• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.497-510
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• 2011

A levee height is determined by adding a deterministic freeboard to a flood water level in Korea. In the USA, a levee height is determined by choosing a value conditionally among the freeboard criteria and the levels resulted from a probabilistic method. The probabilistic method adopts a conditional non-exceedance probability (CNP) which is the probability that the target stage will not be exceeded given a specific flood event. The purpose of the study is to compare Korean criterion for levee height estimation with that of the USA. Levee heights were determined according to the above two criteria at twenty-five cross sections in five streams. The results show that Korean criterion on average yields levee heights 20 cm higher than those calculated by the criterion of the USA. The larger the flood discharges become, the higher the levee height differences are usually. It is caused by the freeboard estimation criterion of Korea that the larger design flood is, the higher freeboard is given. Korean criterion, however, resulted in lower levee heights for smaller streams than those by the criterion of the USA. To sum it up, the Korean levee height criteria can result in overestimation or underestimation depending on flood discharge amount, being compared with the criteria of the USA. The Korean freeboard especially needs to be increased for smaller flood discharges.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.304-313
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• 2019

Biopolymer based on microbial β-glucan and xanthan gum is effective for vegetation and has a function of enhancing soil strength, which can be used as soil reinforcement and stabilization materials in river embankment. The purpose of this study is to verify the vegetation effect of the surface of levee by biopolymer with seed spraying method. Mixed soils with biopolymer were used to cover the surface of embankments. The strength is higher in biopolymer-treated soil and xanthan gum based biopolymer has advantage for quality control in field scale. In addition, the vegetation of F. arundinacea and L. perenne showed various reactions with types of biopolymers. Biopolymer has a positive effect on the vegetation of them. In contrast, root growth tended to decrease in biopolymer-treated soils. The results indicate that root growth is slow down due to increasing ability to retain water in biopolymer-treated soil. In order to apply biopolymer to river embankment, it is necessary to examine the effects of biopolymers on a wide range of plant species in river embankment.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.241-250
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• 2002

In this study, the method of Cheema et al., which is used to decide stable width and depth of the small alluvial rivers, is improved to consider the stability of mass failure and shear failure of the bank effectively. This improved method is applied to the actual rivers, and this result is compared with the result of the method of Cheema et at.. While the method of Cheema et al. could be applied to the alluvial rivers with channel width below 50m, this improved method shows good results in estimating stable width and depth up to 200m. Therefore, this improved method can be suggested as an effective technique in the profile design of small alluvial rivers.

• Water for future
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.50-60
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• 2004

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.24-34
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• 2008

• Water for future
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.227-232
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• 1988

• Water for future
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.25-31
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• 2003

• Water for future
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• v.39 no.5 s.154
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• pp.20-27
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• 2006

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.105-111
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• 2008

To improve the stability of levee structure, it is required to use good quality fill materials, intensive management, appropriate hydraulic structure and construction of cut-off wall. In particular, the most important factor of levee construction technology is to use bed sediment for its safety. In this study, seepage model test and numerical analysis were performed based on a standard section of levee recommended in the river design standard of korea (2005). The results of test and analysis show that most of the bed soil is a sand (SP in USCS), which does not satisfy the permeability criteria for levee materials ($< k=10^{-3}cm/sec$), thus for the safety of levee it is required to adopt a stabilizing method such as good quality soil mixing, water content control.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.1892-1896
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• 2010

최근 들어 치수 기능만을 위한 공학적 효율 위주의 하천관리 정책에서 벗어나 하천의 환경적 기능의 개선을 위한 생태하천으로의 복원사업이 이루어지고 있다. 치수적 안정성 확보를 위해 기 설치된 콘크리트 호안을 철거하는 대신에 복토후 식생매트리스 공법을 통한 자연친화적인 하천공법이 널리 사용되고 있다. 홍수로 부터 제방을 보호하기 위하여 일반적으로 제방 사면에 호안을 설치한다. 설계 홍수량의 규모가 작거나, 상대적으로 규모가 작은 하천에는 호안이 설치되어 있지 않는 경우도 있지만, 국내는 하천계획의 수립시 호안을 설치하는 것이 일반적이다. 그러나 이와 같은 자연친화적인 하천공법의 적절한 수리학적 기준이 제시되지 않아 홍수기 유실로 인한 경제적 손실이 자주 발생하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 직선수로에 친환경적인 호안을 설치하여 실험을 통하여 하천의 안정성을 살펴보았다.