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Recent Techniques for Design and Construction of CFRD (CFRD의 최근 설계ㆍ시공기술 동향)

  • Park Dong-Soon;Kim Hyoung-Soo;Lim Jeong-Yeul
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2005
  • CFRD(Concrete Faced Rockfill Dam) is in widespread use because this type of dam has superior characteristics in structural, material aspects comparing with earth cored rockfill dam. On this paper, up-to-date re-searches and techniques are summed up to be available for future needs in design and construction of CFRD. For example, such items as embankment using weak rock, experience of sand-gravel fill CFRD, connecting slab applied between plinth and face slab, raising experience of old dm, inverse filtration problem, environmental friendly zone, thickness and reinforcing of face slab, alluvial foundation treatment, and curb element method, are summarized for understanding of related engineers.

Numerical Analysis of Relief Well Effect for Seepage Control of Small Fill Dam (소규모 필댐의 침투수 관리를 위한 감압정 효과에 대한 수치해석)

  • Chang, Jaehoon;Yoo, Chanho;Baek, Seungcheol
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.5-13
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    • 2020
  • The relief wells have been studied to be effective in seepage control in small dams such as agricultural dams. However, quantitative studies on the effects of the relief well are rare and there is no design standard also. To quantitatively analyze the effects of the seepage control in small dams, the research of up-lift pressure influencing the toe of dam body was conducted by seepage analysis, which investigates the behavior characteristics, according to the conditions of dam and foundation. The effect of seepage control was studied by analyzing the reduction effect of up-lift pressure at foundation ground of the toe of downstream dam slope depending on the installation of the relief well. As a result, it was found that the relief wells are effective in reducing the pore water pressure in the foundation, which can cause piping and sliding failure.

A Characteristic on Difference of Water Content with Temperature and Compaction of Gypsum to Utilize Fill Material (석고의 축조재료 활용을 위한 온도조건에 따른 함수비 변화와 다짐 특성)

  • Seo, Dong-Uk;Yu, Bong-Seon
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.54 no.3
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2012
  • As a large construction such as highway, dam, reclaimed land etc. increase in number more and more, large amount of fill materials are required. It is needed to utilize a gypsum which is a by-product yielded from chemical plants, as fill materials. Though some studies have been conducted to know a engineering characteristic of gypsum, it is not certain that water contents were checked at $45^{\circ}C$ dry oven. This study proposed that water contents must be measured at $45^{\circ}C$ dry condition because gypsum is changed to other types as a dry temperature. As the results obtained by compaction tests, it is found that moisture of gypsum in compaction must be within -5.0~2.5 % O.M.C (optimal moisture content).

Evaluation of Correlation between Earthquake Induced Settlement of Fill Dams and Ground Motion Parameters (지진 시 필댐의 침하량과 지반진동 변수 간의 상관관계 분석)

  • Baeg, Jongmin;Park, Duhee;Yoon, Jinam;Choi, Byoung-Han
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.65-72
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    • 2018
  • Seismically induced settlement exceeding dam freeboard may lead to a dam failure. The prediction of settlement is important also because it is also reported to be strongly related to longitudinal crack width and depth, which are critical indices used for safe evaluation of dams. The empirical correlation derived from numerical simulations is most often used. In this study, two-dimensional dynamic nonlinear analyses are performed using representative CFRD and ECRD fill dams. A total of 20 recorded motions are used to account for the influence on ground motion intensity and magnitude. The calculated crest settlements are correlated to four ground motion parameters, which are peak ground acceleration (PGA), peak ground velocity (PGV), Aria Intensity ($I_A$), and magnitude. It is demonstrated that using ground motion parameters in addition to PGA can significantly increase the prediction accuracy.

Determination of Hydrophyte Index of Native Plant on the Downstream Slope of Earth Fill Dam (필댐 하류사면 자생식물의 습생지수 결정)

  • Kim, Hyun Soo;Ryu, Bum Hee;Park, Seung Ki
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.61 no.1
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    • pp.131-144
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of study was to determine the hygrophyte index of each plant(HIP) considering the moisture environment condition (MEC) of the native plants on the downstream slope of the fill dam and evaluate its applicability which to develop a method to search for leaks and saturated zones of the fill dam for status evaluation of precision safety diagnosis. The HIP was weighted average and consisted of 19 ranks. The weighted average was calculated according to the following three procedures: First, the linear assumption was made according to the actual habitat environmental conditions, the second one was weighted to 10% of the optimal habitat condition, and finally the average value of the distribution range values. The Hygrophyte index of vegetation at each plot (HIV) was obtained from the Sinheung reservoir (Yesan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do) using the results of vegetation survey of the Sinheung reservoir with precision safety diagnosis and suggested the use of the hygrophyte index of the cultivated vegetation. The average HIP range of plant species that emerged in 50 survey sites on the downstream slope of the Sinheung reservoir is 2.99 to 3.56. The coefficient of variation showed a large difference depending on the appearance of the leakage indicator plant(LIP) species. The range of HIV is 2.80 to 4.26, the mean value is 3.37, standard deviation is 0.37 and the coefficient of variation is 9.7%. As a result, the value of the coefficient of variation showed a large difference depending on the appearance of the plant species.

Behavioral Characteristics and Safety Management Plan for Fill Dam During Water Level Fluctuation Using Numerical Analysis (수치해석을 이용한 수위변동시 필댐의 거동특성 및 안전관리방안)

  • Jung, Heedon;Kim, Yongseong;Lee, Moojae;Lee, Seungjoo;Tamang, Bibek;Heo, Joon;Ahn, Sungsoo
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.45-55
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    • 2021
  • In this study, the behavioral characteristics of the fill dam were analyzed during water level fluctuations through a numerical analysis model, and the reservoir safety management plan was prepared. The variation in plastic deviatoric strain, horizontal displacement, stress path, pore water pressure, etc., due to elevation of water level in the upper and lower sides of shell and core were analyzed using numerical analysis software, viz. GTS NX and LIQCA. The analysis results manifest that as the water level in the dam body increases rapidly, the pore water pressure and displacement also increase quickly. It was found that the elevation of the water level causes an increase in pore water pressure in the dam body as well as an increase in the saturation of the dam body and decreased effective stress. It is considered that this type of dam behavior can be the cause of the reduction of strength and stiffness of the dam. Also, it is assumed that the accumulated plastic deviatoric strain due to the deformation of the dam body caused by water infiltration causes an increase in displacement. Based on these experimental results and the results of analyses of the existing reservoir safety diagnosis techniques, an improvement plan for dam safety diagnosis and evaluation criteria was proposed, and these results can be used as primary data while revising dam safety diagnosis guidelines.

Analysis of temperature monitoring data for leakage detection of earth dam (흙댐의 누수구역 판별을 위한 온도 모니터링 자료의 해석)

  • Oh, Seok-Hoon;Seo, Baek-Soo
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.28 no.B
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 2008
  • Temperature variation according to space and time on the inner parts of engineering constructions(e.g.: dam, slope) can be a basic information for diagnosing their safety problem. In general, as constructions become superannuated, structural deformation(e.g.: cracks, defects) could be occurred by various factors. Seepage or leakage of water through these cracks or defects in old dams will directly cause temperature anomaly. Groundwater level also can be easily observed by abrupt change of temperature on the level. This study shows that the position of seepage or leakage in dam body can be detected by multi-channel temperature monitoring using thermal line sensor. For this, diverse temperature monitoring experiments for a leakage physical model were performed in the laboratory. In field application of an old earth fill dam, temperature variations for water depth and for inner parts of boreholes located at downstream slope were measured. Temperature monitoring results for a long time at the bottom of downstream slope of the dam showed the possibility that temperature monitoring can provide the synthetic information about flowing path and quantity of seepage of leakage in dam body.

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