• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.242-255
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• 2020

The numerical simulations of Heater Experiment-D (HE-D) at the Mont Terri rock laboratory in Switzerland were performed to investigate an applicability of FLAC3D to reproduce the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) behaviour in Opalinus Clay, as part of the DECOVLEX-2015 project Task B. To investigate the reliability of numerical simulations of the coupled behaviour using FLAC3D code, the simulation results were compared with the observations from the in-situ experiment, such as temperature at 16 sensors, pore pressure at 6 sensors, and strain at 22 measurement points. An anisotropic heat conduction model, fluid flow model, and transversely isotropic elastic model in FLAC3D successfully represented the coupled thermo-hydraulic behaviour in terms of evolution for temperature and pore pressure, however, performance of the models for mechanical behavior is not satisfactory compared with the measured strain.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics Conference
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• 2000.09a
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• pp.105-115
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• 2000

As large underground projects such as radioactive waste disposal, hot water and heat storage, and geothermal energy become influential, the study, which consider all aspects of thermics, hydraulics and mechanics would be needed. Thermo Hydro-Mechanical coupling analysis is one of the most complex numerical technique because it should be implemented with the combined three governing equations to analyze the behavior of rock mass. In this study, finite element code, which is based on Biot's consolidation theory, was developed to analyze the thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling in continuum rock mass. To verify the implemented program, one-dimensional consolidation model under the isothermal and non-isothermal conditions was analyzed and was compared with the analytic solution. The parametric study on two-dimensional consolidation was also performed and the effects of several factors such as poisson's ratio and hydraulic anisotropy on rock mass behavior were investigated. In the future, this program would be revised to be used for analysis of general discontinuous media with incorporating discrete joint model.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.355-365
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• 2000

As large underground projects such as radioactive waste disposal, hot water and heat storage, and geothermal energy become influential, the study, which consider all aspects of thermics, hydraulics and mechanics would be needed. Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical coupling analysis is one of the most complex numerical technique because it should be implemented with the combined three governing equations to analyze the behavior of rock mass. In this study, finite element code, which is based on Biot's consolidation theory, was developed to analyze the thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling in continuum rock mass. To verify the implemented program, one-dimensional consolidation model under the isothermal and non-isothermal conditions was analyzed and was compared with the analytic solution. The parametric study on two-dimensional consolidation was also performed and the effects of several factors such as poisson's ratio and hydraulic anisotropy on rock mass behavior were investigated. In the future, this program would be revised to be used for analysis of general discontinuous media with incorporating discrete joint model.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.184-193
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• 1998

In order to dispose radioactive wastes safely, it is needed to understand the mechanical, thermal, fluid behavior of rockmass and physico-chemical interactions between rockmass and water. Also, the knowledge about mechanical and hydraulic properties of rocks is required to predict and to model many conditions of geological structure, underground in-situ stress, folding, hot water interaction, intrusion of magma, plate tectonics etc. This study is based on researches about rock mechanics issues associated with a waste disposal in deep rockmass. This paper includes the mechanical and hydraulic behavior of rocks in varying temperature conditions, thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling analysis in rock mass and deformation behavior of discontinuous rocks. The mechanical properties were measured with Interaken rock mechanics testing systems and hydraulic properties were measured with transient pulse permeability measuring systems. In all results, rock properties were sensitive to temperature variation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.141-146
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• 2008

빗물 유출량 제어를 위한 빗물 저류 시설에서 지금까지는 저류되는 용량이 주된 관심사였다. 많은 물을 순간적으로 저류하여 지체시킴으로서 유출량을 감소시키는 것이 목적이었다. 하지만 이러한 빗물저류시설은 저류기능 뿐만 아니라 침전에 의한 수질개선효과도 가지고 있다. 이렇게 저류된 물을 갈수기에는 화장실 용수나 잡용수로 사용할 수도 있고, 수질 개선을 통하여 하수 오염 부하량의 경감효과까지 노릴 수 있다. 이러한 수질개선 효과를 알아보기 위해서는 빗물 저류시설의 수리학적 흐름특성과 입자의 거동파악이 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamic)를 이용하여 빗물저류시설 중 하나인 빗물저장조의 수리학적 흐름특성 및 입자의 거동을 살펴보았다. 빗물저장조는 유출입패턴이 불규칙하다. 이를 크게 네 가지 경우로 나누어 살펴보면, 유입만 있고 유출이 없는 경우(Case 1), 유입과 유출이 동시에 있는 경우(Case 2), 유출입이 모두 없는 경우(Case 3), 유출만 있고 유입이 없는 경우(Case 4)로 살펴 볼 수 있다. 기존의 수량 측면에만 한정되었던 빗물 저류 시설에 대한 연구를 수자원 절약과 수질 개선을 통한 하수도 오염 부하량 감소의 측면을 덧붙여 빗물 저류 시설의 목적 범위를 확장할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.1021-1025
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• 2005

물리적 파괴력을 가진 하천의 유수 및 토사가 주택, 농경지, 시설 등에 피해를 입히는 것을 방지하거나 저감하기 위해서는 홍수방어 및 조절 계획에 따라 구조적 대책과 비구조적 대책을 적절히 강구해야 한다. 구조적 대책 중에서도 제방은 기본적이고도 중요한 역할을 차지한다. 하천제방이 붕괴되었을 때 발생하는 홍수범람구역의 정확한 추정과 홍수파가 제내지에서 거동하는 양상을 파악하는 것은 홍수피해를 저감하는 데 있어서 매우 중요한 과제이다. 이는 홍수전에는 치수사업 계획시 좀더 정확한 경제성 분석을 하는데 필요한 입력자료와 효율적인 계획수립에 있어서 그 범위를 결정하는 중요한 역할을 하며, 홍수시에는 신속한 대피를 유도하고, 긴급한 수방대책을 수립하는데 적용할 수 있기 때문이다. 제내지 범람 홍수파에 대한 수치해석은 여러 차례 수행된 바 있으나, 범람홍수파의 수리특성 규명이나 수치모형 검증을 위한 수리실험은 거의 수행되지 않은 것으로 알려져 있다. 제방붕괴의 원인에 따라 붕괴형태나 과정은 많은 차이를 보이겠으나 제방이 붕괴되는 과정에서 홍수류가 제내지로 어떠한 양상으로 유입되는지를 분석하기 위하여 국내외에서 수행된 실험을 분석한 후, 제내지 범람 수리실험 방안을 수립하였다. 본 논문은 제방붕괴에 의한 홍수범람에 대한 대피체계를 설립하기 위한 기초자료를 제공학기 위해 수행되었으며, 수리실험은 홍수터에서 홍수의 거동을 연구하기 위해 실시되었다. 본 논문에서는 제방붕괴와 홍수터에서의 홍수파 유속, 최대수심, 수면곡선의 관계에 대하여 연구하였다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.312-320
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• 2002

It is well-known that when single rock fractures undergo shear displacement, they are influenced by the boundary conditions and fracture roughness. In this case, aperture geometry will change by means of dilation due to the shear displacement. As fractures become the flow paths, fluid flow through rock fractures is affected by the void geometry. In this study, therefore, the influence of roughness on shear behavior of fractures has been investigated, and the resulting hydraulic behavior has been analyzed. In order for this study, a statistical method has been used to generate rough fractures, and they have been adopted into new conceptual models fur fracture shearing and flow calculations. The main contributions of this study are as follows: firstly, fracture shear behavior becomes less brittle with decreasing fracture roughness and increasing normal stress. Then, the characteristics of aperture distribution becomes those of roughness of fractures indicating its hydraulic significance. Finally, it is observed that with decreasing fracture roughness the breakdown of channel flow occurs more slowly.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.1373-1382
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• 2014

This paper presents a hydraulic performance graph model in which the flow carrying capacity of a channel system was determined by accounting the interacting backwater effect among channel reaches and incoming lateral flow. The method utilizes hydraulic performance graphs (HPGs), and the method is applied to a natural channel Nakdong River to examine its applicability. This research shows that estimation results using HPG are close to records from the stage station and the results from a widely-accepted model, HEC-RAS. Assuming that a water level gage site is ungaged, water level estimations by HPGs compared with observation show that with a flood event, the HPGs underestimate in the water level ascension phase, but in the recession phase they overestimate results. The accuracy of estimation with HPGs was greatly improved by considering the time difference of flooding between the observation and estimation locations.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.197-207
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• 2006

The engineering performance of a high level waste repository is significantly dependent upon the T-H-M behavior in the engineered barrier system. An engineering-scale test facility (KENTEX) was set up to validate the T-H-M behaviors in the buffer of a reference disposal system developed in the 2002. The validation tests started on May 31, 2005 and is now in progress. The KENTEX facility and validation test programme are introduced, and pre-operation calculations are also presented to give information on the sensitive location of sensors and operational conditions. This test will provide information (e.g., large-scale apparatus, sensors, monitoring system etc.) needed for 'in-situ' tests, make the validation of a T-H-M model for the T-H-M performance assessment of the reference disposal system, and demonstrate the engineering feasibility of fabricating and emplacing the buffer of a repository.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.255-267
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• 2001

A comparison study is performed to understand the coupling behavior of the thermal, hydraulic, and mechanical interactions in the vicinity of an underground radwaste repository, assumed to be located at a depth of 500 m, within a granitic rock mass with a 58$^{\circ}$ dipping fault passing through the roof-wall intersection of the repository cavern. The two dimensional universal distinct element code, UDEC is used for the analysis. The model includes a granitic rock meas, a canister with PWR spent fuels surrounded by the compacted bentonite inside a deposition hole, and the mixed bentonite backfilled in the rest of the space within a repository cavern. The coupling behavior of hydromechanical, thermomechanical, and thermohydromechanical interaction has been studied and compared. The effect of the time-dependent decaying heat, from the radioactive materials in PWR spent fuels, on the repository and its surroundings has been studied. A steady state flow algorithm is used for the hydraulic analysis.