• The Science & Technology
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• v.31 no.2 s.345
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• pp.82-83
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• 1998

땅 속에 있는 자연자원을 탐사하고 그 암반의 상태, 지하매설물 등을 찾는 학문인 응용지구물리학을 사업과 연결해 '지하정보기술'을 창업한 조철현박사. "앞으로 토목건설분야에서 합리적인 설계를 하기 위해서 지구물리탐사가 필수적"이라는 조박사는 건설공사가 정확한 사전지지조사로 안전시공은 물론 공사비 절감 등 효과를 거둘 것이라고 말하고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.23 no.8
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• pp.5-10
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• 2022

Ground Subsidence has been continuously occurring in densely populated downtown. The main cause of ground subsidence is the damaged underground facility like sewer. Currently, ground subsidence is being dealt with by discovering cavities in ground using GPR. However, this consumes large amount of manpower and cost, so it is necessary to predict hazardous area for efficient operation of GPR. In this study, ◯◯city is divided into 500 m×500 m grids. Then, data set was constructed using the characteristics of the underground facility and ground subsidence in grids. Data set used to machine learning model for ground subsidence risk grade prediction. The purposed model would be used to present a ground subsidence risk map of target area.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.565-574
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• 2000

A new ground penetrating radar imaging method for the estimation of buried artificial structures location and their approximate shapes in dispersive lossy ground is investigated. Fundamental idea is based on estimating delayed time and amplitude retrieval coefficients from scattered signals by buried scatterers. Using absolute value integration of each scanning site not only improve the accuracy of measured scattered signal, but also offers convenient ways to extract the image of buried structures. Multi-term Debye model was employed to describe a dispersive and lossy ground medium. We used the finite difference time domain method to discretize the wave equation in continuous form into the machine suitable form. This imaging method uses a new wave path tracing technique in time domain, which is helpful to identify the exact position of buried structures against the ground surface fluctuations.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07d
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• pp.2653-2655
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 UWB(Ultra Wide Band width)기술인 임펄스 기술을 이용하여 초광대역 지반탐사 레이다를 개발하였다. 국내에서 사용되는 지반탐사 레이다는 대부분 수입품에 의존하고 있으며 이는 국내의 토양환경이나 측정 조건 등을 고려하지 않은 제품이기 때문에 기대만큼 만족도를 주지 못하고 있다. 따라서 국내 토양환경의 대부분을 차지하는 점토질에 대한 분석과 함께 지반탐사를 위한 최적의 주파수를 분석하고 이를 바탕으로 국내환경에 적합한 지반탐사 레이다를 개발하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 100$\sim$300MHz외 주파수 대역을 가지는 임펄스를 이용하여 지반탐사 레이다 시제품을 개발하였으며 측정결과에서 지하 50cm$\sim$1m 이내에 매설된 금속 매설물들을 모두 검출하였으며 3m 범위까지 레이더 탐지가 가능함을 확인하였다. 기능 구현시 관련 프로그램 및 측정조건 등을 모두 모듈화 하여 향후 기능개선 및 적용분야 확대에 응용이 가능하도록 하였다.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1999.08a
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• pp.65-91
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• 1999

More than 6 years passed until GPR was introduced to our country. GPR method is now widely used in construction site because of its various applicability, convenient handling and low cost. We discussed the characteristics and limits of GPR method with various case study.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.22-33
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• 2021

Recently, the frequent occurrence of ground subsidence in urban areas has caused increasing anxiety in residents and incurred significant social costs. Among the causes of ground subsidence, the rupture of old water and sewer pipes not only halts the operation of the buried pipes, but also leads to ground and water pollution problems. However, because most pipes are buried after construction and cannot be seen with the naked eye, the importance of maintenance has underestimated compared to other structures. In recent years, integrated physical exploration has been applied to the maintenance of underground pipes and structures. Currently, to investigate the internal conditions and vulnerable portions of the ground, consolidated physical surveys are executed. Consolidated physical surveys are analysis techniques that obtain various material data and add existing data using multiple physical surveys. Generally, in geotechnical engineering, consolidated physical surveys including electrical and surface wave surveys are adopted. However, it is difficult to investigate time-based changes in under ground using these surveys. In contrast, surveys using cosmic-ray muons have been used to scan the inner parts of nuclear reactors with penetration technology. Surveys using muons enable real-time observation without the influence of vibration or electricity. Such surveys have great potential for available technology because of their ability to investigate density distributions without requiring as much labor. In this paper, survey technologies using cosmic ray muons are introduced, and the possibilities of applying such technologies as new physical survey technologies for underground structures are suggested.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.105-113
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• 2024

Underground buried cables can cause disconnections during the construction of roads and other subterranean structures due to uncertain designs. This paper describes experiments conducted to detect and verify the locations of these cables utilizing ground penetrating radar (GPR). The experiments were carried out at an active road construction site, where cable burial was anticipated. The GPR used operated within a frequency range of 400 MHz to 900 MHz to probe underground structures. The exploration methodology consisted of an initial GPR test to survey the entire area, followed by a secondary test informed by the results of the initial experiment, incorporating a diverse and increased number of lines. The findings confirmed the hyperbolic reflection patterns of cables at consistent locations along the same lines. These patterns were then compared to existing designs to corroborate the presence of cables at the identified locations. This research establishes an effective GPR methodology based on the electromagnetic wave reflection pattern, specifically the hyperbola, to detect difficult-to-locate underground buried cables.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.15-23
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• 2019

When the public surveying system was introduced in 1961, large scale surveying performances, such as infrastructure construction work, were dominant. However, due to changes in the environment, most of the current surveying performances focused on small scale underground facilities. The method of surveying underground facilities is as follows: "method of measurement before refilling after burying the pipeline" and "method of using exploration after refilling." There are advantages and disadvantages to each method. It became difficult to obtain the accuracy of the location of the underground facilities due to the fact that there were sections of the pipeline that had not been observed through exploration. Therefore, the 2017 performance evaluation regulations were revised. The revision included the addition of the "Underground Facilities Creation Period," a system that allows for surveys to be evaluated based on actual measurements. However, in this particular field, concerns about the advantages of exploration and the purpose of this study was to investigate the background and purpose of the limitations of the survey have been continuously raised. The purpose of this study was to investigate the background and purpose of the public surveying system and to identify the proportion of underground facilities surveying in comparison to public surveying. This study conducted surveys on the implementers of public surveying and those who did the actual surveying. The researcher has summarized the improvements that incorporate the analysis results and the field comments in the revised performance evaluation regulations in 2017.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.341-353
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• 2022

Pipelines are buried in urban area, and the position (depth and orientation) of buried pipeline should be clearly identified before ground excavation. Although various geophysical methods can be used to detect the buried pipeline, it is not easy to identify the exact information of pipeline due to heterogeneous ground condition. Among various non-destructive geo-exploration methods, ground penetration radar (GPR) can explore the ground subsurface rapidly with relatively low cost compared to other exploration methods. However, the exploration data obtained from GPR requires considerable experiences because interpretation is not intuitive. Recently, researches on automated detection technology for GPR data using deep learning have been conducted. However, the lack of GPR data which is essential for training makes it difficult to build up the reliable detection model. To overcome this problem, we conducted a preliminary study to improve the performance of the detection model using finite difference time domain (FDTD)-based numerical analysis. Firstly, numerical analysis was performed with homogeneous soil media having single permittivity. In case of heterogeneous ground, numerical analysis was performed considering the ground heterogeneity using fractal technique. Secondly, deep learning was carried out using convolutional neural network. Detection Model-A is trained with data set obtained from homogeneous ground. And, detection Model-B is trained with data set obtained from homogeneous ground and heterogeneous ground. As a result, it is found that the detection Model-B which is trained including heterogeneous ground shows better performance than detection Model-A. It indicates the ground heterogeneity should be considered to increase the performance of automated detection model for GPR exploration.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.459-468
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• 2019

Purpose: The cavity exploration of the lower part of the road is carried out to prevent ground-sinking. However, the detected communities cannot be identified by the cavity location and history information, such as repackaging the pavement. Therefore, the field applicability of RFID systems was evaluated in this study to enable anyone to accurately identify information. Method: During temporary recovery, tag recognition distance and recognition rate were measured according to underground burial materials and telecommunication tubes using RFID systems with electronic tag chips attached to the bottom of the rubber cap. Result: The perceived distance and perceived rate of depth for each position of the electron tag did not significantly affect the depth up to 15cm, but it did have some effect if the depth was 20cm. In addition, water effects from nearby underground facilities and rainfall are relatively small, and the effects of wind will need to be considered during the weather conditions of the road. Conclusion: The RFID tags for field application of the pavement management system store various information such as location and size of cavity, identification date, cause of occurrence, and surrounding underground facilities to maximize cavity management effect with a system that can be computerized and mobile utilization.