• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.398-403
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• 2001

Since the urban subway is normally constructed under the groundwater level, the drainage system will be one of the most important factors during maintenance period. Therefore, to investigate suitability of the design approach and the construction specification, the inflow and the contents of the groundwater in the Route 5 of Seoul subway system are analysed. From these, the possibility of the design improvement and the economy of the maintenance cost are proposed.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.963-970
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• 2005

The dwell time and the passenger flow time are surveyed on the definition, affecting factors, several conclusions, and the forecasting models based on the regression. Also, the results of the field survey and analysis are presented for the congested subway stations in Seoul. It is claimed that the comprehensive research should be fulfilled on the passenger flow for the Korean case itself, since the results are quite different from the results from [1], Moreover, the result is a important factor for the economic assessment of construction or renewal of the rail line.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2002.10b
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• pp.937-942
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• 2002

As the subway composed of rolling stock, power supply, signalling, infrastructure is complex system, the optimization through standardization is one of the most effective way to reduce the cost of construction and operation. However, the subway in Korea has been built and operated in different kinds of system. In this paper, review for standardization of urban transit in Korea is executed and presented direction to standardization.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.96-103
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• 2002

In this study, design concepts of Seoul Subway Construction (901∼914) are reviewed in relation to the cases for temporary soil support wall systems which are revealed in highly developed design competitions such as Turnkey and Alternative based on. Especially soil and rock properties, various design schemes for dealing with soil and water pressures, new technology adopted etc are discussed very profoundly and broadly for the better understanding and additional clues for constructing new design technologies.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.41-50
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• 2015

Hydrogeologic environment of the Mega City such as Seoul, suffers from rapid changes caused by urbanization, construction of underground subway or buildings, and contaminant loading by diverse anthropogenic activities. Understanding the present condition of groundwater environment and water budget is necessary to prevent natural and manmade disasters and to prepare for sustainable water resource management of urban environment. In this study, regional groundwater flow and water budget status of Seoul was analyzed using numerical simulation. Modeling result indicated that groundwater level distribution of Seoul generally followed the topography, but the significant decreases in groundwater level were observed around the subway network. Steady-state water balance analysis showed groundwater recharge by rainfall and leakage from the water supply network was about 550,495 m³/day. Surface water inflow and baseflow rate via Han River and major streams accounted for 799,689 m³/day and 1,103,906 m³/day, respectively. Groundwater usage was 60,945 m³/day, and the total groundwater leakage along the subway lines amounted to 114,746 m³/day. Modeling results revealed that the subway could decrease net groundwater baseflow by 40%. Our study result demonstrated that the subway system can have a significant influence on the groundwater environment of Seoul.

• Magazine of the Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance and Inspection
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.10-17
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• 2013

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.140-153
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• 2005

During the tunnel construction the major failure mode can be categorized as: tunnel failure just after the tunnel excavation without support, failure after application of shotcrete and finally failure after setting the concrete lining. The failure mode just after the tunnel excavation without support, can be further classified as : bench failure, crown failure, face failure, full face failure, failure due to weak strata and failure due to overburden. Moreover the failure after application of shotcrete is classified as heading face failure, settlement of shotcrete support, local failure of shotcrete lining and invert shotcrete. To find out the major causes of tunnel collapse, the investigation was done in case of the second phase of Seoul subway construction. The investigation results depicted that the major causes of tunnel collapse were due to the weak layer of rock/fault and sudden influx of ground water from the tunnel crown. While the investigation results of the mountain road tunnels construction have shown that the major causes of tunnel failure were inadequate analysis of tunnel face mapping results, intersection of faults and limestone cavities. In this paper some recent measurement in order to mitigate such tunnel collapse are presented

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.146-164
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• 2022

Recently, the Korean government promoted the construction of metropolitan express subway to connect major transportation hub in the metropolitan area within 30 minutes. Most stations of the metropolitan express subway are connected to existing subway stations, so the importance of transfer increased. Although many studies have been conducted on the effect of transfer penalty on route choice, there are few studies on the transfer behavior of the metropolitan express subway. Therefore, in this study, a transfer behavior analysis was conducted on the Shinbundang Line, a representative metropolitan express subway. To analyze the transfer behavior according to the degree of traffic congestion and the presence of fare payment, route choice models were made using transport card data divided according to week, time, and user characteristics. As a result of the analysis, users of the metropolitan express subway had greater disutility to the transfer waiting time compared to the transfer moving time. Furthermore, especially during the peak time, EIVM(Equivalent in-vehicle minutes) of the transfer waiting time was 3.51. In this study, EIVM for metropolitan express subway users were analyzed to be 2.6 minutes, which is significantly lower than the results of previous studies on subways. This suggests that there is a difference in the transfer penalty between subways and metropolitan express subway, and that it is necessary to apply the transfer penalty between subways and express subway differently when forecasting subway traffic demand.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.53-72
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• 1997

It is impossible to precat the behavior of ground soil and structure accurately during underground construction in urban area or excavation in soft ground area because of difference between the assumed design condition and the actual site condition. Therefore, it must be managed by measuring system and correct the difference by real data. Large scale under ground construction in urban area like a seoul subway project has needed for Intelligent Construction technique, a field of the Engineering Contractor. The automated measuring system is developed for the technique. It is described that the procedure and the method of measuring work with application of the automated measuring system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1993.03a
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• pp.15-20
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• 1993

NATM becomes one of the major methods of tunnel construction, such as that of subways and highways. However, a number of design and construction problems have been noticed and reported from the recent large-scale tunnelling projects. Some of them are presented and discussed in this report in order to call an attention to these problems and provide a sound basis for the improvement of current problems.