• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2005

The creep resistance of geogrids is one of the most significant long-term safety characteristics used as the reinforcement in slopes and embankments. The failure of geogrids is defined as creep strain greater than 10%. In this study, the accelerated creep tests were applied to polyester geogrids at various loading levels of 30, 50% of the yield strengths and temperatures using newly designed test equipment. Also, the new test equipment permitted the creep testing at or above glass transition temperature($T_g$) of 75, 80, $85^{\circ}C$. The time-dependent creep behaviors were observed at various temperatures and loading levels. And then the creep curves were shifted and superposed in the time axis by applying time-temperature supposition principles. The shifting factors(AFs) were obtained using WLF equation. In predicting the lifetimes of geogrids, the underlying distribution for failure times were determined based on identification of the failure mechanism. The results confirmed that the failure distribution of geogrids followed Weibull distribution with increasing failure rate and the lifetimes of geogrids were close to 100 years which was required service life in the field with 1.75 of reduction factor of safety. Using the newly designed equipment, the creep test of geogrids was found to be highly accelerated. Furthermore, the time-temperature superposition with the newly designed test equipment was shown to be effective in predicting the lifetimes of geogrids with shorter test times and can be applied to the other geosynthetics.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2004년도 정기학술대회
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• pp.227-232
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• 2004

The failure of geogrids can be defined as an excessive creep strain which causes the collapse of slopes and embankments. In this study, the accelerated creep tests were applied to two different types of polyester geogrids, at 75, 80, 85$^{\circ}C$ by applying 50% load of ultimate tensile strengths using a newly designed test equipment which is allowed the creep testing at higher temperatures. And then the creep curves were shifted and superposed in the time axis by applying time-temperature supposition principles. In predicting the lifetimes of geogrids, the underlying distribution for failure times were determined based on identification of the failure mechanism. The results indicate that the conventional procedures with the newly designed test equipment are shown to be effective in prediction of the lifetimes of geogrids with shorter test times. In addition, the predicted lifetimes of geogrids having different structures at various creep strains give guidelines for users to select the proper geogrids in the fields.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1999년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.105-112
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• 1999

In recent the superior economic benefits and the convenience of installation increased the use of geosynthetics, especially geogrids with the effects of high tensile strength. In this study, various tests were conducted to determine the physical and chemical properties of geogrids which contains durability under various critical conditions, creep behavior and the stability for installation damage in fields. With analysis of test results, the partial and total safety factors were determined and presented the long term design strength of flexible geogrids.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.29-40
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• 2004

지오그리드의 장기설계 인장강도는 크리프 변형, 시공시 손상 및 환경적 요인(온도, 화학적 손상, 생물학적 손상)에 영향을 받는다. 특히, 크리프 변형 및 시공시 손상이 가장 크게 영향을 미치는 요인으로서 반영된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내에서 많이 사용되고 있는 6종류의 지오그리드를 대상으로 일련의 현장 내시공성시험 및 크리프시험을 수행하여, 다양한 성토재 종류별 지오그리드의 시공시 강도감소와 크리프 변형 특성을 평가하였다. 연구결과, 지오그리드의 장기 설계인장강도는 지오그리드의 재료 및 제조방식에 크게 영향을 받으며, 최대인장강도의 크기에는 그다지 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2006

다짐조건을 달리하여 3가지 종류 지오그리드의 내시공성을 측정하였다. 이 실험은 ENV ISO 10722-1에 근거하여 실행되었다. 채움재와 관계없이 다짐횟수가 증가할수록 지오그리드의 인장강도는 감소하였으며, 지오그리드 종류에 따라 감소되는 경향이 다르게 나타남을 알 수 있었다. Woven 및 warp-knitted type 지오그리드의 경우 접합형 지오그리드에 비해 더 큰 감소경향을 나타내었다.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2005년도 학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.69-73
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• 2005

The failure of geogrids used for soil reinforcement application can be defined as an excessive creep strain which causes the collapse of slopes and embankments. Accordingly, the lifetime is evaluated as a time to reach the excessive creep strain using two accelerated creep testing methods, time-temperature superposition(TTS) and stepped isothermal methods(SIM). TTS is a well-accepted acceleration method to evaluate creep behavior of polymeric materials, while SIM was developed in the last ten years mainly to shorten testing time and minimize the uncertainty associated with inherent variability of multi-specimen tests. The SIM test is usually performed using single rib of geogrids for temperature steps of $14^{\circ}C$ and a dwell time of 10,000 seconds. However, for multi-ribs of geogrids, the applicability of the SIM has not been well established. In this study, the creep behaviors are evaluated using multi-ribs of polyester geogrids using SIM and TTS creep procedures and the newly designed test equipment. Then the lifetime of geogrids are predicted by analyzing the failure times to reach the excessive creep strains through reliability analysis.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2006년도 학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.158-164
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• 2006

The creep behavior of newly developed composite geogrids which consists of PET yarns sheathed in PP were evaluated using SIM. For the SIM procedure, three test parameters, the applied loads, temperature steps and number of ribs were investigated, The study confirmed that temperature steps of 10 and 14$^{\circ}C$ up to 80$^{\circ}C$ are applicable for composite geogrids due to the different transition temperatures between two materials. At applied loads of 40 and 50%, only primary creep state was measured, while secondary creep state appeared at the applied loads of 60%, The lifetimes of composite geogrids were estimated at each of loading level using statistical reliability analysis technique. The results show that the lifetimes longer than 100 years can be predicted within 16 hours. Therefore, SIM is very effective and economical accelerated creep test methods, especially for lifetime prediction. This gives guidelines for users to select the appropriate factor of safety against creep considering the field condition within shorter test times.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2007

실내 시험기에 의하여 3가지 타입의 지오그리드의 시공 시 손상을 압밀조건에 따라 평가하였다. 이 실험은 ENV ISO 10722-1에 근거하여 실행되었다. 우선 실험에 사용된 흙 입자의 입도분석과 함수비를 측정하였다. 그리고 내시공성에 영향을 주는 인자로서 반복하중과 지오그리드의 타입을 변화시켰다. 실험에 사용된 시료는 6, 8, 10T woven, warp-knitted, welded type의 지오그리드이다. 이 실험은 반복하중과 감소계수의 관계를 설명하기 규명하기 위하여 진행되었다. 실험 결과 반복하중은 지오그리드의 손상과 밀접한 관련이 있었다. 특히, welded type의 지오그리드의 경우는 다른 종류의 지오그리드보다 더 낮은 감소경향을 보였는데 이는 coating material 때문이다. 즉 welded type의 지오그리드는 피복 재료가 PP이나 나머지 다른 두 종류의 경우 PVC로 되어있다. 다짐 횟수 이외의 감소 계수를 측정하기 위하여 실험을 하였다. 흙 입자의 크기가 9.5mm이상 23.5mm이하인 자갈을 가지고 다시 내시공성 시험을 하였다. 시료 포설 전 흙의 다짐 횟수를 200회로 하였으며, 그 이유는 이때의 감소계수가 다른 조건보다 더 크기 때문이었다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2005

Geosynthetic reinforcements may be damaged during its installation in the filed. The installation damage mainly depends on two factors such as materials used and construction activities. This paper describes the results of a series of field tests, which are conducted to assess the installation damage of geogrid according to different maximum grain sizes of fills (40, 60, and 80 mm). These tests are done in three sites for twelve different kinds of geogrids. After field tests, the changes in tensile strength of the geogrids is determined from wide width tensile tests using both damaged and undamaged specimens. In the results of tests, tensile strength of the relatively flexible geogrids after field installation tests was decreased about from 20% to 40% according to the increment of the maximum grain size. On the other hand, for the relatively stiff geogrids, the loss of the tensile strength after site installation was examined below 5.2% independent of the maximum grain size of the soils. The results of this study show that the installation damage significantly depends on the stiffness of geogrid and is more obvious to a flexible geogrid and a fill material having higher maximum grain size.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.153-161
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• 2005

시공 시 손상 및 크리프 변형의 복합효과가 지오그리드의 장기설계인장강도에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여, 세 종류의 지오그리드를 대상으로 일련의 현장 내시공성시험 및 크리프시험을 수행하였다. 연구결과, 지오그리드의 시공시 손상 및 크리프 변형 특성은 지오그리드의 재질 및 제조방법에 크게 영향을 받으며, 시공 중 지오그리드의 인장강도감소가 클수록, 시공 시 손상과 크리프 변형의 복합효과가 미치는 영향이 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 또한 지오그리드의 인장강도 감소계수를 영향인자별로 각각 산정하여 장기설계인장강도를 평가하도록 되어 있는 현행 설계법은, 지오그리드의 시공 시 손상과 크리프 변형의 복합효과를 고려하여 강도감소계수를 산정하는 방법에 비해 지오그리드의 강도감소계수를 안전측으로 산정하는 것으로 평가되었다.