A Study on the Bearing Characteristics of No­grouted and End­compressed Micropile Adopting Wedge Horizontal Force

Gyu-Cheol Hwang; U-Jong Ahn; Jeong-Seob Lee; Ik-Soo Ha

doi:10.7843/kgs.2018.34.3.67

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A Study on the Bearing Characteristics of Nogrouted and Endcompressed Micropile Adopting Wedge Horizontal Force 쐐기수평력을 도입한 무그라우팅 선단압축 마이크로파일의 지지력 특성에 관한 연구

31 March 2018. pp. 67-75

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Abstract

In this study, we developed a micropile equipped with ground fixing wedge device which is able to ensure the bearing capacity early before grouting by expanding the tip and exerting the tip surface friction while compressing and expanding the tip of the micropile during loading. The purpose of this study is to verify the applicability of the developed micropile to the ground with various kinds of strength and to compare its characteristics with those of the simple tip expansion micropile. A new test system including a model soil box which can measure the tip resistance and the tip skin friction separately was devised. The loading test was carried out according to the changes of the ground strength and the tip cross section using the devised test systems. As a result of the test, it was found that the developed micropile increased the tip skin friction due to the wedge horizontal force as the soil strength increased and could be applied more effectively to the ground with the strength not lower than the strength of the weathered rock. In addition, it was found that additional bearing capacity could be obtained due to the tip cross section expansion and the wedge horizontal force exertion even in the ground with the strength below the weathered rock strength.

Keywords

Micropile

Ground fixing wedge device

Wedge horizontal force

Bearing capacity

본 연구에서는 상부하중 재하 시 마이크로파일 선단부가 팽창하면서 확대되어 단부 주변 지반을 압축하고, 이에 따라 주면마찰력이 발휘되어 그라우팅 이전 단계에서도 지지력을 확보할 수 있는 고정지압구가 장착된 마이크로파일을 개발하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 개발된 고정지압구형 마이크로파일의 지반강도에 따른 적용성을 확인하고, 기존의 단순 선단확장형 마이크로파일 대비 지지거동 특성을 비교하는 데에 있다. 이를 위하여 선단저항과 주면저항을 분리하여 측정할 수 있는 모형토조를 포함한 새로운 시험장치를 고안하였으며, 고안된 시험장치를 이용한 지반강도 및 파일의 선단단면 변화에 따른 모형 재하시험을 수행하였다. 시험결과, 개발된 마이크로파일은 지반강도가 클수록 쐐기수평력에 의한 단부 주면마찰력이 더 증가하며, 풍화암 강도 이상 지반에서 더 효과적으로 적용될 수 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 그리고 풍화암 강도 이하의 지반강도 지반에서도 쐐기수평력 발휘에 따른 단부 확경으로 인해 추가적인 지지력 확보 효과가 나타날 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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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 : 34
No :3
Pages :67-75
Received Date : 2018-02-05
Revised Date : 2018-03-01
Accepted Date : 2018-03-07
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2018.34.3.67

Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society ISSN:1229-2427(Print) 2288-646X(Online) 한국지반공학회 논문집

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