In order to accelerate the biodegradation of easily organic materials in landfilled waste before excavating a closed solid waste landfill and prevent to be dried the landfilled wastes at the same time, this study has suggested the Dual Step Biostabilization System (DSBS), which could inject air with dry fog into its body. In addition, the applicability of the DSBS was estimated by means of field test at a closed landfill. As a result of field test, the reduction of oxygen consumption rate for landfilled wastes (48%) stabilized by air with dry fog was higher than that of landfilled wastes (38%) stabilized by only air. Three lysimeter experiments were, also, performed for the landfilled wastes sampled from the closed landfill. The production of cumulative carbon dioxide for landfilled wastes stabilized by air with dry fog was estimated to be highest (1,144.8 mL). In case of lysimeter that moisture was not introduced was found to be 1,051.9 mL, while another lysimeter that moisture was introduced through horizental trenches was 1,095.8 mL. It is clear that the DSBS can accelerate the biodegradation of organic compounds. In terms of volatile solids, the reduction amount of volatile solids for air with dry fog was higher than that of the other conditions.
According to the test result with a non-seismic reinforced concrete specimen with one span and one story, it was considered that the method of simply measuring a story drift ratio using a sinker was comparatively effective for comparatively damaged members when evaluating the post-earthquake safety of buildings.
In this study, after performing a full-scale dynamic testing of unreinforced masonry buildings, the experimental results and developed seismic performance evaluation program of existing unreinforced masonry buildings were verified by comparing the results of the program.
This paper presents the optimized design of PSC Girder Railway bridges using 2,160/2,400MPa PS strand and their economic benefits. Original structural design on the bridges using 1860MPa was reviewed in order to compare the values from the design with the optimization results.
In this study, compressive capacity of a new form-block-wall (FBW) was studied through both the prism test and compressive strength test for single form-block. In the experiment, main variables are the difference in mix design of block and in strength of grout concrete. The result of prism test showed that the compressive strength of FBW was largely influenced by the strength of grout concrete while it was not influenced by the block‘s mix design difference.
In this study, concrete fracture energy was obtained using Hillerboug's three point notched beam test. Total of 12 notched concrete beams were tested under the two different loading conditions: constant stroke control and constant CMOD control. Even though individual fracture energies obtained from two different loading condition show some of variations, averaged fracture energy from both loading condition were very similar.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of crack and water cement ratio on concrete carbonation. The influence factors of concrete carbonation were verified through the laboratory experiments considering crack width and depth of concrete. From this study, a method for evaluating of concrete carbonation with crack is suggested.
Damage of pavement over corrugated steel plate culvert with shallow cover was analyzed by filed investigation and numerical analysis. Field measurement showed that the flexible culvert was within the deformation limit and was structurally stable. Numerical analysis showed that deformation of culvert at the crest during the passage of heavy vehicle was about 2.72mm while the thrust and moment within the structure was far below the allowable value. It is concluded that the pavement was damaged by the cyclic deformation of culvert by the heavy vehicle.
The local displacement in the downstream of the embankment dam has been observed since the 2nd precise inspection was investigated. It appears that this displacement is caused by the differential settlement on the different properties of the zone during the construction. Therefore, using the advanced inspection method of the 3D scanning determines whether to proceed with the displacement. In this study, reviewing a field application and analyzing results of the 3D scanning method are drowned a conclusion for improvement in the inspection and maintenance method on the Rock-fill type embankment dam.
In this study, lateral movement of 78 single-span bridge abutment was investigated. The result showed that the movements were commonly within the range of 10 ~ 30mm. It is recommended that the clearance between the slab and the backwall should be adjusted to accept the movement of the abutment.