• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.209-219
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• 2022

To experimentally investigate the variation of soil characteristics in slope during rainfall and the shape of slope failure, the model test was performed using soil box and artificial rainfall simulator. The model test of slope formed by the homogenous sand was performed, and the saturation pattern in the model slope due to rainfall infiltration was observed. The slope model with the inclination of 35° was set up on the slope of 30°, and the rainfall intensity of 50 mm/hr was applied in the test. The soil depth of 35 cm was selected by considering the size of soil box, and the TDR (time domain reflectometry) sensors were installed at various depths to investigate the change of soil characteristics with time. As the result of model test, the slope model during rainfall was saturated from the soil surface to the subsurface, and from the toe part to the crest part due to rainfall infiltration. That is, the toe part of slope was firstly saturated by rainfall infiltration, and then due to continuous rainfall the saturation range was enlarged from the toe part to the crest part in the slope model. The failure of slope model was started at the toe part of slope and then enlarged to the crest part, which is called as the retrogressive failure. At the end of slope failure, the collapsed area increased rapidly. Also, the mode of slope failure was rotational. Meanwhile, the slope failure was occurred when the matric suction in the slope was reached to the air entry value (AEV) estimated in soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC).

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.537-544
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• 2017

An experimental study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of the propagation distance of a flood wave considering the levee failure speed in a flat inundation area. The Ritter solution for one dimensional flow was considered to formulate the experimental results and a representative form with coefficients of k and m, which consider the three dimensional flow characteristics, was applied. The experiments showed that the propagation velocity of the wave front in the inundation area was influenced by the levee breach speed as well as the initial water level, which is a significant variable representing the flood wave behavior. In addition, coefficients k and m are not constants, but variables that vary with levee breach speed. An empirical formula was also suggested using the experimental results in the form of the relationships between k and m. In this study, a large-scale experiment for flood inundation was carried out to examine the behavior of flooding in the inundated area and the relationships between the levee breach speed and wave-front propagation velocity were suggested based on the experimental results. These research results are expected to be used as the baseline data to draw a flow inundation map, establish an emergency action plan, and verify the two-dimensional numerical model.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.69-78
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• 2007

In this study, a time-dependent aspect of an embankment failure is considered to simulate a flood inundation map and calculate overtopping discharge induced by an embankment failure. A numerical model has been developed by solving the two dimensional nonlinear shallow water equations with a finite volume method on unstructured grids. To analyze a Riemann problem, the HLLC approximate Riemann solver and the Weighted Averaged Flux method are employed by using a TVD limiter and the source term treatment is also employed by using the operator splitting method. Firstly, the numerical model is applied to a dam break problem and a sloping seawall. Obtained numerical results show good agreements with experimental data. Secondly, the model is applied to a flow induced by an embankment failure by assuming that the width and elevation of embankment are varied with time-dependent functions. As a result of the comparison with each numerical overtopping discharge, established flood inundation discharges in the previous studies are overestimated than the result of the present numerical model.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.11-21
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• 2015

According to the damage investigation in 2002, the failures of river levee were caused by overflow, erosion, and unstable body conditions due to piping, inappropriate embanking materials, and poor compaction. Especially, overflow was identified as a main reason that induces levee failure by 39.5% from the distribution of failure types. The major parameters, such as levee collapsing angle (${\theta}$), levee collapsing rate (k) affect inundation velocity and area size during the analysis of inundation modeling, however, domestic research effort on this area is still insufficient. In this paper authors conducted levee failure experiments of 4 levee height types, 0.20 m, 0.25 m, 0.30 m, and 0.40 m based on theassumption of Froude Similarity (${\lambda}_{Fr}=1$). As a result, the authors suggested a levee failure mechanism according to the levee heights (H), a collapse extension lengthwhich is around, levee collapse angle (${\theta}$), levee collapse rate (k).

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.428-428
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• 2011

댐은 우리사회에 다양한 이익을 제공하는 반면 과거의 댐 붕괴 사례에 비추어 볼 때 붕괴로 인한 피해 규모는 막대하다. 세계 각국에서는 기존 댐들에 대한 잠재적 붕괴에 대비하기 위해 비상대처계획(Emergency Action Plan, EAP)과 같은 대책을 수립하여 붕괴로 인한 피해를 최소화하기 위한 노력을 기울이고 있다. 댐붕괴 모델링은 크게 댐 결괴부에 대한 예측과정과 댐 붕괴로 인한 하류부 홍수추적 과정으로 분류할 수 있다. 결괴부 예측과정은 댐붕괴로 인한 저수지 유출량에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 부분이며 하류부 영향지역의 평가에도 매우 중요한 요소이다. 댐붕괴 예측모형은 결괴부에 대한 예측에 따라 매개변수 기반 모형과 물리기반 모형으로 분류된다. 매개변수 기반모형은 결괴형성과정을 단순 시간에 의한 함수로 고려하고 있으며 결괴부를 통한 흐름은 위어흐름으로 가정하고 있다. 이 모형은 현재 댐 붕괴 실무에서 가장 널리 이용되고 있으며 대표적인 모형은 FLDWAV/ DAMBRK 모형, HEC-RAS 모형 등이 있다. 물리기반 모형은 댐 붕괴진행 과정의 상세한 이해를 위해 시작되었으며 결괴부 흐름상황, 제체 침식, 제체가 불안정해지는 과정을 수리실험과 수리학, 토질역학, 구조역학 등의 이론을 통합하여 예측하는 기법으로 댐붕괴 과정을 좀 더 현실적으로 예측할 수 있으며 기존 붕괴된 댐들에 대한 붕괴 원인 및 진행과정을 규명할 수 있는 장점을 가진다. 최근 개발된 물리기반 댐 붕괴 모형은 HR-BREACH 모형, WINDAM 모형, FIREBIRD 모형 등이 있으며 지속적으로 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 현재 진행 중에 있는 물리기반 댐 붕괴 모형들을 검토하고 현재 USDA, ARS에서 개발 중에 있는 WINDAM 모형을 이용하여 물리기반 모형의 수행에 요구되는 입력변수, 수행과정, 결과물에 대한 검토를 통해 댐 붕괴 관련 연구의 발전 방향을 모색하고 국내에서 물리기반 댐 붕괴 모형을 적용하기 위해 요구되는 사항과 한계점을 파악하여 댐 붕괴 실무로의 적용 방안을 마련하는 데 그 목적이 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.25-37
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• 2014

Clay or sand does not exist alone but various sizes of soil are mixed in the field. In this study, the effect of water content on large deformation of such mixed soils is studied by using soil column tests and a particle method. A soil column with 7 cm in diameter and 13 cm in height, which was made out of kaolinite with sand content of 0, 10, 25, or 50%, was tested for large deformation. Its deformation was monitored with time. While increasing its water content from 40, 60, to 80%, a total of 12 types of soil column tests were carried out. The particle method simulated their deformation with time. A maximum plastic shear modulus, which was a function of undrained shear strength and plasticity index for soils with different water contents, was associated with soil viscosity to simulate large deformation of soil column. When a sand content of soil column was constant, the deformation of soil column increased with increasing water content. When a water content of soil column was constant, large deformation occurred with increasing the sand content. The maximum deformation, which was 22 cm in diameter, was observed in the case of water content of 80% and sand content of 50%. The particle method was able to relatively well simulate such large deformation and stress change of soils.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.53-62
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• 2016

This paper presents the results of a reduced-scale physical model investigation into the effect of drilling fluid with different mix designs for use in offshore bore hole collapse prevention. Compare the bentonite and Attapulgite use. Reduced-scale model tests were then carried out considering field procedures for cases with decomposed granitic soil with fines and a sand with various drilling fluids with different mix designs. The results were indicated that the addition of polymer to the bentonite based drilling fluid decreases the amount of injected drilling fluid and increases the final depth of excavation. Also revealed that the effect of polymer on the performance of drilling fluid is more pronounced in the decomposed granite soil with fines than sand. Practical implications of the findings from this study are discussed in detail.

• Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.31-38
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• 2018

The 99.1% of small dam and most of the levees in Korea are soil dam which can be constructed with lower cost and less effort compared with ones made of concrete. However, they are so vulnerable to overflow. Sudden collapses of these strucrues lead to increase flow rate rapidly, which may cause catastrophic problems in downstream regions. In this study, the experimental study on the collapse delay effect of riprap that was laid on slope of soil levee was carried out. A prismatic rectangular open channel was used and three different sizes of the riprap were installed on slope of a scaled earth dam. A new formula for the collapse time of the levee with the installation of riprap was presented, using the previous researches and the dimensional analysis. In this process, an unsteady flow condition was considered to derive the deviation time of the riprap. And additional experiments were conducted to understand the effect of reinforcement of riprap, and it was found that the reinforcement of riprap was more effective than twice sizing of intial riprap. If the collapse time is delayed, EAP (Emergency Action Plan) and forecasting can greatly reduce the degree of flood damage. Also, it will be meaningful that the results of this study are used for river design.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.1-8
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• 2018

Levee breaches can result from flooding due to torrential rainfalls, which are linked with recent abnormal climates and the aging of river levees. Breaches have caused enormous property damage and human casualties in lowland areas. Overtopping was found to be the cause for approximately 40% of all cases of breach. In this study, the reasons and mechanisms behind levee breaches were analyzed using hydraulic model testing. The overtopping stability and time delay effect of breaches were assessed for levees made with a new environmentally friendly substance. Image analysis revealed that the total breach time of the levees made with the new substance was about 2.25 times greater than that of an earthen levee. The initial breach rate of a general earthen levee was about 1.43 times higher than that of levees covered with the new substance, and the body collapsed rapidly. The breach mechanisms of levees covered with the new substance were completely different, and it is possible to prevent rapid breaches by mitigation of the breach speed on the slope by resisting overtopping.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.9-22
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• 2021

This study proposes a supply chain network (SCN) model considering supply disruption in assembly industry. For supply disruption, supplier disruption and its route disruption are simultaneously taken into consideration in the SCN model. With the simultaneous consideration, the SCN model can achieve its flexibility and efficiency. A mathematical formulation is suggested for representing the SCN model, and a proposed hybrid genetic algorithm (pro-HGA) is used for implementing the mathematical formulation. In numerical experiment, the performance of the pro-HGA approach is compared with those of some conventional approaches using the SCN models with various scales, and a sensitivity analysis considering the change of the numbers of suppliers and backup routes is done. Experimental results show that the performances of the pro-HGA approach are superior to those of the conventional approaches, and the flexibility and efficiency of the SCN model considering supply disruption are proved. Finally, the significance of this study is summarized and a potential future research direction is mentioned in conclusion.