• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.368-368
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 식생이 활착된 식생매트 제품의 유속 저항 성능을 평가하기 위하여 식생매트의 설치 및 식생의 활착이 가능한 이동식 bed를 개발하고, 개발된 이동식 bed에서 식생매트 설치 및 식생의 활착을 완료한 후, 이동식 bed를 폭 11m 규모의 수로에 설치하여 실규모의 수리 실험을 수행하였다. 실험을 위하여 미국의 식생매트 제품의 시험방법인 ASTM D 6460을 참고하였다. 실험에 사용된 식생매트는 국내에서 통상적으로 사용되는 야자섬유 매트를 사용하였으며, 식생매트의 식생은 토심이 얕은 이동식 bed의 생육환경에서도 뿌리가 잘 발달할 수 있는 수크령을 선택하여 활착시켜 사용하였다. 실험은 봄 활착 및 가을 활착 두 가지 조건에 대하여 수행하였으며, 두 실험 조건의 결과 비교를 통하여 식생매트의 계절에 따른 식생활착 특성과 유속저항 성능 차이를 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.87-96
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• 2010

This study was conducted to select environmentally-friendly and low-cost mulching material that could replace soil molding which can be used to restore vegetation in an abandoned coal mine area. To this end, we established 20 experimental plots (4m ${\times}$ 10m in size) on the steep, south west-facing slope of the abandoned coal mine area in Hwangji-Dong, Taebaek City, Gangwon Province in April 2006. We planted two-year-old 1,600 seedlings (at intervals of 0.6m ${\times}$ 0.8m) of drought-resistant tree species including Betula schmidtii, Betula platyphylla var. japonica, Amorpha fruticosa, and Quercus mongolica in the plots. After planting seedlings, mulching was applied by using five different kinds of material such as HWAP (Teracotem), peat moss, straw mats, wood chips, and control (no-mulching) and the effects of different mulching material on the survival rate and growth performance were compared. Three years after planting, the survival rate was the highest in wood chip mulching, followed by straw-mat, peat moss, HWAP, and control. The survival rate was the highest in Quercus mongolica, followed by Betula schmidtii, Betula platyphylla var. japonica, and Amorpha fruticosa. Meanwhile the height growth was the best in Betula platyphylla var. japonica, followed by Betula schmidtii, Quercus mongolica, and Amorpha fruticosa. The height growth of seedlings was the best in HWAP mulching, followed by peat moss, woody chips, straw mat, and control. From an economic point of view, wood chips are considered to be the best mulching material. The results showed that mulching without soil molding and/or mixing applications would be effective for restoring vegetation in an abandoned coal mine areas.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.19-29
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• 2013

Cicuta virosa is an endangered species in Korea, which is a southern marginal area. To conserve and restore habitats of this plant, we investigated water and soil environmental characteristics and vegetation at four habitats during the growing season. The C. virosa habitats differed in community structure, water and substrate properties, and water regime. Although the total distribution ranges of the water and soil environments for C. virosa were wide and overlapped with the optimal environmental range of distribution of accompanying species, the optimal water level range for C. virosa was defined as $7{\pm}3.5$ cm. Water level was adjusted by substrate structure such as a mound of P. japonica and a floating mat comprised of accompanying species. A floating mat was an aid to maintain an optimal and stable water level in deep or fluctuating water and to prevent strong competition with prolific macrophytes. The GS sampling site, which had floating mats, could be a good model for C. virosa conservation in a warm temperate region, whereas the PC sampling sites, which experienced a water shortage in spring, provided a clue about the decline in C. virosa population size.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.67-78
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• 1971

The measures of contour-terracing with sod has been executed as a major measures for hillside erosion control works for a long time in Korea. It is, however, recognized that pair terracings make a new slope-face having the more steeper degree of slope between the upper and the lower terraces on hillsides and it also does not contribute for establishing the natural vegetation-cover by penetration of pioneer seeds on the slope faces or cut-faces of hillsides. The study was therefore conducted in connection with the above problems on the cut-face having slope of $40^{\circ}$ and 1.6 meter in slope length with clay soils. Plot allocation for the experiment consists of 3 kinds of 3 replica plots having each $1.6m^2$ of slope area, i. e., the control plot with direct seeding on slopes only ($T_1$), the covering plot with the straw-mats after seeding on slopes ($T_2$) and the seeding plot after covering with the straw-mats. ($T_3$). The main results obtained may be summarized as follows : 1. Effects of the straw-mat mulchings on surface soil loss control:-The total amount of soil losses from each treatments are measured as 4,651 gr from $T_1$, 163 gr. from $T_2$ and 2,891 gr. from $T_3$ treatment respectively. (Refer to table No. 2, 3 and 4). In short, it is recognized that effect of $T_2$ treatment is compared as 28.5 times than that of $T_1$ treatment and 17.7 times than that of $T_3$ treatment respectively. Effect of $T_3$ treatment compared with $T_1$ treatment is also such recognizable as 1.6 times in control of surface soil losses on a slope face. 2. Effect of the straw-mat mulchings on soil moisture content on slopes; -Average per cent of surface soil moisture content by treatments show as 21.60 at the $T_1$, 23.04 at the $T_2$ and 22.21 at the $T_3$ treatment respectively and that of subsurface soil moisture content by treatment show as 23.81 at the $T_1$, 26.16 at the $T_2$ and 24.81 at the $T_3$ treatment respectively. The variance of soil moisture content by treatments was highly significant (Refer table No. 7, 8 and 9). 3. Effect of the straw-mat mulchings on vegetation establishment;-Average numbers of germination by treatments are counted as 237 Nos. at the $T_1$, 246 Nos. at the $T_2$ and 262 Nos. at the $T_3$ treatment plots and the vegetation coverage on ground was almost same as about 90% of covers in all treatments. This effect is more or less lower than that of surface soil erosion control. 4. Regarding the effect on surface soil erosion control, the straw-mat mulchings would be effective as a new measures for control of soil erosion on erosion susceptible lands such slope-faced bare-lands as cut-fill faces, mass-movement faces and bare hillsides.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.76-85
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• 2009

This study was carried to select the proper vegetation base materials which improve soil quality in abandoned coal mine areas. Also, we aimed at the feasibility of the direct seeding method without soil molding for the ecological restoration in those areas. We set total eight plots within the study site established on an abandoned coal mine area near Taebaek city, Gangwon province in April 2006. The plots were classified as two groups(straw mats mulching and no mulching), and the four treatments (C; control, MI; microbial innoculation, WC; wood chip, OF; organic fertilizer) were applied in each two groups for the soil conditioning. The survival of Pinus densiflora was highest among other species(Betula platyphylla var. japonica, Amorpha fruticosa and Arundinella hirta). For the non straw mat, the survival rate of Pinus densiflora seedlings was highest in the WC treatment($1,756trees/m^2$). For the straw mat, survival rate of Pinus densiflora seedlings was also highest in the WC treatment ($1,622trees/m^2$). In addition, for the non straw mat, the height growth of Pinus densiflora seedling was highest in the OF treatment($12.4{\pm}3.9cm$). For the straw mat, the height growth of Pinus densiflora seedling was also highest in the OF treatment($18.7{\pm}5.3cm$). In general, organic fertilizer treatment with the straw mat was most effective for seedling growth. Also, we suggested that the direct seeding method without soil molding could be sufficiently possible for revegetating abandoned coal mine, Korea.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.668-668
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• 2012

제방 비탈면 보호방법 중에서 식생매트를 사용하는 방법은 제방의 보호와 함께 자연친화적이면서 생태계의 보전 측면에서 유리하고 이와 아울러 심미적 효과와 비용의 적절성 등의 요건을 만족하기 때문에 최근 국내 자연형 하천정비에서는 다양한 종류의 식생매트들이 빈번히 사용되고 있다. 하지만 식생매트로 인한 제방의 비탈면 보호 효과에 대해서는 아직까지 정성적으로 분석된 예가 미흡하여 이에 관한 연구가 시급히 요구되고 있는 실정이다. 비탈면을 보호하는 비탈덮기는 생태계와 경관 등의 고려도 중요하지만 그보다 먼저 유수에 의한 파괴가 발생하지 않아야 한다. 따라서 제방의 비탈면 보호 효과가 다른 재료에 비해 상대적으로 취약할 수 밖에 없는 식생매트의 경우 적용범위와 한계를 명확히 하여야 잘못된 적용으로 인한 재해를 막을수 있을 것이다. 근래 들어 지역을 가리지 않는 국지성 폭우로 인한 홍수가 점차로 확대되고 있는 국내 상황을 고려할 때에도 식생매트의 한계와 적용범위의 결정은 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 한국건설기술연구원 안동 하천실험센터 호안블록 시험구간에서 하류 10m 지점에서 시작하는 20m 구간에 두 종류의 식생매트를 교대로 설치하여 각각의 식생매트에 관한 파괴실험을 수행하였다. 두 종류의 식생매트 모두 코코넛 섬유를 원료로 사용하는 제품이며, 식생매트의 파괴 실험은 식생활착 이전의 상황을 재현하여 수행하였다. 이는 통상적으로 식생 활착 이전의 식생매트가 제방 비탈면을 보호하는 효과가 현저히 떨어지는 단점을 가지고 있기 때문에 이에 맞추어 본 실험에서는 식생매트의 자체의 단점과 한계를 파악하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 실험 결과 두 종류의 식생매트는 모두 침수시 부력으로 인한 부유 현상과 식생매트 틈세 흐름으로 인한 기반층의 세굴 현상을 발견할 수 있었으며, 이러한 상황에서 식생매트를 고정하는 앵커가 매우 중요한 역할을 한다는 것을 발견할 수 있었다. 식생매트가 기반 토층에서 분리되어 파괴가 발생하는 유량조건은 각각 식생매트에 따라 서로 다르게 나타났는데, 이 또한 매트를 고정하는 앵커의 특성 때문인 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.35-42
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• 2012

This study was conducted to investigate growth responses at 45 days after cutting in six Sedum cultivars (S. reflexum 'Blue Spruce', S. rupestre 'Angelina', S. sexangulare, S. sexangulare var. elatum, S. spurium 'Atropurpureus', S. takesimense) using vegetation mats (individual coir tape and jute treated with different thicknesses and soil compositions) to broaden usefulness of evergreen Sedum cultivars. All the treatments including both single and interaction between treatments showed significant effects (p<0.001) on the number of branches, plant height, and shoot fresh weight except the number of branches treated with different mat types. No. of branches was showed two times in compost than in sand regardless of cultivars and mat types with the exception of S. takesimense showing no added branches in all treatments. Each plant height of all the cultivars except 'Angelina' showed the highest value under the conditions treated with 5 mm thick coir tape using compost. The fresh weight of 'Blue Spruce' treated with 5 mm thick coir tape using compost was 13.19 g of which value was the highest in all treatments. The better growth response in all Sedum cultivars was shown in the treatment of 5 mm thick coir tape than with jute net treatment.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.109-116
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• 2024

The Rapid Hardening Composite Mat (RHCM) is a product that improves the initial strength development speed of conventional Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mats (GCCM). It offers the advantage of quickly securing sufficient strength in railway slopes with insufficient formation level, and provides benefits such as preventing slope erosion and inhibiting vegetation growth. In this study, an analysis of the practical applicability of RHCM in railway settings was conducted through experimentation. The on-site applicability was assessed by categorizing it into fire resistance, durability, and stability, and conducting combustibility test, ground contact pressure test, and daily displacement analyses. In the case of South Korea, where a significant portion of the territory is composed of forested areas, the prevention of slope fires is imperative. To analyze the fire resistance of RHCM, combustibility tests were conducted as an essential measure. Durability was assessed through ground contact pressure tests to analyze the deformation and potential damage of RHCM caused by the inevitable use of small to medium-sized equipment on the construction surface. Furthermore, daily displacement analysis was conducted to evaluate the structural stability by comparing and analyzing the displacement and behavior occurring during the application of RHCM with railway slope maintenance criteria. As a result of the experiments, the RHCM was analyzed to meet the criteria for heat release rate and gas toxicity. Furthermore, the ground contact pressure was observed to be consistently above 50 kPa during the curing period of 4 to 24 hours under all conditions. Additionally, the daily displacement analyzed through field site experiments ranged from -1.7 mm to 1.01 mm, confirming compliance with the criteria.