• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 초청강연 및 논문집
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• pp.111-118
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• 2008

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the overburden effect on soil-water characteristic curve and unsaturated permeability of unsaturated weathered soils. For this, unsaturated suction and permeability tests under various overburden stress were conducted respectively. Then, the coefficient of unsaturated permeability and moisture capacity of weathered soils were estimated and compared. All these results are presented in the paper.

• 토지주택연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2018

The causes of landslides are dependant on rainfall events and the soil characteristics of a slope. For the conventional slope stability, the slope stability analysis has been carried out assuming the saturated soil theory. But, in order to clearly explain a proper soil slope condition by rainfall, the research should be performed using the unsaturated soil mechanism suitable for a soil slope in the field. In the study, by using two major categories of soils in Korea, such as granite and gneiss weathered soils, landslide model test and finite element method have been compared with the difference of seepage and soil stability analysis. The hydraulic conductivity of gneiss weathered soil is slower than that of granite weathered soil, and the gneiss weathered soil contains much finer soils than the granite weathered soil. It was confirmed that the instability of the slope was progressing slowly due to the slow rate of volumetric water content of the surface layer.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.153-163
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• 2020

Laboratory experiments were conducted with two different soil conditions to investigate rainfall infiltration characteristics. The soil layer materials that were tested were weathered granite soil and weathered gneiss soil. Artificial rainfall of 80 mm/hr was reproduced through the use of a rainfall device, and the volumetric water content and matric suction were measured. In the case of the granite soil, the saturation velocity and the moving direction of the wetting front were fast and upward, respectively, whereas in the case of the weathered gneiss soil, the velocity and direction were slow and downward, respectively. Rainfall penetrated and saturated from the bottom to the top as the hydraulic conductivity of the granite soil was higher than the infiltration capacity of the artificial rainfall. In contrast, as the hydraulic conductivity of the gneiss soil was lower than the infiltration capacity of the rainfall, ponding occurred on the surface: part of the rainfall first infiltrated, with the remaining rainfall subsequently flowing out. The unsaturated hydraulic conductivity function of weathered soils was determined and analyzed with matric suction and the effective degree of saturation.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.599-606
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• 2010

It has been reported that many slope failures in unsaturated soils are mainly caused by downward infiltration due to rainfall. The rainfall characteristics could be an important factor, and more predictable slope failures can be achieved by considering more reasonable rainfall conditions. So, a need exists that these trends of infiltration in weathered soils, which is commonly found in Korea, are assessed by considering rainfall conditions based on phenomenological approach. In this paper, numerical analyses of unsaturated soil slope under rainfall conditions are presented based on the soil-water characteristic curve in the laboratory and huff method. Then the performance of unsaturated weathered soil slopes was evaluated under various conditions after applying the effect of overburden pressure on SWCCs and fines contents. The results demonstrated that the rainfall conditions using Huff method can be very effective and the proper application on analysis is very important to enhance the prediction on unsaturated slope stability.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.28-33
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• 2006

Shallow failures of slopes in weathered soils are caused by infiltration due to prolonged rainfall. These failures are mainly triggered by the deepening of the wetting band accompanied by a decrease in suction induced by the water infiltration. In this paper, hysteresis on soil-water characteristic curve(SWCC) of granite and gneiss weathered soils are investigated using transient flow analysis respectively. Each case was subjected to artificial rainfall intensities and time duration depending on the laboratory-based drying and wetting processes. The results show that the unsaturated seepage on weathered slopes are very much affected by the initial suction of soils and unsaturated permeability of the soils. In addition, a granite weathered soil has a lower air-entry value, residual matric suction, and wetting front suction and less hysteresis loop than a gneiss weathered soil.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.334-341
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• 2004

The coefficient of permeability is one of the most important properties in unsaturated soils. The permeability varies with change in the water content as the soil water characteristic curve(SWCC) does. Thus the permeability curve of unsaturated soils has the similar shape with the soil-water characteristic curve(SWCC). Therefore, the methodologies have been studied to simply predict the unsaturated permeability from the SWCC. In this study, the experimental tests of SWCC and permeability were carried out for domestic weathered granite soils. The SWCC test results were fitted to Fredlund and Xing's SWCC equation and then it was found that there are some relationships between the parameters of SWCC equation and the basic soil properties. Accordingly we used an ANN(artificial neural network) model to obtain the SWCC parameters from the basic soil properties. Finally, the coefficients of permeability were predicted from these results by a prediction model.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.49-60
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• 2010

지반의 투수특성은 다양한 지반구조물의 설계 및 해석에서 중요한 지반물성이다. 특히 불포화 상태에서 모관흡수력의 영향을 받으며 모판흡수력 증가에 따라 감소하는 경향은 함수특성 변화와 유사하다. 불포화 투수계수는 실내실험을 통해 직접적으로 구하거나 함수특성곡선으로부터 유추된 이론식을 통해 간접적으로 얻을 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 국내 7개 지역에 대한 시료를 대상으로 함수특성실험과 본 연구에서 개발한 불포화 투수실험 장비를 이용하여 불포화 투수실험을 실시하였다. 지반의 함수상태를 나타내는 함수특성곡선이 불포화 투수계수와 밀접한 관련이 있으므로 함수특성곡선으로부터 불포화 투수곡선을 유추하는 여러 모텔 결과와 실험결과를 비교하였다. 그러나 기존의 추정방법은 국내지반의 투수특성을 잘 표현하지 못하고 있다. 따라서 국내 풍화토의 불포화 투수곡선을 정확히 유추하기 위하여 보정계수를 적용하여 FXK-M 투수모델을 제시하였고 보정계수를 함수특성곡선의 공기함입치로부터 산정할 수 있는 수식을 제안하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.743-750
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• 2002

Unsaturated soil has a possibility to induce a negative pore water pressure. Until now, saturated soil is mainly focused on the research of soil mechanics. Recently, soil mechanics is researched on two major parts such as saturated and unsaturated soil mechanics. Negative pore water pressure has a non-linear relationship with the water content changes. Soil-water characteristic curves of soil in Korea are not determined. There is no proper characteristic value such as air-entry value and residual water content. In this study, the characteristic curves of reclaimed soil, sand, and weathered granite soil were determined by laboratory tests. Air-entry value and residual water content were determined by fitting methods. Soil-water characteristic curves were estimated based on the particle-size distribution and compared with the laboratory test results. The results of soil-water characteristic curves estimation indicated that Fredlund and Wilson's model is excellent for sand and weathered granite soil. Arya and Paris's model is excellent for reclaimed soil.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.5-13
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• 2022

불포화토의 전단 특성 평가는 사면, 제방, 댐 등의 안정성과 투수 특성 평가에 매우 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구에서는 화강풍화토의 불포화 전단특성을 파악하기 위하여 불포화 삼축실험을 수행하였다. 실험에 사용된 시료는 국내에 분포하는 세립분이 다량함유된 SM계열 화강 풍화토이며, 다짐을 통하여 재성형 하였다. 모관 흡수력 및 시료의 밀도에 따른 불포화 전단 특성을 분석하였으며, 전단 과정에서 일정한 모관 흡수력을 유지 하기 위해 압밀-배수삼축실험(CD-test)을 수행하였다. 본 연구결과 화강풍화토 시료의 겉보기마찰각(ϕ^b)과 AEV(Air Entry Value)는 상대밀도가 증가함에 따라 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 그러나 모관흡수력이 증가함에 따라서는 점착력(c) 역시 증가하였지만 내부마찰각(ϕ')은 크게 변함이 없는 것으로 확인 되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2009

강우침투에 의한 사면의 표층파괴는 국내에서도 잘 알려져 있고 이러한 불포화 사면에서의 수리학적/역학적 거동은 매우 복잡하다. 불포화사면에 대한 해석 수행 시, 함수특성곡선은 매우 중요한 지반정수로 활용되고 있는데 풍화사면의 경우 층으로 구성되어 있고 상재하중을 받고 있어 함수특성곡선의 적용시 적절한 상재하중의 효과에 대한 고려가 필요하다. 이러한 상황을 반영하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 풍화토를 대상으로 다양한 조건의 상재하중하에서 함수특성곡선을 획득하였으며 이를 통하여 불포화전단강도를 추정하였다. 또한 상재하중의 영향을 고려하여 불포화풍화사면에 대한 안정성을 평가하였다. 해석 결과 상재하중에 대한 효과는 매우 중요하며 적절한 해석에서의 적용은 사면안정성 예측은 항상 시킬 수 있다고 판단된다.