• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.353-362
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• 2014

Pore structures in porous rock play an important role in hydraulic & mechanical behaviour of rock. Porosity, size distribution and orientation of pores represent the characteristics of pore structures of porous rock. While effective porosity can be measured easily by conventional experiment, pore size distribution is hard to be quantified due to the lack of corresponding experiment. We assessed pore size distribution of Berea sandstone using X-ray CT image based analysis combined with associated images processing, i.e., image filtering, binarization and skeletonization subsequently followed by the assessment of local thickness and star chord length. The aim of this study is to propose a new and effective way to evaluate pore structures of porous rock using X-ray CT based analysis for pore size distribution.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.27-34
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• 2022

Since water flow in the ground depends on the pore structure composed of soil grains, equations to predict the hydraulic properties based on the grain size have low accuracy. This paper presents a methodology to compute constriction-pore size distribution by Silveria's method and estimate saturated and unsaturated hydraulic properties of soils. Well-graded soil shows a uni-modal pore size distribution, and poor-graded soil does a bimodal distribution. Among theoretical models for saturated hydraulic conductivity using pore size distribution, Marshall model is well-matched with experimental results. Model formulas for soil-water characteristic curves and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity using the pore size distribution are proposed for hydraulic analysis of unsaturated soil. Continuous research is needed to select a model suitable to estimate hydraulic properties by applying the developed model formulas to various soils.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.407-414
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• 2010

Until now, the pore size distribution, PSD, of soil profile has been calculated from soil moisture characteristic data by water release method or mercury porosimetry using the capillary rise equation. But the current methods are often difficult to use and time consuming. Thus, in this work, theoretical framework for an easy and fast technique was suggested to estimate the PSD from unsaturated hydraulic conductivity data in an undisturbed field soil profile. In this study, unsaturated hydraulic conductivity data were collected and simulated by the variation of soil parameters in the given boundary conditions (Brooks and Corey soil parameters, ${\alpha}_{BC}=1-5L^{-1}$, b = 1 - 10; van Genuchten soil parameters, ${\alpha}_{VG}=0.001-1.0L^{-1}$, m = 0.1 - 0.9). Then, $K_s$ (1.0 cm $h^{-1})$ was used as the fixed input parameter for the simulation of each models. The PSDs were estimated from the collected K(h) data by model simulation. In the simulation of Brooks-Corey parameter, the saturated hydraulic conductivity, $K_s$, played a role of scaling factor for unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, K(h) Changes of parameter b explained the shape of PSD curve of soil intimately, and a ${\alpha}_{BC}$ affected on the sensitivity of PSD curve. In the case of van Genuchten model, $K_s$ and ${\alpha}_{VG}$ played the role of scaling factor for a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, respectively. Parameter m described the shape of PSD curve and K(h) systematically. This study suggests that the new theoretical technique can be applied to the in situ prediction of PSD in undisturbed field soil.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.284-288
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• 1993

Tow Kinds of Soils, vertisol and alfisol, were selected and analyzed pore space distribution(PSD) by mercury intrusion method and soil water potential after freeze-drying from different water conditions, such as 0.033MPa, 1.5MPa and ovendry. The PSD values measured by mercury intrusion method were higher in large pores than the values from soil water potential. Also, there were big differences of PSD by the changes of the water content befor freeze-drying.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.51-61
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• 2013

This paper presents results from a study undertaken to quantitatively evaluate the geotextile pore sizes using optical image analysis. The evaluation was conducted by observing surfaces of coupons cut from resin-impregnated specimens of geotextile-geomembrane layered under various load conditions. Stereological concepts were applied to collect representative specimens from a series of laboratory tests. The sizes of voids enclosed by filaments were expressed in terms of the largest inscribing opening size (LIOS) distribution. The opening diameter corresponding to the 50% cumulative frequency decreased by about 45mm as the load increased from 10 to 300kPa and recovered to about 90% of its initial state on unloading back to 10kPa. The average void size was reduced by 32 and 16.5% as the geotextile was sheared against a textured geomembrane under normal stresses of 100 and 300kPa, respectively. The results showed how the LIOS distribution varied as a function of normal stress and interface shear displacement against a smooth and a textured geomembrane surfaces.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.189-195
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• 2007

Using fractal dimensionality theory proposed by Riew and Sposito (1991), we attempted to analyze quantitatively the characteristics of porous distribution for built-in soils in the mini-lysimeter and artificial seed-bed media. The 2" stainless core soil samples were taken from lysimeter soils. Artificial seed-bed media were compacted in the acrylic core filled with raw materials consisted of cocopeat, zeolite and perlite. N (Constant number of partitioned group size smaller media volumes) and r (Self-similarity ratio) parameters consisting of fractal dimension D=log(N)/log(1/r) were obtained by Excel Programme using the Riew and Sposito's fractal model. The pore distribution of tested media was screened in pore size and its occurring frequency. The results reveal that the distribution range of pores is wider in the lysimeter soils than in the seed-bed media, while average size of pores in the media is smaller in lysimeter core soils than in seed-bed media.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.100-107
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• 1984

농축산 배설물을 호기성 환기처리하여 토양에 환원이용을 목적으로 컴포스트(Compost)화 할 때에 공극률(Pore space)에 미치는 물리적인 자 성설의 상화관계를 공명하고져 실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구는 여러가지 수준의 압축력에 따른 첨가 재료의 공극률 변화 과정 측정하고 이와 동시에 서로 다른 5종류의 재료별 입자 크기에 대하여 영수률, 용적 중량, 용적 밀도 및 입자 대소가 공극률에 미치는 영향을 조사분석 하였으며 그 결과는 아래와 같다. 1. 세립자 재료의 용적 밀도는 세립자보다 더욱 크게 나타났다. 2. 염수률과 용적 중량이 증가하면 용적밀도는 커지나 공극률은 감소하였다. 3. 공극률은 영수률과 용적 중량보다 첨가재료의 입자크기와 대소분포에 더욱 커다란 영향을 받고 있었다. 4. 영수률이 55~65%이고, 용적중량이 0.25~0.38g/cm2이며 입자크기가 1.5~5cm인 범위내의 효율적인 콤포스트화에 있어서 공극률은 65~80%의 범위를 형성하고 있음을 알 수 있다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.669-676
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• 2007

The raw water was fractionated into hydrophobic (HPO), transphilic (TPI), and hydrophilic portions (HPI) using XAD resins. The raw water DOC contains 39% of hydrophilics, 43% of hydrophobics, and 18% of transphilics. When fractionated NOM (natural organic matter) was passed through hydrophilic membrane with 100 kDa, hydrophobic portion (HPO) caused the most fouling and hydrophilic portion (HPI) caused the least fouling. This could be related to size and adsorption capability of organics. Small sized organics would pass through membrane pores, but large sized organics would be attracted to either membrane pores or surface, which led to the fouling. An effect of membrane pore size on membrane fouling is related to the availability of organics at membrane pores. As the pore size became larger, the more organics were transported into the membrane pore. Some organics caused pore blocking, and others caused pore adsorption, which resulted in membrane fouling. Membrane material is also important for membrane fouling. More fouling occurred at hydrophobic membrane than hydrophilic membrane regardless of its pore size. Hydrophobic interaction caused more fouling at hydrophobic membrane.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.644-647
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• 2011

지형 및 환경에 따라 해안 사면의 침식, 세굴을 막기 위한 효과 있는 해안구조물의 설치가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 유체-구조 상호작용을 고려해서 유한요소해석 프로그램인 LS-DYNA를 사용하여 조파 실험모델링을 하고, 해안사석구조물과 상호작용에 의한 유체 흐름을 분석하였다. 사석의 유무와 크기, 개수 등의 변수를 조정하여 서로 다른 4가지 경우에 따른 결과를 비교 분석하였다. 또한 해안사석구조물을 구성하는 투수 콘크리트의 특성 분석을 위하여 CT 이미지를 사용하여 투수 콘크리트의 공극 분포를 관찰하였다. 투수 콘크리트의 특성에 큰 영향을 미치는 공극 분포의 파악을 위하여 확률 분포 함수를 사용하여 투수 콘크리트 공극의 공간적 분포를 분석하였다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.1081-1089
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• 1994

Polypropylene Fibers have been used to increase the toughness of concrete and to increase the resistance to crack formation. However, there are many contradictory argument about the effectiveness of the fiber due to the lack of knowledge about the mechanism of fiber in concrete. One of the mechanism which changes the concrete properties on the addition of fiber is the change of the micropore structures. In this study, the change of pore structure due to the addition of fiber has been analysized by a permeability and a pore size distributuion test. The added fiber is found to provide a path for moisture movement, which increases drying shrinkage and pore size. It is found that the size of pores formed around the fiber ranges from $0.05{\mu}m$ to $5.0{\mu}m$.