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Structural-Health Evaluation for Core Zones of Fill Dams in Korea using Electrical Resistivity Survey and No Water Boring Method

전기비저항 탐사와 무수보링을 이용한 국내 필 댐 코어존의 건전성 평가

  • Lee, Sangjong (Infrastructure Construction Team, K-water Youngju Dam Construction Office) ;
  • Lim, Heuidae (Department of Civil Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Park, Dongsoon (Infrastructure Research Center, K-water Research Institute)
  • Received : 2015.05.12
  • Accepted : 2015.07.17
  • Published : 2015.08.01
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Abstract

Electrical resistivity survey (2D and 3D) were employed for detection of possible weak zone of core zones of three central core earth-rockfill dams in Korea. In the 2D results, the core zones is lower resistivity zone with less than $50{\sim}400ohm{\cdot}m$, and the basement is relatively higher resistivity zone with over $1,000ohm{\cdot}m$. In the 3D results, especially, the weak zone with under $100ohm{\cdot}m$ was detected spatial distribution area in the dam. We also drilled boreholes to collect soil samples of core zones of each dam. Water was not used during boring, because water for rotary wash boring could cause structural damages in earth dams. We found that the soil samples of core zones from all of the boreholes correspond to CL (USCS), but we also found that the fluidized or water-saturated soil samples were found in lower resistivity zones. Therefore, the electrical resistivity survey and drilling method without water are a quick and efficient method for structural-health evaluation which is detection of possible weak zones in earth core rockfill dams.

본 연구에서는 국내 3개 필 댐의 ECRD(Earth Core Rock-fill Dams) 댐체의 코어존에 대한 건전성 평가를 목적으로 2차원 및 3차원 전기비저항 탐사를 수행하였다. 2차원 전기비저항 탐사 결과, 대부분의 점토재로 축조된 코어존은 $50{\sim}400ohm{\cdot}m$ 이하의 저비저항대로 나타났으며, 그 하부의 기반암은 $1,000ohm{\cdot}m$ 이상의 고비저항대로 나타났다. 또한 3차원 전기비저항 탐사 결과에 의하면 코어존의 연약대로 판단되는 $100ohm{\cdot}m$ 이하의 저비저항대의 공간적인 분포영역을 확인할 수 있었다. 아울러 코어존의 토질시료 특성을 파악하기 위하여 시추조사와 토질 실내시험을 수행하였다. 시추조사 시 굴착수에 의한 댐체 내의 구조적 훼손을 방지하기 위하여 무수보링 방법을 택하였다. 그 결과 저비저항대로 나타나는 코어존의 시료는 모두 통일분류상 CL에 해당되며, 일부 저비저항대에서는 함수비가 높은 포화상태의 시료가 관찰되었다. 이러한 결과를 통해 ECRD 댐체 코어존의 건전성 평가에 전기비저항 탐사와 무수보링의 적용성은 매우 효율적인 방법이라 판단된다.

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