• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.16 no.3 s.62
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• pp.251-258
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• 2006

In this paper, the applicability to the Korean rock condition of using the deformation moduli based on Rock Mass Rating (RMR) and Pressuremeter Test (PMT) is evaluated. The correlations among deformation moduli and various rock properties were also analyzed. It appears that the existing correlations using RMR overestimate the deformation moduli and wide variation was found between predicted moduli using these correlations and measured values. As for the correlations among the deformation moduli and various rock properties, Rock Quality Designation (RQD) and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) were found to correlate to deformation moduli reasonably well, but joint spacing and joint conditions appear to correlate poorly to RQD and UCS. Additionally, groundwater can not be correlated with the modulus values. While the depth has very little contribution to deformation modulus, it should be factored in the simple regression analyses with various rock mass properties, especially with the correlations made with UCS, RQD etc. With the deficiencies of these correlations, more in depth analysis techniques such as multivariate correlations may be to reliably estimate deformation modulus of rock mass.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.17-32
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• 2022

This study explored an approach to estimate a flow-density diagram(FD) on a link in highway traffic environment by utilizing probe vehicles' time headway records. To study empirical flow-density diagram(EFD), the probe vehicles with vision sensors were recruited for collecting driving records for nine months and the vision sensor data pre-processing and GIS-based map matching were implemented. Then, we examined the new EFDs to evaluate validity with reference diagrams which is derived from loop detection traffic data. The probability distributions of time headway and distance headway as well as standard deviation of flow and density were utilized in examination. As a result, it turned out that the main factors for estimation errors are the limited number of probe vehicles and bias of flow status. We finally suggest a method to improve the accuracy of EFD model.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.219-237
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• 2020

Rapid economic development and urban population growth have been increasing the necessity for underground space exploration and utilization due to the need of upgrading and expanding the existing infrastructures. TBM has been widely used to construct underground structures with high advance rate and minimal ground disturbance. Two important design parameters, which are available thrust capacity and cutterhead torque, should be estimated for any project in addition to proper selection of TBM type. However, the conventional thrust force and torque estimation model only depends on the empirical equation, which hinders the design process of the optimal thrust hydraulic system and the appropriate hydraulic components. In this study, four thrust and torque calculation models are derived and explained. For TBM design practice, the four estimation models are compared and discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.412-427
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• 2016

댐의 건설은 자연하천에서 퇴적과 침식의 유사 순환과정에 영향을 주고 저수지 퇴사(reservoir sedimentation)를 야기한다. 이러한 현상은 댐의 건설 이후 장기간 축적되면서 이수와 취수에 대한 영향을 가져오기 때문에 댐 관리와 설계를 위해 정확한 추정이 필요하다. 퇴사량을 산정하는 방법에는 실측자료를 방법과 실제 유사량 자료를 이용하는 방법 그리고 경험공식을 이용하는 방법 등이 있으나, 가용한 자료의 부족으로 주로 경험 공식에 의존하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 국내 대규모 다목적댐에 적합한 비퇴사량 산정 경험 공식을 제안하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 먼저 기존의 공식을 조사 및 검토하여 비퇴사량에 영향을 미칠 만한 여러 인자들을 선정하였다. 총 8개 국내 대규모 다목적댐의 비퇴사량 자료와 제원을 이용하여 다중 회귀분석을 실시하여 최종적인 식을 제안하였다. 그 결과, 대규모 다목적댐의 비퇴사량에 영향을 미치는 인자로 연평균 강우량(P, mm),연평균 유입량(I, cms), 유역 평균경사(S, %),저수지 길이(L, km),저수용량/유역면적(C/A, $m^3/km^2$)을 채택하였으며, 제안된 식을 이용하여 산정한 비퇴사량과 실측 비퇴사량의 상관계수와 결정계수는 각각 0.985, 0.970으로 확인되었다. 아울러, 다중 공선성 분석에서도 모두 일반적인 기준치를 범위 안에 존재함을 확인하면서, 선정된 독립변수들이 통계적으로 유의함을 확인하였다. 허나, 가용 자료의 부족과 불확실성으로 인해 여전히 한계점이 존재한다. 충분한 비퇴사량 실측 자료가 구축된다면, 보다 신뢰도 높고 발전된 형태의 경험 공식의 제안이 가능할 것이다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.107-116
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• 2014

A volume density of roughness correction blocks in a channel is defined and the corresponding roughness coefficient(n) is estimated by analyzing the diverse hydraulic characteristics of VR, the product of the average velocity and the hydraulic radius, block Reynolds number ($Re^*$), drag coefficient ($\acute{C}_D$), and the roughness coefficient ($n_b$) of bottom shear. The increase of VR and block Reynolds number causes the exponential decrease of roughness coefficient converged to a constant value as expected. The drag coefficient also exponentially decreases as block Reynolds number increases as well. The drag force is governed by the block shape defined by volume density in high block Reynolds number of turbulent flow region. For more accurate estimation of roughness coefficient the use of the correlation equation of it is required by block Reynolds number and volume density. The regression equations for n-VR, $\acute{C}_D-Re^*$, and $n_b-\acute{C}_D$ are presented. The regression equations of roughness coefficient are also presented by block Reynolds number and volume density. The developed equation of roughness coefficient by block Reynolds number and volume density has practical use by confirming the coincidence between the experimental results and the results of HEC-RAS using the developed equation.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.51 no.9
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• pp.813-826
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• 2018

Recently, weather radar system has been widely used for effectively monitoring near real-time weather conditions. The radar rainfall estimates are generally relies on the Z-R equation that is an indirect approximation of the empirical relationship. In this regards, the bias in the radar rainfall estimates can be affected by spatial-temporal variations in the radar profile. This study evaluates the uncertainty of the Z-R relationship while considering the rainfall types in the process of estimating the parameters of the Z-R equation in the context of stochastic approach. The radar rainfall estimates based on the Bayesian inference technique appears to be effective in terms of reduction in bias for a given season. The derived Z-R equation using Bayesian model enables us to better represent the hydrological process in the rainfall-runoff model and provide a more reliable forecast.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1391-1394
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• 2006

노후 상수도관의 개량사업이 지속적으로 시행되고 있지만 노후관 개량사업은 경험적 판단에 의존하는 노후관 평가 및 대안의 선정, 사고예방을 위한 대응적 차원의 개량 사업을 실시함으로 인해 경제적 손실은 물론 시스템의 유기적 기능향상이 이루어지지 않고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 상수관로 중에서 아연도 강관, 도복장 강관, 닥타일 주철관을 선정하여 현장조사를 실시하였으며, 직접 채취된 관체 시편을 대상으로 육안분석, 관체분석, 그리고 토양부식성 등을 평가하여 채취한 관의 노후도를 종합적으로 평가하였다. 기본적으로 노후도 평가를 점수 평가법을 사용하였으며, 평가된 결과를 바탕으로 향후 노후 수도관 개량사업 추진 내용에서 개대체 우선순위를 결정하기 위한 모델을 제안하였다. 상수관로 노후도 영향 인자 및 가중치 추정은 현재 매설된 상수관로의 노후진척도를 평가하기 위한 노후도 예측모형의 기본 요소이며, 모형의 정확도를 향상시키기 위해 필수적인 사항이다. 관로 노후진척도 분석의 정확도는 장기간의 자료 수집을 통하여 이루어져 이에 대한 분석이 필요하며, 대상관로를 이용하여 개발된 제안식은 향후 지속적으로 현장조사를 실시하여 보완이 필요하겠지만, 노후수도관의 개량 우선순위를 분석하기 위한 매우 유용한 자료가 될 것으로 판단한다.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.9-18
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• 2021

In this study, the overconsolidation ratio (OCR) of soft clay soil was calculated by conducting an indoor physical experiment and a dynamics test using undisturbed soil samples from a soft clay soil field in South Korea. The OCR by depth was predicted by comparing the experimental results with the existing empirical equations. Methods using the liquidity index and the existing empirical equation by the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) were examined, and the results were compared with the actual measured values. The method using the liquidity index was found to be suitable for estimating the rough OCR of the ground. However, the effect of drying was not considered for the ground above the groundwater level. Therefore, an equation for the correlation equation between the depth and OCR of each region, including the ground above the groundwater level, was proposed. The proposed equation was applied to the OCR prediction of the adjacent area. The predicted values in the area composed of clay (CL, CH) were found to be in good agreement with the actual values. In the region composed of silt (ML), however, the predicted values were not consistent with the actual values. This suggests that the sedimentation and compositional characteristics, rather than the engineering characteristics of the soil, are important factors that affect the OCR prediction.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.31 no.3B
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• pp.211-220
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• 2011

In this study a conceptual soil water model is proposed to simulate water balance at catchment scale. The model is based on the sequential separation of daily precipitation into surface runoff, wetting, vaporization, and percolation. The proposed model is calibrated by using three observation sets: empirically estimated annual vaporization, monthly wetting estimated by NRCS-CN method, and both of them. The model performance is evaluated to understand which hydrologic components for calibrating the model are needed. It is shown that both of annual vaporization and monthly wetting are indispensable hydrologic components to simulate reasonably precipitation partitioning.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.37-48
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• 2010

The seismic control effect of reinforced concrete structures with low energy dissipating capacity due to stiffness degradation is investigated through nonlinear time history analysis. The primary structure is idealized as a SDOF system of modified Takeda hysteresis rule and an elasto-perfectly-plastic nonlinear spring is added to represent a hysteretic damping device. Based on statistics of the numerical analysis, equivalent linearization techniques are evaluated, and empirical equations for response prediction are proposed. As a result, estimation of the ductility demand with proposed empirical equations is more desirable than the equivalent linearization techniques. The optimal yield strengths based on empirical equations are significantly different from the optimal yield strength of elasto-perfectly-plastic systems. Also, the results indicate that the reduction effect of the ductility demand is more remarkable for smaller natural periods.