• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics Conference
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• 2011.09a
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• pp.169-173
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.167-168
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics Conference
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.15-24
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• 2006

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.21-31
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• 2009

An excavation damaged zone (EDZ) is created by fracturing, excavation or stress redistribution of tunnels. In this zone the mechanical and hydraulic properties of rock are changed, which makes additional cracks and serves as a dominant pathway of groundwater flow. In this study, an assessment on an EDZ size was practiced by the measurement of the deformation modulus at the KAERI underground research tunnel (KURT), and the information was applied to the modelling analysis using FLAC2D software. The EDZ at KURT fell into the range of 0.6~1.8m and the deformation moduli of the EDZ generally correspond to about 40% of intact rock mass. With a consideration of the EDZ in numerical analysis, tunnel displacements increased by about 65% and the maximum principal stress decreased to 58% from the case without EDZ. The plastic zone of the tunnel was enlarged to the crown and invert zones of the tunnel within the range of the length of rock bolts. About 2% of the total tunnel displacement with EDZ was suppressed by the KURT support system. It is anticipated that the investigation of an EDZ can be used as an important and fundamental research for validating the overall performance of a high level waste disposal system.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.328-337
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• 2008

Quantifying the extent and characteristics of the excavation damage zone(EDZ) is important for the nuclear waste industry which relies on the sealing of underground openings to minimize the risk for radionuclide transport. At AECL's Underground Research Laboratory(URL) the Tunnel Sealing Experiment(TSX) was conducted and the tunnel geometry and orientation relative to the stress field had been selected to minimize the potential for the development of an EDZ. The extent and characteristics of the EDZ was measured using velocity profiling and permeability measurements in radial boreholes. The results from this EDZ characterization are used in this paper to evaluate a modeling fir estimating the extent of the EDZ. The methodology used a damage model formulated in the Universal Distinct Element Code and calibrated to laboratory properties. This model was then used to predict the extent of crack initiation and growth around the TSX tunnel and the results compared to the measured damage. The development of the damage zone in the numerical model was found to be in good agreement with the field measurements.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.187-200
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• 2014

After excavation or blasting, rock properties within an excavation damaged zone can be perpetually weakened on account of stress redistribution or blasting impact. In the present study, the excavation damaged zone is applied to a rock slope. The objective of this research is to compare the mechanical stability of the rock slope depending on the presence of the damaged zone using 2-dimensional modeling and analyze factors affecting factor-of-safety. From the modeling, it was founded that the mechanical stability of the rock slope is significantly dependent on the presence of the damaged zone. In particular, factor-of-safety with a consideration of the damaged zone decreased by approximately 49.4% in comparison with no damaged zone. Factor analysis by fractional factorial design was carried out on factor-of-safety. It showed that the key parameters affecting factor-of-safety are angle of the slope, cohesion, internal friction angle and height.

• Proceedings of the KSEE Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.153-166
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• 2006

종래의 발파진동의 분석은 주로 대상 지장물에 대한 피해한계를 정립시키고자 하는 관점에서 발파공에서 비교적 원거리의 진동특성을 이해하기 위해 수행되어져 왔으나, 최근의 추이는 발파공 주변 암반의 손상의 정도를 평가하고자 하는 관점에서 그 분석영역의 범위가 근거리 진동특성 연구분야로 확대되고 있는 실정이다. 특히, 터널 발파작업시 여굴의 발생, 암반사면의 안정성 검토 등의 목적으로 암반의 손상영역을 평가하는데 있어서, 기초자료로 활용하고자 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 암반손상의 평가를 위한 손상권 예측방법에는 여러 가지가 있으나, 그 중에서 대부분이 발파진동속도에 근거하고 있으며, 평가를 위한 진동의 예측은 기존에는 원거리 진동특성을 이용하여 근거리 진동을 예측하는 방법으로 그 손상의 정도를 평가하였으나, 최근의 추세는 계측기의 발달로 수m 이내의 진동특성의 계측이 가능하게 되었다. 이와 관련하여 국외에서는 수차례의 실험결과가 여러 문헌에서 보고되고 있으나, 실험장비의 선택 및 측정방법의 어려움 등의 연유로 국내에서는 아직까지 실시되지 못하고 있는 상황이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 실제 발파공 근접진동(near field vibration) 계측을 실시하고 그 결과를 분석하여 추후 지속적인 근거리 진동측정 방법 및 평가방법에 대한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였으며, 무엇보다도 어떻게 계측할 것인가 하는 계측방법 및 그 계측결과의 분석방법에 대해 문제점 파악 및 향후 보완점에 대해 비중을 두어 수행하였다.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.15-29
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• 2007

In situ and laboratory tests were carried out for investigating the Excavation Disturbed Zone(EDZ) generated from blasting at the KAERI Underground Research Tunnel(KURT), which is for the researches related to High-level radioactive waste disposal program. It was found that the EDZ was generated more than In from the laboratory rock tests and in situ experiments. RQD of the rock mass within $0{\sim}2(m)$, where the blasting impact was significant, was 17% lower than in the deeper zones without a serious blasting impact. It was also estimated that the deformability of rock mass was reduced about 40% after the blasting.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2006

Recently, most of limestone quarries have been not mined by open-pit mining but by underground excavation to reduce environmental pollution. As a result, the size of underground galleries became bigger to maintain mass-production close to open-pit mining. However, the scale of pillars and galleries as well as the excavation methods may induce a few adverse problems for the stability of a mined gallery. In this study, the nomogram analysis and the prediction of rock damage zone induced by blasting were carried out. The testing conditions include concurrent blasting of two adjacent galleries, concurrent blasting of a transport drift and a inclined shaft, sequential blasting of two galleries, and separate blasting for each gallery. For each testing condition, blast vibration velocity was measured and analyzed. From the prediction formulas for blast vibration velocity derived in this study, the maximum depth of rock damage zone induced by blasting were also predicted.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics Conference
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• 1999.03a
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• pp.51-54
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• 1999

현재 국내에서 시공되고 있는 터널 발파 패턴의 경우 현장암반조건과 발파조건 등 발파에 영향을 미치는 제반 여건을 정량적으로 고려한 컴퓨터에 의한 자동설계가 이루어지지 않고 있다. 그러므로 경험적이고 정성적인 방법에 의하여 터널 발파 설계가 이루어짐으로써 발파설계와 시공이 불일치하고 여굴 및 주변 손상권의 확대로 인한 터널 보강에도 영향을 미치는 등 문제점이 있다. 또한 최근에 들어와서 터널 발파 공사가 인가 근처에서 이루어 질 경우 발파진동에 의한 민원을 야기하고 있어 이를 고려한 안전 발파 설계가 절실히 요구되고 있다. (중략)