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'Hillslope Erosion Assessment using 137Cs radionuclide in Granite and Sedimentary rock basins in South Korea'

  • Orkhonselenge, A.;Tanaka, Y.;Kim, Song-Hyun;Kim, Yong-Kyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Quaternary Association Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.7-11
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    • 2005
  • The soil erosion processes have estimated using spatial distribution of 137Cs radionuclide in Granite and Sedimentary Hillslopes in South Korea. The local variability of 137Cs inventory indicates that was related positively to organic matter content, clay content and water content and negatively to hydraulic permeability and slope gradient for bulk samples in different landforms within Granite and Sedimentary rock basins. The vertical variability of 137Cs inventory shows that most of 137Cs concentration and organic matter were accumulated between 0 and 2cms and gradually decrease with soil depth in incremental samples in both basins. The vertical variability of 137Cs inventories shows that 137Csinventories increase as we go to toward downslope in both basins. Finally, the soil loss values indicate that hillslope erosion processes are more intensive in Granite rock basin than those in Sedimentary rock basin.

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An Experimental Study on Parameter Estimation of Settling and Erosional Properties for Cohesive Sediments in Shihwa Lake (시화호 점착성 퇴적물의 침강.침식 특성 매개변수 산정에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Ryu Hong-Ryul;Hwang Kyu-Nam
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.179-188
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to quantitatively estimate the settling and erosional properties for cohesive sediments in Shihwa lake. Settling tests are conducted by multi-depth method using a specially designed 1.8 m tall settling column, and erosion tests are conducted with annular flume under the uniform bed condition. As result of settling tests, it is confirmed that the settling velocity of the cohesive sediments has the range of $0.002 for suspended sediments concentration of 0.1$0.19{\sim}0.55N/m^{2}$ for bed shear stress of $1.14{\sim}1.32g/cm^{3}$, and the erosion rate coefficient decreases with logarithmic function in a range of $18.4{\sim}3.9mg/cm^{2}{\cdot}hr$ with increase of bed shear stress.

Studies on the Ecological Change of the Plant Community in the Erosion-Controlled and Rehabilitated Areas - During 9~26 Years After Erosion Control Works - (사방시공지 식물사회의 생태학적 변화에 관한 연구(V) - 사방시공 후 9~26년 간의 변화 -)

  • Lee, Hyun-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.59-69
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    • 2003
  • Most denuded mountain areas in Korea were completely stabilized by the successful work of the 1st and 2nd 10-year Forest Development Plans which targeted the reforestation of denuded forest lands. The objectives of this study are (1) to estimate the depth of organic horizon in the soil profile, (2) to investigate the change of vegetation structure, (3) to estimate the change of biomass in the erosion controlled and rehabilitated mountain areas with the passage of time. This study was carried out as the 5th times. The first study began in the year of 1985, the second study was in the year of 1988, the third study was in the year of 1992, 4th was in the year of 1998 and 5th was in the year of 2002. The first study started in the study sites which elapsed 9 years after erosion control works. The results of the study were as follows : The increase rate of soil thickness was estimated to $Y_{(cm)}=2.906log_{(yr)}-3.2476(r^2=0.917)$ during 26 years after erosion control works. The important value of pines decreased to 14.7% on upper layer. But, the important value of alders. which did not plant on erosion control work increased to 27.1%. The decrease of whole crown projection indicates that pines. and alders were heavily injured by pine leaf gall midge in the year of 1993, 1995 years and Agelastica coerulea Baly in the year of 1986, 1987 years at Yoju-gun. The young growth of pines and alders not appeared on the soil surface which elapsed 26 years after erosion control works. On the lower layer, oaks occupied over 50% in I.V, RD, RC, RF. In process of years, the increase of biomass estimated to be $Y_{(t/ha)}={0.7505X_{(yr)}}^{1.6335}\;(r^2=0.9712)$ for 26 years after erosion control works.

Development of a Monitoring Method for Soil Erosion using an Ultrasonic Sensor (I) (초음파센서를 활용한 토양침식모니터링 방법 개발 (I))

  • Nam, Koung-Hoon;Lee, Jea-Hyoung;Lee, Hak-Yun;Jeong, Gyo-Cheol
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2015
  • Few studies have investigated soil management policy and soil erosion measurement, whereas the occurrence of climate change requires the establishment of robust soil management systems and appropriate control of soil erosion. In this study, we developed a smart sensor for real-time quantitative measurements of soil erosion at the watershed scale. The smart sensor consists of an ultrasonic sensor, a rainfall meter, a solar cell, an RTU (remote terminal unit),and a CDMA (code division multiple access) and it was programmed to take a measurement every 30 minutes. The depths measured by the smart sensor were compared with data from terrestrial LiDAR. Experimental results showed a strong correlation in the depth of soil erosion between LiDAR and the ultrasonic sensor for the period from 22 August to 11 October 2013. Furthermore, the correlation coefficient between soil erosion depth (mm) and soil erosion volume (m3) was 0.9063 in the lower region of the watershed and is 0.9868 in the upper region. The proposed ultrasonic sensor technique can provide high-quality data for soil conservation and management systems in the future.

Scour Erosion Around Vertical Embankments and Abutments in a Rectangular Channel (구형수로에서 연직 제방 및 교대 부근의 하상 세굴)

  • 박승우
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.41-50
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    • 1986
  • This paper attempts to qualitatively characterize scour erosion processes near USGS constriction type-I structures with vertical embankments and abutments. The scour dimensions and rates of sand beds around the structure models were measured in a rectangular flume. The test results showed that scour took place at a rapid rate at initial stages, which were followed by a stage of slow and general scour with greater extends. The maximum scour depth was observed near upstream corner of embankments. Empirical relationships for scour dimensions were derived, that were based on the results from a dimensional analysis of scour processes.

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A Study on The Corrosion Appearance of Mortar by The Sulfuric-Acid for Some Kinds of Cements (각종 시멘트의 황산에 의한 모르타르의 침식현상에 관한 연구)

  • 이웅종;정연식;김동석;양승규;유재상;이종열
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.281-286
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    • 2003
  • This study presents the results of investigations with the object to determine the resistance to sulfuric acid for some kinds of cements containing 0%-70% of slag powder. The specimen is immersed 5% H$_2$SO$_4$ solution after the 28th days, is measured chemical analysis, XRD, SEM and etc after the immersed 35th days and is measured the erosion depth after the immersed 168th days. The results of experiment are founded out that alumina cement containing slag power was excellent at a point of view for the sulfuric acid resistance and the erosion depth was suitable to the evaluated method of the sulfuric acid resistance in the stead of the evaluated method of weight loss.

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Deformation and Fracture Behavior of Wall Thinned Carbon Steel Pipes (감육된 탄소강배관의 변형과 파괴거동)

  • Ahn, Seok-Hwan;Nam, Ki-Woo
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.20 no.4 s.71
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2006
  • Monotonic four-point bending tests were conducted on straight pipe specimens, 102 mm in diameter with local wall thinning, in order to investigate the effects of the depth, shape, and location of wall thinning on the deformation and failure behavior of pipes. The local wall thinning simulated natural erosion/corrosion metal loss. The deformation and fracture behavior of the straight pipes with local wall thinning was compared with that of non wall-thinning pipes. The failure modes were classifiedas local buckling, ovalization, or crack initiation, depending on the depth, shape, and location of the local wall thinning. Three-dimensional elasto-plastic analyses were carried out using the finite element method. The deformation and failure behavior, simulated by finite element analyses, coincided with the experimental results.

Grid-Based Soil-Water Erosion and Deposition Modeling sing GIS and RS

  • Kim, Seong-Joon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.25-34
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    • 2001
  • A grid-based KIneMatic wave soil-water EROsion and deposition Model (KIMEROM) that predicts temporal variation and spatial distribution of sediment transport in a watershed was developed. This model uses ASCII-formatted map data supported from the regular gridded map of GRASS (U.S. Army CERL, 1993)-GIS (Geographic Information Systems), and generates the distributed results by ASCIIl-formatted map data. For hydrologic process, the kinematic wave equation and Darcy equation were used to simulate surface and subsurface flow, respectively (Kim, 1798; Kim et al., 1993). For soil erosion process, the physically-based soil erosion concept by Rose and Hairsine (1988) was used to simulate soil-water erosion and deposition. The model adopts sing1e overland flowpath algorithm and simulates surface and subsurface water depth, and sediment concentration at each grid element (or a given time increment. The model was tested to a 162.3 km$^2$ watershed located in the tideland reclaimed area of South Korea. After the hydrologic calibration for two storm events in 1999, the results of sediment transport were presented for the same storm events. The results of temporal variation and spatial distribution of overland flow and sediment areas are shown using GRASS.

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Cavitation-Erosion Characteristics of the Stainless Steel with Adding Ti Stabilizer Element in Sea Water (안정화 원소 Ti 첨가에 따른 스테인리스강의 해수 내 캐비테이션-침식 특성)

  • Choi, Yong-Won;Yang, Ye-Jin;Kim, Seong-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.344-348
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    • 2016
  • Stainless steel is widely applied in many industrial fields due to its excellent anti-corrosion and durability characteristics. However, stainless steel is very vulnerable to cavitation attack caused by high speed flow of fluid in the chloride environments such as marine environment. These conditions promote intergranular corrosion and cavitation-erosion, leading to degradation of the structural integrity and service life. In order to prevent these problems, the stabilized stainless steel is applied to the offshore and shipbuilding industries. In this study, Ti was added to 19%Cr-9%Ni as the stabilizer element with different concentrations (0.26%, 0.71%), and their durabilities were evaluated with cavitation-erosion experiment by a modified ASTM G32 method. The microstructural change was observed with the stabilizer element contents. The result of the observation indicated that the amount of carbide precipitation was decreased and its size became finer with increasing Ti content. In the cavitation-erosion experiment, both weight loss and surface damage depth represented an inverse proportional relationship with the amount of Ti element. Consequently, the stainless steel containing 0.71% of Ti had excellent durability characteristics.