• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.360-371
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• 2007

This paper presents an application of drainage control and slope stability by GIS-based hydrological modeling to control the surface water from an operational point of view. This study was carried out on a region of Pasir open-pit coal mine, Indonesia. A detailed topographical survey was performed at the study area to generate a reliable DEM (Digital Elevation Model). Hydrology tools implemented in ArcGIS 9.1 were used to extract the characteristics of drainage system such as flow direction, flow accumulation and catchment area from DEM. The results of hydrological modeling and spatial analysis showed that current arrangement of pumping facility is not suitable and some vulnerable places to erosion exist on the bench face due to concentrated surface runoff. Finally, some practical measures were suggested to optimize the design of drainage system and to monitor the slope stability by the surface water management at the study region during heavy rainfall.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.401-412
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• 2013

Multi-stage shear test has been performed using joint specimens of gneiss, granite and shale to investigate the influence of micro-scale asperity change on the shear strength of joint plane. For each shear test asperity degradation characteristics of joint specimens of different joint surface strength have been analyzed by utilizing the optimum asperity parameter which can reflect the sequential asperity degradation. Elevation of joint surface profile has been measured and both the changes of asperity parameters and micro-scale asperity distribution have been investigated. Two distinctive variation modes of cohesion and friction angle have been delineated and major cause of shear strength parameter change has been analyzed by considering the micro-scale asperity angle change resulting from the abrasion, fracturing and regeneration of micro-scale asperities. Effects of micro-scale asperity variation on the joint shear strength have been also investigated.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.319-325
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• 2013

The objective of this study is to assess risks which might occur in connection with the storage of the highly compressed air in underground opening. Risk factors were selected throughout literature survey and analysis for the characteristic of CAES. Large risk factors were categorized in three components; planning and design phase, construction phase, and operation & maintenance phases. Large category was composed of 8 medium risk groups and 24 sub-risks. AHP technique was applied in order to analyze the questionnaires answered by experts and high-risk factors were selected by evaluating the relative importance of risks. AHP analysis showed that the operation & maintenance phases are the highest risk group among three components of large category and the highest risk group of eight medium risk groups is risk associated with the quality and safety. Risk having the highest risk level in 24 sub-risks is evaluated to be a failure of tightness security of inner containment storing compressed air.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2017

Most of the local limestone mines are developed as large-opening underground mines, while mine ventilation is heavily dependent on the natural ventilation and auxiliary systems, rather than the mechanical ventilation system using main fans. The current auxiliary ventilation system with fan and ducting requires optimization since enhanced deployment of diesel equipment demands higher airflow rate and the associated cost is expected to be too excessive for the local mine operators. This paper aims at optimizing the fan capacity for the working site ventilation through comparing the fan pressure in the mine airway and the ventilation efficiency of an axial-flow fan and a propeller fan developed in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.29-40
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• 2004

The bearing capacity of drilled shaft is affected by several factors, such as shaft length, shape, surface roughness, young's modulus of geomaterials and shaft, soil strength, confining stress and so on. However, there has been no design method of drilled shaft considering all factors mentioned above. Moreover, since geomaterials are simply classified as sand, clay and rock, there was no design criterion for IGM (Intermediate Geomaterials). Therefore, the rigorous design approach of drilled shaft was not possible by classical design method. However, since these characteristics were not considered in classical theories, bearing capacity was generally different ken practical value. In this study, the bearing capacity of drilled shaft with the IGM's theory was compared with those of classical theories. The results showed that classical method showed smaller values of bearing capacity than those of field load transfer data. Moreover, the evaluated value of bearing capacity with IGM theory corresponded fairly well with those of field data.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.23-31
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• 2003

Since the mid of 1990, permanent shotcrete tunnel linings such as Single-shell and NMT have been constructed in many countries for reducing the construction time and lowing construction costs instead of conventional in-situ concrete linings. Among essential technologies for successful application of permanent shotcrete linings, high performance shotcrete having high strength, high durability and better pumpability has to be developed in advance as an integral component. This paper presents the idea and first experimental attempts to increase early strength and bond strength of wet-mixed Steel Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete (SFRS) in spring water condition. In order to increase early behavior of SFRS, a new approach using high-early strength cement with alkali-free liquid accelerator has been investigated. From the test results, wet-mix SFRS with high-early strength cement and alkali-free accelerator exhibited excellent early compressive strength improvement compared to the ordinary portland cement and good bond strength even under spring water condition.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.145-156
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• 2014

Macrobenthic biodiversity in the rocky intertidal areas of the Tae-an region, Republic of Korea, has decreased since the Hebei Spirit oil spill in December 2007. We aimed to investigate ecological roles of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) because recruitment and growth of oysters are critical to the recovery of damaged rocky shore ecosystem. We surveyed two sites monthly: natural rocky substrate and farming substrate, from July 2012 to January 2013 to identify and compare the changes in macrobenthic fauna. The abundance of young oysters was higher at the natural site. On the other hand, the mean height of oyster on the farming substrate was more than twice as great. The abundance of oyster at the natural site increased until October and then continuously decreased until end of study period. However, the abundance of oyster at the farming site constantly decreased from the beginning of study period. These different growth patterns might be attributable to spatial competition between oyster and a barnacle species (Balanus albicostatus) and environmental factors. At the natural site, physical stress factors including dramatic temperature changes and desiccation a few of the major factors limiting growth during aerial exposure. In addition, motile macrobenthos could be detrimental to oysters because they interrupt filter-feeding activities and hence hamper the growth of oysters. We show the higher recruitment of oysters at the natural site and healthy growth in the farming substrate are due to complicated differences in physical and biological stress factors.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.347-347
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• 2011

하천에서의 유사량의 추정은 하천유사 해결을 위한 자료획득이 기본이고, 하천내의 수리구조물의 설계 및 유지관리, 하천개수 및 하도의 안정, 홍수터 관리, 저수지의 설계 및 운영 등 하천계획에 필요한 기본적 요소 중 하나이다. 유사량을 추정하는 방법은 Einstein(1950) 공식이나 Toffaleti(1968) 공식 등과 같은 하천 유사량 공식을 이용한 간접적인 계산방법과 현장 실측을 통한 직접적인 방법이 있다. 그러나 유사량 공식을 이용한 추정은 아직도 그 신뢰성이 떨어지며, 대부분의 기존 유사량 공식들이 하상토 유사량을 위주로 추정하여, 소류사가 지배적인 경우에는 이런 공식들을 이용하여도 어느 정도 신뢰성이 확보되는 결과를 얻을 수 있을 것으로 판단되나, 부유사가 지배적인 하천의 경우 정확도가 많이 떨어지는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서, 현재까지 가장 신뢰할 수 있는 방법은 현장실측에 의한 방법이며, 유사량 공식은 부득이한 경우에만 이용하는 것이 바람직하다. 실측 유사량 산정을 위하여 하천 규모에 따라 구분하였으며, 국가하천인 경우 임진강을 대상으로 민간인 출입이 가능한 구간(L = 84.5km), 중소규모하천인 경우 안성천 수계의 황구지천과 인천의 계양천을 대상으로 하였고, 임진강의 경우에는 부유사의 대부분이 이토나 점토로 구성되어 있고 중 상류에서 하상재료의 구성이 대체로 호박돌이나 암반으로 이루어진 부분이 많아 주로 모래로 이루어진 충적하천에서 이용되는 수정 Einstein(1955) 방법에 의한 총 유사랑 추정은 의미가 없기 때문에(한국건설기술연구원, 1992) 본 조사에서는 임진강의 총유사량을 부유사양으로 간주하였으며 다른 유사량 공식을 이용한 부유사량과 비교를 통하여 공식을 제안하였다. 유사량 측정은 하천별로 2007년부터 2009년까지 평수기와 홍수기로 구분하여 측정하였으며, 수리량과 하상토자료를 이용하여 종유사량을 산정하는 Einstein(1950) 공식, Rijn(1984) 공식, Toffaleti(1968) 공식, Shen & Hung(1971) 공식, Yang(1973) 공식, Yang(1979)공식, Ackers & White(1973) 공식, Engelud & Hansen(1967) 공식, Ranga Raju(1981) 공식을 이용하여 결과 값을 비교하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.474-478
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• 2011

하천의 만곡부는 원심력으로 만곡 내측의 수면이 낮아지고 만곡 외측의 수면이 높아지는 수면 경사가 발생되며, 2차류 등의 발달로 흐름이 매우 복잡해진다. 특히 산지가 89%를 차지하는 강원도는 하천과 도로가 근접 발달되어 있어서 하천 만곡부의 편수위에 의한 수면상승과 세굴은 하천제방을 파괴시키고 도로 피해로 이어진다. 산지하천 만곡부 곳곳에 많이 노출되어 있는 암초는 홍수시 유수의 원활한 소통을 막고, 편수위 상승을 더욱 가중시키고 있다. 만곡부의 편수위에 대해서는 이론적으로나 실험적으로 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있으나 암초와 같은 장애물이 많고 경사가 급한 산지하천을 대상으로 편수위를 연구는 사례는 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 양양남대천 중상류의 법수치리 면옥치천 합류 전 만곡부에서 홍수시 편수위를 측정하고, 내린천의 인제군 미산리와 홍천군 광원리 각 만곡부에 수위측정장치를 설치해 편수위를 조사하였다. 양양남대천 법수치 만곡부는 그림 1과 같이 하도 내에 있는 암반의 영향으로 편수위가 2.145m를 나타내었고, 내린천은 광원지점에서 최대 1.15m, 미산지점에서는 1.18m로 관측되었다. 특히 내리천 미산지점의 만곡접근부에서는 하도 내에 있는 암초장애물의 영향으로 편수위가 2.17m로 기록되었다. 산지하천 만곡부 수충부에 존재하는 암초 장애물은 편수위를 더욱 가중시킬 수도 있고 계방천 송전교와 같이 저감시키는 역할을 할수 있다는 것이 본 조사연구에서 확인되었다. 하도 내 암초 장애물은 산지하천 만곡부에서 매우 흔하게 발견되는 특성이므로 자연장애물이 편수위에 미치는 영향에 대하여 향후 지속적으로 연구하고자 한다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.188-202
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• 2004

If an underground research facility for the validation of disposal concept is constructed in KAERI, it is expected to have a thick weathered zone and varying surface topology. In this study, the influence of different geological conditions, tunnel slope, tunnel size, and sequential excavation is investigated by 3D mechanical analysis using FLAC3D. Around the tunnel, it is not expected to develop any plastic zone and the maximum stress might be as high as 5 ㎫. The maximum compressive stress will be developed at about 20 m to e dead end of the tunnel. There is no difference on stress and displacement distributions between the cases with and without sequential excavation. It is expected to have stress release in the roof and floor after the excavation of the tunnel. There is no significant influence of weathered zone size, tunnel size, and tunnel slope on the stress and displacement distributions. The modeling for the intersection shows the minimum factor of safety is above 3, when the in situ stress ratio K is 3. From the study, it was possible to demonstrate that the small scale disposal research tunnel in KAERI will be mechanically stable.