An Overview on Technology and Research of Dam and Levee in Korea

댐 및 제방의 기술 및 연구 현황

This paper describes an overview of technology and research of dam and levee in Korea. In order to trace the development of dam and levee construction technology, history of design and construction of them is briefly reviewed, and their statistics including type, number and purpose of those hydraulic structures in Korea are dealt with. Furthermore, current status of research on the mentioned structures is also reviewed based on the papers published in Korean societies such as Korean Society of Civil Engineers and Korean Geotechnical Society. Finally state-of-the-art equipment and technology to investigate the safety conditions, and hence to enhance or rehabilitate their stability and dam and levee systems, respectively, are introduced here.