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Groundwater Flow Characteristics in Crystalline Rock : Review (결정질암반에서의 지하수유동 연구경향)

  • 김천수
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.137-145
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    • 1991
  • Groundwater flow in fractured rocks generates many challenging problems to scientist and engineers in the projects related to oil and geothermal reservoirs, subsurface contaminations and underground openings. To circumvent these problems, the numerical simulation of groundwater system is used as an established tool in these days. Discrete modelling approach emphasizes geometric parameters, aperture and transport properties of fracture. On the other hand, continuum modelling approach uses the parameters formulated in a way of average hydraulic property. In recent years, the results of field observations from underground opening indicate that groundwater in rock mass flows in a channel form. The channel flow is postulated as the result of the combined effects of geometric pattern and aperture variation.

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Experimental Study of Thermal-mechanical Influence on the Hydraulic Properties of Rock (암반의 수리인자에 미치는 열적.역학적 영향에 대한 실험적 검증)

  • 전석원;홍창우;이주현;강주명;배대석
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2003
  • In this study, the change in hydraulic conductivity according to the changes in the contact area, aperture, confining pressure and temperature was observed to improve the reliability of the analysis of underground water flow. Also, the mechanical and thermal properties of domestic crystalline rocks in a great depth were obtained. It was found that the averaged intial aperture ranged from 544.33${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ to 898.62${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and it followed a log-normal distribution. The hydraulic conductivity decreased with the increase of normal stress on the fracture surface and the hydraulic conductivity decreased as temperature increased. The change in hydraulic conductivity was strongly correlated with the change in contact area. It was verified by experiments that hydraulic conductivity was inversely proportional to the contact area. The measured mechanical and thermal properties were very close to the existing typical properties of domestic granites.

Groundwater Flow Analysis around Hydraulic Excavation Damaged Zone (수리적 굴착손상영역에서의 지하수유동 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Jong-Sung;Ryu, Dong-Woo;Ryu, Chang-Ha;Lee, Chung-In
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.17 no.2 s.67
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    • pp.109-118
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    • 2007
  • The excavation damaged zone (EDZ) is an area around an excavation where in situ rock mass properties, stress condition. displacement. groundwater flow conditions have been altered due to the excavation. Various studies have been carried out on EDZ, but most studies have been focused on the mechanical bahavior of EDZ by in situ experiment. Even though the EDZ could potentially form a high permeable pathway of groundwater flow, only a few studies were performed on the analysis of groundwater flow in EDZ. In this study, the' hydraulic EDZ' was defined as the rock Lone adjacent to the excavation where the hydraulic aperture has been changed due to the excavation. And hydraulic EDZ (hydraulic aperture changed zone) estimated by two-dimensional DEM program was considered in three-dimensional DFN model. From this approach the groundwater flow characteristics corresponding to hydraulic aperture change were examined. Together. a parametric study was performed to examine the boundary conditions that frequently used in DFN analysis such as constant head or constant flux condition. According to the numerical analysis, hydraulic aperture change induced by the hydraulic-mechanical interaction becomes one of the most important factors Influencing the hydraulic behavior of jointed rock masses. And also from this study, we suggest the proper boundary condition in three-dimensional DFN model.

Simulation of Two-Phase Fluid Flow in a Single Fracture Surrounding an Underground LPG Storage Cavern: I. Numerical Model Development and Parallel Plate Test (지하 LPG 저장공동에 인접한 단일절리에서의 이상유체거동해석: I. 수치모형의 개발 및 모형실험)

  • Han, Il-Yeong;Seo, Il-Won
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.439-448
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    • 2001
  • A two-dimensional finite difference numerical model was developed in order to simulate two-phase fluid flow in a single fracture. In the model, variation of viscosity with pressure and that of relative permeability with water saturation can be treated. For the numerical solution, IMPES method was used, from which the pressure and the saturation of water and gas were computed one by one. Seven cases of model test using parallel plates for a single fracture were performed in order to obtain the characteristic equation of relative permeability which would be used in the numerical model. it was difficult to match the characteristic curves of relative permeability from the model tests with the existing emperical equations, consequently a logistic equation was proposed. As the equation is composed of the parameters involving aperture size, it can be applied to any fracture.

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Improvement of In-Situ Stress Measurements by Hydraulic Fracturing - Focusing on the New Standard by Japanese Geotechnical Society (수압파쇄를 이용한 초기응력 측정 결과의 신뢰도 제고 방안 - 일본 지반공학회 표준시험법 개정안을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Hyung-Mok;Lee, Hangbok;Park, Chan;Park, Eui-Seob
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.1-19
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    • 2022
  • In this report, new standard, published by Japanese Geotechnical Society, on in-situ stress measurements by hydraulic fracturing was reviewed. In the standard, modification was made for the calculation of fracture re-opening pressure in consideration of fracture surface roughness and residual aperture. The standard also presents how much the system compliance influences the estimation of the fracture re-opening pressure and subsequent in-situ stresses. It is shown that the stiffer the rock mass is, the system compliance should be sufficiently small enough so as to obtain in-situ stress measurement with higher confidence.

Numerical Simulation of Immiscible Water-Gas Simultaneous Flow in the absence of Capillary Force in a Single Fracture (단일절리에서 모세관압을 고려하지 않은 불혼합성 물과 가스의 동시거동 해석)

  • 한일영;서일원
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.69-81
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    • 2001
  • The constitutive relation among capillary pressure, saturation and relative permeability should be predetermined in order to simulate immiscible water-gas flow in porous media. The relation between saturation and relative permeability becomes more important when the capillary force can be disregarded and viscous friction force governs the flow. In this study, a 2-dimensional finite difference numerical model was developed, in which the variation of viscosity with pressure and that of relative permeability with water saturation can be treated. Seven cases of parallel plate tests were performed in order to obtain the characteristic equation of relative permeability which would be used in. the developed numerical model. It was not possible, however, to match the curves of relative permeability from the plate tests with the existing emperical models. Consequently a logistic equation was proposed as a new emperical model. As this model was composed of the parameter involving aperture size, any aperture size of fracture can be applied to the model. For the purpose of verification, the characteristic equation of relative permeability was applied to the developed numerical model and the computed results were compared with those of plate test. As a result of application of numerical model, in order to check the field applicability, to single fracture surrounding an underground storage cavern, the simultaneous flow of water and propane gas was able to be simulated properly by the model.

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Hydro-thermal Numerical Simulation for an Artificial Recharge Test in a Fractured Rock Aquifer (암반대수층 지하수 인공함양 시험에 대한 열-수리 모델링)

  • Park, Daehee;Koo, Min-Ho;Kim, Yongcheol
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.65-75
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    • 2015
  • An artificial recharge test aimed at investigating transport characteristics of the injected water plume in a fractured rock aquifer was conducted. The test used an injection well for injecting tap water whose temperature and electrical conductivity were different from the groundwater. Temporal and depth-wise variation of temperature and electrical conductivity was monitored in both the injection well and a nearby observation well. A highly permeable fracture zone acting as the major pathway of groundwater flow was distinctively revealed in the monitoring data. A finite element subsurface flow and transport simulator (FEFLOW) was used to investigate sensitivity of the transport process to associated aquifer parameters. Simulated results showed that aperture thickness of the fracture and the hydraulic gradient of groundwater highly affected spatio-temporal variation of temperature and electrical conductivity of the injected water plume. The study suggests that artificial recharge of colder water in a fractured rock aquifer could create a thermal plume persistent over a long period of time depending on hydro-thermal properties of the aquifer as well as the amount of injected water.

Identification of Conductive Fractures in Crystalline Recks (유동성 단열 파악을 위한 암반 내 단열특성 규명)

  • 채병곤;최영섭;이대하;김원영;이승구;김중렬
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Groundwater Environment
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.88-100
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    • 1998
  • Since fractures may serve as major conduits of groundwater flow in crystalline rocks, characterization of conductive fractures is especially important for interpretation of flow system. In this study, characterization of fractures to investigate hydraulically conductive fractures in gneisses at an abandoned mine area was performed. The orientation, width, length, movement sense, infilling materials, spacing, aperture, roughness of both joints and faults and intersection and connectivity to other joints were measured on outcrops. In addition, characteristics of subsurface fractures were examined by core logging in five boreholes, of which the orientations were acquired by acoustic televiewer logging from three boreholes. The dominant fracture sets were grouped from outcrops; GSet 1: N50-82$^{\circ}$E/55-90$^{\circ}$SE, GSet 2: N2-8$^{\circ}$E/56-86$^{\circ}$SE, GSet 3: N46-72$^{\circ}$W/60-85$^{\circ}$NE, GSet 4:Nl2-38$^{\circ}$W/15-40$^{\circ}$SW and from subsurface; HSet 1: N50-90$^{\circ}$E/55-90$^{\circ}$SE, HSet 2: N10-30$^{\circ}$E/50-70$^{\circ}$SE, HSet 3: N20-60$^{\circ}$W/50-80$^{\circ}$NE, HSet 4: N10-50$^{\circ}$E/$\leq$40$^{\circ}$NW. Among them, GSet 1, GSet 3 and HSet 1, HSet 3 are the most intensely developed fracture sets in the study area. The mean fracture spacings of HSet 1 are 30-47cm and code 1 fractures, such as faults and open fractures, comprise 21.0-42.9 percent of the whole fractures in each borehole. HSet 3 shows the mean fracture spacings of 55-57cm and the ratio of code 1 fractures is 15.4-26.9 percent. In spite of the mean fracture spacing of 239cm, code 1 fractures of HSet 4 have the highest ratio of 54.5 percent. From the fact that faults or open fractures have high hydraulic conductivity, it can be inferred that the three fracture sets of N55-85$^{\circ}$E/50-80$^{\circ}$SE, N20-60$^{\circ}$W/50-75$^{\circ}$NE and N10-30$^{\circ}$E/$\leq$30$^{\circ}$NW from a fracture system of relatively high conductivity. It is indirectly verified with geophysical loggings and constant injection tests performed in the boreholes.

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Penetration of Compacted Bentonite into the Discontinuity in the Excavation Damaged Zone of Deposition Hole in the Geological Repository (심층처분장 처분공 주변 굴착손상영역에 존재하는 불연속면으로의 압축 벤토나이트 침투)

  • Lee, Changsoo;Cho, Won-Jin;Kim, Jin-Seop;Kim, Geon-Young
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.193-213
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    • 2020
  • A mathematical model to simulate more realistically the penetration of compacted bentonite buffer installed in the deposition hole into the discontinuity in the excavation damaged zone formed at the inner wall of the deposition hole in the geological repository for spent fuel is developed. In this model, the penetration of compacted bentonite is assumed to be the flow of Bingham fluid through the parallel planar rock fracture. The penetration of compacted bentonite is analyzed using the developed model. The results show that the maximum penetration depth of compacted bentonite into the rock fracture is proportioned to the swelling pressure of saturated compacted bentonite and the aperture of rock fracture. However, it is in inverse proportion to the yield strength of compacted bentonite. The viscosity of compacted bentonite dominates the penetration rate of compacted bentonite, but has no influence to the maximum penetration depth.

Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (Report of A Case) (흉곽출구 증후군 수술 치험 1례)

  • Ryu, Ji-Yun;Gang, In-Deuk;Jo, Gwang-Hyeon
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.563-566
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    • 1988
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome refers to compression of the subclavian vessels and brachial plexus at the superior aperture of the thorax. it was previously designated according to presumable etiologies such as scalenus anticus, costoclavicular, hyperabduction, cervical rib and first thoracic rib syndromes. We experienced a case of thoracic outlet syndrome[costoclavicular syndrome] which was caused by posttraumatic left clavicular fracture. Patient had suffered from swelling and cyanosis of left forearm and hand. preoperative vascular doppler test, angiography and venography were performed. First rib resection was done with transaxillary approach. After operation preoperative cyanosis and swelling of left forearm and hand were disappeared. Postoperative course was uneventful.

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