• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.49-57
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• 2012

Large-scale collapse happened under excavation construction in the past. But, recently the trend that it is completed safely to minimize damages is growing because of increasing levels of design review and detecting signs of problems before the outbreak of large-scale collapse with proactive planning of measurement. In this paper, through studying case collapses over the past, it put the cause of the collapse in order. And then, after reviewing general information on management and utilization of measurement methods which importantly emerging recently, the type and cause of the problem during the excavation was reviewed. And the causes of problem were analyzed by targeting the site which unusual symptoms happened on measuring results under construction. In this study, the awareness that measurement management and subsurface investigation is highly important will increase for preventing large-scale collapse in advance.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.175-183
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• 2011

With recent growth of population and industry, urban development grows into grand scheme of excavation and construction in urban area. As the development progress advanced, the developments get large and deepen. With a progress of technology development in geotechnical engineering in Korea, most our grand scheme of projects follows great progress. On the other hand, some excavation in construction site caused direct or indirect event that affects the adjacent or surrounding structures by excavation from time to time. This event usually happens around residential and commercial area where underground tunnel, subway station, commercial building, and high-rises excavation site is, could lead great damage on economy as well as personal injury or human casualties. In order to prevent this event, the study has to be done with analysis on various events of excavation and its cause. In this paper, the research has collected the various excavation events and their causes to analyze on each site and event to define emphasis on surrounding environment.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.339-347
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• 2009

Despite the recent improvement in tunnel excavation technique, Tunnel collapse accidents still happen. This paper suggest two typical cases in unconsolidated ground condition. Collapse causes of each case were analyzed by the measurement records and numerical simulation, and then mechanism of tunnel collapse was investigated about each case. From this study, the crucial indicators of tunnel collapse were the variation of shear strain and ground water level, also, tunnel collapse deeply related to how shear deformation around tunnel was developed according to the excavation step.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.63-72
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• 2015

This study aims to examine the state of accidents and related issues related to Theme Groups experiential learning experiences of students and suggest ways to improve security measures to prevent future incidents. Case studies of the sunken Sewol ferry and the collapse of the gymnasium at Mauna resort in Gyeongju are conducted by analyzing the existing literature and the data collected from the media sources and related agencies. With a basis on the findings of the analyses, it is suggested that legal foundation and disaster and risk management systems (systematic revision of the laws, raised safety awareness among citizens, production and education of security managers, formation of disaster management organizations, establishment of headquarters in case of emergency and installation of first aid facilities, improved national response system, enforcement of disaster drills, introduction of assessment system, etc.) must be established to contribute to creating a safer society.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.13-21
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• 2004

This paper deal with the analysis of the causes about case of collapsed reinforced-soil retaining wall. The analysis of the cause was carried through experimentation, slop stability analysis and literature study. The experimentation treated the large direct shear test, the hydraulic conductivity test and the other basic test through backfill extraction from collapsed reinforced-soil retaining wall. The ultimate tensile strength was established by rib tensile strength test of geogrid. The analysis of internal and external stability of reinforced-soil retaining wall was performed on the basis of parameters. The result of analysis, reinforced-soil retaining wall and the slope at the dry season are stable. However, the factors that fine-grained soil at hydrometer test exceed the standard of the design, rainfall duration is too long at the time of collapse and monthly pricipitation is heavy, which are causes of the collapse.

• 기술발표회
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• s.2006
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• pp.331-341
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• 2006

터널 설계시 일반적으로 지반조사와 물리탐사를 시행하여 지층에 따른 적절한 터널 지보패턴을 설정하고 있으나, 다양한 지반 및 지질특성과 설계단계에서 미쳐 발견되지 못한 단층등의 연약대로 인하여 시공시 터널내에서 종종 붕락사고가 발생하고 있다. 터널 굴착시 발생하는 붕락은 터널의 안정성 저하 및 공기 지연 등의 큰 문제점들을 발생시키므로 조기에 적절한 보강방안이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 터널 굴착시 발생한 두개의 붕락사고에 대해서 붕락원인과 붕괴유형을 파악하고 현장 여건에 맞는 신속한 보강대책을 제시하고 시공한 보강사례이다. 향 후 본 사례와 유사한 터널붕락사고가 발생할 경우 보강설계 및 보강방안을 계획.수립하는데 유용한 참고자료가 될 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.607-607
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• 2012

국내에서는 최근 지구온난화에 따른 전 지구적 이상홍수의 발생으로 댐 붕괴 우려가 증대되고 있고, 이에 따른 주민들의 불안감도 고조되고 있는 상황이다. 특히 최근 집중호우의 증가와 태풍의 영향으로 대규모 수공 구조물의 설계빈도를 초월하는 폭우를 동반하고 있다. 실례로 20세기 들어 전 세계적으로 약 200건 이상의 댐 붕괴 사고가 발생하여 댐 하류 지역에 막대한 인명 및 재산피해가 발생하였다. 국내의 경우 "연천댐", "장현, 동막저수지" 붕괴 등과 외국의 경우 이탈리아의 Vaiont 댐과 미국의 Teton 댐 등의 사례가 있다. 이처럼 댐은 설계홍수량 이하의 경우에는 비교적 안전하게 홍수를 예방할 수 있으나 이보다 큰 규모의 홍수가 발생할 경우 그 피해 또한 엄청나다. 따라서 댐 붕괴 등의 비상상황이 발생하였을 때 하류 지역의 생명과 재산 손실을 최소화하고 댐의 물리적, 지형적, 구조적 특성에 따른 비상상황을 예상하고 이에 효율적으로 대처하기 위해 비상대처계획(Emergency Action Plan, EAP)과 같은 대책을 수립하게 되었다. 이에 본 연구는 댐의 비상대처계획 수립시 중요한 사항 중 하나인 홍수류 해석을 실시하였다. 현재 국내에서 댐 붕괴 홍수류 해석은 주로 그 안전성과 정확성이 검증된 Fread(1984)의 1차원 모형인 DAMBRK 모형을 이용하여 댐 붕괴 홍수류 해석을 실시하고 있다. 이 DAMBRK 모형을 이용하여 실제 붕괴 사례인 1982년 미국 콜로라도에서 발생한 Lawn Lake 댐의 붕괴 홍수류 해석을 실시하였다. Lawn Lake 댐은 콜로라도 록키 마운틴 국립공원에 위치한 약 8m 높이의 필댐으로 댐 붕괴로 인하여 830,000 의 물이 유출되었으며, 3명이 사망하고 3,100만달러의 손해를 일으켰다. 다음과 같은 실제 붕괴 사례를 댐의 제원과 홍수량을 이용하여 DAMBRK 모의를 실시하였으며 모의한 결과와 실측치와의 비교를 해보았다. 본 연구에서 모의한 결과는 댐 최대 붕괴 유출량은 잘 나타내었지만, 지점별 최대 유량 및 홍수파 도달시간에 관련해서는 다소 차이를 보였다. 이는 조도계수의 변화에 따라 지점별 최대 유량과 홍수파 도달시간, 그리고 홍수위가 달라지는 것임을 확인하였고 실제로 Lawn Lake 댐이 붕괴되어 흘러들어가는 Roaring 강의 댐 붕괴 잔해나 하상 변화를 모르기 때문에 조도계수의 실측치는 모의값 보다 훨씬 클 것으로 예상된다. 본 연구를 통해 비상대처계획 수립시 홍수류 해석을 할 때 조도계수의 변화에 따라 모의 결과 및 범람범위가 달라질 수 있으니 조도계수의 채택에 있어 신중하고 정확한 판단이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korea Construction Safety Engineering Association
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• s.45
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• pp.60-70
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• 2008

Mechanized tunnelling by TBMs has been extensively adopted for last two decades. Nevertheless, only few case histories have been reported. Unlike NATM tunnels, the case histories of the weak zone have been seldom reported for the mechanized tunnelling, even in the other countries. In this study, a collapse of TBM tunnel occurred in the severely altered weak rock zones between volcaniclastic rocks and granitic rocks was briefly described. A systematic geotechnical investigation, which was performed to examine the cause of the collapse, was carried out at the site and then characteristics of the rocks in the zones were evaluated. Moreover, This study propose a guide line of estimateing the possibility of collapse in TBM tunnels through comparing experimental results with surveying results of general rocks.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.12 no.8
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• pp.25-31
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• 2011

In recent rainy seasons, severe rain storms have caused frequent reinforced retaining wall collapses and slope sliding which have lead to casualties. In this paper, investigating cases of reinforced retaining wall failure, the causes of cracks in reinforced retaining wall and slope sliding have been examined, and a finite element analysis considering the construction phase has been done to analyze the cause and characteristics of slope sliding. As a result, reinforced retaining wall displacement has increased due to heavy rain storms and the increase size has been shown to be large. From these results, it has been analyzed that pile driving can have an effect on the collapse of reinforced retaining walls.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.613-621
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• 2015

The most urgent measure to be taken for a rapid rescue when a building collapse happens is to designate or predict a possible location where human beings are alive. It is, however, very difficult to find and correctly designate such cavities by conventional geophysical survey due to a pile of debris of building members. In this study, the simulation of building collapse induced by an earthquake was conducted to predict forming pattern of a existing cavities. The simulation cases included the influence of structure wall existence and height of building. Three types of building structure: five-story, ten-story and fifteen-story were prepared as a simulation case. In the case of high building, a collapse range on the inside of the building increased consequently lowering the possibility of lifeguard cavern forming. In addition, when a wall exists in the basement floor, the possibility that existing cavities could be formed increased compared to the cases without wall.