• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.47-55
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• 2018

Recently, increasing number of urban ground subsidence occurrences has been identified. This situation is mainly due to the increased number of underground cavities. This study is intended to develop the method that prevents ground settlement caused by deteriorated or damaged sewers, which are the main cause of land subsidence. To that end, GPR exploration was conducted using CCTV monitoring of deteriorated sewer at the location with high settlement potential. Through such CCTV monitoring and GPR investigation, abnormal ground behavior was monitored at the site where sewer was damaged, joint was cracked and soil was deposited. According to site investigation in this study, evaluation method using correlation analysis of CCTV monitoring and GPR investigation results is expected to prevent ground settlement attributable to damaged sewer.

• Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.35-42
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• 2017

This is a comparative study on the characteristics of excavated soils, which is proceeded using soil strength parameter by literature, geotechnical investigation, standard penetration test by drilling, and downhole test by borehole at six sites in urban areas. The results of these site surveys are used as basic data for the evaluation and development of prediction of ground subsidence risk. Geotechnical properties are estimated with the result of standard penetration test-N value and literature. The dynamic geotechnical characteristics are also estimated with top-down seismic exploration at borehole.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.596-608
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• 2018

As urban infrastructure is aging, the possibility of accidents due to the failures or breakdowns of infrastructure increases. Especially, aging underground infrastructures like sewer pipes, waterworks, and subway have a potential to cause an urban ground sink. Urban ground sink is defined just as a local and erratic collapse occurred by underground cavity due to soil erosion or soil loss, which is separated from a sinkhole in soluble bedrock such as limestone. The conventional measurements such as differential settlement gauge, inclinometer or earth pressure gauge have a shortcoming just to provide point measurements with short coverage. Therefore, these methods are not adequate for monitoring of an erratic subsidence caused by underground cavity due to soil erosion or soil loss which occurring at unspecified time and location. Therefore, an alternative technology is required to detect a change of underground physical condition in real time. In this study, the feasibility of a novel magnetic resonance based monitoring method is investigated through laboratory tests, where the changes of path loss (S21) were measured under various testing conditions: media including air, water, and soil, resonant frequency, impedance, and distances between transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX). Theoretically, the transfer characteristic of magnetic field is known to be independent of the density of the medium. However, the results of the test showed the meaningful differences in the path loss (S21) under the different conditions of medium. And it is found that the reflection coefficient showed the more distinct differences over the testing conditions than the path loss. In particular, input reflection coefficient (S11) is more distinguishable than output reflection coefficient (S22).

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.241-243
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• 2023

아파트 신축공사 흙막이 가시설 현장에 근접 매설된 상수관의 누수 및 파열 사고로 터파기 공사 현장에 토사 유실 및 지반 함몰이 발생되었으며, 흙막이 가시설의 토류판이 파손되었다. 흙막이 가시설의 안정성 확보를 위해 벽체구간은 레이커로 보강하고 사보강재는 1단과 2단을 묶어 힘을 분산시키고 종방향으로 보강 및 토류판 보강을 시행하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.35 no.11
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• pp.37-49
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• 2019

In order to analyze the effect of burial depth on the generation of ground cavities and cave-ins, a series of model experiments with different height of model ground were performed. Digital images of the model ground were captured to evaluate the internal deformation of the model grounds by adopting the PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) technique. Additionally, the vertical displacement at the surface, the size of the cavity, and the weight of the discharged soil were measured in each test. The results indicate that the model ground with low burial depth, which does not satisfy the criterion, was more vulnerable to ground cavities and cave-ins than the model ground with high burial depth.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.58-58
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• 2020

최근 급속한 지하공간의 개발로 인해 도로함몰 등 지반침하가 지속적으로 발생되어 이에 대한 안전문제가 끊임없이 제기됨에 따라, 원인규명 및 대책방안을 두고 다양한 조사 및 연구가 진행되고 있다. 특히 지하개발 시 필연적으로 발생하는 유출지하수 내 지하수와 함께 토사가 유출될 경우 지반함몰이나 붕괴로 이어져 대규모 재해가 발생할 수 있기 때문에 현장에서 계측되는 데이터를 통해 사전에 지반침하를 감지할 수 있는 경보 시스템이 마련될 필요가 있으며, 이에 대한 기술개발과 관리기준의 변화가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 현재 지하공간 개발 시 적용되는 지하수 관리 매뉴얼 중 가장 중요한 부분인 계측관리 부분에 관해 문제점을 분석하고 이를 보완하기 위한 계측 관리 및 행정 절차의 문제점을 개선하고자 한다. 지중에서 발생하는 토립자의 이동, 공동발생 및 지반함몰의 거동은 근본적으로 지하수의 이동에 의해 필연적으로 발생되며, 그 규모는 유출지하수량의 발생규모와 상관성이 높게 분석되었다. 계측 관리의 문제를 보완하기 위하여 첫 번째로 지중 굴착 시 계측되는 유출지하수와 지하수위를 연계하여 분석하여 기준을 마련하였고, 추가로 지하수 내 탁도 값을 측정하여 이를 더하여 서로간 상관성 분석을 통해 기존 지하수위 계측자료의 관리기준을 보완하였으며, 최종적으로 현장에서의 계측된 데이터를 통해 지반침하를 사전에 예측할 수 있다. 계측된 데이터의 분석결과 위험도가 감지될 경우 공동발생의 방지 및 복구에 관한 방안이 제시되며, 문제 발생 지점의 범위를 국한하여 신속하고, 경제적으로 해결해 나갈 수 있다. 이를 위해 현행 지하수법의 개선과 행정적 절차가 보완되어야 할 필요가 있다. 이러한 지하공간 개발 시 지하수 관리의 개선으로 사전에 지반침하를 예측 할 수 있고, 이를 통해 재해를 미연에 방지할 뿐만 아니라 건설산업 현장의 스마트 관리체계를 구성하여 미래 지향적인 토목현장 및 국민에 대한 신뢰도를 재고 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.11-17
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• 2018

Recently, road subsidence has been increasing in urban areas, threatening the safety of citizens. In the lower part of the road, various road facilities such as water supply and drainage pipelines and telecommunication facilities are buried, and the deterioration of the facilities causes the road subsidence. Especially, in the case of old sewer which are attracting attention as a main cause of ground subsidence, the risk of subsidence is calculated indirectly through CCTV exploration. Currently, we are finding cavity through GPR exploration. However, it is difficult to find the sewer back cavity because it is explored from the surface of the road. Thus, the nondestructive cavity exploration techniques was investigated in this study and we confirmed the applicability through experiments on the test-bed. In this study a new quantitative method is proposed to detect the cavity around sewer.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.93-105
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• 2021

In this study, we evaluated the effect of soil fine contents on the formation of underground cavities and ground cave-ins induced by damaged sewer pipes. Simulating the domestic rainfall conditions and ground conditions, model tests were performed under three different fine particle contents conditions (7.5%, 15%, and 25%). By repeating the groundwater supply and drainage twice, ground settlement and the amount of discharged soil were obtained. Also, digital images were taken at regular time intervals during the model tests, and internal displacement and deformation were measured using PIV technique. As the cycles were repeated, the soil with high fine content showed greater resistance to the formation of underground cavities. The ground cave-ins, identified by the collapse of the surface, occurred only when the fine particle content was 15%. It is presumed to be due to the suffusion phenomenon; further study was needed to investigate the effect of fine particle contents on the suffusion phenomenon and associated changes of soil strength.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.31-37
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• 2017

In recent years, the increasing trend of ground subsidence in major cities has caused social problems. Aged sewer pipeline as a main attribute for the subsidence is simply replaced and maintained according to a survey result with related to its buried period. However, other attributes and risk analysis for the subsidence have not been well studied yet. In this point, this study proposed various environmental and structural attributes with related to sewer pipelines and, then, a method of ground subsidence risk evaluation with a certain level of reliability. In order to find effective attributes to ground subsidence near to sewer, the nearest sewerage data were extracted at the location of subsidence in the City of Seoul, and a level of correlation was analyzed between subsidence and individual attribute. The effective weight factors for the proposed attributes was estimated through AHP analysis and its applicability was verified by comparing the actual subsidence data to the risk evaluation in the pilot study district of Seoul.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.8-13
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• 2019