모래다짐말뚝은 압밀침하촉진과 지지력향상을 도모할 수 있는 연약지반 개량공법으로 그 사용성이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 실내시험과 3-D 유한요소해석을 수행하여 $30-40\%$의 저치환율 모래다짐말뚝의 하중전이특성을 고찰해본다. 또한, 이러한 연구결과는 실험치와의 검증을 통하여 모래다짐말뚝 하중전이특성평가를 위한 간편법을 제시하는데 사용되었다.
Sand Compaction Pile (SCP) is a soft-ground improvement technique used for not only accelerating consolidation but also increasing bearing capacity of soils. In this study, laboratory tests and 3-D finite element analysis were peformed to investigate the characteristics of load transfer in SCP with an emphasis on free-strain behavior of piles with low replacement ratios in the range of 30 to $50\%$. Through these focused tests and numerical analyses, we proposed a simplified method to analyze the load transfer characteristics of SCP in soft ground. Moreover, it was shown that estimated normal stresses in SCP using the proposed method were in a reasonable agreement with actual values.
