• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.787-799
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• 2017

Although the long-term leakage between the box culvert and the soil contact surface is one of the main causes of the failure in the embankment of the reservoir, there is a little studies on this matter. If a leakage occurs by the structure such as the buried box culvert of reservoir embankment is partially damaged, it is difficult to observe and there is a possibility of damage caused by piping. For these reasons, more research is necessary. In this study, the embankment type of the reservoir is divided into the core type and the homogeneous type when the damaged box culvert passing through the embankment of the reservoir is leaked due to the differential behavior of materials like differential settlement. In view of the condition, the seepage analysis of 2D was performed according to the water level change. The result of the study shows that the possibility of piping increases at the upper part rather than the bottom part of the box culvert when the leakage occurs to the box culvert passing through the embankment of the reservoir. Particularly, it is considered that the presence of the core helps to maintain the seepage stability of the embankment in case where the leakage occurs at the downstream side of the embankment. Also, if there is a drastic decrease on the internal pore water pressure in the embankment of reservoir, it is necessary to consider the possibility of piping.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.41-48
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• 2014

In this study, the behavior of fill dam with continuous water level change considering velocity changes via centrifugal model test was investigated. In addition, the collapse of fill dam due to the overflow was also experimentally simulated. The experimental results demonstrate that the pore water pressures and displacements vary in proportion to the water-level-change velocity, and the displacement increment is independent to the water-level-change velocity. Also, it is confirmed that the continuous water level change induces to the progress of fill-dam deformation due to displacement accumulation and the fill-dam stability dramatically degrades owing to the overflow. Hence, the real-time monitoring of pore water pressures and displacements of fill dam, and the control of water level in heavy rain through the countermeasure such as opening sluice gates are needed to ensure the stability of fill dam.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.160-167
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• 2019

Resistivity inversion result may be distorted if the seepage line fluctuation within central core with the change of reservoir water level as well as the conductivity of the reservoir water is not taken into consideration because the reservoir dike is composed of three-dimensional (3D) resistivity structure. Consequently, to accurately analyze the resistivity changes inside the reservoir dike according to the change of reservoir water level, 3D electrical resistivity modeling for the 2D survey line considering topography and physical properties of dam components was carried out. In addition, 2D inversion was performed with the simulated 2D resistivity data for a given 3D model in order to compare it with the inversion result of real field data. For 283 reservoirs in Korea, 2D inversion results for the simulated 2D data and field 2D resistivity data were compared. Finally, the reservoirs with an inversion ratio of 50% or less were selected as reservoirs that require further precise investigation.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.11-19
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• 2012

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.1377-1387
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• 2013

Most embankment of the reservoirs (99.1 %) have been constructed in the earth filled type in Korea because the construction of this type is less expensive and simpler than others such as concrete one. However, it has to be reinforced the slope to prevent the breach due to overtopping or piping under unexpected flood conditions. This study has been analyzed the retardation effect using three types (L, T, $L^*$ shape) of stiffener in order to reinforce embankment when they are collapsed by overtopping flow. Experimental results showed that L-type stiffener is the most effective in delaying the breaching of embankment and reducing the soil erosion when compared with others. The reinforced embankment breaching showed that time delay was occurred about 1.73 to 2.29 times and the peak flowrate was reduced compared to non-stiffener embankments due to energy dissipation by collision and less soil erosion. The embankment breaching mostly leads to major damages because of the lack of repair time. Thus, since these stiffeners can resist the rapid breach, it would be possible to earn the time to emergency repair and lifesaving, as well as reduction of damages of embankment in downward region with decreasing peak flowrate. Results from this study would be used for the basis when establishing the emergency action plan for the reservoirs on the verge of hazard.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.8-14
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• 2018

For the purpose of maintenance and prevention of earth fill dams against damage from natural hazards, automatic monitoring through various measuring instruments and resistivity survey has been carried out. Reservoirs and embankments have the structural vulnerability on the agricultural usages since most of them were built more than thirty years ago. The main aim to use monitoring method is to verify the safety and integrity of the dam. Resistivity survey can detect potential weaknesses, such as defective zones, anomalous seepages or internal erosion processes. Permanent resistivity monitoring systems were installed at a reservoir, which daily measurements have been taken every 6 hour. Using monitoring data for one year, anomalous seepage and structural defects were clarified for dam safety. Annual water level fluctuations are around 10 m. During their operation, reservoir dams are subject to a never-ending hydraulic load from the reservoir, which over the years may cause changes in the properties of the inner parts of the dam construction. Detailed analysis of the monitoring results was performed and showed that resistivities at most locations have been very stable over the full monitoring period excluding the effects of water fluctuation and seasons. To investigate the detectability of weak zone using the DC resistivity monitoring, numerical modeling with a simplified model for the drainage at a reservoir dam was also performed. The results showed that the seepage zone near drainage in a reservoir dam could be detected by resistivity response change.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.397-406
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• 2010

Resistivity method is a practical and effective geophysical technique to detect leakage zones in embankment dams. Generally, resistivity survey conducted along the crest assumes that the embankment dam has a 2D structure. However, the 3D topography of the embankment distorts significantly resistivity data measured on anywhere of the dam. This study evaluates the influence from 3D effects created by specific dam geometry and effects of water level fluctuations through the 3D finite element modeling technique. Also, a comparison between different locations of survey line are carried out, and topographic correction technique is developed for the resistivity data obtained along the embankment dam. Furthermore, using synthetic resistivity data for an embankment dam model with leakage zone, detectability of leakage zones is estimated through 2.5D inversion.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.291-298
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• 2006

Resistivity method is a practical and effective geophysical technique to detect leakage zones in embankment dams. Generally, resistivity survey conducted along the crest assumes that the embankment dam has a 2D structure. However, the 3D topography of embankments distorts significantly resistivity data measured on anywhere of the dam. In this study, we analyse the influence from 3D effects created by specific dam geometry through the 3D finite element modeling technique. We compared 3D effects when resistivity surveys are carried out on the upstream slope, left edge of the crest, center of the crest, right edge of the crest and downstream slope. We ensure that 3D effect is greatly different according to the location of the survey line and data obtained on the downstream slope are most greatly influenced by 3D dam geometry. Also, resistivity data are more influenced by the electrical resistivity of materials constituting reservoir than 3D effects due to specific dam geometry. Furthermore, using resistivity data synthesized with 3D modeling program for an embankment dam model with leakage zone, we analyse the possibility of leakages detection from 2D resistivity surveys performed along the embankment dam.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.177-183
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• 2005

The subject of this paper is research into the application of electrical resistivity monitoring to detecting the water leakage of water utilization facilities. For this purpose, we installed a comprehensive monitoring system consisting of resistivity measurement, inclinometer, piezometer, and water gauge at an embankment. Using this monitoring system, we monitored the various kinds of measurement data and compared the resistivity structures and that of hydrological and engineering data in order to investigate the water leakage and stability of the embankment. The variant images of electrical resistivity at the embankment were provided from the monitoring data and we could accurately locate the portion of which resistivities have sharply changed. Furthermore, we could estimate the stability of the embankment more effectively and quantitatively by jointly interpreting the monitoring data of resistivity, water level, pore water pressure, and subsurface displacement. The monitoring experiments in this study led us to the conclusion that for the efficient maintenance of the water utilization facilities, monitoring the resistivity data and hydrological data would be much more preferable to performing the just one-time measurements.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.394-394
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 최근 기상이변의 영향 및 지진 발생과 저수지 노후화 등으로 지속적으로 발생되고 있는 소규모 저수지 붕괴에 의한 재해 위험성을 경감하고자 댐 저수지 EAP 수립 기준 이하 소규모 저수지를 대상으로 EAP 수립 대상여부를 판단할 선정지표를 개발하였다. 기존의 EAP 수립지침 검토, 과거 붕괴사례 분석, 관련분야 선행 연구 등을 분석하여 저수용량, 제체높이, 경과연수, 호우인자 및 지진인자를 포함하는 5개 선정지표를 정량화 하여 제시하므로 실무적용을 용이하게 하고자 하였다. 또한 개발된 선정지표는 EAP 수립 기준 이하 소규모 저수지에 적용하기에 앞서 각 선정 지표별 저수지 붕괴와의 연관성을 파악하기 위해 과거 저수지 붕괴사례에 단일지표 및 지표간 중첩도를 파악해 보았다. 그 결과, 지진인자, 호우인자, 지진 및 호우인자, 경과연수 지표순 순으로 저수지 붕괴와 높은 연관성을 나타내어, 소규모 저수지 붕괴에 연관되는 주요 지표를 지진인자, 호우인자, 경과연수로 선정하였다. 본 연구에서 선정된 지표간의 중첩정도를 파악하기 위해 과거 저수지 붕괴사례에 적용해 본 결과 호우인자+지진인자가 가장 높은 중첩도를 나타났다. 다음으로 본 연구를 통해 도출된 EAP 수립 대상 선정지표 중 주요 지표인 지진인자, 호우인자, 경과연수를 대상으로 2개의 지표가 중첩될 경우와 3개의 지표가 중첩될 경우를 EAP 수립 대상 관찰그룹과 검토그룹의 각각 분류한 후 이를 재해위험 저수지(MOIS, 2016)에 적용하여 보았다. 그 결과, EAP 수립 대상 관찰그룹에 속하는 경우가 38.5%를 차지하였고, 검토그룹에 속하는 경우가 11.9%를 차지하였다. EAP 수립 대상 관찰그룹에 해당하는 저수지에 대해서는 전문 시설관리자에 의한 주기적 점검 및 계측기 설치를 통한 모니터링 실시 등으로 세심한 시설물 관리가 필요할 것으로 판단되며, EAP 수립 대상 검토그룹에 해당하는 저수지에 대해서는 제체 하류부 구간의 주민 거주 현황, 경작지, 축사 등 재산 현황 및 EAP 수립에 소요되는 예산 등을 종합적으로 고려하여 저수지 관리기관에서 최종적으로 EAP 수립 여부를 결정하여 잠재적인 피해 발생을 사전에 저감시켜야 하겠다. 본 연구의 결과는 기존의 EAP 수립 기준의 보완책으로 활용 가능할 것으로 사료된다.