• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2010

Experimental examinations for evaluating fracutres were conducted by using transparent replicas of a single fracture in order to obtain the fracture data to contribute to the methodlogy on how to improve the definitaion of representative parameter values used for a parallel plate fracture model. Quantitative aperture distribution and quantitative tracer concentration data at each point in time were obtained by measuring the attenuation of transmitted light through the fracture in high spatial resolution. the representative aperture values evaluated from the multiple different measurement methods, such as arithmetic mean of aperture distribution measured by the optical method, transport aperture evaluated from the tracer test, and average aperture evaluated from the fracture void volume measurement converged to a unique value that indicates the accuracy of this experimental study. The aperture data was employed for verifying the numerical simulation under the assuption of Local Cubic Law and showed that the calculated flow rate through the fracture is 10%-100% larger than hydraulic test results. The quantitative tracer concentration data is also very valuable for validating existing numerical code for advection dispersion transport in-plane heterogeneous fractures.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.113-120
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• 2004

Grouting works in fractured rocks have been performed to reinforce the underground and/or to block ground water flow at the foundation site of dam, bridge and so on. For the efficient grouting design, a prior knowledge of the fracture pattern of underground area to be grouted in very important. For the practical use, aperture sizes of open fractures that will be filled up with grouting materials will be kind of valuable information. Thus, the main purpose of this study is to develop a new technique (so called "GenFT") enable to form a three dimensional image of fracture aperture density distribution from Televiewer data. For this, the study is to focus on dealing with (1) estimating aperture size of each fracture automatically from Televiewer time image, (2) mapping extension of fracture planes on a given section, (3) evaluating aperture density distribution on the section by using both aperture size and fracture face mapping result of each fracture, (4) developing an algorithm that can transfer the previous results to any arbitrary(vertical and/or horizontal) section around the borehole. Since 3D imaging means "a strategy used to form an image of arbitrarily subdivided 2D sections with aperture density distribution", it will help avoid ambiguities of fracture pattern interpretation and hence will be of practical use not only for the design and assessment of grouting works but also for various engineering works. Examples of fields experiments are illustrated. It would seem that this technique might lead to reflecting future trend in underground survey.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.627-634
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• 2002

To facilitate a drilling plan for grouting in fractured rock, an algorithm of practical use associated with a new term “fracture density distribution”or“fracture tomogram”is developed. It is well known that Televiewer data(amplitude and traveltime image) provide detailed information about not only dip and dip direction of each fracture but also its aperture size estimated by an appropriate evaluation algorithm. A selected plane section of medium around a borehole or the cross section between two boreholes is discretized into a two dimensional grid of cells(rectangular elements). As each elongated(straight) fracture passes through the cells, the corresponding aperture size value is successively summed up in each cell, depending on the fracture length segment. In this, the fracture lines can be determined by intersecting of each fracture plane with the selected plane section. If the fracture line does not pass through a particular grid element, the segment length is set to zero. The final value(aperture size value of each cell) derived from all the detected fractures constitutes the fracture density distribution of the selected plane section, Field examples are illustrated, which will prove the benefit of the suggested algorithm for several kinds of grouting works.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.639-652
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• 2012

A three-dimensional discrete fracture network model was developed in order to simulate the hydraulic characteristics of a granitic rock mass at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) Underground Research Tunnel (KURT). The model used a three-dimensional discrete fracture network (DFN), assuming a correlation between the length and aperture of the fractures, and a trapezoid flow path in the fractures. These assumptions that previous studies have not considered could make the developed model more practical and reasonable. The geologic and hydraulic data of the fractures were obtained in the rock mass at the KURT. Then, these data were applied to the developed fracture discrete network model. The model was applied in estimating the representative elementary volume (REV), the equivalent hydraulic conductivity tensors, and the amount of groundwater inflow into the tunnel. The developed discrete fracture network model can determine the REV size for the rock mass with respect to the hydraulic behavior and estimate the groundwater flow into the tunnel at the KURT. Therefore, the assumptions that the fracture length is correlated to the fracture aperture and the flow in a fracture occurs in a trapezoid shape appear to be effective in the DFN analysis used to estimate the hydraulic behavior of the fractured rock mass.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.245-261
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• 1998

In order to validate the variable aperture channel model that can deal with the non-uniform How rate in flow domain, migration experiments of conservative tracer were performed in two artificial fractures, a parallel and a wedge-shaped fracture. These different fracture shapes were designed to give different flow pattern. The fractures were made from a transparent acrylic plastic plate and a granite slab with dimensions of 10 $\times$ 61 $\times$ 61 cm. Uranine (Fluorescein sodium salt) was used as a conservative tracer. The volumetric flow rates of uranine feed solution were 30 mL/ hr, giving a mean residence time in the fracture of approximately 24 hours for the parallel fracture and 34 hours for the wedge-shaped fracture. The migration plumes of uranine were photographed to obtain profiles in space and time for movement of a tracer in fractures. The photographed migration plume was greatly affected by the geometric shape of fractures. The variable aperture channel model could have predicted the experimental results for the parallel fracture with a large accuracy. It is expected that the variable aperture channel model would be effective to predict the transport of the contaminant, especially, with the flow rate variation in a fracture.

• Water Engineering Research
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.49-61
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• 2005

This paper presents the numerical study to examine characteristics of fluid flow and solute transport in a rough fracture subject to effective normal stresses. The aperture distribution is generated by using the self-affine fractal model. In order to represent a nonlinear relationship between the supported normal stress and the fracture aperture, we combine a simple mechanical model with the local flow model. The solute transport is simulated using the random walk particle following algorithm. Results of numerical simulations show that the flow is significantly affected by the geometry of aperture distribution varying with the effective normal stress level while it is slightly affected by the fractal dimension that determines the degree of the fracture surface roughness. However, solute transport is influenced by the effective normal stress as well as the fracture surface roughness.

• 지질공학
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.47-60
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• 2004

이 연구에서는 간극변화에 따른 단열 기하양상을 충분히 고려한 투수계수를 구하고자 균질화 해석법을 이용하여 투수계수를 산정 하였다. 공초점 레이저 스캔 현미경을 이용하여 압력 단계별 간극을 측정한 결과 한개 시료 내에서 각 측정지점별 간극 크기는 모두 다르게 나타나며 단열 면 양쪽이 서로 평행하지 않고 불 평탄한 양상임을 잘 나타낸다. 각 시료별로 압력 단계별 간극양상을 이용하여 단열모델을 각각 작성하고 균질화 해석법을 통해 간극 양상에 따른 투수성 변화를 살펴본 결과, 각 시료별로 산정한 투수계수는 $10^{-1}~10^{-3}cm/sec$의 범위에 분포한다. 시료들은 대체로 압력이 증가함에 따라 일반적으로 투수계수가 감소하는 양상을 나타낸다. 그러나, 시료별로 압력에 따른 투수계수 감소비율이 일정하지 않고 다양한 변화양상을 보인다. 이와 같은 양상은 Chae et al.(2003)의 관찰결과와 잘 일치하며, 이는 간극의 변화가 투수성에 미치는 영향이 크다는 것을 입증한다. 동일 시료 내에서도 3등분한 지점별로 각기 다른 투수계수 값이 계산되었다. 이는 투수계수가 간극의 크기와 분포형태에 따라 민감하게 변화함을 지시하는 것이다. 따라서, 간극 분포가 일정하지 않은 암석 내 단열에서의 투수특성 해석 시에는 정확한 단열 기하양상을 반영하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 따라서, 단열 내 투수계수 산정을 위해서는 단열 기하양상을 충분히 고려할 필요가 있다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.485-495
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• 1998

Migration characteristics of tracers in a rock fracture in a case of line-source and line-collection was studied. The fracture plane was discretized into a square mesh to which variable apertures were assigned. The spatially varying apertures of a fracture were generated using a geostatistical method, based on a given aperture probability density distribution and a specified spatial correlation length. The flow potential and pressure at each node were computed. Calculations showed that fluid flow occurs predominantly through a few preferred paths. Hence, the large range of apertures in the fracture gives rise to flow channeling. The solute transport was calculated using a particle tracking method. The migration plumes of tracer between injection line and withdrawal line are displayed in contour plots. The elution curves are shown to be controlled by the aperture density distribution and to be insensitive to statistical realization and spatial correlation length.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2003

압축력의 변화에 따른 균열 간극변화 양상을 측정하고 간극변화와 수리전도도와의 관계를 파악하기 위해 이 연구에서는 다섯 단계의 수직 일축압축력을 균열면에 연속적으로 가하면서 고해상도의 공초점 레이저 스캔 현미경 (confocal laser scanning microscope; CLSM)을 이용하여 간극의 크기를 측정하고 디지털 이미지를 획득하였다. 기존의 연구들과는 달리 이 연구의 측정방법은 압력변화에 대한 동일시료 간극의 반응을 연속적으로 파악할 수 있는 점이 특징이다. 측정결과는 간극크기가 일정하지 않은 불평탄한 균열형태를 매우 잘 나타내었다. 균열 조도(roughness)로 인해 압력에 따른 간극 변화량은 일정하지 않고 부분마다 다름을 보였다. 각 압력단계에서 간극변화에 따른 투수성 변화양상을 파악하고자 실내투수시험을 병행하여 실시한 결과, 각 압력단계에서의 투수성 변화도 일정한 감소율을 나타내지 않고 간극 변화율이 크더라도 투수율은 오히려 작은 경우도 관찰되었다. 현미경을 통해 측정한 물리적 간극과 실제 유체유동 경로가 되는 수리간극의 크기 차이를 파악하기 위해 계산을 한 결과, 미미한 갈이지만 물리적 간극보다 작은 크기의 수리간극이 구해졌다. 또한, 실내투수시험 결과를 이용하여 구한 투수계수는 삼승법칙을 따르지 않는 것으로 드러났으며, 이러한 사실들은 균열 양쪽이 서로 평행하지 않고 불평탄한 양상을 가짐을 의미하는 것으로서, 현미경을 통해 직접 관찰한 간극양상과 잘 일치하는 것이다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.449-458
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• 2001

단일절리에서 2상유체의 거동을 모의하기 위해 개발된 수치모형의 검증을 위해서 상대투과계수 특성식을 수치모형에 적용하여 가스와 물의 동시거동을 해석한 후, 수치모의 결과를 모형실험결과와 비교하였다. 절리면의 거칠기와 간극의 크기에 댸한 민감도 분석을 실시한 결과, 가스의 이동속도는 절리면의 거칠기와 반비례하였으며, 절리간극의 크기와는 상대투과계수 특성식의 영향으로 단상유체의 흐름에서와 같은 간극크기의 제곱에 비례하는 향상은 보이지 않았다. 수치모형의 현장적용성을 검토하기 위해서 지하 LPG 저장기지에 모형을 적용한 결과, 저장공동에 인접한 단일절리에서의 운영압의 동적변동에 따른 지하수와 프로판가스의 동시거동을 모사할 수 있었다. 절리면이 매끈하고 간극이 작아질수록 운영압과 지하수압의 조절로는 누출된 가스의 이동제어가 불가능해지는 것으로 나타났다.