• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2003년도 추계학술대회 논문집(II)
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• pp.397-402
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• 2003

Infiltration of rainfall causes railway embankment to be unstable and may result in failure. Basic relationship between the rainfall and stability of railway embankment are defined to analyze the stability of embankment by rainfall. An experimental study for defining of infiltration rate of rainfall into slope is conducted in the lab. The results of Rainfall infiltration show that rainfall infiltration is not equal to infiltration as like reservoir because rate of rainfall infiltration is controlled by slope angle. Based on these results, boundary condition of rainfall is altered and various numerical analysis are performed. The variation of shear strength, the degree of saturation and pore-water pressure for railway slope during rainfall can be predicted and the safety factor of railway slope can be expressed as the function of rainfall amount, namely rainfall index. Therefore, it is judged that this rainfall index can be a good tool for the rail-transport operation control.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2015

In the past sidetracking was the means to bypass a damaged zone or to correct the direction of a wellbore. Nowadays, this method is very common and useful in relocating the bottom of a wellbore in a more productive zone and consequently enhancing the production of a reservoir by saving a significant amount of time and money. In this paper, the stability of the bend area is assessed considering varied conditions of stress regime and sidetrack orientation. In general, the stress regime and the orientation of the principal stresses have negligible effect on the stability of the sidetrack compared to sidetrack inclination. On the other hand, the sidetrack deviation angle from the vertical main well plays the major role in the stability of the bend area.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.215-225
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• 2019

The mechanical behavior of rock is essential to estimate the capacity and long-term stability of $CO_2$ storage in deep saline aquifers. As the depth of reservoir increases, the pressure and temperature that applied on the rock increase. To answer the question of how the confining pressure and temperature influence the mechanical behavior of reservoir rock, triaxial compression experiments were carried out on brine-saturated sandstone at elevated temperature. The triaxial compressive strength of brine-saturated sandstone was observed to decrease with increasing testing temperature, and the temperature weakening effect in strength enhanced with the increase of confining pressure. Sandstone specimens showed single fracture failures under triaxial compression. Three typical regions around the main fracture were identified: fracture band, damaged zone and undamaged zone. A function was proposed to describe the evolution of acoustic emission count under loading. Finally, the mechanism of elevated temperature causing the reduction of strength of brine-saturated sandstone was discussed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.787-799
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• 2017

저수지 제체 내 수로 구조물과 흙 접촉면의 장기적인 누수가 제체 파괴의 주원인 중의 하나 임에도 불구하고 이에 대한 연구는 미미한 실정이다. 배수통관과 같은 구조물이 부분 파손되어 누수가 발생하는 경우 외형적으로 관측하기 곤란하고 파이핑 등에 의한 제체 손상 우려가 있어 이에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구는 저수지 제체를 관통하는 배수 통관이 부등침하 등으로 인해 통관 일부가 파손되어 누수가 발생하는 경우 저수지의 제체 형태를 코어형 단면과 균일형 단면으로 구분하여 수위변화에 따른 2차원 침투해석을 수행하였다. 연구결과 저수지 등의 제체를 관통하는 배수 통관으로의 누수가 발생 할 경우 통관 하부보다는 상부가 파손되어 누수가 되는 경우가 파이핑 발생 가능성이 크며, 특히 제체 하류측에서 누수가 발생하는 경우 제체 중심 코어부의 존재는 제체 안정 유지에 도움을 주고 있다고 판단된다. 또한 저수지 제체 내부 간극수압의 급격한 감소가 관측되면 파이핑 발생 우려에 대한 심도 있는 고려가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제66권5호
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• pp.29-40
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• 2024

Most agricultural reservoirs were built between the 1940s and 1970s. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the current water supply safety, considering changes in water capacity, the water management, and environment in relation to the passage of time.. The design frequency of drought, the number of years areservoir needs to be able to withstand a drought phenomenon, foragricultural water resources in Korea is the 10-year drought. As the water supply system and water supply patterns change, it is necessary to establish a concept of water supply reliability, which refers to the stability of water supply. This study evaluated the water supply reliability of agricultural reservoirs based on the designed frequency. The previously designed frequency and water balance analysis were used to calculate and analyze reservoir storage capacity, water supply turnover, water supply amount, water supply potential, water utilization safety, and water supply reliability. As a result, Yongmyeon Reservoir was found to be stable in terms of water supply reliability, whereas Seongho and Yongpung Reservoirs were found to be unstable using all methods. In particular, when converting the water utilization safety and the water supply reliability to the frequency of drought, Seongho and Yongpung Reservoir were in the lowest class, with a frequency of drought less than four years. Thus, we recommend that the consideration of water supply reliability be included in the preparation of adaptive measures and water supply strategies as changes in environmental conditions continue to develop.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.465-481
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• 2017

Thermal effect has great influence on wellbore stability in Dongfang 1-1 (DF 1-1) gas field, a reservoir with high-temperature and high-pressure. In order to analyze the wellbore stability in DF1-1 gas field, the variation of temperature field after drilling was analyzed. In addition, the effect of temperature changing on formation strength and the thermal expansion coefficients of formation were tested. On this basis, a wellbore stability model considering thermal effect was developed and the thermal effect on fracture pressure and collapse pressure was analyzed. One of the main challenges in this gas field is the decreasing temperature of the wellbore will reduce fracture pressure substantially, resulting in the drilling fluid leakage. If the drilling fluid density was reduced, kick or blowout may happen. Therefore, the key of safe drilling in DF1-1 gas field is to predict the fracture pressure accurately.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2020

우리나라는 농업용수의 공급을 위해 소규모의 저수지가 건설되어 있으나 대부분이 준공년도로부터 50년 이상 경과된 것으로 조사되고 있어 노후화가 심각한 상황이다. 노후된 농업용 저수지의 경우, 누수 및 비탈면의 활동 등 심각한 결함이 발생하는 사례가 조사되고 있어 안전상 매우 취약한 문제가 있다. 이에 따라 국내에서는 그라우팅 공법을 활용하여 노후된 농업용 저수지의 보강이 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 그라우팅 공법의 주입재로 사용되는 시멘트는 생산과정에서 천연자원의 소비와 다량의 온실가스가 발생하고, 주입량, 배합비, 주입압력 등 다양한 요인에 의해 충분한 보강이 이루어지지 않는 문제가 있어 이를 대체할 수 있는 새로운 재료 및 공법의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 도로와 철도 비탈면의 안정성 확보를 위해 사용되고 있는 표층안정재에 대해 실내시험을 수행하고, 시험결과와 프로그램 해석결과를 분석하여 표층안정재를 노후 농업용 저수지의 보강재료로 사용하는 경우 보강효과를 검토하였다. 실내시험 결과, 표층안정재의 혼합비가 증가함에 따라 점착력은 증가하였으나, 혼합비 9% 이상에서는 뚜렷한 증가가 나타나지 않아 점착력의 증가가 가능한 최대 혼합비는 9%인 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 프로그램 해석결과에서는 노후 농업용 저수지의 비탈면 1.0m를 보강하는 경우 안전율이 약 1.4배 증가하여 표층안정재를 사용한 노후 농업용 저수지의 보강은 충분히 가능한 것으로 나타났고, 보강방법으로는 비탈면과 비탈면 하부를 동시에 보강하는 것이 가장 적절한 것으로 나타났다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2020

Strength anisotropy is a typical feature of thin-bedded rock masses and their strength will be degraded subjected to water immersion effect. Such effect is crucial for the operation of hydropower plant because the impoundment lifts the water level of upstream reservoir and causes the rock mass of nearby slopes saturated. So far, researches regarding mechanical property of natural thin-bedded rock masses and their strength variation under water immersion based on field test method are rarely reported. This paper focuses on a thin-bedded stratified rock mass and carries out field test to investigate the mechanical property and strength variation characteristics. The field test is highlighted by samples which have a large shear dimension of 0.5 m*0.5 m, representing a more realistic in-situ situation than small size specimen. The test results confirm the anisotropic nature of the concerned rock mass, whose shear strength of host rocks is significantly larger than that of bedding planes. Further, the comparison of shear strength parameters of the thin-bedded rock mass under natural and saturated conditions show that for both host rocks and bedding planes, the decreasing extent of cohesion values are larger than friction values. The quantitative results are then adopted to analyze the influence of reservoir impoundment of a hydropower plant on the surrounding rock mass stability of diversion tunnels which are located in the nearby slope bank. It is evaluated that after reservoir impoundment, the strength degradation induced incremental deformations of surrounding rock mass of diversion tunnels are small and the stresses in lining structure are acceptable. It is therefore concluded that the influences of impoundment are small and the stability of diversion tunnels can be still achieved. The finings regarding field test method and its results, as well as the numerical evaluation conclusions are hoped to provide references for rock projects with similar concerns.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.589-596
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• 2005

The public has negative understanding about dam construction nowadays although dam plays an important role in water supply to satisfy essential demand for living. Dam rehabilitation, in this actuality, has been recognized as an alternative to expedite continuous water policies related to irrigation and flood control. This study focused on dam rehabilitation and included its necessity and discussions on case histories associated with increasing reservoir capacity, spillway modification, overtopping protection, seepage control and improving stability of old dam. This paper, in geotechnical aspects, presents discussions of various rehabilitation methods and factors to be considered in designing dam rehabilitation.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.31-44
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• 2016

This study analyzed pore water pressure, earth pressure and settlement through field monitoring on the project site in which raising embankments are being built through backside extension, and compared the behaviors of seepage analysis, slope stability analysis and stress-strain during flood water levels and rapid drawdown under steady state and transient condition. The variation of pore water pressure showed an increase during the later period in both upstream and downstream slope, with downstream slope more largely increased than upstream slope overall. The variation of earth pressure increased according to the increase of embankment heights, while the change largely showed in the upstream slope, it was slowly increased in the downstream slope. The settlements largely increased until 23 m as embankment heights increased, and showed very little settlement overall. Under a steady state and transient conditions, the seepage quantity per day and leakage quantity per 100 m of embankment against total storage were shown to be stable for piping. The hydraulic gradient at the core before and after raising embankments was greater than the limit hydraulic gradient, showing instability for piping. The safety factor of upstream and downstream slopes were shown to be very large at a steady state, while the upstream slopes greatly decreased at a transit conditions, downstream slopes did not show any significant changes. The horizontal settlements, the maximum shear strain and stress are especially distributed at the connecting portion of the existing reservoir and the new extension of backside. Accordingly, the backside extension method should be designed and reinforced differently from the cases of other types reservoirs.