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Shear Behaviour of Sand-silt Mixture under Low and High Confining Pressures

모래-실트 혼합토의 구속압력에 따른 전단특성 파악

Uk-Gie Kim1*
,
Li Zhuang2
김 욱기1*
,
장 리2
1Post-doctoral Researcher, Geotechnical Engrg. Research Division, KICT
2Researcher Fellow, Geotechnical Engrg. Research Division, KICT
1한국건설기술연구원, 지반연구소, 박사후 연구원
2한국건설기술연구원, 지반연구소, 전임연구원
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
31 March 2015. pp. 27-38
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Abstract

Triaxial tests on sand-silt mixture specimens under low and high confining pressures were performed to understand their shear behaviors. The fines content in the mixture is lower than the threshold value. A series of tests under different conditions including fines contents (0%, 9.8%, 14.7%, 19.6%), density of specimen (controlled by different compaction energies of Ec=22 kJ/m3, Ec=504 kJ/m3), confining pressure (100 kPa, 1 MPa, 3 MPa, 5 MPa) were performed to investigate influences of these factors. Based on the test results, the threshold fines content, where the dominant structure of mixture changes from sand-matrix to fines-matrix, decreases with the increase of confining pressure. Under very high confining pressures, as a result of sand particle crushing, the behavior of the dense specimen is similar to that of the loose specimen which shows hardening, compression behavior, and shear strength increases with increase of fines content. In conclusion, silt is granular material like sand, and its influence on shear behavior of sand-silt mixture is very different from that of plastic fines on sand-fines mixture.

Keywords
Sand-silt mixture
Non-plastic fines content
High confining pressure triaxial test
Shear behavior

본 논문에서는 모래-실트 혼합토의 압력수준별 전단특성을 파악하기 위해 모래가 골격구조를이루는 세립분 함유율의 시료를 이용하여 저압 및 고압 삼축압축시험을 수행했다. 시험조건으로 세립분 함유율(0%, 9.8%, 14.7%, 19.6%), 공시체의 밀도(다짐에너지 22kJ/m3, 504kJ/m3), 구속압(100kPa, 1MPa, 3MPa, 5MPa) 등을 변화시켜가며 각 조건에서 비소성 실트가 혼합토의 전단강도와 거동에 미치는 영향을 조사했다. 시험 결과, 모래의 골격구조에서 세립분 구조로 전환되는 전환 세립분 함유율은 구속압이 높을수록 감소하는 경향을 나타낸다. 구속압력이 높은 고압영역에서의 전단특성은 구속압이 높을수록 조립자의 파쇄로 인하여 조밀한 모래에서도 느슨한 모래와 같은 경화, 수축거동을 나타내고 세립분 함유율이 증가함에 따라 전단강도 또한 증가하였다. 이러한, 비소성 실트가 혼합토의 전단특성에 미치는 영향은 실트도 모래와 같은 입상체이므로 소성점토 혼합토와는 상이한 거동을 나타냄을 알았다.

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  • Publisher :The Korean Geotechnical Society
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지반공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국지반공학회 논문집
  • Volume : 31
  • No :3
  • Pages :27-38
  • Received Date : 2014-12-24
  • Revised Date : 2015-01-22
  • Accepted Date : 2015-02-02
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2015.31.3.27
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