• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.195-210
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• 2023

Additional deposition and erosion in large rivers in South Korea have continued to occur toward morphological stabilization after massive dredging through the four major river restoration project, subsequently requiring precise bathymetry monitoring. Hyperspectral bathymetry method has increasingly been highlighted as an alternative way to estimate bathymetry with high spatial resolution in shallow depth for replacing classical intrusive direct measurement techniques. This study introduced the conventional Optimal Band Ratio Analysis (OBRA) of hyperspectral bathymetry method, and evaluated the performance in a domestic large river in normal turbid and flow condition. Maximum measurable depth was estimated by applying correlation coefficient and root mean square error (RMSE) produced during OBRA with cascadedly applying cut-off depth, where the consequent hyperspectral bathymetry map excluded the region over the derived maximum measurable depth. Also non-linearity was considered in building relation between optimal band and depth. We applied the method to the Nakdong and Hwang River confluence as a large river case and obtained the following features. First, the hyperspectal method showed acceptable performance in morphological mapping for shallow regions, where the maximum measurable depth was 2.5 m and 1.25 m in the Nakdong and Hwang river, respectively. Second, RMSE was more feasible to derive the maximum measurable depth rather than the conventional correlation coefficient whereby considering various scenario of excluding range of in situ depths for OBRA. Third, highly turbid region in Hwang River did not allow hyperspectral bathymetry mapping compared with the case of adjacent Nakdong River, where maximum measurable depth was down to half in Hwang River.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.161-167
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• 1999

There is an increasing need for the estimation of foundation piles whose depths are unknown. Especially in repair and reinforcement works or in safety inspection and assessment to the big structures whose foundations are piles, the accurate information about the depth of foundation piles is one of the most important factors. A borehole magnetic tool has been developed and tested to meet this object. The fundamental base is that there usually exist many re-bars inside the foundation structure such as piles, and these re-bars are ferromagnetic materials which cause strong induced magnetic field comparable to the earth magnetic field. It utilizes flux-gate type magnetometer which measures 3-components of the magnetic field. Taking vertical derivatives of vertical component of the measured magnetic field, we can expect the error limit of estimating the depth of the pile end less than 20 cm in favorable condition. The maximum measurable distance is about 3 m to the pile from the borehole. The field data show that borehole magnetics is one of the most accurate, fast, and reliable methods for this object so far, as long as there is no magnetic materials such as deep located steel pipe or power cables close to the foundation piles.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2012

The thermal properties including volumetric heat capacity, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and diurnal and annual damping depths of 10 representative soil series of Korea were calculated using some measurable soil parameters based on the Taxonomical Classification of Korean Soils. The heat capacity of soils demonstrated a linear function of water content and ranged from 0.2 to $0.8cal\;cm^{-3}^{\circ}C^{-1}$ for dry and saturated medium-textured soil, respectively. A small increase in water content of the dry soils caused a sharp increase in thermal conductivity. Upon further increases in water content, the conductivity increased ever more gradually and reached to a maximum value at saturation. The transition from low to high thermal conductivity occurred at low water content in the soils with coarse texture, and at high water content in the other textures. Thermal conductivity ranged between $0.37{\times}10^{-3}cal\;cm^{-1}s^{-1}^{\circ}C^{-1}$ for dry (medium-textured) soil and $4.01{\times}10^{-3}cal\;cm^{-1}s^{-1}^{\circ}C^{-1}$ for saturated (medium/coarse-textured) soil. The thermal diffusivity initially increased rapidly with small increases in water content of the soils, and then decreased upon further increases in the soil-water content. Even in an extreme soil with the highest diffusivity value ($1.1{\times}10^{-2}cm^2s^{-1}$), the daily temperature variation did not penetrate below 70 cm soil depth and the yearly variation not below 13.4 m as four times of damping depths.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.63 no.9
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• pp.1239-1244
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• 2014

In this study, two fiber-optic sensors were fabricated to measure water level and temperature using optical fibers, a coupler, a Lophine and an OTDR (optical time-domain reflectometer). First, using Fresnel's reflection generated at the distal-ends of each optical fiber, which was installed at different depth, we measured the water level according to the variation of water level. Next, we also measured the temperature of water using a temperature sensing probe based on the Lophine, whose absorbance changes with the temperature. The measurable temperature range of the fiber-optic sensor is from $5^{\circ}C$ to $65^{\circ}C$ because the maximum operation temperature of the optical fiber without a physical deterioration is up to $80^{\circ}C$.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.444-444
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• 2022

하천 수심 계측은 수심을 사람이 직접 계측하거나 초음파 기반 유속계 (ADCP) 등 최신 계측기기를 이용하여 간접적으로 계측을 실시하고 있다. 하지만 사람이 직접 하천에서 수심을 측정하는 것은 위험이 동반되고, 수심자료의 측정오차가 크게 발생한다. 따라서 수심측정에서 직접 측정 방식의 한계를 극복하기 위해, 초분광 영상의 반사도와 수심이 높은 상관관계를 보이는 것을 활용하여, 초분광 영상 기반 수심 산정 기법을 개발하였다. 초분광 영상 기반 수심 산정 기법은 복수의 파장이 존재하는 초분광영상으로부터 두 개의 파장대의 밴드를 추출하여 모든 경우의 수에 대해 밴드비를 산정한 후, 실측수심과 밴드비 간의 회귀분석을 실시하여 상관계수가 가장 높은 회귀식을 찾아내는 방식이 최적 밴드비 분석법에 기반한다. 최적 밴드비 분석법을 통해 획득된 높은 상관성의 밴드비-수심 관계식을 이용하여 수심을 추정할 수 있다. 이러한 방법은 직접 수심 측정 방식에 비해, 높은 해상도와 밀도, 양질의 데이터를 수집할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 과거 연구에 따르면 저수심부에서의 높은 정확도의 수심추정 결과를 보였지만, 고수심부에서는 실측수심과의 오차도 높아지는 등 정확성이 떨어지는 경향을 보인다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 보다 효율적인 수심계측을 할 수 있도록 최적 밴드비 분석법을 활용한 수심추정에서 신뢰성 있는 수심의 범위를 파악할 수 있는 방법을 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 대상지역으로 낙동강 본류와 황강 지류 합류부로 선정하였고, 초음파 기반 유속계(ADCP)와 드론을 활용하여 실측수심과 초분광 영상을 취득하였다. 민감도 분석을 위한 수심자료를 0.5m 단위로 분할하였으며, 구간별로 최적 밴드비 분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 구간별로 산정된 상관계수와 평균제곱근오차 (RMSE)를 통해 정확도가 높은 구간을 구별할 수 있었다. 또한 해당 구간을 초과하는 수심은 초분광 영상을 통해 추정이 어려운 것으로 판단되며, 분석한 구간까지를 최대 추정 가능 수심으로 정의하였다. 마지막으로 검증을 위해 최대추정가능수심으로 판단된 구간까지의 데이터만 활용하여 최적 밴드비 분석법을 적용하여 상관계수나 평균제곱근오차 결과의 개선여부 확인을 통해, 본 연구에서 제시한 방법이 정확한 최대추정가능수심 구간을 산정할 수 있는지 확인하였다.