• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.42-53
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• 2015

In order to assess the hydraulic effects of flow pattern changes and geomorphological evolution around spur dikes, this study carried out monitoring and numerical simulation on the changes of morphologic characteristics around spur dikes that settled in the bend of the Yeongcheon River. The study site spanned 190 m, and spur dikes were installed in March 2008. Monitoring of the site started in May 2008 and was completed in April 2014. When the water level was higher than the height of the spur dikes, the spur dikes extrude flow from the bank. Therefore, the spur dikes that were built to stabilize the channel have been effectively performing hydraulic functions. With the passing of time, the channel was stabilized and pools formed around the spur dike toes by local scouring. It was confirmed that spur dikes created various physical characteristics in the aspect of channel topography, with sediments deposits occurring between the spur dikes, while riffles and pools formed in the channel.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.1753-1764
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• 2014

Numerical flow simulation models in the riverine environments have been widely utilized for analyzing flow dynamics in various degrees in researches and practical applications. However, most of the simulated results have been validated based on the data from indoor experimental models or very limited in-situ measurements. Therefore, it has been required to more accurately validate the performance of the numerical models in terms of the detailed field observations. In particular, it was also hard to validate the performances of the existing numerical models in the real meandered river channels that encompass more sophisticated flow and geometric structures. Recently, advancements of the modern flow measuring instrumentations such as acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) enabled us to efficiently acquire the detailed flow field in the broad range of river channels, thus that it became to be possible to accurately validate any numerical models with the field observations. In this study, based on the detailed flow measurements in a actual meandered river channel using ADCP, we validated FaSTMECH model in iRIC in terms of water surface elevation, which is relatively new but began to get highlighted in the research areas. As the validation site, a meandering channel in River Experiment Center of KICT was chosen, which has 6.5 m of width, 0.38m of flow depth, 1.54 m3/s of flow discharge, 0.61 m/s of mean flow velocity, and 1.2 of sinuosity. As results, whereas the FaSTMECH precisely simulated water surface elevation, simulated velocity field in the bend did not match well with ADCP dataset.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.2B
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• pp.161-170
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• 2006

A tracer test technique using a radioisotope was proposed to investigate pollutant mixing characteristics in rivers. The main advantages of radioisotope as a tracer in field tests are that it can be detected easily, and that its detection range is quite large. Also, using the radioisotope, the amount sorbed by the bed material and the biota may be a minimum. Field tracer tests were conducted at seven different sites in natural rivers with various meandering pattern. Based on the acquired data, the behavior of the tracer cloud in the intermediate-field was examined two-dimensionally, and dispersion coefficients were calculated using several evaluation methods. Results revealed that the tracer cloud was transported skewed to the outer bank and dispersion coefficients in bends were larger than those in straight reaches.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.659-667
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• 2017

This study analyzes the changes in the flow characteristics due to the difference in inflow discharges from the main channel and tributary at the confluence of the Nakdong and Geumho Rivers. The analysis was done using a two-dimensional numerical method. The study site has complicated flow patterns because of the discharge variation from the main stream and tributary. The study section has a meandering main channel, and the hydraulic characteristics cannot be defined with simple conditions such as the confluence angle of the channels or the ratio of the channel widths. An actual flood event in 2012 was applied in the numerical simulation. The maximum velocity occurred in the meandering section after passing the confluence, where a rapid change was expected. A high velocity and large bed change in this section were observed in the simulation results. The variation of discharges from the main channel and tributary was a more dominant factor in the flow and bed changes for the normal flow conditions than the flood event. This indicates that countermeasures for channel stabilization should be considered in the meandering section downstream of the confluence section, and countermeasures for the study section should be investigated.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.605-605
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• 2012

최근 통계자료에 의하면 국내 제방붕괴 유형 중 11.5%가 제체 불안정에 의한 붕괴로 보고되고 있다. 홍수시 노후화된 제방이 붕괴하여 발생하는 인명 및 재산피해는 점차 증가하고 있는 상황이어서, 이에 대한 제방 시설물의 보강 및 안전관리 대책이 필요한 상황이다. 하천시설물 주변의 흐름특성에 의하여 세굴이 발생할 수 있는 지점에는 보호공을 설치하여 시설물의 안정성을 확보하도록 하천설계기준 해설(2009)에서 제안하고 있다. 그러나 구조물을 보완하는 보호공의 공종 및 규격 등을 설계하기 위한 세부적인 설계지침이 미흡하여 외국의 연구 또는 설계사례를 참고하여 국내 하천에 적용하고 있는 상황이다. 해외의 연구사례를 살펴보면, 설계공식에 적용된 설계인자인 유속 및 수심 등을 1차원 단면평균값을 활용하는 경우가 많아서 복잡한 하천의 흐름특성을 반영하기에 미흡한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 국내 하천해석에서 주로 활용되고 있는 수치모형을 이용하여 실험수로의 흐름을 재현하고 수리실험을 통하여 관측한 유속 및 수위분포 결과와 비교하였다. 2차원 수치모형으로는 RMA2, CCHE2D, FLUMEN 등의 상용모형과 최근 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있는 Approximate Riemann 기법을 적용하여 개발된 유한체적모형을 적용하였다. 제방 부근에서 형성되는 흐름을 상세하게 모의하기 위하여 국내 하천시설물 설계에서 많이 활용되고 있는 FLOW-3D 모형을 적용하여 3차원 모의결과와 수리실험결과를 비교하였다. 수리실험에서 관측된 사석호안공의 이탈시 흐름현상을 재현하여 호안공 이탈에 영향을 미치는 국부유속 및 전단응력을 산정하여 호안설계에 적합한 설계인자를 분석하였다. 연구결과를 활용하여 사석호안공 설계 기법에 적용되는 수치모형을 통하여 산정되는 설계인자의 정확성을 향상시킴으로써, 정량적이고 합리적인 사석호안공 설계기법개발에 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.558-558
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• 2012

다수의 자연 하천은 유사 이동과 하안의 침식으로 인하여 사행 하천이 발생한다. 사행 하천에서의 이차류는 원심력, 편수위로 발생하는 중력에 의한 압력차, 그리고 난류로 인하여 발생하는 응력으로 인하여 형성되며 나선형 구조 형태로 표면 유속은 외부로 향하고 하천 바닥의 유속은 안으로 향하게 된다. 이러한 2차류의 형성은 주 흐름의 특성을 변형시킨다. 자연하천에서 2차류는 주 흐름의 15-25%의 크기를 가지고 있으나, 하상의 변화, 유사의 이동 등과 연관되므로 2차류의 영향을 정확히 해석하는 것은 수리학적으로 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 사행수로에서 발생하는 2차류 거동을 수치모의를 통하여 수행하였다. 우선 2차류의 분석을 위하여 실험을 통한 결과물을 비교하였다. 자연 하천의 특성을 반영할 수 있도록 서일원(2006)이 수행한 S-자 형태의 실험 수로의 실험 결과를 분석하였다. 수치 모의를 위하여 3차원 전산유체역학 프로그램을 사용하여 사행수로의 2차원 유속 구조를 모의할 수 있도록 하였다. FLOW-3D 프로그램을 이용하여 실험 결과와 모의 결과를 비교할 수 있도록 하였으며 비교 후 보정을 실시하였다. 모의는 주로 LES (Large Eddy Simulation) 모형을 통해 이루어졌으며, 이를 통하여 실험에서 획득한 결과와 비슷한 유속구조 분포를 확인할 수 있었다. 보정 및 검증 후 수치 모의를 통한 유속 데이터를 이용하여 민감도 분석을 실행하였다. 이후로는 수로의 만곡부, 조도, 수심 등 인공수로의 조건을 변경하여 수치 모의를 수행하였다. 보정된 결과를 이용하여 추가적인 모의를 통한 유속 분포 구조의 비교가 이루어졌다. 이를 통하여 각 조건이 이차류의 크기에 미치는 영향을 확인할 수 있었으며, 모의를 통한 유속분포 결과는 대체적으로 실험을 통한 이차류의 연직분포 구조와 일치하였다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.2B
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• pp.209-216
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• 2006

This study is to analyse the characteristics of bar migration, which is important roles to bank erosion and meandering development, for the meandering channels with erodible bed by using a 2-D numerical model in the generalized coordinate systems. The results of the numerical experiments showed that the features of bar migration were affected by the meandering wavelength to the width ratio, and had a relatively good agreement with the criterion for bar migration through a bend suggested by Kinoshita and Miwa (1974). The bar migrated with speed in the channel with long wavelength and broad width, and the criterion for bar migration was increased. The bar celerity was decreased abruptly near the criterion.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.65-72
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• 2011

Natural streams meander, forming pools at the outer part of bend and riffles at the crossing. Pools are deep at a lower flow velocity, and riffles are shallow at a higher flow velocity. Attentions are being paid to pool-riffle sequences in meandering streams because pool-riffle sequences tend to increase biodiversity of the stream ecosystem. This study investigates the characteristics of distribution of bed sediment particles in the upstream reach of the Gap Stream, which is a tributary of the Geum River in Korea. The upstream part of the Gap Stream, the study reach, is a gravel-bed stream, showing a pool and three riffles due to meandering. The reach also includes pools at the upstream and downstream parts of the weir. The characteristics of bed sediment particles sampled at the wetland and in the side channel are studied, revealing that the median particle diameter in the riffle is about four times larger than that in the pool. In addition, flow simulations are carried out for ordinary discharge and design flood, and such parameters important to sediment transport as velocity, shear stress, dimensionless shear stress (or Shields number), and dimensionless shear velocity are provided to see the mobility of sediment particles in the pool-riffle sequence.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.15-22
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• 1997

The flow in meandering channel has a great influence on curved bank revetment in river morphology. It is difficult to state generalized cirteria for channel improvement applicable to any paricular river. But it is very important to provide some principles and guidelines for design engineers. The objective of this experimental study in fixed bed model is to povide effective data that find out maximum velocity size by the mean velocity and the radius of curvature in curved channel, for the purpose of improving small stream without hydraulic modeling test each time.

• Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.57-63
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• 2023

Recently, Heavy rains and super typhoons occurred by climate change cause a lot of damage in Korea. In order to reduce such damage, various types of river maintenance projects are being promoted, but it is difficult to maintain the balance of rivers in Korea with distinct flood and dry seasons. In particular, river structures installed as a river maintenance project cause various problems such as scouring of structures and their foundations during floods and river bed changes. In order to reduce such bed scour, various vanes are installed in the bend of the river, and various bed scour reduction effects appear depending on the size, arrangement, and shape of the vanes. The vane regenerates the secondary flow in the opposite direction to the secondary flow generated by the centrifugal force, thereby reducing scour around the outer bed and promoting deposition. The theory of this study uses the governing equation applying the continuity equation that satisfies the law of conservation of mass and the momentum equation that satisfies the conservation of momentum, and measures the overall average flow velocity change rate according to design factors to investigate the effect of vanes under various conditions. Both the average and cross-sectional flow velocities decreased in both the trapezoidal vane and the square vane. In addition, vanes installed perpendicularly or inclined to the direction of river flow generate a secondary flow in the opposite direction to the secondary flow generated by centrifugal force, thereby canceling the secondary flow of centrifugal force, so the effect of the vane appears.