• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.62-69
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• 2015

Coastlines are protected by breakwater structures against the erosion of sand or other materials along beaches due to wave action. This research examined the use of physical modeling to determine the effects of the tetrapod size and vertical walls of a rubble mound on the volume of wave overtopping under irregular wave conditions in coastal areas in Busan Yacht Harbor. In this analysis model, the structures were studied using irregular waves and the JONSWAP wave energy spectrum. To understand the effects of the tetrapod size and heights of the vertical wall, the study considered vertical walls of 0, 1.78, 6.83, and 9.33 cm with armor double layered material tetrapods of 8, 12, 16, and 20 tons. An extensive number of experiments covering a relatively large range of variables enabled a comprehensive discussion. First, in the presence of a short vertical wall, the water level played a key role in the overtopping discharge. In such circumstances, the values of the wave overtopping discharge decreased with increasing freeboard size. In the presence of a tall freeboard and middle, the value of the wave overtopping discharge was equally influenced by the vertical wall factor. Moreover, the tetrapod size decreased by an increase in the vertical wall factor, and relationship between them resulted in a short wall height. From an engineering point of view, considering a small water level may allow the choice of a shorter vertical wall, which would ultimately provide a more economical design.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.69-78
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• 2007

In this study, a time-dependent aspect of an embankment failure is considered to simulate a flood inundation map and calculate overtopping discharge induced by an embankment failure. A numerical model has been developed by solving the two dimensional nonlinear shallow water equations with a finite volume method on unstructured grids. To analyze a Riemann problem, the HLLC approximate Riemann solver and the Weighted Averaged Flux method are employed by using a TVD limiter and the source term treatment is also employed by using the operator splitting method. Firstly, the numerical model is applied to a dam break problem and a sloping seawall. Obtained numerical results show good agreements with experimental data. Secondly, the model is applied to a flow induced by an embankment failure by assuming that the width and elevation of embankment are varied with time-dependent functions. As a result of the comparison with each numerical overtopping discharge, established flood inundation discharges in the previous studies are overestimated than the result of the present numerical model.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.196-196
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• 2016

Landslide dam failure presents as a severe natural disaster due to its adverse impact to people and property. If the landslide dams failed, the discharge of a huge volume of both water and sediment could result in a catastrophic flood in the downstream area. In most of previous studies, breaching process used to be considered as a constructed dam, rather than as a landslide dam. Their erosion rate was assumed to relate to discharge by a sediment transport equation. However, during surface erosion of landslide dam, the sediment transportation regime is greatly dependent on the slope surface and the sediment concentration in the flow. This study aims to accurately simulate the outflow hydrograph caused by landslide dam by overtopping through a 2D surface flow erosion/deposition model. The lateral erosion velocity in this model was presented as a function of the shear stress on the side wall. The simulated results were then compared and it was coherent with the results obtained from the experiments.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.113-128
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• 1990

In recent years, various types of coastal protection scheme have been studied around the coastal region. Among them, so-called zonal protection systems are being watched with interest from various points of view. In this paper, wave overtopping rate from overflowing the vertical seawall is investigated by conducting two dimensional model on the horizontal bed experiment. Hereafter this system is referred to as a artificial reef system. One is the foundation to control wave height near the surfzone and the other is function to prevent coastal disaster by suppressing net overtopping rate. The main results obtained in this study are summarized as follows. 1) Wave attenuation taken place on the artificial reef can be predicted numerically by using energy dispersion model due to wave breaking proposed by Battjes. 2) To evaluate the wave overtopping rate from a vertical seadike on various coastal constructions by weir model, a numerical procedure for prediction of overtopping is confirmed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.388-397
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• 2012

In this study, 3D-NIT(3-Dimensional Numerical Irregular wave Tank) model in which regular wave as well as stable irregular wave can be generated in 3-dimensional numerical irregular wave tank was proposed. To verify validity, the following steps need to be conducted: 1) comparative analysis between calculated waveforms and targeted waveforms at the wave generating point, 2) comparative analysis with the existing experimental values of overtopping volume estimated, targeting shore protection structures installed on a slope bed, 3) comparison with the existing numerical and hydraulic experimental results through application in the analysis on the wave deformation by structures and wave force acting on the vertical cylindrical structures. Based on the results, characteristics of the breaking wave forces according to incident waves and interval distance of structures were identified through application of 3D-NIT model in the analysis on the breaking wave forces acting on the cylindrical structures installed on a slope bed, and reflection and overtopping was reviewed through application in the special breakwaters on the domestic fields. The numerical results obtained the 3D-NIT model are in good agreement with experimental results, and its applicaion to the complex-shpaed coastal structures is verified.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.482-488
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• 2011

Seadike is a coastal structure constructed in the rear region of the foreshore to maximize its usability by preventing direct effect of wave. The expected construction field is determined under the design wave and tidal condition where minor wave overtopping is anticipated. Thus, the location of seadike is generally fixed at the highest site of the surrounding area with seadike crest height controlling the permissible range of wave overtopping volume. But a lot of times, frontal sand beach of the seadike continuously deforms due to incident waves, resulting failure in maintaining its initial slope. The erosion and deposition of the seadike front cause changes in the crest height and volume of wave overtopping and decrease in the setting depth of the seadike, which endangers seadike region as a result. In this study, the relation of local scouring and setting depth of the seadike front in the run-up region is examined by using 2D hydraulic model tests and numerical simulations by modified SBEACH model. As a result, the study learned that if appropriate boundary condition is applied to the modified SBEACH model, it is possible to create practical estimations on the local scouring at the seadike foot when erosive waves flow into the region.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.1459-1463
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• 2004

최근 빈번하게 발생하는 기상이변현상의 하나로 발생한 제14호 태풍 "매미"는 한반도 남부지방을 통과하면서 강풍과 해일을 동반하여 해안에서는 해일이 발생하여 평균해수면의 상승과 파의 쳐올림(run up)에 의한 월파량(wave overtopping volume)으로 예상치 못한 침수피해가 속출하였다. 태풍으로 인한 주된 피해로써 특히, 침수피해는 이상고조로 인해 평균수위 상승이 만조와 겹침으로써 기존의 호안, 제방 등의 천단고를 넘어서 파의 쳐올림에 의한 월파량으로 호안 배후지의 침수피해가 발생하게 된다. 이러한 월파현상에서 월파량이 축척되면서 배후지에 축척된 수량에 의해 침수피해가 발생되는 근본적인 원인은 파의 쳐올림의 높이에 비해 호안의 제방 높이가 상대적으로 낮다는 데 있다. 우리나라 매립지의 지반고는 과거에 설계 시공한 인근 매립지의 지반고와 동일한 높이로 하고 있는 데 이러한 개념은 인근 지대와 동일조건을 부여하여 배후지에서 발생할 수 있는 여러 가지 문제점을 해결할 수 있는 장점이 많지만, 이건 설계방범은 해안공학적인 측면이 강조되어 설계되었다기보다 사회 경제적 측면을 강조하여 설계되어 왔기 때문에 이번과 같은 태풍에 대한 방재대책이 될 수 없었던 것이다. 따라서 원만한 방재대책이 수립되기 위해서는 과거의 설계방법을 탈피하여 현지조건을 정확하게 조사한 후 이를 근거로 하는 설계가 요구된다. 본 연구는 해안공학적 측면에 중점을 두고 수행하였다. 첫째로, 태풍 제14호 "매미"의 현황을 파악하여 조석현황과 이상고조, 파고추정의 범위를 결정한다. 또, 부산지방의 피해현장을 조사하여 피해의 유사성을 밝힌다. 둘째로, 송도 매립지 호안 전면에서의 월파현상과 월파량을 검토한다. 셋째로, 대체블록에 대해 간략 계산을 통해 유동성을 검토하였다. 이와 같은 연구과정을 통해 태풍이 내습했을 때 호안 배후지내의 월파량 철상을 2차원 수리모형실험을 통해 재현시켜 검토하고, 월파량을 평가기준으로 축척모형을 해안수리학적인 측면에서 검증하였다. 본 2차원 수리모형실험에서 재현시킨 월파량이 현실적으로 어느 정도의 월파량이 되는지는 계산에 의한 방법으로만 추정할 수 있으며, 여기서는 2차원 수리모형실험을 실시했던 자료를 이용하여 현재까지 알려진 방법으로 몇 가지 경우 즉, 현실적으로 일어날 가능성이 있는 최악의 경우에 대해 계산한 겉과, 동일조건에서 축척이 적을수록 추정 월파량이 많음을 알 수 있었다. 이것은 태풍이 내습하여 현실적으로 발생했던 월파량이 더욱 많았음을 유추할 수 있다. 또한, 태풍과 같은 자연재해, 특히 월파량에 대해 취약한 구조를 가진 호안의 경우 여러 가지 대안 중 인공쇄파대(artifical reef)와 같은 완충지대를 갖는 호안을 축조함으로써 월파량을 감소시키는 대안으로 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구 수행을 통해 태풍 내습시 발생 가능한 자연재해에 대한 사전 방지를 목적으로 태풍피해의 원인을 제시하고 이를 해결하여 현재의 방재대책이 항구적인 방재대책으로 전환될 수 있는 방안 마련의 기초 자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.983-993
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• 2008

In recent times, sea level increasing caused by abnormal weather and global warming, sea-sand dredging and complex development causes various kind of erosion damages onto the coastal area in the world. The various types of erosion control and protection methods are applied but there are no signs of fruitful effectiveness. The PC concrete protection block for shore protection structure is practically installed in globally but most of structures in the present day became villainous because of bad accessability. In this study, hydrophilic revetments for control and protection of coastline erosion will be developed in order to make up for a faculty of the shore erosion protection block with better accessibility and excellent protection ability. Experimental measurements were researched to insure for the capacity and facility on reflection coefficient, overtopping volume, and overtopping height characteristics of newly developed shore erosion protection block in model tests. As the result, hydraulic model tests show much excellent than the general step block. Field tests were carried out also to verify through vegetative test on an affinity and construction work test of control-protection on coastline erosion with actual utilization. In the latter case, deposition of sand accumulation occurred in fairly short time at the established reaches and then we can be confirmed to utilize for newly developed block as the revetments for control and protection of coastline erosion.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.86 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 1997

Second year results are presented from a trial designed to quantify the reduction in radiata pine(Pinus radiata D. Don) seedling growth caused by competition from a range of important weed species on a moist North Island site in New Zealand. Radiates pine seedlings(1/0) were grown on the weed free control and with either herbaceous broadleaves, grass, broom, pampas, buddleia, or gorse. Resource(nutrient and water) levels were varied by factorial +/- irrigation and fertilizer treatments. Radiata pine seedling volume growth 21 months after planting was greatest when it was grown on the weed free control or in association with gorse, and was least when grown with either buddleia or pampas. There was no evidence that the effects of the weeds on seedling growth were mediated by either competition for water or nutrients. Tall, fast-growing species that overtopped the seedlings(broom, buddleia, pampas) had the greatest effect on seedling growth and the magnitude of the effect was correlated with degree of overtopping. This implies that shading or competition for light is probably an important factor.