• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.201-210
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• 2022

This paper presents a study regarding the influence of various water levels on the characteristics of subgrade mud pumping through a self-developed test instrument. The characteristics of mud pumping are primarily reflected by axial strain, excess pore water pressure, and fine particle migration. The results show that the axial strain increases nonlinearly with an increase in cycles number; however, the increasing rate gradually decreases, thus, an empirical model for calculating the axial strain of the samples is presented. The excess pore water pressure increases rapidly first and then decreases slowly with an increase in cycles number. Furthermore, the dynamic stress within the soil first rapidly decreases and then eventually slows. The results indicate that the axial strain, excess pore water pressure, and the height and weight of the migrated fine particles decrease significantly with a low water level. In this study, when the water level is 50 mm lower than the subgrade soil surface, the issue of subgrade mud pumping no longer exist.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1999.03a
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• pp.415-422
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• 1999

A series of crosshole tests was conducted to evaluate the mechanical characteristics of railway subgrade materials which has been experiencing mud-pumping. The shear wave velocity profiles of mud-pumped sites were compared with those of adjacent intact sites. The shear wave velocities of mud-pumped layers are less than 150 m/sec.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1999.03a
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• pp.463-470
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• 1999

The railroad transportation system has more advantages over other transportation systems in terms of low cost, safety and mass transportation The development in economy and social environments lead to the increase of the transportation between cities. As a result, the increased capacity of transportation system is required and maintenance of transportation facilities becomes more important, In the railroad system mud-pumping is one of the troubles to cause distortion of rails and progressive disrupture of subgrade. h this study, SASW measurements were performed to investigate stiffness structures at the sites with mud-pumping and without mud-pumping, Comparison of the stiffness structures revealed the mechanism of mud-pumping and provided information to choose measures for the mud-pumping.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.987-993
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• 2004

The status of mud-pumping in the existing railroad lines were investigated and real-scale tests simulating mud-pumping phenomena were carried out to analyze its mechanism. The penetration of ballast material into the subgrade and the cause of mud-pumping are explored. The results of the investigation and tests will be used to develop the new method and materials for the prevention of mud-pumping.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.627-636
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• 2023

The essence of subgrade mud pumping under train load is the migration of fine particles in subgrade soil. The migration of fine particles will change the pore structure of overlying ballast, thus affecting the mechanical properties and hydraulic properties of ballast layer. It is of great theoretical significance and engineering value to study the effect of fine particle migration on the pore structure of ballast layer under cyclic loading. In this paper, a tailor-made subgrade mud pumping test model and an X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning equipment were used to study the influence of migration of fine particles in subgrade soil on the pore parameters (plane porosity, volume porosity, pore distribution and pore connectivity) of overlying ballast under cyclic loading. The results show that the compression of ballast pores and the blockage of migrated fine particles make the porosity of ballast layer decreases gradually. And the percentage of small pores in ballast layer increases, while the percentage of large pores decreases; the connectivity of pores also gradually decreases. Based on the test results, an empirical model of ballast porosity evolution under cyclic loading is established and verified.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.128-136
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• 2005

The reinforcing subgrade, which first introduced Korea for the highspeed subgrade construction, has the many advantages to maintain the quality of ballast track as well as to prevent the softening of subgrade by mud-pumping. It causes the subgrade soil to spout into the ballast on many lines. Therefore, the application of reinforcing subgrade will be expected to increase in the future. This paper introduces the reinforcing subgrade as a maintenance-free technology f3r the railroad operation and the method f3r the determination of reinforcing subgrade depth. The criteria on reinforcing subgrade depths of highspeed and conventional railroad were verified from the calculation results based on an elastic analysis method.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.627-632
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• 2005

The reinforcing subgrade has the many advantages to maintain the quality of ballast track. It has also the function to prevent the softening of subgrade by mud-pumping. Therefore, active application of it is being expected for the future constructions of Korean railroad. In this paper, behaviors of the reinforced subgrade applied to conventional railroad were investigated through 3-D numerical analyses. The applicability of the reinforced subgrade to conventional railroad was evaluated by analyzing the distributions of the settlements and vertical stress of reinforced subgrade.