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Wind tunnel effect analysis for MEXICO wind turbine model (MEXNEXT 풍력발전기 풍동 시험에 대한 풍동 영향 분석)

  • Shin, Hyungki;Lim, Jongsoo;Jang, Moonseok
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.59.1-59.1
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    • 2011
  • In this research, CFD calculation was implemented to analyze wind tunnel effect or rotor experiment in wind tunnel. One case included model wind turbine and all wind tunnel geometries. The other case include only rotor and nacelle system. Star-CCM+ was used for CFD analysis and rigid body motion around rotor area was applied to simulate rotating rotor. As for turbulence model, K-omega SST was used. The results were compared in 15m/s inflow condition. These results shows a good agreement with the measurement. Then, the result without wind tunnel was slightly different to the result with wind tunnel. Thus, in the case of Mexnex wind tunnel measurement, the wind tunnel don't affect the measurement result. Then, this wind tunnel and rotor size ratio can be reference for wind tunnel experiment of wind turbine rotor.

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Back Analysis of Tunnel for multi-step Construction (시공 단계를 고려한 터널의 역해석에 관한 연구)

  • 김선명;윤지선
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.479-484
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    • 2000
  • The reliable estimation of the system parameters and the accurate prediction of the system behavior are important to design tunnel safely and economically. Therefore, the back analysis using the field measurements data is useful to evaluate the geotechnical parameter for tunnel. In the back analysis method, the selection of initial value and uncertainty of field measurements influence significantly on the analysis result. In this paper, to overcome uncertainty of field measurements, we performed the back analysis using the displacement data gained at each step of excavation and support.

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Study on the Estimation of Safety Zone and the Movement of Ground at the Inter-Crossing Tunnel (교차터널에서의 지반거동 및 안전영역평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Woo-Sung;Yoo, Dong-Uk;Lee, Sang-Eun
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.491-502
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    • 2008
  • A certain range of the original ground around the tunnel should be preserved to ensure structural safety of the tunnel when other structures are made around the tunnel, and thus this range is defined as safety zone of the tunnel. The main points to ensure the stability of an existing tunnel when constructing a new tunnel in an inter-crossing area are distance between two tunnels, size of the new tunnel, excavation method for the new tunnel, ground condition around the tunnel, and lining type of the existing tunnel etc. When the new tunnel is excavated above the existing tunnel, the existing tunnel is likely to suffer deformation at a crown zone, damage of arching effect, and live load of the new tunnel etc. On the other hand, when the new tunnel is excavated below the existing tunnel, the existing tunnel is likely to be damaged due to settlement. This study has been made on the behavior of the existing tunnel by means of model test and numerical analysis when the new tunnel is excavated below the existing tunnel. Safety zone of the tunnel was estimated by the results of strength/stress ratio obtained from numerical analysis, and the movement of ground was estimated by the model test. The results of earth pressure, ground displacements, and convergence of the tunnel obtained from model test were compared with those of numerical analysis, and show a similar trend.

Limit analysis of seismic collapse for shallow tunnel in inhomogeneous ground

  • Guo, Zihong;Liu, Xinrong;Zhu, Zhanyuan
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.491-503
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    • 2021
  • Shallow tunnels are vulnerable to earthquakes, and shallow ground is usually inhomogeneous. Based on the limit equilibrium method and variational principle, a solution for the seismic collapse mechanism of shallow tunnel in inhomogeneous ground is presented. And the finite difference method is employed to compare with the analytical solution. It shows that the analytical results are conservative when the horizontal and vertical stresses equal the static earth pressure and zero at vault section, respectively. The safety factor of shallow tunnel changes greatly during an earthquake. Hence, the cyclic loading characteristics should be considered to evaluate tunnel stability. And the curve sliding surface agrees with the numerical simulation and previous studies. To save time and ensure accuracy, the curve sliding surface with 2 undetermined constants is a good choice to analyze shallow tunnel stability. Parameter analysis demonstrates that the horizontal semiaxis, acceleration, ground cohesion and homogeneity affect tunnel stability greatly, and the horizontal semiaxis, vertical semiaxis, tunnel depth and ground homogeneity have obvious influence on tunnel sliding surface. It concludes that the most applicable approaches to enhance tunnel stability are reducing the horizontal semiaxis, strengthening cohesion and setting the tunnel into good ground.

Feedback Analysis for Tunnel Safety using displacements measured during the tunnel excavation (터널굴착에 의한 변위계측값을 활용한 역해석 기법 연구)

  • Park, Si-Hyun;Song, Won-Gen;Oh, Young-Seok;Shin, Yong-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.199-204
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    • 2007
  • This research aimed at to develop a quantitative assesment technique which uses the measured displacements at the excavated plane during tunnel construction. Tunnel structure has a feature with long extents comparing to the excavated section so that the tunnel safety assesment is more effective by using the measured data of displacements. Tunnel structures show different structural behaviors due to the mechanical characteristics of ground and supports themselves, excavation methods and construction methods of supports, etc. From this point of view, it has very important meanings on the practical aspects that the measured data from the construction cite represent the features of the interaction effects between ground and supports as they are. In this study, both the stress state and the properties of surrounding ground are analyzed by newly incorporated feedback analysis technique which can use the measured displacements directly. Then, the stress state and the properties of ground will be used to obtain the strain distribution of surrounding ground. Finally the tunnel safety can be assessed by comparing the estimated strain through the analysis to the allowable strain of ground quantitatively.

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Stability analysis of a tunnel excavated in weak rocks and the optimal design for the support pattern (연약지반내 굴착터널의 안정성 평가 및 최적보강설계에 관한 연구)

  • 최성웅;신희순
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.191-201
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    • 1997
  • Geological and geotechnical surveys, in general, should precede the excavation to ensure the safety of the tunnel and should be followed up according to the various geological condition during the excavation. However actually the standard support patterns which were decided during the design step used be insisted for the whole excavation steps in spite of the various geological conditions. OO tunnel was excavated with NATM and a support pattern type-V in weak rocks. When the tunnel was excavated up to 25m long, the severe displacement was generated in the portal area and the shotcrete was damaged to make the cracks and the tunnel face was totally collapsed. It might happen owing to the one-day heavy rain, but the exact reason for that accident should be found out and the new optimal support patternt needed. Consequently three dimensional numerical analysis was applied for the evaluation of the cause of the tunnel collapse instead of two dimensional analysis, because three dimensional analysis can show better the real field phenomenon than two dimensional analysis in which the load distribution methods are adopted for the tunnel excavation. We could simulate the actual situations with three dimensional finite difference code and propose the new optimal support patterns.

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Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Tunnel Flow Induced by Jet Fan (제트홴에 의해 형성되는 터널내 유동의 실험 및 수치적 해석)

  • Kim, Jung-Yup;Yang, Sang-Ho
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.59-64
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    • 2010
  • To analyze the three-dimensional flow in tunnel caused by operation of jet fan, both experimental and computational studies have been conducted. The experimental analysis of tunnel flow induced by jet fan is conducted on a real-scale apparatus with jet fan and tunnel, and air velocity at the monitoring points is measured for variation of fan's RPM. The three-dimensional numerical analysis including tunnel and jet fan is carried out for the same geometric configuration as the experimental analysis. The experimental and computational results are compared to examine the applicability of the numerical method.

Numerical Analysis of Tunnelling-Induced Ground Movements (터널굴착으로 발생한 지반거동에 대한 수치해석적 분석)

  • Son, Moo-Rak;Yun, Jong-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2009.09a
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    • pp.396-403
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    • 2009
  • Numerical analysis has been performed to estimate maximum settlement and maximum horizontal displacement due to tunnel excavation varying ground condition, tunnel depth and diameter, and construction condition (volume loss at excavation face). The maximum surface settlement from the numerical analysis has been compared with the maximum settlement at tunnel crown considering ground condition, tunnel depth and diameter, and construction condition, and it has been also compared with the maximum horizontal displacement. The results from the numerical analysis have been compared with field measurements to confirm the applicability and validity of the results and by this comparison it is believed that the numerical results in this study can be utilized practically in analyzing the ground movements due to tunnel excavation.

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Tunnel Safety Diagnosis in Near-excavation by In-depth Inspection of Tunnel (기존터널 안전진단 결과를 통한 근접시공 시 터널 안정성 평가)

  • Kim, Seok-Jae;Kim, Min-Seok;Kim, Jun-Chul;Yoo, Young-Il;Oh, Joung-Bae;Oh, Sae-Joon
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.16 no.4 s.63
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    • pp.347-356
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    • 2006
  • We analyzed case studies doing in-depth inspection of tunnel to maintain safety of existing tunnel in constructing new tunnel near to a existing tunnel with single track. Futhermore, We accomplished in-depth inspection of existing tunnel and numerical analysis. We suggested remedies to security safety of existing tunnel. We applied line drilling and pre-large hole boring method not to have an effect on existing tunnel and convinced the safety of existing tunnel from blast-vibration and blast-noise of numerical analysis. We planed to install basset system to measure displacement of existing tunnel according to excavating new tunnel.

Tunnel Pressure acting on Shallow Tunnel in Unconsolidated Ground (미고결 저토피 터널에 작용하는 토압에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Ho;Akutagawa, Shinish;Kim, Young-Su;Moon, Hong-Duk
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.453-463
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    • 2007
  • Terzaghi's tunnel pressure theory is generally used to estimate primary design pressures on tunnel support for shield and urban NATM tunnels until now. A trial is made in this paper to investigate the interaction between the ground deformation behavior and Terzaghi's tunnel pressure, which assumes pound's limit (or critical) state, by considering results of 'Terzaghi's tunnel pressure theory. two-dimensional reduced-scale model tunnel tests and nonlinear numerical analysis based on strain softening modeling. A full understanding between tunnel pressure and ground deformation behavior under the tunnel excavation and an effective utilization of this interaction lead to an economical tunnel support design and a safe construction of tunnel.