• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.425-430
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• 1998

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.2B
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• pp.111-120
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• 2009

A local scour around a bridge pier is known as one of important factors of bridge collapse. Two approaches are usually used in estimating a scour depth in practice. One is to use empirical formulas, and the other is to use computational methods. But the use of empirical formulas is limited to predict a scour depth under similar conditions to which the formulas were derived. Computational methods are currently too expensive to be applied to practical engineering problems. This study presented the application of artificial neural networks (ANN) to the prediction of a scour depth around a bridge pier at an equilibrium state. This study also investigated various ANN algorithms for estimating a scour depth, such as Backpropagation Network, Radial Basis Function Network, and Generalized Regression Network. Preliminary study showed that ANN models resulted in very wide range of errors in predicting a scour depth. To solve this problem this study incorporated cluster analysis into ANN. The incorporation of cluster analysis provided better estimations of scour depth up to 42% compared with other approaches.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.29 no.A
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• pp.67-75
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• 2009

In this study, the investigation of hydraulic characteristics and the pier data for the rivers in Youngseo area of Gangwon Province was carried out and the evaluation and comparison between the values from existing formulas and the values from the model tests was conducted, along with the statistical sensitivity analysis of the elements influencing the scour. As a result, the deviation between the values calculated from the existing formulas and the model tests appeared to be 1.09%~63.98% as the piers were getting larger, which indicated that the existing formulas were not appropriate to estimate the scour in the rivers in Gangwon area. And the formula which estimates the scour with the size of the pier only, among the existing ones, was far behind in estimating the sensitivity because of insufficient incorporation of the hydraulic characteristics, though it is convenient to estimate the value. The sensitivity analysis of the value from the model tests and the depth of the scour proved the significant impact on scour by the size of the pier and water depth, indicating 64% and 36%, respectively. In this study, the formula developed through the regression analysis performed based on the values from the model tests, which appeared to be appropriate for the rivers in Gangwon Province, was proposed.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.433-443
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• 2010

Drop structures that span the entire width of channels are installed to alleviate channel grades and have been constructed widely in Korean rivers. Aprons are normally installed and integrated with drop structures and bed protections are added on the downstream part of aprons to protect both drop structures and aprons. Scour occurring on aprons is reported to provide various habitats such as ripples and pools in natural rivers. This study focuses on the scour characteristics on an apron integrated with a drop structure and the subsidence of a riprap protection. The scour depth on the downstream part of the drop structure is found to increase with the increase of unit discharge; however, to decrease as the tail water depth gets deeper. Based on the experimental measurements, the subsidence of the riprap scour protection is calculated with respect to the thickness of riprap. Finally, the dimensionless empirical equation to quantify the subsidence of the riprap scour protection without filters at downstream of the vertical drop is suggested.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.28 no.B
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• pp.185-191
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• 2008

This study tried the 1st, 2nd dimensional numerical analysis according to the pier's shape, size and installing method in order to compare the depth of scour calculation method using the variables calculated by using the 2nd dimensional numerical analysis with the calculated depth of scour value by using the calculated variables by using the 1st dimensional numerical analysis. And then verified the problems occurring when the depth of scour is calculated by using the calculated values by using the 1st dimensional numerical analysis, as calculating the deviation depending on it.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.8-14
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• 2019

A drop structure, one of the representative river-crossing structures, is constructed to stabilize a riverbed. On the other hand, the structure interrupts the continuity of the river and causes the destruction of the hydro-ecological environment. Therefore, laboratory experiments of a natural type of drop structure with low differences were performed, and the empirical formula of a local scour hole is proposed. Four experimental flow rates were tested for various types of the drop structure models with 28 test cases. Based on the scour test, it was confirmed that the maximum scour depth occurs rather than the result of applying the previously proposed scour depth formulae. Correlation analysis of the major factors of scour hole at the downstream of the drop structure revealed a strong correlation between the upstream flow characteristics, drop structure height, and total crossing length of the drop model. In addition, the depth and length estimation formula of the maximum scour hole were proposed using the dimensionless variables and validated. In the future, it is also expected that more accurate scour prediction and calculation can be derived by conducting experimental studies and numerical analysis considering the various bed materials and flow conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.583-587
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• 2006

국부세굴의 발생은 일반적으로 흐름조건, 구조물 조건과 하상재료 세 가지의 주 원인으로 구분할 수 있다. 흐름조건의 경우 구조물 영향으로 발생되는 3차원적인 와류가 주요원인이며 하상재료의 경우 여러 요인이 있겠지만 비중이 같은 입자라 가정할 경우 입자의 크기를 주요 변수로 정할 수 있다. 교각 국부세굴에 관한 연구는 1960년대 이후 연구자들에 의해 매우 다양하게 수행되어 졌으며 많은 산정공식도 제시되었다. 하지만 기존 연구는 최대세굴심 조건으로 다양한 하상재료와 시간에 대한 세굴변동(홍수사상 등)에 대한 영향을 고려하는데 어려움이 있다. 특히 국내의 경우 다양한 하상재료와 홍수빈도를 고려할 때 이에 대한 세굴적용은 매우 중요한 인자라 할 수 있다. 따라서 교각세굴에 대한 궁극적인 목적은 다양한 하상재료와 홍수빈도를 고려할 수 있는 세굴평가를 제안하는데 있다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 우선적인 연구로 입자의 다양성과 이미지 기법을 이용한 실시간 측정을 통해 보완하여 입자에 따른 시간적 변화를 분석하였다. 현재 4가지의 하상재료의 입경차이에 따른 국부세굴의 시간적 변화와 초기세굴 발생의 수리적 조건을 파악하고 기존연구와 비교분석하였으며, 이를 기초자료로 세굴심$(S,\;S_{max})$, 교량주변 전단력$({\tau}_p,\;{\tau}_{pc})$, 접근수로부 전단력$({\tau}_a)$와 입자한계전단력$({\tau}_c)$에 대한 시간분석 (time effect)을 통해 다양한 하상재료와 홍수빈도를 해석을 위한 초기분석을 수행하는데 목적이 있다. 수리모형실험에 사용된 가변경사수로의 제원은 $0.6m(W){\times}20m(L){\times}2m(H)$이며 모형구조물은 투명한 아크릴로 제작하였다. 실험방법은 교각 내부에 CC카메라를 전 후면 및 상측면에 설치하여 세굴 발생을 실시간으로 촬영한 후 이미지 분석을 통해 분석하였다.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.677-686
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• 2011

This study proposes a formula to calculate length of river bed protection through experimental research and an experimental plant has been installed to investigate the parameters which influence the length of scouring in the river after overflowing the weir. Through hydraulic experiments, the critical velocity, difference of water level between upstream and downstream and height of weir have been selected as independent variables. And new formula to calculate a length of river bed protection is suggested as the result of this study in the consideration of complex weir that consists of movable and fixed weir. The new formula is verified through additional experiments. Results of this study can be used for weir structures' construction and maintenance plans.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.721-729
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• 1997

Total scour depth at a bridge is comprised of three components: long-term changes, contraction scour and local scour. Therefore, the analysis of long-term bed elevation changes is very important in the estimation of total scour depth at bridge sites. In this research, long-term bed elevation changes at the Namhan River Bridge are analysed using CHARIMA and HEC-6 models. The results show that, for 5-year steady normal stream flow, the bed elevation is aggreded by 45cm for CHARIMA model but degraded by 5cm for HEC-6 model. For 5-year unsteady flow, the bed elevation is changed greatly and it has a great influence on the estimation of total scour depth. Therefore, to make a proper estimation of total scour depth, not only contraction scour and local scour, but also long-term bed elevation changes should be estimated precisely.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.823-826
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• 2003