Study on Correlation between Large Earthquake-Induced Underground Structure Uplift and Geological Settings

Gi-Chun Kang; Ji-Seong Kim

doi:10.12814/jkgss.2016.15.4.009

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Study on Correlation between Large Earthquake-Induced Underground Structure Uplift and Geological Settings 대지진에 의한 지하구조물 부상과 지질학적 특성의 상관성 연구

30 December 2016. pp. 9-16

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Abstract

During the 2004 Niigata-ken Chuetsu, Japan, earthquake, more than 1,450 underground structures, known as sewer manhole, were uplifted up to 1.5m in Nagaoka and Ojiya city. The uplift damage can be a serious matter because they not only hinder the flow of wastewater systems, as a part of lifeline systems, but also disturb traffic flows. For restoration works, an open-cut investigation of damaged wastewater system was conducted by the Nagaoka city government. The results from the investigation compiled valuable data sets for buried pipeline damage due to earthquakes. In the present study, the factors affecting the uplift amount of the underground structure is investigated by using the data sets which include locations of damaged sections and inclination of pipeline before and after the earthquake and the SPT borehole logs in the affected area. Correlation analysis between the underground structure uplift and the geological settings in the affected area revealed that ground water depth and original subsoil, including thickness of clay layer, SPT N-value and fill thickness are the key parameters for the uplift phenomenon.

Keywords

Earthquake

Underground structure

Uplift damage

SPT borehole logs

Correlation analysis

2004년 일본의 니가타켄 츄에츠 지방의 나가오카, 오지야시에서 1,450개 이상의 지하구조물이 1.5m까지 부상하였다. 융기손상은 Lifeline 시스템의 일부인 하수 시스템의 흐름뿐만 아니라 교통흐름을 방해로 인해 심각한 문제를 야기 시킨다. 복구 작업의 경우 손상된 하수 시스템의 오픈 컷 조사는 나가오카시 정부에 의해 수행되었다. 지진으로 인한 매설된 파이프 라인의 손상에 대한 중요한 데이터는 조사결과로부터 수집하였다. 본 연구는 지하 구조물의 부상량에 영향을 미치는 요인을 SPT 시추공 logs를 통해 손상된 지역의 위치와 파이프라인의 경사를 포함하는 데이터를 사용하여 조사하였다. 지하구조물의 부상과 영향을 받는 지역의 지질학적 특성 사이의 상관관계 분석을 통해 부상현상의 주요변수는 지하수의 깊이, 원지반에서의 점토층 두께, SPT N값인 것으로 밝혔다.

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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 : 15
No :4
Pages :9-16
Received Date : 2016-09-12
Revised Date : 2016-10-31
Accepted Date : 2016-11-14
DOI :https://doi.org/10.12814/jkgss.2016.15.4.009

Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society ISSN:2508-2876(Print) 2287-9528(Online) 한국지반신소재학회 논문집

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