• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.227-241
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• 1999

Groundwater flow in a fractured rock mass is related to the geometric characteristics of the fracture system. The objective of this study aims to analyze the probabilistic density function of fracture properties md their relations to the hydraulic conductivity in volcanic rocks of the northern Yosu area. Fracture characteristics were investigated by core logging and acoustic televiewer logging in four boreholes and the hydraulic conductivity was obtained from the constant pressure injection and fall-off tests. The 303 fractures were grouped into three sets by their orientation and three fracture types by the degree of opening in aperture. As a result of the study, the hydraulic conductivity in the test section intersected by open and semi-open fractures, conductive fractures, and set 1 fractures was very high, while closed fractures did rarely affect the hydraulic conductivity. It was recognized that the hydraulic conductivity in a fractured rock mass was preferentially affected by the aperture size of conductive fractures and fracture intersection frequency and size, secondly.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 1998

The fracture size among geometric parameters of the fracture system is treated as one of the most important factors in the geotechnical and hydrogeological analysis. However, several uncertainties in data acquisition and analysis pmcess about the fracture size are not clear yet. This study presents the current status on the estimation of the fracture size and verifies the estimating method using forward modeling approach. The factors considered are the variation of fracture intersection probabilities with different assumptions on the orientation of sampling planes and fracture size by using a simulated tleee dimensional fracture network model. If it is possible to analyze precisely the fracture intersection probabilities and the characteristics of probabilistic distnbution fiom cavern walls, outcrops or boreholes,the actual fracture size developed in rock rnass can be estimated confidently.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.463-474
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• 2017

Heterogeneous background fractures of granite and sedimentary rocks in Gyeongju LILW (low-intermediate level radioactive waste) facility area have been characterized quantitatively by analyzing fracture parameters (orientation, intensity, and size). Surface geological survey, electrical resistivity survey, and acoustic televiewer log data were used to characterize the heterogeneity of background fractures. Bootstrap method was applied to represent spatial anisotropy of variably oriented background fractures in the study area. As a result, the fracture intensity was correlated to the inverse distance from the faults weighted by nearest fault size and the mean value of electrical resistivity and the average volumetric fracture intensity ($P_{32}$) was estimated as $3.1m^2/m^3$. Size (or equivalent radius) of the background fractures ranged from 1.5 m to 86 m and followed to power-law distribution based on the fractal property of fracture size, using fractures measured on underground silos and identified surface faults.

• Clean Technology
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.18-23
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• 2022

Using air as an insulator due to its low heat transfer coefficient has been studied and has been widely commercialized to save energy in the field of thermal insulation technology. In this study, we analyzed the heat insulating effect of hollow silica nanoparticles mixed in non-uniform size, and the maximum heat insulating efficiency of these particles given the limited number of particles that can be mixed with a medium such as paint. The hollow silica nanoparticles were synthesized via a sol-gel process using a polystyrene template in order to produce an air layer inside of the particles. After synthesis, the particles were analyzed for their insulation effect according to the size of the air layer by adding 5 wt % of the particles to paint and investigating the thermal insulation performance by a heat transfer experiment. When mixing the particles with white paint, the insulation efficiency was 15% or higher. Furthermore, the large particles, which had a large internal air layer, showed a 5% higher insulation performance than the small particles. By observing the difference in the insulation effect according to the internal air layer size of hollow silica nanoparticles, this research suggests that when using hollow particles as a paint additive, the particle size needs to be considered in order to maximize the air layer in the paint.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.55-66
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• 2021

Hydraulic-mechanical (H-M) coupled numerical modeling was used to evaluate the evolution of hydrogeological properties in response to the installation and expansion of a borehole. A domain with a discrete fracture network was adopted for discontinuum modeling to simulate changes in fracture apertures. Comparison with real hydraulic test data shows that the effects of principal stress direction and expansion of borehole diameter were reasonably simulated by H-M coupled numerical modeling. The modeling confirmed that aperture changes depended on the principal stress direction, with an increase in aperture size due to vertical displacement being the dominant effect. A concentration of shear dilation around the borehole had an additional, subsidiary, effect on the hydrogeological evolution. These results show that the permeability of fractured rock can be increased by changing the hydraulic properties of a fracture through stress redistribution caused by the installation and expansion of a borehole.

• Proceedings of the KSEG Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.139-145
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• 2003

본 연구는 화강암 분포지역의 150m 심도에 분포하는 소규모 국지 단열대에 대한 추적자 시험 결과이다. 해수를 사용하여 관측공에서 측정한 지하수의 전기전도도 변화를 $Cl^{-}$ 농도로 계산하였고, 모멘트해석법과 준해석해를 이용한 해로 단열대에 대한 수리파라메터를 추정하였다. 그 결과를 펄스시험에서 얻은 수리전도도와 비교하였으며, 계산된 수리파라메터를 사용하여 시험구간 내의 유효단열간극의 크기를 구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.288-291
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• 2005

방사성폐기물 처분연구의 일환으로 단열 암반지역의 지하수 유동에 있어서 각 단열조의 투수량계수를 알아보기 위하여 연구지역에 설치된 3기의 시추공에서 초음파 검층, 정압주입시험 및 유동차원 해석을 수행하였다. 단열은 방향성, 틈의 크기 등의 그 분포 특성으로 인해 각 시험구간내의 지하수 유동에 있어서, 유동형태 및 단열투수량계수를 좌우하므로 일반적으로 수리특성에 널리 이용되는 다공성매질의 연속체 개념을 통한 해석의 적용에 신중성을 고려할 필요가 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.138-140
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• 2015

건축물에서 단열재는 일정한 온도를 유지하도록 하려는 부분의 바깥쪽을 피복하여 외부로의 열손실이나 열의 유입을 적게 하기 위한 재료이다. 단열재는 소재(素材) 자체의 열전도율(熱傳導率)이 작은 것이 바람직하나, 대부분 열전도율이 그다지 작지 않다. 그러므로 대개의 경우 열전도율을 작게 하기 위해서 다공질(多孔質)이 되도록 만들어 기공(氣孔) 속의 공기의 단열성을 이용한다. 일반적으로 재료의 밀도가 크면 열전도율 값이 크게 되는 경향이 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 경량골재인 펄라이트의 입자 크기별 열전도율을 측정하여 단열재로서 사용여부를 판단하고자 한다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.257-263
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• 2008

We analyzed the statistical properties for the conductive background fractures in the Low and Intermediate Level Waste(LILW) disposal site to conceptualize of its groundwater flow system. The background fractures were classified to fracture sets based on their trends and plunges that were obtained from the borehole logging data, and then the fracture transmissivity distribution was inferred from the fixed interval hydraulic test results. The fracture size distribution of each fracture set was estimated using the fracture density and fracture mapping data. To verify the analyzed results, we compared observed field data to simulated one from the DFN model that was constructed with the analyzed statistical properties of the background fractures, and they showed a good agreement.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.505-513
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• 2016

The qualitative distribution of a fractured aquifer was characterized by electrical resistivity surveying as a part of basic groundwater investigation in Jangseong. The results were then used to choose sites for observation wells. The locations and distributions of permeable discontinuities were studied by analyses of temperature logs, a borehole image-processing system (BIPS), and hydraulic pressure testing using a double packer. The pressure test showed that the size of the discontinuities correlated with the Lugeon value and the results of the temperature log. The results show that temperature measurement is an effective method to identify permeable discontinuities, with the temperature difference correlating with the size of the aperture of the discontinuity.