Effect of Construction Speed of an Embankment on Lateral Earth Pressure in Clay |
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학술지명 한국지반공학회
저자 김태훈,임은상
발표일 2010-06-30
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When an embankment is constructed on a soft clay ground, the lateral displacement so called as lateral flow is generated in the foundation ground. That is, the lateral flow is caused by interaction of shear deformation and volumetric deformation. It strongly affects stabilities of structures, such as piles, underground pipes, and underground dams. In general, the lateral flow induces the lateral earth pressure. In addition, the lateral flow is influenced by the magnitude and construction speed of the embankment, the geometric conditions and geotechnical characteristics of the embankment, and the foundation ground, and so on. Because of the very complicated behavior of the lateral flow accurate methods for estimating the lateral earth pressure have not ever been established. In this paper, a series of model tests to clarify the effect of construction speed of an embankment on the lateral earth pressure in a foundation ground were designed. It was found that the magnitude and distribution of the lateral earth pressure and their changes with time are dependent on the construction speed of the embankment. It was also found that the lateral earth pressure is generated by excess pore water pressure due to the negative dilatancy induced by shear deformation under the different conditions of construction speeds of embankments. In addition, in this research, FEM based on an elasto-plastic model was carried out to estimate the lateral earth pressure and to study effects of the factors that could not be investigated in the 1-G model tests |