• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.331-337
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• 2016

Radial collector wells (RCWs) have been managed by Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) since 1983, installing 98 wells for agriculture in rural area over the country. Among them, 20 wells were installed upstream of 5 subsurface dams and the remaining were installed regardless of the subsurface dam. Most of RCWs have been developed in 1980s and 1990s, and 83 wells have been passed more than 20 years after construction. The number of horizontal arms for RCWs varies from 9 to 28, with length and diameter being 10~30 m and 65 mm, respectively. The central caisson with an inner diameter of 3.5 m was commonly constructed to a depth of 10 m. The maximum pumping rates in RCWs, which are located at distances of 10 to 1,200 m from the river, are 2,000~10,000 m³/day. RCW has a fundamental problem that reduced pumping capacity and degraded well efficiency, due to the physical and chemical clogging. From the feasibility test for improving RCW performance, specific capacity increased to 67% after rehabilitation. TV logging for RCW horizontal arm shows that near the caisson is more severe clogging. From the results of this study, KRC has established the guidebook for monitoring and improving well efficiency through physical/chemical treatment, well logging, and hydraulic tests and managed RCWs periodically with its rehabilitation methods.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.123-136
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• 2019

This study examines the effect of collector well installed to reduce groundwater level in the regions with the occurrence of landcreep, a soil mass movement triggered by instability on slopes. Slopes are prone to failure as a result of instability caused by its internal, topographic and geological properties as well as due to external factors such as rainfall and earthquake. In Korea during the rain season, rainfall infiltration affects the groundwater level in soil, building up porewater pressure and load, and finally drives slopes to collapse. Slope failure caused by rainfall infiltration has been leading to a drastic forest degradation. The studied slope is located adjacent to a valley, its terrain corresponds to piedmont gentle slope, while the upper part of the failure surface is steep. After reinforcing the terrain where landcreep had occurred and installing collector well on the slope, we measured the changes in the groundwater level. In order to analyze the relationship between the well and the slope, we calculated the ratio of groundwater level to rainfall before and after the installation of the collector well. As a result, it is confirmed that the ratio increases after the installation of the well, which in turn reduces the groundwater level. Analysis of the change in groundwater level after 3, 7, 15 days antecedent rainfall showed that the higher the overall groundwater level, the less the value ($r_p$) of groundwater level-rainfall ratio is, while the value becomes relatively greater when the groundwater level is low. In particular, if a slope has a large catchment basin as is in the case of the studied site, antecedent rainfall affects groundwater level in the order of 3 < 7 < 15 days.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.225-230
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• 2004

강변여과수 취수에 있어 수직정의 문제점을 해결하기 위해 방사형 집수정에 의한 취수 방식을 해결 방안으로 모색되어 지고 있다. 본 인구는 방사형 집수정에 의한 강변여과수 개발시 개략적 산출량 예측을 위한 방법으로 사용하는 경험식 (Petrovic 경험식, Milojevic 경험식) 적용성 및 군우물을 이용한 방사형 집수정 모델링 가능성에 대해 모의 하였다. 강변여과수 산출시 Milojevic 경험식이 하천의 자연조건, 설치 위치 등을 고려하여 강변여과수 적용성이 Petrovic 경험식에 비해 적용성이 크며, 군우물을 이용한 방사형 집수정 지하수위 특성에 대한 모델링에서 수위하강률 등이 유사하게 나타났다. 또한 방사형 집수정의 설치각도등을 조정함으로 수위 하강율을 감소 시킬수 있으면 체류시간 확보에 일정부분 기여 할 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.61-66
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• 2009

This paper presented that the causes on failure of reinforced slope are analyzed which based on the analyzed result. It had been applied that a method of lowering the groundwater using deepwell for sump. For the stability analysis on applied method, a series of numerical analysis were carried out. Therefore, it could be confirmed that slope stability was affected the dewatering ability of groundwater by the rainfall and this method which was confirmed very reasonable and suitable methods for slope stability, during heavy rainfall, in field.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.279-288
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• 2019

The groundwater drawdown at each monitoring well near a radial collector well along Anseong Stream, Korea, was measured and compared with the calculated drawdown using the mirror well concept. The drawdown calculation is performed by treating the collector well as a large vertical well in a homogeneous isotropic aquifer. The measured drawdown at each monitoring well is slightly different from the calculated value due to anisotropy in the hydraulic conductivity and aquifer thickness. The difference between the measured and calculated values at Well OW-7 is large, reaching approximately 48 cm, because a horizontal well is not installed along this direction. Sensitivity analysis of the hydraulic conductivity and aquifer thickness indicates that the hydraulic conductivity is more sensitive to groundwater level changes. Groundwater level changes become a concern when a radial collector well with a large pumping rate capacity is installed, which highlights the need to thoroughly investigate the aquifer characteristics in the surrounding area.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.25-36
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• 2008

When constructing subsea underground structures, the influence of high water and seepage pressure acting on the structures can not be neglected. Thus hydro-mechanical coupled analysis should be performed to estimate the behavior of the structures precisely In practice, relaxed rock load is generally used for the design of tunnel concrete lining. A method based on the distribution of local safety factor around a tunnel was proposed for the estimation of a height of relaxed rock mass ($H_{relaxed}$). In this study, the validation of the suggested method is investigated in the framework of hydro-mechanical coupled analyses. It was suggested that inducing inflow by pumping through a drainage well gave more reliable results than inducing inflow with shotcrete hydraulic characteristics in case of rock condition of Class III. In this study, therefore, inducing inflow by pumping through a drainage well are adopted in estimating $H_{relaxed}$ due to a tunnel excavation with the rock condition of Class I, III, and V. Also the estimated $H_{relaxed}$ results are compared with those of the existing suggested methods. As the result of this study, it is confirmed that estimating $H_{relaxed}$ based on the distribution of local safety factor around a tunnel can be effectively used even for the case of hydro-mechanical coupled analysis. It is also found that inducing inflow pumping through a drainage well gives more precise and consistent Hrelaxed of a subsea structure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics Conference
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.137-146
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• 2007

해저 지하 구조물을 시공할 경우는 높은 수압 및 침투압 등의 영향이 무시될 수 없으므로 지하저장 공동의 정확한 거동평가를 위해서는 수리-역학적 해석이 수행되어야만 한다. 또한, 실무에서는 암반이완하중을 고려하여 터널의 콘크리트 라이닝을 설계하며, 이를 위해 이완하중고를 터널 주변의 국부안전율 분포를 이용하여 수치해석에 의해 산정하는 방법이 제안된바 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 해저터널을 대상으로 수리-역학적 연계해석 시 국부안전율을 이용한 이완하중고 산정 기법의 타당성을 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 3등급 암반을 대상으로 숏크리트 수리특성을 이용한 유도배수방법과 집수정의 펌핑을 이용한 유도배수방법을 이용하여 이완하중고를 산정하고 적용성을 비교하였다. 연구 결과 연계해석 시 해저시설물의 안전율 및 이완하중고를 정확하게 산정하기 위해서는 집수정의 펌핑을 이용하여 유도배수하는 모델링 방법이 보다 정확하고 일관성 있는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.430-437
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• 2012

In order to obtain information on the design parameters of the horizontal laterals in floodplain filtration, laboratory-scale sand-box experiments were performed where the head distributions on the laterals and the groundwater profiles were measured according to the change in parameters including lateral diameter, hydraulic conductivity of the sand, water level at the well and raw-water supply rate. Measured data were analyzed using a numerical code in order to identify the discharge intensity distribution along the laterals. It was observed from the result that the lowering of the water level at the well had minimal adverse effect on the performance of the floodplain filtration. Results also elucidated that the low conveyance of the laterals to transmit the filtrate was compensated and supplemented by a natural augmentation in horizontal conveyance through the aquifer when the raw-water supply rate exceeded the adequate recovery rate. With this mechanism, the water quality is expected to improve further since the travel distance through the aquifer is amplified. Based on these findings it can be suggested that the diameter of the lateral used in the floodplain filtration may be smaller than those in riverbank/bed filtration. It was also found that the ratio between the head loss occurring in a lateral and the total head loss in the floodplain filtration was proportional to the exit velocities of the laterals, which may be used to design and/or evaluate the lateral in floodplain filtration.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.14 no.4 s.41
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• pp.417-427
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• 2004

The horizontal collector well is used to treat some weak points of the vertical well in the bank filtration site. In this study two empirical formulas(Milojevic and Petrovic) are selected to examine the applicability for calculating the yield of the horizontal collector. And they are compared with the compute simulation results for multiple wells. Milojevic empirical formula which considers the conditions such as aquifer, well location, the diameter of screen etc. is more applicable than Petrovic formula. Draw-down characteristics of horizontal collector was well simulated by using the computer simulation for multiple wells. The results are well agreement with Milojevic formula, and the draw-down and the retention time of the horizontal collector can be controlled by adjusting the angle of lateral screens.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2009

Groundwater flow due to intake of horizontal collector well in riverbank filtration site was analyzed by use of numerical groundwater modeling program (FEFLOW 5.1). Drawdowns of groundwater table nearby collector well were evaluated according to variations of several conditions; pumping rate, thickness of aquifer, offset distance from well to shore line of stream, conductance of streambed. It is observed that the drawdowns of groundwater table are clearly changed according to the variations of these conditions. The results of sensitive analysis shows that the thickness of alluvial aquifer and the offset distance are more sensitive than the conductance of streambed in evaluation of drawdown. This result implies that hydrogeological conditions, as like thickness of aquifer and its distribution in the site are important factors in site selection and evaluating the availability of riverbank filtration intake using horizontal collector well system. It is also revealed that numerical modeling using FEFLOW with 1-D discrete element feature can give efficient quantitative evaluation of horizontal collector well and estimation of availability of riverbank filtration site.