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2015 Vol.14, Issue 1
Development of Nonlinear Spring Modeling Technique of Group Suction Piles in Clay

점성토 지반에 근입된 그룹 석션파일에 대한 비선형 스프링 모델링 기법 개발

Si-Hoon Lee1
,
Ju-Hyung Lee2
,
Tran Xuan Nghiem3
,
Sung-Ryul Kim4*
이 시훈1
,
이 주형2
,
Nghiem Tran Xuan3
,
김 성렬4*
1Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, Dong-A University
2Research Fellow, Geotechnical Engineering Research Division, KICT
3Master Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Dong-A University
4Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Dong-A University
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
30 March 2015. pp. 1-10
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Abstract

Recently, several researches on the development of new economical anchor systems have been performed to support floating structures. This study focused on the group suction piles, which connect mid-sized suction piles instead of a single suction pile with large-diameter. The group suction pile shows the complex bearing behavior with translation and rotation, so it is difficult to apply conventional design methods. Therefore, the numerical modeling technique was developed to evaluate the horizontal bearing capacity of the group suction piles in clay. The technique models suction piles as beam elements and soil reaction as non-linear springs. To analyze the applicability of the modeling, the horizontal load-movement curves of the proposed modeling were compared with those of three-dimensional finite element analyses. The comparison showed that the modeling underestimates the capacity and overestimate the displacement corresponding to the maximum capacity. Therefore, the correction factors for the horizontal soil resistance was proposed to match the bearing capacity from the three-dimensional finite element analyses.

Keywords
Suction pile
Group pile
Bearing capacity
Numerical analysis
Floating structure

최근 해양구조물의 건설이 활발해짐에 따라 해상 부유식 구조체를 경제적으로 지지할 수 있는 새로운 앵커형식을 개발하려는 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 대구경 단일형 석션파일 대신에 다수의 중구경 석션파일을 콘크리트 파일캡으로 결합한 그룹 석션파일에 대하여 연구하였다. 그룹 석션파일은 이동과 회전이 함께 발생하는 복잡한 지지거동을 보이기 때문에 일반적인 설계법을 적용하기 어렵다. 그러므로, 본 연구에서는 점성토 지반에 근입된 그룹 석션파일의 수평방향 지지력을 산정하는 수치 모델링 기법을 개발하였다. 본 기법은 파일을 보요소, 주변지반의 저항력을 비선형 스프링으로 모사한다. 본 기법의 적용성을 분석하기 위하여 동일한 조건에 대하여 3차원 유한요소해석을 수행하여 수평방향 하중-변위 곡선을 서로 비교하였다. 비교결과, 제안된 기법이 지지력을 과소평가하고 최대 지지력이 발생하는 변위는 크게 산정하는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로, 유한요소해석 결과를 실제거동을 모사할 수 있는 정밀해로 가정한 후 개발된 설계 모델링 기법의 결과를 보정할 수 있는 지반저항력 보정계수를 제안하였다.

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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 : 14
  • No :1
  • Pages :1-10
  • Received Date : 2014-12-01
  • Revised Date : 2014-12-24
  • Accepted Date : 2014-12-26
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.12814/jkgss.2015.14.1.001
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