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2018 Vol.17, Issue 2
Experimental Study on the Reinforcement Effect of Geogrid in Soft Ground Improvement

연약지반 개량시 지오그리드 보강효과에 관한 실험적 연구

Hyeon-Su Ham1
,
Sang Duk Lee1*
함 현수1
,
이 상덕1*
1Member, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Ajou Univ., 206 Worldcup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
* 교신저자* Corresponding Author
30 June 2018. pp. 1-7
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Abstract

The number of construction of roads and railroads in soft ground such as coastal areas and wetlands is getting increased. For this reason cases that soft ground improvement is applied are increasing. In general, many ground improvement methods consider only the working conditions at the time or only economy. But if the working condition and economy are taken into consideration together, the number of applicable construction method gets limited. In such a case, a ground improvement method using both the surface layer portion and the deep layer portion is applied. But the basic research on this is still insufficient in practice. Therefore, in this study the reinforcement effect of geogrid was investigated by carrying out the model test realizing the case in which soft surface ground improvement and depth improvement are simultaneously applied. And it was intened to understand the effect of the thickness of surface layer, the diameter and length of the improvement body on the reinforcement effect of geogrid. The result showed that the effect of the surface layer thickness is greater than the effect of the deep layer diameter. Moreover, when the surface layer is reinforced with a geogrid, the strength of the surface layer part is enhanced and this effect of a geogrid reinforcement caused the reduction of surface settlement.

Keywords
Soft ground
Geogrid
Raft foundation
Settlement

해안지대나 습지와 같은 연약지반에 도로나 철도 건설이 빈번해지면서 이를 위한 연약지반 개량 사례가 증가하고 있다. 일반적으로 연약지반 개량시 작업조건만을 고려하거나 경제성만을 고려한 공법은 다수 존재하나 작업조건과 경제성을 함께 고려할 경우 적용 가능한 공법은 제한적이다. 이러한 경우 표층부와 심층부를 병용하여 개량하는 공법이 적용되어지는데, 이에 대한 기초적인 연구가 부족한 현실이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 연약지반에서 표층부 개량과 심층부 개량을 병용하는 경우에 대해 모형시험을 수행하여 지오그리드 보강 효과를 확인하고자 하였으며, 이때 표층부의 두께, 심층부 개량체의 직경 및 길이가 지오그리드 보강 효과에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 하였다. 그 결과 표층부의 두께가 심층부의 직경보다 보강효과가 크다는 것을 확인하였고, 또한 표층부를 지오그리드로 보강한 경우 표층부의 강도가 증진되어 침하량이 저감됨을 확인하였다.

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  • Publisher :Korean Geosythetics Society
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지반신소재학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국지반신소재학회 논문집
  • Volume : 17
  • No :2
  • Pages :1-7
  • Received Date : 2017-06-16
  • Revised Date : 2017-12-18
  • Accepted Date : 2018-06-19
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.12814/jkgss.2018.17.2.001
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