controls the excess of pore pressure whose leading role is investigated by means of the relationship between the -B Skempton parameter and the degree of saturation. A preliminary interpretation of the static liquefaction response of Stava tailings is also provided within the Critical State framework.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2015

Piezovibrocones have been developed to evaluate the liquefaction potential of onshore soils, but have not yet been utilized to evaluate the in-situ liquefaction behavior of offshore marine and volcanoclastic sediments. Two static and vibratory CPTu (Cone Penetration Tests) were performed at Tauranga Harbor, New Zealand. The lithology is known from nearby drillholes and the influence of vibration on different types of marine soils is evaluated using the reduction ratio (RR) calculated from static and vibratory CPTu. A sediment layer with high potential for liquefaction and one with a slight reaction to cyclic loading are identified. In addition to the reduction ratio, the liquefaction potential of sediment is analyzed using classic correlations for static CPTu data, but no liquefaction potential was determined. This points to an underestimation of liquefaction potential with the classic static CPTu correlations in marine soil. Results show that piezovibrocone tests are a sensitive tool for liquefaction analysis in offshore marine and volcanoclastic soil.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.193-203
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• 2002

The results of an experimental study on Saemangeum dredged sands are presented. Undrained triaxial compression tests were performed with there different initial relative densities, namely 18, 34, and 50%, intend to evaluate undrained Behavior. All undrained triaxial compression tests were performed under static loading conditions. Undrained triaxial compression tests were exhibited complete static liquefaction, zero effective confining pressure and zero stress difference at lower confining pressures. As confining pressures were increased, the effective stress paths indicated increasing resistance to static liquefaction by showing increasing dilatant tendencies. The fines and larger particles create a particle structure with high compressibility at lower confining pressure. The effect of increasing relative density was to increase the resistance of the sand against static liquefaction by making the sand more dilatant.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.235-244
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• 2001

액상화는 비배수조건에서 흙 강도의 갑작스러운 감소에 기인한다. 이러한 흙 강도의 손실은 과잉간극수압의 발현과 관련된다. 본 연구에서는 최대 및 최소간극비에 영향을 미치는 세립분 함유량이 조사되었다. 또한 포화된 실트질 모래에 대한 정적 및 동적 삼축시험의 결과를 제시하였다. 이들 시험은 액상화강도와 정적 및 동적 거동 특성을 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 시료는 새만금 유역에서 채취되었으며 공기건조되었다. 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) 최대 및 최소간극비선은 유사한 경향으로 나타났다. 2) 최대 및 최소간극비는 20~30%의 세립분 함유량에서 얻어졌다. 3) 구속압력과 과압밀비가 증가할수록 액상화에 대한 저항은 증가하였다. 4) 불안정마찰각은 초기상대밀도의 증가와 함께 커졌다. 5) 유효응력비가 증가함에 따라 액상화에 대한 저항은 감소하였다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2006

This study was carried out to investigate the liquefaction behaviour of saturated silty sand under monotonic loading conditions. The undrained soil tests were conducted using a modified triaxial cell and specimens were prepared using the moisture tamping method. Undrained triaxial compression tests were performed at different confining pressures, void ratios and overconsolidation ratios and the samples were sheared to axial strains of about 20% to obtain monotonic loading conditions. It is shown that increasing confining pressures, void ratios and overconsoildation ratios increases the deviator stress, but it has no effect on increasing the dilatant tendencies. It is shown that complete static liquefaction was observed regardless of increases in the confining pressure, void ratio and overconsolidation ratio. Therefore, the confining pressure, void ratio and overconsoildation ratio does not provide significant effects on the liquefaction resistance of the silty sand. The presence of fines in the soil was shown to greatly increase the potential for static liquefaction and creates a particle structure with high compressibility for all cases.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.355-366
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• 2018

One of the significant problems in the design of onshore pipelines in seismic areas is their stability in case of liquefaction. Several model tests and numerical analyses allow investigating the behavior of pipelines when the phenomenon of liquefaction occurs. While experimental tests contribute significantly toward understanding the liquefaction mechanism, they are costly to perform compared to numerical analyses; on the other hand, numerical analyses are difficult to execute, because of the complexity of the soil behavior in case of liquefaction. This paper reports an overview of the existing computational methods to evaluate the stability of onshore pipelines in liquefied soils, with particular attention to the development of excess pore water pressures and the floatation of buried structures. The review includes the illustration of the mechanism of floating and the description of the available calculation methods that are classified in static and dynamic approaches. We also highlighted recent trends in numerical analyses. Moreover, for the static condition, referring to the American Petroleum Institute (API) Specification, we computed and compared the uplift safety factors in different cases that might have a relevant practical use.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.243-252
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 실트를 포함하는 모래의 액상화강도 및 전단특성을 검토하기 위하여 비배수상태에서 동적 단순전단시험 및 동적 삼축압축시험을 행했다. 그 결과 실트를 포함하는 모래의 액상화강도는 일정한 상대밀도의 조건에서는 실트 함유율 30%정도에서 가장 약한 것으로 판명되었다. 그 원인은 실트 함유량에 따른 DILATANCY 특성의 차에 있는 것으로 판단되며 실트를 포함하는 모래의 DILATANCY 특성을 조사하기 위해 정적 배수 및 비배수 전단시험을 행하였다. 그 결과 액상화강도 특성은 배수 및 비배수 전단특성과 밀접한 상관관계를 나타냈으며, 응력-DILATANCY 관계의 기울기인 ${\lambda}$치와 액상화 강도 사이에 는 깊은 관련성이 있음이 판명되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.63-74
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• 2019

동적원심모형 시험 결과를 기준으로 액상화모델과 응답이력해석 절차에 대한 검증을 시행하였다. 사용된 동적원심모형시험 결과는 LEAP-2017(Liquefaction Experiments Analysis Project)의 일환으로 시행된 결과이다. 시험을 위한 모형지반은 오타와 F-65모래를 이용하여 강성토조 내부 수면아래 상대밀도 55%, 표면경사 5°로 조성되었다. 진폭이 변화하는 주파수 1Hz 사인파형 입력운동을 강성토조 하단에 가진하였다. 수치해석은 원심모형시험의 원형스케일에 대해서 2차원 유한차분 해석기법을 이용하여 수행되었다. 지반은 전단파괴 이전 이력감쇠를 나타내며 전단 파괴기준은 Mohr-Coulomb 모델을 따르도록 모델링 되었다. 정적평형 후 반복하중으로 인한 간극수압의 변화를 묘사하기 위하여 Byrne의 액상화 모델을 적용하였다. 액상화 해석에 적합한 흐름조건을 확인을 위하여 수치해석은 배수 및 비배수 조건으로 시행하였으며, 비배수 해석조건에서 시행된 수치해석결과가 원심모형시험과 유사한 결과를 제시함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제12권11호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2011

모래지반의 액상화 발생 가능성 및 측방유동 평가 방법에 대한 연구는 많이 알려져 있다. 최근에는 비소성 실트의 액상화 발생 가능성에 대해서도 연구하고 있다. 그러나 비소성실트의 동적하중이 작용하는 동안과 그 이후의 거동에 대해서는 세계적으로도 다소 알려져 있을 뿐이다. 특히 비소성실트의 측방유동에 대한 평가방법에 대해서는 거의 알려져 있지 않다. 이에 본 연구에서는 비소성실트지반에서의 액상화 발생 가능성 및 측방유동량의 평가 방법을 제안하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 연구방법은 정적 및 동적 시험을 수행할 수 있는 직접단순전단시험기를 이용하여 동적하중을 받은 비소성실트의 액상화 가능성을 평가하였으며, 그 후 정적 시험을 수행하여 잔류강도를 측정하였다. 이 시험결과 비소성실트는 유효응력이 완전이 소멸되는 것은 곤란하지만 액상화에 거의 가깝게 발생하는 것을 확인하였다. 특히, 전단응력의 증가에 따른 강도저하는 매우 현저한 것을 확인하였다. 이 시험결과를 이용하여 액상화 발생 가능성 및 측방유동량을 추정할 수 있는 방법을 제안하였다.