• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.27-33
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• 2011

This study is a preliminary investigation into the development of a construction method that will protect a reservoir even during over flows caused by severe flooding. Through hydraulic modeling tests, the destructive phenomena caused by spillway-junction scour during reservoir overflow were modeled, and the effects on the embankment during such an overflow and the spillway-junction movements are discussed. The reservoir destruction model used the Tanbu reservoir, located in Gangwondo Chuncheon-si Namsanmyeon (H＝22 m, L＝115 m), as the model reservoir and created an embankment with a 1/60 ratio. We review the spillway-junction safety factor during overflow and embankment movement following reinforcement measures for three different cases: no reinforcement, cemented sand and gravel (CSG) reinforcement and water-blocking sheet reinforcement. The results of this study confirmed that when the spillway-junction is exposed to soil, it is very vulnerable to overflow and that a water-blocking sheet or CSG reinforcement are very effective measures in preventing embankment destruction in the long-term period.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2023

Developmental technique is mixed bio-polymer and riprap to protect the breaking of a levee. Purpose of new technique is restraint from scour and failure of bankside. Technique of this research can apply shore protection and embankment overflow reinforcement works. Because This technique is easy for construction. In order to apply the technique in fields, It is need to conduct the test-bed or real scale experiment study for stability-guaranteed. In case of embankment overflow reinforcement works, It is difficult to conduct test bed in the field. Real scale experiment was conducted in River Experiment Center. Purpose of real scale experiment is to reappear disaster scene by embankment overflow and verify restraint from scour and failure about the technique. In this experiment results, We can find the strength effect of mixed bio-polymer and riprap.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.117-128
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• 2005

Korea is affected by typhoon 2-3 times a year, and 50${\sim}$60 % of annual rainfall is concentrated during summer with heavy daily precipitation. Recently such natural conditions cause many of failures or damages of reservoirs and embankments. Overflow by heavy flood is the main cause that results 54.2 % of total embankment failures with damages of spillway, outlet channel and stilling basin. Since damages by overflow are triggered by scour of soils nearby the structures, use of proper backfill materials with great resistance against erosion should be considered and application of suitable construction method to protect erosion may be adopted. Most failures of levee are caused by piping along the surface of cross-structure underneath levee. Such failures may be protected by deep consideration of piping at the stage of design and good quality control during construction. Sufficient magnitude of spillway and outlet channel is the ideal way to prevent failures by the flood. For existing structures, remodeling with reinforcement to protect against flood with review of required storage of dam should be considered.

• Journal of Advanced Research in Ocean Engineering
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-13
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• 2015

Post-Katrina investigations revealed that most earthen levee damage occurred on the levee crest and landward-side slope as a result of either wave overtopping, storm surge overflow, or a combination of both. In this paper, combined wave overtopping and storm surge overflow of a levee embankment strengthened with high performance turf reinforcement mat (HPTRM) system was studied in a purely Lagrangian and meshless approach, two-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) model. After the SPH model is calibrated with full-scale overtopping test results, the overtopping discharge, flow thickness, flow velocity, average overtopping velocity, shear stress, and soil erosion rate are calculated. New equations are developed for average overtopping discharge. The shear stresses on landward-side slope are calculated and the characteristics of soil loss are given. Equations are also provided to estimate soil loss rate. The range of the application of these equations is discussed.