• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.51 no.8
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• pp.665-676
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• 2018

Interrill erosion on a hillslope results from the combined action of the detachment of soil particles by raindrop impact and the sediment transport of surface runoff. This study newly defined the rainfall power which detaches soil particles and the sheet-flow power contributed to sediment transport in terms of energy expenditure rate of soil erosion and presented the effective power equation for interrill erosion by rainfall-induced sheet flow. The rainfall and sheet-flow power was evaluated by factors related with rainfall, slope, and runoff and coefficients of the power equation were analyzed based on references. Futhermore it was confirmed that the relative scales between the rainfall power and the sheet-flow power according to rainfall intensity reflect on the hydrological response and physical process of interrill erosion. From application of the field data for surface runoff and soil erosion it was verified that the rainfall and sheet-flow power is an appropriate equation to estimate a interrill erosion.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.565-574
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• 2008

Fire-enhanced soil hydrophobicity often increases runoff and erosion in the mountain hillslope following severe wildfires. Estimation techniques for WEPP's parameters were studied in burnt mountain slopes. In burnt mountain slopes, the model over-predicted runoff in the small runoff and under-predicted runoff in the great runoff, and in the lower sediment runoff it had a tendency to over-predict soil loss. The effective hydraulic conductivity was most sensitive in the WEPP's runoff and its sediment runoff was mainly effected by the effective hydraulic conductivity, initial saturation, rill erodibility, and interrill erodibility. To improve the applicability of the WEPP, the adjustment coefficient of effective hydraulic conductivity was defined for runoff and the adjustment coefficient of rill erodibility and interrill erodibility was presented for sediment runoff. The adjustment coefficient of effective hydraulic conductivity in wildfire mountain slopes increased with maximum rainfall intensity of single storm and the vegetation height index. The adjustment coefficients of rill erodibility depended on soil components of size distribution curve and total rainfall depths in single storm. The adjustment coefficients of interrill erodibility decreased with increases of maximum rainfall intensity and vegetation height index. These results may be used in the application of WEPP model for wildfire mountain slopes.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.48 no.7
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• pp.595-604
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• 2015

Interrill erosion by the rainfall is divided into a detachment of soil particles by raindrop splash when raindrops having kinetic energy strike on the surface soil and a sediment transport by sheet flow of surface runoff. Rainfall kinetic energy is widely used as an indicator expressing the potential ability to separate the soil particles from soil mass. In this study, the soil erosion experiments of rainfall simulation were operated to evaluate the effects of rainfall kinetic energy on interrill erosion as using the strip cover to control raindrop impact. The kinetic energy from rainfall simulator was 0.58 times to that of natural rainfall. Surface runoff and subsurface runoff increased and decreased respectively with increase of rainfall intensity. Surface runoff discharge from plots of non-cover was 1.82 times more than that from plots with cover. The rainfall kinetic energy influenced on the starting time of surface and subsurface runoff. Soil erosion quantity greatly varied according to existence of the surface cover that can intercept rainfall energy. Sediment yields by the interaction between raindrop splash and sheet flow increased 3.6~5.9 times and the increase rates of those decreased with rainfall intensity. As a results from analysis of relationship between stream power and sediment yields, rainfall kinetic energy increased the transport capacity according to increase of surface runoff as well as the detachment of soil particles by raindrop splash.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.151-156
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• 1995

Single-drop splash/detachment studies and multiple-drop splash/detachment experiments were carried out to measure detachment by single and multiple drops. A raindrop tower 7.0 m in height was used to study soil splash by single drop raindrop impact over time on repacked soil samples in containers 76.2 mm in diameter. The waterdrop diameter and kinetic energy were 4.1 mm and $1.22{\times}10^{-3}$ J $drop^{-1}$, respectively. The samples consisted of five agricultural topsoils sieved to <2 mm, varying from sandy loam to clay loam in texture. The average weight of splashed soil particles after 75 drops did not show any significant difference between the five soils. The average weight of particles splashed by the first 15 drops showed that the sandy Pelham soil splashed to a greater degree than the others, and was therefore more detachable (p=0.05) than the other soils. The average weight of particles splashed by the last 15 drops also showed that the Pelham soil was the most detachable, with Cecil, Appling, Dyke, and Worsham soils being progressively less detachable. The effect of multiple drops on detachment was studied under a nozzle-type rainfall simulator at 74.9 mm $h^{-1}$ intensity for 85 min using the same soils as the single drop experiments. The total soil splash value for 85 min on Appling, Cecil, Dyke, Pelham, and Worsham soils were 6121, 6206, 4183, 5160, and 3247 g $m^{-2}$, respectively. There were no obvious relationships between soil loss measured from the different experiments.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.21-32
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• 2023

Interrill erosion dominates in forest areas, and the erosion rate in surface-disturbed areas is significantly increased by the development and expansion of rill. In this study, soil erosion experiments using simulated rainfall and inflow were performed to understand the development and the micromorphological changes of rill on steep slopes. The characteristic factors of the micromorphology, such as the rill cross section, rill volume, rill density, rill order, and rill sharpness, were analyzed according to steepness and location (upper or lower) of slope. The head-cut of the simultaneous incised rills by rainfall simulation moved rapidly upslope, and the randomly developed rills expanded deeply and widely with their connection. The rill cross section evolved to downslope gradually increased. The rill volume occupied about 78 % of the sediment volume, confirming that the contribution of the sediment from the rill erosion is greater than that of the interrill erosion. Although the rate of increase in rill order slowed as the slope increased, the total length and density of the rill generally increased. As the slope increased from 15° to 20°, the bed incision of rills became larger than the sidewall expansion, and the rill sharpness increased by 1.6 times. The runoff coefficient on the lower slope decreased by 12.3 % than that on the upper slope. It was evaluated that the subsoil exposures and formation changes by the rill expansion increased the infiltration rate. Although the sediment accompanying the rills generally increased with slope increase, it was directly influenced by the hydraulic velocity of enhanced rill with the local convergence and expansion in the process of the rill evolution.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.448-448
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• 2015

급경사면의 세류간 토양침식은 지표면과의 강우입자 충돌에 의한 튀김현상과 면상흐름에 의한 토사이송 능력의 상호작용에 의해 영향을 받는다. 강우운동에너지와 면상흐름이 세류간 토양침식 및 토사유출 발생에 있어서 상대적인 기여도에 대한 연구는 국내뿐만 아니라 전 세계적으로도 미흡하다. 본 연구에서는 강우현상을 재현할 수 있는 강우모의 실험장비와 사면 토양침식 실험을 위한 소규모 토양플롯을 제작하여 실험에 사용하였다. 강우모의에 의한 강우운동에너지는 자연강우의 운동에너지 산정식의 계산결과와 비교했을 때, 약 0.58배의 규모를 재현했다. 강우입자의 충돌을 제어하기 위한 스트립을 토양플롯에 올려놓은 경우와 커버가 없는 나지상태에서 강우모의 실험을 한 경우 사면에서 발생한 지표유출수, 지표하유출수 및 토사유출 자료를 측정하고 분석하였다. 강우강도가 증가함에 따라 지표유출량은 증가하고, 지표하유출량은 상대적으로 감소했다. 지표커버는 지표유출의 첨두유량 발생시간을 지연시켰으며, 지표유출량과 지하수량의 변화를 초래했다. 지표커버에 의해 지표유출량은 평균 1.82배 감소하지만, 토사유출량은 평균 4.93배로 상대적으로 크게 감소하였다. 단위수류력과 토사유출량과 관계를 분석한 결과 강우운동에너지는 토양입자의 튀김현상에 의한 침식을 증가시킬 뿐만 아니라 지표유출수의 유속을 증가시켜 토사이송능력을 가중시키는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.15-27
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• 2009

토지이용변화가 수질에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여 비점오염모형이 광범위하게 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 최적관리기법이 수문 수질에 미치는 영향을 평가하기위한 통합모형시스템을 개발하였다. 통합모형시스템은 DANSAT (Dynamic Agricultural Non-point Source Assessment Tool)과 사용자 인터페이스로 구성되어 있다. DANSAT은 분포형 연속 강우사상 모형으로서 농업소유역에서의 유출량, 유사량, 농약 물질의 이동기작 등을 모의한다. DANSAT은 크게 동적변수 부모형, 수문 부모형, 유사 이용 부모형, 농약 물질 이동 부모형등 4개의 부모형으로 구성되어있다. 동적변수 부모형은 토양의 특성, 작물의 생장 및 작물 잔여물질의 분해 등을 모의하는 하부모형으로 구성되어있으며, 토지 이용 변화에 관계되는 내부 변수들의 시간적 변화를 모의한다. 수문 부모형은 차단, 증발산량, 침투량, 침루량 등을 모의하는 격자 단위 프로세스와 지표유출, 중간유출, 기저유출 및 하천에서의 물의 이동을 모의하는 유역 단위 프로세스로 구성되어있다. 유사 이동 부모형은 세류간 (interrill) 토양입자의 분리, 세류 (rill) 및 하천내의 토양분리, 운송가능량 등을 모의하며, 농약 물질 이동 부모형은 농약의 분해, 평형, 식물에 의한 흡수, 침출 등을 고려하여 농약 물질의 이동을 모의한다. 입력변수는 최적관리기법의 시 공간적인 변화를 고려할 수 있도록 계층구조로 구성하였다. 유역출구에서의 결과 출력 뿐만 아니라, 유역전체에 걸쳐 지표면과 지하수면 사이에서 물 및 오염물질의 이동량 분석을 위한 출력 및 격자단위의 상세 결과 출력을 통하여 최적관리기법을 평가하고 분석할 수 있다. 한편, 사용자 인터페이스는 모형의 구동을 위해 요구되는 광범위한 시 공간 입력 자료를 기존에 존재하는 데이터베이스를 이용하여 생성할 수 있도록 개발되었다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.291-300
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• 2022

Artificial disturbance in mountainous areas increases the sensitivity to erosion by exposure of the subsoil with a low loam ratio to the surface. In this study, rainfall simulations were conducted to evaluate the erodibility of sand and loamy sand in the interrill erosion by the rainfall-induced sheet flow. The mean diameters of sand and loamy sand used in the experiment were 0.936 mm and 0.611 mm, respectively, and the organic matter content was 2.0% and 4.2%, respectively. In the experimental plot, the runoff coefficient of overland flow increased 1.16 times in loamy sand rather than sand. Mean sediment yields of loamy sand and sand by sheet erosion were 3.71kg/m²/hr and 1.13kg/m²/hr respectively. The erodibility, the rate of soil erosion for rainfall erosivity factor, was 3.65 times greater in loamy sand than in sand. As the gradient of the steep slope increased from 24° to 28°, the sediment concentration and the erodibility for two soils increased by about 20%. The erodibility factor K of sandy soils for small plots was overestimated compared to the measured erodibility. This means that RUSLE can overestimate the sediment yields by sheet erosion on sandy soils.