• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.20-29
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• 2022

The existence of underground cavity should be considered in the assessment of georisk such as ground subsidence. Even if the shear strength of the ground around the cavity is known, it is difficult to accurately analyze the safety around the cavity due to the uncertainties related to geometric conditions such as the cavity size. In this paper, stability chart representing dimensionless stability constants was proposed based on the ground strength and geometric conditions. Numerical analysis had been carried out accounting for the stability constants such as the ground strength, the adhesion and friction angles, and the size and depth of the underground cavity. The proposed charts can help estimating the stability of ground with underground circular cavity.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.09a
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• pp.135-139
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• 2008

우리 나라의 전력 계통은 대도시 중심부 등 사람의 왕래가 빈번한 곳이나 신도시 지역 등에 22.9kV-y 배전 방식으로 CNCV 지중 케이블로 전력을 공급하고 있으며, 선로 운영상 케이블의 동심중성선을 일정 구간 마다 3선 일활 공동 접지하는 다중 접지방식을 채택하고 있다. 이는 지락 사고시에는 동심 중성선의 대지 전위 상승을 일정 값 이하로 제한함과 동시에 보호계전기의 동작을 원활히 하기 위함이다. 그러나 지중 배전 선로에서 각 상(A,B,C상)의 부하가 불평형이 될 때는 물론 평형일 경우에도 동심 중성선에는 부하 전류에 비례하는 동심 중성선 순환 전류가 발생되고 있기 때문에 불필요한 손실 전력이 발생하며, 이러한 손실 전력으로 케이블의 내부 온도가 상승되어 케이블의 송진용량이 감소하게 된다. 따라서 2006년 7월12일${\sim}$14일 대한전기학회 하계학술대회에 이에 대한 문제점과 대책으로 비일괄공동접지에 관한 연구 논문을 발표 한 바 있으며, 본 인구는 일곽공동접지방식의 기능을 저해하지 않으면서 비일관공동접지기술을 안전하게 시행하는 방법과 예상되는 문제점 및 시행효과 검증에 관한 연구이다.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.143-152
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• 2017

Recently frequent occurrence of ground subsidence cases has become social issue, and people's concern on this problem has been growing accordingly. Meanwhile, understanding on the mechanism of ground subsidence formation is not enough. Therefore, this study aims for evaluating formation mechanism of ground subsidence under various groundwater conditions through model test when groundwater and soil are leaked together. Major factors found through model tests are direction of groundwater flow, head difference around the leakage point, and strehgth of the ground to support the underground cavity. Firstly, direction of groundwater flow has an influence on the direction of cavity expansion and ground collapse. Secondly, it is observed that the speed of ground subsidence formation increases as the head difference increases. Lastly, the expansion of the cavity can eventually lead to a sudden collapse.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.699-715
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• 2019

Recently, in urban areas, cavities and ground collapse adjacent to underground structures are frequently reported. Several studies on the cavity generation by structure cracks have been made, however they are focused on the cause of cracks and settlement of the ground. In this paper, soil particle and groundwater discharge through pipe cracks and cavity generation mechanism are investigated. The theoretical analysis of the groundwater, which is the main factor of the drainage of the soil particles, and the particle transport mechanism and flow characteristics were investigated. An experimental model test was carried out to identify the mechanism of cavity generation by underground buried pipe cracks. The soil particle weight of discharge through the cracks, and the movement characteristics of the particles were analyzed using PIV. In this study, it is clearly identified that soil particle movements, cavity generation and ground collapse that occur in the ground are basically caused by the movement of groundwater.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.43-53
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• 2019

This paper described a result of finite element analysis considering sewerage damage scale and soil depth, in order to analyze quantitatively for cavity and relaxation zone of underground due to sewerage damage. The mechanical model, which was verified by previous studies, was applied to the finite element analysis. In addition, the mechanical behavior of the soil around the sewerage damage due to the soil loss was simulated by using the forced displacement. Based on finite element analysis results, characteristics of the void ratio distribution, ground subsidence, and shear stress distribution according to sewerage damage scale and soil depth were analyzed. And then, The boundaries of the underground cavity and relaxation zone were determined by using the shear stress reduction characteristics of the ground. Also, an occurrence scope of the cavity and relaxation zone was quantitatively evaluated by the change of sewerage damage scale and soil depth.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.17-25
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• 2012

In this study, dielectrical constant of the ground was measured using TDR method and correlated with water contents and density of ground. In order to evaluate the applicability as a cavity exploration, model experiments were carried out to analyze the effects of cavity size on the dielectrical constant. Test result indicated that dielectrical constant of the ground tended to linearly increase with the increase in water contents and density, which can be represented in a certain relational expression. Also, the dielectrical constant of ground varied sensitively with the cavity size of ground. The results conclude that the dielectrical constant, water contents and density of the ground proved to have a correlation among them, and the dielectrical constant is expected to be a basic data on cavity exploration.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.55-65
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• 2019

This paper describes results of experimental and numerical analyses, in order to analyze a reinforcement effect of concrete mat on open cut restoration of underground cavity. The plate loading tests were conducted to evaluate a reinforcement effect of concrete mat, at reinforcement depths from the ground surface of 10 cm, 20 cm, and 30 cm. The result showed that the reduction ratio of stress (earth pressure) was about 60% at all reinforcement depth. The reinforcement effect considering ground surface settlement and reduction ratio of stress based on laboratory tests and numerical analysis was significant, at reinforcement depths from the ground surface of 10 cm~20 cm. LFWD test results showed that subgrade modulus was the largest when concrete mat was installed 20 cm below ground surface. Therefore, it is effective to reinforce concrete mat within 20 cm from the surface, when the underground cavity due to damage of underground utilities was formed in the height direction to the bottom of the pavement layer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.317-322
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• 2003

최근 국내에서는 여의도 공동구, 종로 공동구 화재 등과 같이 지중 송전계통인 지하 공동구 및 전력구 화재의 발생으로 인하여 경제적, 사회적 손실이 커지고 있다. 공동구 화재가 가져오는 파급효과는 국가 기간시설의 마비 등과 같은 손실을 최소화하기 위한 화재 원인 분석 및 화재 예방과 방재대책 마련이 시급히 요구된다.(중략)

• Electric Engineers Magazine
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• s.335
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• pp.18-19
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• 2010

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.220-227
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• 2021

PCT (Power Cable Tunnel) and UT (Utility Tunnel), which are non-transport underground infrastructures, are mostly RC (Reinforced Concrete) structures, and their durability decreases due to the deterioration caused by carbonation over time. In particular, since the rate of carbonation varies by use and region, a predictive model based on actual carbonation data is required for individual maintenance. In this study, a carbonation prediction model was developed for non-transport underground infrastructures, such as PCT and UT. A carbonation prediction model was developed using multiple regression analysis and deep neural network techniques based on the actual data obtained from a safety inspection. The structures, region, measurement location, construction method, measurement member, and concrete strength were selected as independent variables to determine the dependent variable carbonation rate coefficient in multiple regression analysis. The adjusted coefficient of determination (Ra2) of the multiple regression model was found to be 0.67. The coefficient of determination (R2) of the model for predicting the carbonation of non-transport underground infrastructures using a deep neural network was 0.82, which was superior to the comparative prediction model. These results are expected to help determine the optimal timing for repair on carbonation and preventive maintenance methodology for PCT and UT.