• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.9-16
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• 2016

Buried pipe system is subject to leak or rupture due to internal and external defects with age. Especially, if the pipeline is designed for pressurized gas, the leak can wreak a devastating on its surrounding area. The current method of setting up underground gas pipeline is based on OGP criteria of applying one tenth of the inner pipe pressure. The criteria is applied irrespective of their burial depth or pipe's properties. At times, even the whole safety measures are totally ignored. Considering the magnitude of possible damage from a gas leakage, a precise analytical tool for the risk assessment is urgently needed. The study was conducted to assess possible scenarios of gas accidents and to develop a computer model to minimize the damage. The data from ETA was analyzed intensively, and the model was developed. The model is capable of predicting jet fire influence area with comprehensive input parameters, such as burial depth. The model was calibrated and verified by the historic accident data from Edison Township, New Jersey, the United States. The statistical model was also developed to compare the results of the model in this study and the existing OGP model. They were in good agreement with respect to damage predictions, such as radiation heat coming from 10 meters away from the heat source of gas flame.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07c
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• pp.2342-2344
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• 2005

초광대역 임펄스를 이용한 비파괴 지중 매설물 탐지용 지반 탐사 레이더(Ground penetrating image radar: GPR)를 개발하였다. 최대 탐사 깊이를 고려하여, 900 picosecond(ps) 상승 시간을 갖는 초광대역 임펄스를 설계하였고, 임펄스 발생기의 주파수 특성을 고려하여, 소형 평판형 다이폴 안테나가 설계되었다. 또한, 지중으로부터 반사되는 신호를 수신하기 위해서 고속의 A/D를 사용하였다. 측정은 송수신 안테나의 간격을 고정한 Bistatic 방식을 사용하였으며, 지중 매설물의 영상처리 판별을 위해 마이그레이션(migration) 기법을 사용하였다. 개발된 시스템은 금속 물체와 비금속 물체가 매설된 실증 시험장에서 시험되었고, 평면 해상도 및 깊이에 대한 해상도가 우수함을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.373-374
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• 2007

지중배전관로공사 설계시 고려할 사항은 지중배전관로 공수산정, 적정관로 선정, 매설위치 및 매설깊이, 관재의 선정, 관로의 경간, 관로배열 등이 고려되어야 한다. 관로공사비는 굴착깊이와 굴착폭에 의해 산정되고 이는 관로배열, 굴착지반의 토질에 따른 굴착구배, 용수여부, 도로관리기관의 조례, 다짐정도, 작업환경, 작업시간 등에 의해 변화하게 된다. 이런 현장조건 들은 설계자가 바꿀 수 없는 요소이지만 관로배열을 어떤 형태로 하여 매설할지는 설계자가 정하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 경제적인 관로배열을 선정하기 위해 관로공수별, 관로유형별 공사비를 산출하여 비교 검토하였고 현장에서의 공사시공성, 케이블의 허용전류 등을 종합적으로 고려하여 최적의 관로배열을 제시하였다.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.09a
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• pp.122-140
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• 2001

We have applied the geophysical survey, mainly electric and electromagnetic (EM) methods, to a test site contaminated by hydrocarbon waste disposal and local spill. The multi-frequency, moving source & receiver EM survey along with ground penetrating radar (GPR) showed a fairly good performance in detection of buried metal pipes and objects. Magnetic survey measuring vertical and horizontal gradients were so sensitive to the small metallic objects spread over the surface that it's hard to discriminate the buried pipe. We chose electrical resistivity, EM and GPR survey to examine the soil contamination. Depth slices of resistivity distribution as the results of the inversion of resistivity and EM data coincided each other and closely matched the contaminated area determined by chemical analysis of the soil samples. GPR images did not show the reflection events related with contamination plume since there are no distinct spill in this site. We inferred the contamination using the penetration depth of the GPR energy, which could be used as auxiliary information to the resistivity and EM results. We summarized the applicability of each survey methods based on this results and proposed a desirable survey scheme for the determination of hydrocarbon contaminated site.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.2368-2373
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• 2012

In this research, finite element method was carried out to evaluate the defomation of pipe and surface displacement for backfill of underground ficility. Various conditions for analysis were employer, including two different pipes(PE and concrete pipe), two different excavation depth(60cm and 150cm) and width(1.5D and 2D), a regular sand backfill, and four different flowable backfills. The vertical deformation of 60 cm diameter for PE was measured three times more than that of 30 cm diameter. The measured deformations for regular backfill and four flowable backfills were 0.320mm, and 0.135mm to 0.155mm, respectively. It ratio was around 40%. In case of 30cm diameter of concrete pipe, the measured vertical defomation was around 0.004mm for all the backfill materials. In case of installation depth, the effect of flowable backfill for flexible pipe is better than for rigid pipe. There is little effect on the deformation of concrete pipe with regular sand backfill and flowable backfill.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.5-12
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• 2013

The safety and structural integrity of buried pipes are usually at risk from constructing loading and compaction of backfill materials. The backfill material should be strong enough to help resistance and redistribute loads so that the buried pipe remains unaffected. Due to the many problems associated with buried pipes, there have been multiple studies on the development of a sustainable backfill material. In this study, a Controlled Low Strength Material made of coal ash was considered as a buried pipe backfill material. To determine the feasibility and performance of this backfill material, a numerical simulation was conducted with the results confirmed by a field test. Results showed maximum settlement to be 2 mm with the elastic strain of the buried pipe to be about 0.006.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.37-43
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• 2010

When lightning surges with wide frequency spectrum and power converting devices are considered, it is desirable to evaluate grounding system performance by grounding impedances. This paper presents the measured results for frequency-dependent grounding impedance for the vertical grounding electrode and counterpoise on a scale of full size. Grounding impedances of vertical grounding electrodes and counterpoises give capacitive or inductive behaviors according to the length of grounding electrodes and soil resistivity. It is inefficient to extend the length of the grounding electrode in order to decrease the ground resistance, and when designing the grounding system, the consideration of the grounding impedance should be desirable. In order to reduce the grounding impedance of counterpoise, the grounding conductors are jointed at the center of counterpoises. It is effective to reduce the grounding impedance by connecting ground rods to counterpoises in parallel.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07b
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• pp.709-711
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 도로 교통 정보검출을 위하여 사용되는 검지기 가운데 비매설형 차량검지 기술에 대한 분석을 통하여 국내환경에 적합한 검지기술의 기본 기능을 설정하였다. 분석된 검지기는 15개의 국내외 검지시스템으로 검지 성능 분석과 국내 적용시 발생되는 문제점을 파악하여 설계시 필요한 기본 계획을 설정하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.13-23
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• 2003

Dipole-dipole resistivity and ground penetrating radar(GPR) surveys were performed on an abandoned landfill site filled with asbestos containing material. The main purpose of the study was to estimate spatial extension and volume of the landfill for evaluting the cost for developing appropriate remedial alternatives. Assuming that the bedrock is within 10 m depth, dipole spacings of 2, 2.5 and 5m were set for six survey lines for resistivity measurements. For More detailed information, GPR suvey using 225 Mhz antenna was carried out for twelve survey lines for the shallower information. DC resistivity structures showed few tens ~ hundreds ohm-m for the landfill or alluvial laver, and 1,000~ 5,000 ohm-m for the bedrock. The depth to bedrock is found out to be approximately 5m. GPR survey results represented very clear reflection and/or diffraction events from the boundaries as well as from the blocky construction wastes. With high-resolution GPR survey, depth of the bedrock was resolved up to 2m, which in turn, could be a good indicator for estimating the volume of the landfill. Those depths of bedrock were confirmed by backhoe excavation data for 13 sites. The total area and volume of the landfill were to be approximately 3,953 .$m^2$ and 4,033 $m^3$, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.542-545
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• 2007

터널의 노면 양쪽에 관로를 설치하여 유입된 지하수를 배출시키는 방법은 일반적인 터널 배수공법이지만 배수관로의 설치를 위한 추가적인 굴착은 공사기간과 공사비의 상승으로 이어지는 실정이다. 이에 터널 내에 별도의 배수관로 굴착 없이 노면 하부에 다열기둥을 일정 간격으로 매설하여 지하수의 흐름방향을 노면 하부로 유도시키는 경제적인 배수시스템이 현재 연구 중이다. 이 터널배수시스템은 추가적 굴착이 없어 기존의 배수시스템보다 경제적이지만 다열기둥의 연속적인 배치를 필요로 하므로 기존의 관로배수방식보다 더 많은 유체의 흐름저항을 받게 된다. 따라서 유체의 흐름에 효율적인 다열기둥 간의 배치간격에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 그래서 본 연구에서는 노면 하부에 다열기둥이 매설된 터널 내로 유입하는 지하수 배출을 목적으로 다열기둥 간의 배치간격에 따른 Manning계수의 변화를 수리실험을 통해 측정 분석하였다. 특히 Manning계수는 개수로에서 유체흐름 저항의 정도를 파악하는 데 이용되는 인자로 이를 활용하여 지하수 배수에 적절한 다열기둥 배치간격을 산정하였다. 본 연구를 통해 얻어진 수리실험 자료는 노면하부에 다열기둥을 매설하는 터널공사의 실제 설계를 위한 기초적인 참고자료로 사용될 것으로 기대된다.