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Prediction of Seabed Topography Change Due to Construction of Offshore Wind Power Structures in the West-Southern Sea of Korea

서남해에서 해상풍력구조물의 건설에 의한 해저지형의 변화예측

  • Received : 2019.11.22
  • Accepted : 2019.12.20
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

In order to predict the seabed topography change due to the construction of offshore wind power structures in the west-southern sea of Korea, field observations for tides, tidal currents, suspended sediment concentrations and seabed sediments were carried out at the same time. These data could be used for numerical simulation. In numerical experiments, the empirical constants for the suspended sediment flux were determined by the trial and error method. When a concentration distribution factor was 0.1 and a proportional constant was 0.05 in the suspended sediment equilibrium concentration formulae, the calculated suspended sediment concentrations were reasonably similar with the observed ones. Also, it was appropriate for the open boundary conditions of the suspended sediment when the south-east boundary corner was 11.0 times, the south-west was 0.5 times, the westnorth 1.0 times, the north-west was 1.0 times and the north-east was 1.0 times, respectively, using the time series of the observed suspended sediment concentrations. In this case, the depth change was smooth and not intermittent around the open boundaries. From these calibrations, the annual water depth change before and after construction of the offshore wind power structures was shown under 1 cm. The reason was that the used numerical model for the large scale grid could not reproduce a local scour phenomenon and they showed almost no significant velocity change over ± 2 cm/s because the jacket structures with small size diameter, about 1 m, were a water-permeable. Therefore, it was natural that there was a slight change on seabed topography in the study area.

서남해에서 해상풍력구조물의 건설에 따른 해저지형변화를 예측하기 위하여, 조석, 조류, 부유사 그리고 해저질 등에 대한 현장조사를 수행하였고, 이들 자료를 수치실험에 활용될 수 있도록 하였다. 수치실험에서 표사량 산정은 관련 상수를 시행착오적으로 변화시켜 관측된 부유사농도에 대해 계산치의 오차가 적당할 때에 경험상수들을 결정하는 방법을 사용하였는데, 어떤 농도분포인자가 0.1 그리고 부유사 평형농도 공식의 비례상수가 0.05일 때, 관측치와 계산치가 합리적으로 유사하였다. 부유사농도에 관한 개경계조건은 관측된 부유사농도에 대해 남동측 경계점에서 11.0배, 남서측 경계점에서 0.5배, 서북측 경계점에서 1.0배, 북서측 경계점에서 1.0배 그리고 북동측 경계점에서 1.0배이었을 때, 개경계와 서로 인접한 계산영역 내의 수심변화 계산결과가 단속적이지 않고 매끄럽게 나타났다. 그리고 연간침식퇴적량은 해상풍력 구조물의 건설전후에 대하여 그 변화가 ± 1 cm 이상 발생하는 해역은 거의 나타나지 않았는데, 사용된 대격자 수치모형은 세굴과 같은 국지적 현상을 재현할 수 없고, 해상풍력 하부구조물이 직경 1 m 정도의 자켓타입의 투과식이어서 이들에 의하여 ± 2 cm/s 이상의 유의미한 유속변화역이 거의 나타나지 않았기 때문에, 해저지형변화가 미미한 것은 당연한 결과인 것으로 판단되었다.

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