• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.191-194
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• 2008

Labyrinth weir is a hydraulic structure that can maintain constant water depth and increase overflow rate by increasing overflow width of weir through complicated displacement of its cross section. The labyrinth weir can be widely applied to various hydraulic facilities such as dam spillway, irrigation facilities, and canal structures. To date, however, few labyrinth weirs were applied to hydraulic facilities in Korea. Hence, in-depth research on labyrinth weir is highly required to efficiently apply the labyrinth weir to hydraulic facilities. This study was performed to analyze the hydraulic characteristics according to triangle labyrinth weir using hydraulic model experiments. The hydraulic characteristics provided in this study, which make it feasible to increase the overflow rate, and are expected to be widely applied to design of hydraulic facilities such as dam spillway and irrigation system.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.39-39
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• 2023

Nonlinear weirs, such as labyrinth and piano key weirs, are suitable methods to handle increased flood flows that may be expected due to climate change. Although specific physical models are considered to be an effective way of investigating fluid flows, simply conducting physical model tests is insufficient to fully comprehend the hydraulic and discharge characteristics of non-linear weirs. In this study, computational fluid dynamics algorithms have been used extensively to investigate complex flow physics instead of relying on reduced scale models. The discharge capacity of the piano key weir and the rectangular labyrinth weir is compared using a three-dimensional numerical model, which is validated by the available experimental data. The results confirm that piano key weir is more efficient than the rectangular labyrinth weir for a wide range of head water ratios. By analyzing the contribution of discharge over inlet, outlet and sidewall crests, the factor that make the piano key weir superior to the rectangular weir is the sidewall discharge.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.87-93
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• 2009

The labyrinth weir can be defined that the plane shape of overflow part is not straight line and is a kind of weir having overflow length increased by changing its plane shape. Recently, the labyrinth weir can be widely applied to various hydraulic facilities such as dam spillway, irrigation facilities, and canal structures by increasing precipitation. This study was performed to analyze the hydraulic characteristics according to triangle labyrinth weir using hydraulic model experiments and finally estimate the discharge coefficients for triangle labyrinth weirs. The formulae of discharge coefficient provided in this study, which make it feasible to calculate the overflow rate by a coefficient of correlation. sum of residuals, MAPE(Mean Absolute Percentage Error), are expected to be widely applied to design of hydraulic facilities such as dam spillway and irrigation system.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.1B
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• pp.11-20
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• 2008

The spillway type of small and midsize dams in Korea is almost overflow weir. To examine flood control capacity of overflow spillway, FLOW-3D was applied to Daesuho dam and analysis was focused on the discharge of dam spillway by changing weir shape. Overflow phases and discharges of linear labyrinth weir and curved labyrinth weir were compared with those of existing linear ogee weir. Hydraulic model experiment was performed to verify numerical result. Verification results showed that overflow behaviors and flow characteristics in the side channel by hydraulic model experiment and numerical simulation are well matched, and water surface elevation at side wall coincides with each other. When the reservoir elevation was increased up to design flood level, in case of the linear ogee weir the flow over the crest ran through smoothly in the side channel, whereas in cases of linear labyrinth weir and curved labyrinth weirs, the flow discharge was increased by 40 cms, and the flow over the weir crest, rotating counter-clockwise, was submerged in the side channel. The results of the water level-discharge curve revealed that labyrinth weir can increase discharge by 71% compared to the discharge of linear ogee weir at low reservoir elevation since it can have longer effective length. But as water surface elevation rises, the slope of water level-discharge curve of labyrinth weir becomes milder by submergence and nappe interference in the side channel.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.107-115
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• 2009

The labyrinth weir can be applied to increase the overflow rate, maintain constant water depth and improve water quality. This weir can be defined that the plane shape of overflow part is not straight line and is a kind of weir having overflow length increased by changing its plane shape. There are relatively few studies related to effect of maintaining the water depth which has been used to consider for various functions as hydraulic facilities and design conditions of labyrinth weirs. Thus, it is needed to conduct studies related to the maintenance of water depth by the labyrinth weir. This study was to provide fundamental data which may become a facilitator for more accurate and proper design of hydraulic facilities related to the maintenance of water depth. The ranges of constant water depth ($H_t/P=0.08\sim0.27$) were provided for the triangle type labyrinth weir, and the effect of maintaining water depth was analyzed using hydraulic laboratory experiments and 3D-numerical simulations(Flow-3D).

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.511-523
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• 2002

In order to develop the weir with high reaeration efficiency, the reaeration experiments at linear weir, ogee spillway type weir, and labyrinth weirs were conducted and the results were compared. The effect of roughened crest was also analyzed. It was found from the experiments that the oxygen transfer efficiency at the ogee spillway type weir was the lowest and that at the linear weir was second lowest among the weirs used in the experiments. It was also revealed that the reaeration efficiencies of the labyrinth weirs increase as the included angles become smaller. The roughened crest which causes the disintegration of overflow was found to increase the reaeration efficiency significantly. On the basis of the results of the experiments, the pilot construction of the labyrinth welt with included angle of 30 degree was made. The labyrinth weir was made up by assembling the frame and then filling the ripraps into the frame. The ripraps were exposed at the crest to split the overflow. The average value of oxygen transfer efficiency observed at the pilot weir was 0.18. It is expected that the results from the experimental study and the field data of the pilot weir would serve for the improvement of water quality by the weirs with high reaeration efficiency.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.3B
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• pp.153-159
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• 2012

In this study, we proposed modified settling basins transformed by substituting the downstream sill for low head weirs such as generic labyrinth weir and inclined crest labyrinth weir worked as internal baffles. Laboratory experiments were carried out to understand hydraulic characteristics inside of the settling basin to improve the efficiency of sedimentation rate. For a quantitative analysis, we suggested the headwater ratio($H_t/P$), the magnification ratio(L/W) and the inflow rate per total crest length($q_L$) as primary analysis indexes for sedimentation efficiency. Six different types of settling basin were used for labscaled pilot tests by distinguishing with internal structures. Based on results, the variation of headwater ratio with the change of magnification ratio would highly affect the deposition efficiency(%) and it was improved under specific condition that repeating arrange number(N) of labyrinth weir was between 2 and 4. Also, the regression analysis showed that initial condition and shape for improving sedimentation efficiency were plotted on the graph for both $q_L{\geq}3.5cm^2/s$ and $L/W{\leq}3.5$. It would be expected that the geometrically optimized labyrinth settling basin could be designed with proper deposition efficiency for inflow rates of influent and required area of settling basin utilizing the proposed analysis index in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.9-18
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• 2007

The small and medium sized dams have the fill dam type of a lot of occasions, which are often weak in cases of major floods. For this reason, although a countermeasure is in great need, due to the importance of the facilities and financial situations, no direct safety measures have been taken. In this study, in order to minimize construction expenditure for practical safety measures in cases of major floods, the overflow section of spillway has been analyzed focusing on how the overflow capacity will increase in the case of partially rebuilding a part of the overflow section of spillway favorable for hydraulic conditions. The labyrinth weir and movable weir was chosen for reconstruction models of the overflow section. Moreover, for analyzing the after-effects of the reconstruction, a small scale dam was temporarily chosen for various experiments such as the hydraulic model testing and the three dimension numerical evaluation through the use of Flow-3D.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.608-612
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• 2008

최근 들어 지구 온난화 및 이상기후 현상에 의해 전 세계적으로 국지성 호우가 빈번히 발생되어 댐과 같은 수공구조물의 월류량 증대를 위한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있는 실정이다. 외국에서는 이러한 월류량 증대를 위해 Labyrinth 위어를 이용하고 있다. 또한 labyrinth 위어는 이외에 수질개선 및 수심유지 효과가 있다. Labyrinth 위어는 평면상의 단면 형상이 직선이 아닌 위어로 정의된다. 본 연구에서는 실무에서 가장 많이 이용되고 있는 사다리꼴 labyrinth 위어의 유량특성을 분석하여 월류량 증대효과를 분석하고자 한다. labyrinth 위어의 복잡한 흐름현상을 구현하기 위해 수리모형실험을 수행하였다. 수리모형실험은 사다리꼴 labyrinth 위어의 다양한 형상을 고려하기 위해 벽체와의 사이 각($\alpha$)을 $6^{\circ}$, $8^{\circ}$, $10^{\circ}$, $15^{\circ}$, $25^{\circ}$, $35^{\circ}$로 적용하였다. 또한, 수리모형실험에서 수심 변화는 전수두와 위어 높이의 비를 0.05에서 0.75범위로 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 수리모형실험 결과를 유량비와 유량계수 곡선을 이용하여 월류량 증대효과를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 사다리꼴 labyrinth 위어의 유량비는 $\alpha$가 증가할수록 감소하는 경향을 나타냈으며, 전수두 비($H_t/P$)가 증가할수록 작아지는 경향을 나타냈다. 즉, 일반 선형 위어보다 월류량 증대하는 효과가 낮은 전수두 비에서 발생하는 것으로 분석되었으며, 월류량 증대를 위한 수공구조물 설계의 기초자료로 활용이 가능할 것이다. 향후, 유량계수를 예측하는 관련 식이나 기법을 개발하여 효과적으로 labyirnth 위어의 유량을 산정할 수 있을 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.1794-1799
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• 2008

Labyrinth 위어는 평면상의 단면 형상이 직선이 아닌 위어로 정의된다. 이러한 labyrinth 위어는 월류량 증대, 수질개선, 수심유지 효과가 필요한 수공구조물에 이용되고 있다. 특히, labyrinth 위어의 수심유지 효과는 운하 및 하천에 적용될 경우, 관련 수공구조물의 수심 확보 측면에서 기여할 수 있다. 또한, 향후 운하 및 주운에 관심이 증대되고 있어 연구 가치가 충분하다. 본 연구에서는 주로 실무에서 이용되고 있는 사다리꼴 형상의 labyrinth 위어의 접근 수심변화에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 복잡한 labyrinth 위어의 흐름현상을 고려하기 위해 수리모형실험을 실시하여 분석하였다. 수리모형실험 조건은 labyrinth 위어의 다양한 형상을 고려하기 위해 벽체와의 사이 각($\alpha$)을 $6^{\circ}$, $8^{\circ}$, $10^{\circ}$, $15^{\circ}$, $25^{\circ}$, $35^{\circ}$로 적용하였다. 또한, 수리모형실험에서 수심 변화는 전수두와 위어 높이비를 0.05에서 0.75범위로 수행하였다. 본 연구의 실험조건에서 연구된 결과, 사다리꼴 labyrinth 위어의 수심유지 효과는 일반 선형 위어에 비해 길게 나타났으며, 수심유지효과의 범위를 제시하였다. 이러한 결과는 수심 확보가 필요한 수공구조물의 기초자료로 활용될 수 있다. 향후 연구가 더 진행된다면, 수심유지 효과를 효과적으로 예측할 수 있는 관련 식이나 기법을 개발할 수 있다.