• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.578-599
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• 1994

방사성 폐기물 처분장의 건설에 가장 중요한 부분중의 하나는 처분안전성의 확보일 것이다. 처분장 안전성평가는 처분장이 입지하는 환경에 대한 실험실적 자료 또는 현장 자료의 충분한 데이타베이스와 처분시스템에서 일어날 수 있는 주요한 프로세스를 기술하는 수학적 모델을 통하여 이루어지게 된다. 처분시스템의 기본적인 기능은 처분된 폐기물고화체를 인간환경으로 부터 완벽하게 고립시켜 처분장내에 영구적으로 격리시키는 것이다. 그렇지만 정상적이든 비정상적이든 핵종은 항상 유출될 가능성이 있고 설사 이러한 경우라도 충분히 안전한 것을 입증하는 것이 처분장 성능 평가와 안전성평가의 주요한 목적이 된다. 한편 장기간에 걸친 처분 안전성 평가는 전산 프로그램을 통한 이론적 예측에 의해서만 가능하므로, 처분안전성 평가도구의 개발 및 확보의 중요성은 매우 크다고 할 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 처분장이 입지하는 암반 매질에서의 핵종의 이동을 기술할 수 있는 여러 모델을 검토하고, 특정 처분부지에 대한 종합적 안전성 평가를 수행할 수 있는 방법론을 제시할 목적으로 임의의 1개 부지의 지형도및 추정가능한 지질관련 자료를 이용하여 해당 부지에 대한 가상의 핵종 유출 시나리오를 설정하여 부지특성적인 예비 종합 안전성 평가를 수행하여 보았다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.158-166
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• 2009

As a basic study for investigating the development of the stress-induced crack in Hoek-Brown rock, a homogenization technique of elastic cracks is proposed. The onset of crack is monitored by Hoek-Brown empirical criterion, while the orientation of the crack is determined by the critical plane approach. The concept of volume averaging in stress and strain component was invoked to homogenize the representative rock volume which consists of intact rock and cracks. The formulation results in the constitutive relations for the homogenized equivalent anisotropic material. The homogenization model was implemented in the standard FEM code COSMOSM. The numerical uniaxial tests were performed under plane strain condition to check the validity of the propose numerical model. The effect of friction between the loading plate and the rock sample on the mode of deformation and fracturing was examined by assuming two different contact conditions. The numerical simulation revealed that the homogenized model is able to capture the salient features of deformation and fracturing which are observed commonly in the uniaxial compression test.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.347-360
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• 1998

Numerical simulations for fluid flow and solute transport in a fracture rock masses are performed by using a transient flow model, which is based on the three-dimensional stochastic and discrete fracture network model (DFN model) and is coupled hydraulic model with mechanical model. In the numerical simulations of the solute transport, we used to the particle following algorithm which is similar to an advective biased random walk. The purpose of this study is to predict the response of the tracer test between two deep bore holes (GPK1 and GPK2) implanted at Soultz sous Foret in France, in the context of the geothermal researches.l The data sets used are obtained from in situcirculating experiments during 1995. As the result of the transport simulation, the mean transit time for the non reactive particles is about 5 days between two bore holes.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.465-475
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• 2003

Groundwater inflow into the caverns constructed in fractured rock mass was simulated by numerical modeling, NAPSAC (DFN, discrete fracture network model) and NAMMU (CPM, continuous porous media model), a finite-element software package for groundwater flow in 3D fractured media developed by AEA Technology, UK. The input parameters for modeling were determined on surface fracture survey, core logging and single hole hydraulic test data. In order to predict the groundwater inflow more accurately, the anisotropic hydraulic conductivity was considered. The anisotropic hydraulic conductivities were calculated from the fracture network properties. With a minor adjustment during model calibration, the numerical modeling is able to reproduce reasonably groundwater inflows into cavern and the travel length and times to the ground surface along the flow paths in the normal, dry and rainy seasons.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.14 no.4 s.41
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• pp.461-468
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• 2004

In order to characterize hydraulic property dependant on join roughness in rock mass, this study computed permeability coefficients on each range of joint roughness coefficient (JRC) suggested by Barton(1976). For a quantitative analysis of roughness components spectral analysis using the fast fourier transform was performed to select effective frequencies on each PC range. The results of spectral analyses show that low ranges of the JRC are mainly composed of low frequency domain, while high ranges of the JRC have dominant components at high frequency domain. The inverse Fourier transform made it possible to generate joint models of each JRC range using the effective frequencies of roughness spectrum. The homogenization analysis was applied to calculate permeability coefficient at homogeneous microscale, and then, computes a homogenized permeability coefficient (C-permeability coefficient) at macro scale. Therefore, it is possible to analyze accurate characteristics of permeability reflected with local effect of facture geometry. According to the calculation results, permeability coefficients were distributed between $10^{-3}m/sec\;and\;10^{-4}/sec$. In cases of sheared joint models permeability coefficients were plotted between $10^{-4}m/sec\;and\;10^{-5}/sec$, showing irregular distribution of permeability coefficients on each IRC range. The differences of permeability coefficients for the same aperture models or for the sheared joint models indicate that changes of roughness pattern influence on permeability coefficients. Therefore, the effect of joint roughness should be considered to characterize hydraulic properties in rock joints.