• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.184-193
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• 1998

In order to dispose radioactive wastes safely, it is needed to understand the mechanical, thermal, fluid behavior of rockmass and physico-chemical interactions between rockmass and water. Also, the knowledge about mechanical and hydraulic properties of rocks is required to predict and to model many conditions of geological structure, underground in-situ stress, folding, hot water interaction, intrusion of magma, plate tectonics etc. This study is based on researches about rock mechanics issues associated with a waste disposal in deep rockmass. This paper includes the mechanical and hydraulic behavior of rocks in varying temperature conditions, thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling analysis in rock mass and deformation behavior of discontinuous rocks. The mechanical properties were measured with Interaken rock mechanics testing systems and hydraulic properties were measured with transient pulse permeability measuring systems. In all results, rock properties were sensitive to temperature variation.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.271-305
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• 2020

An effect of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical and chemical (THMC) behavior is an essential part of the performance and safety assessment of geological disposal systems for high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Furthermore, numerical models and modeling techniques are necessary to analyze and predict the coupled THMC behavior in the disposal systems. However, phenomena associated with the coupled THMC behavior are nonlinear, and the constitutive relationships between them are not well known. Therefore, it is challenging to develop numerical models and modeling techniques to analyze and predict the coupled THMC behavior in the geological disposal systems. It is also difficult to verify and validate the development of the models and techniques because it requires expensive laboratory tests and in-situ experiments that need to be performed for a long time. DECOVALEX was initiated in 1992 to efficiently develop numerical models and modeling techniques and validate the developed models and techniques against the lab and in-situ experiments. In Korea, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has participated in DECOVALEX-2011, DECOVALEX-2015, and DECOVALEX-2019 since 2008. In this study, all tasks in the three DECOVALEX projects were introduced to the researcher in the field of rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering in Korea.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.629-642
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• 2023

Currently, low and intermediate level radioactive waste is being disposed of at the Gyeongju disposal site for permanent isolation. Since 2006, the Korea Radioactive Waste Agency has been conducting site characteristics surveys continuously verifying changes in the site based on the site monitoring and investigation plan. The hydrogeochemical environment of the disposal site is considered for the evaluation of natural barriers. However, the seawater must be considered because of the regional characteristics of Gyeongju, which is near the East Sea. Therefore, this study, collected 30 samples for deriving the groundwater quality data from seven wells and compared with two seawater samples collected from October 2017 to June 2022. Additionally, the study explores the groundwater monitoring method using statistical tools such as clustering and background concentration analysis. The groundwater samples in the study area were classified into two to four clusters depending on their chemical constituents-especially, EC, HCO₃, Na, and Cl-using statistical analysis, molar ratio, and K-means clustering.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.229-232
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• 2002

대전 북부 화강암지역 내 심도 500m까지 굴착한 시추공에 다중패커 시스템(Multi-packer system)을 이용하여 구간별로 지하수 시료채취를 수행하고, 시추공 지하수에 대한 지화학 특성 연구를 수행하였다. 다중패커 시스템에 의해 구간별로 격리된 시추공 지하수의 수리화학자료는 구간별로 특징적인 화학조성을 나타낸다 다중패커 시스탬이 설치된 직후 채취한 지하수 시료와 일정시간이 경과한 후 채취한 시료간에는 시기별로 화학특성의 차이를 보이는데 이는 시추당시 사용된 시추수의 영향 때문인 것으로 사료된다. 또한 심도 115m를 기준으로 상부구간과 하부구간에 지화학 특성에서 큰 차이를 보이고 있는데 이는 시추공 굴착당시 단열대의 붕괴로 인해 시공된 그라우팅의 영향 때문이다. 이상치를 보이는 115m 구간을 제외하고, 시추공 지하수의 지화학 자료는 구간별로 명확히 구별되어 화강암 지역에서 지하수의 유동은 단열분포특성에 영향을 받음이 확인되었다.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.61-73
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• 2004

The purposes of this study are to investigate the occurrence, the hydrochemical characteristics and the origin of the $CO_2$-rich springs from the Kangwon Province, and to reanalyze the previous studied results of other researchers. The $CO_2$-rich water samples were collected at 13 locations in the Kangwon Province. The $CO_2$-rich water shows a high $CO_2$ concentration ($P_{CO2}$ 0.787 to 4.78 atm), weak acidic pHs, electrical conductivity values ranging from 422 to 2,280 $\mu$S/cm, and high Fe and F contents. The chemical compositions of $CO_2$-rich water from this study area are classified into three types; $Ca-HCO_3$, Ca(Na)-$HCO_3$, $Na-HCO_3$ types. The chemical data of $CO_2$-rich waters and their host rocks indicate that $Na-HCO_3$ type water are mainly influenced by biotite, K-feldspar granite, and Ca(Na)-HC $O_3$, type water is chiefly influenced by gneiss and carbonate minerals in granite. F and Fe contents of $CO_2$-rich waters are abundant in $Na-HCO_3$, and $Ca-HCO_3$ types, respectively. The results of this study suggest that the chemical composition $CO_2$-rich water is mainly controlled by the mineralogical composition of aquifer host rocks. Oxygen and deuterium isotope data indicate that $CO_2$-rich water is meteoric origin. The $\delta^{13}$C values (-0.3$\textperthousand$ to -6.2$\textperthousand$ PDB) suggest that dissolved carbonates are mainly derived from a deep-seated $CO_2$ and partly from carbonate minerals.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.337-345
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• 1998

This study examined the influences of computer-assisted instruction(CAl) upon high school students' conceptual understanding, algorithmic problem solving ability, learning motivation, and attitudes toward chemistry instruction. CAl programs were designed to supply animated molecular motions for emphasizing the particulate dynamic nature of matter and immediate feedbacks according to students' response types at each stage of four stage problem-solving strategy(understanding, planning, solving, and reviewing). The CAl and control groups (2 classes) were selected from a girls high school in Seoul, and taught about gas law for four class hours. Data analysis indicated that the students at the CAl group scored significantly higher than those at the control group in the tests on conceptual understanding and algorithmic problem solving ability. In addition, the students at the CAl group performed significantly better in the tests on the learning motivation and attitudes toward chemistry instruction.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.20-20
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• 2021

하천에서 유해화학물질 유출사고로 인하여 오염물질이 유입되었을 경우, 이에 대응하기 위하여 오염운의 도달시간과 농도를 예측하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 종방향의 혼합거동이 중요한 넓은 범위의 하천을 대상으로 오염물질의 이송을 예측하기 위하여 일반적으로 1차원 Fickian 모형을 사용한다. 그러나 실제 하천에서 오염물질의 농도를 측정하였을 경우, 대부분의 농도분포는 오염물질의 저장대효과로 인하여 긴 tail 부분을 갖는 왜곡된 분포를 갖게 된다. 이러한 저장대 효과는 여러 하천내의 다양한 불규칙성으로부터 발생하나, 국내 하천에 많은 보가 설치되어 있음에도 불구하고 하천 내부에 설치된 수리구조물에 의하여 발생하는 인공적인 저장대 효과에 관한 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실내 수리실험과 수치 모의를 통하여 노치가 존재하는 보주변에서의 흐름 특성과 오염 물질의 이송 특성을 규명하고, 이를 통해 보의 지형 및 수리적 인자가 저장대 메커니즘에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 수리 실험을 통한 넓은 범위에서의 수평방향 흐름장과 농도장을 측정하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 광역 계측방법인 Large Scale Particle-Image-Velocimetry (LSPIV) 기법과 Planar-Concentration-Analysis (PCA) 기법을 각각 유속과 농도 측정을 위해 적용하였다. 더 많은 보의 지형 및 수리적 조건에 따른 저장대 메커니즘을 분석하기 위하여 3차원 Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) 모형을 통해 모의조건을 확장 적용하였다. 측정 및 모의 결과를 바탕으로 노치가 존재하는 보의 지형 및 수리적 인자가 저장대 메커니즘에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 저장대 영역 면적의 크기는 노치사이의 간격이 증가할수록 증가하였으며 노치의 높이의 경우에는 크게 민감하지 않은 경향을 나타냈다. 추적물질의 체류 시간은 노치사이의 간격과 보의 높이가 증가할수록, 유량이 감소할수록 증가하여 질량교환계수 값이 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 프루드 수와 레이놀드 수 모두 질량교환계수와 양의 상관 관계를 나타냈으나 저장대 영역의 면적의 크기와는 낮은 관계성을 나타냈다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.561-573
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• 2023

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) constructed the KURT (KAERI Underground Research Tunnel) to analyze the hydrogeological/geochemical characteristics of deep rock mass. Numerous boreholes have been drilled to conduct various field tests. The selection of suitable investigation intervals within a borehole is of great importance. When objectives are centered around hydraulic flow and groundwater sampling, intervals with sufficient groundwater flow are the most suitable. This study defines such points as hydraulic outliers and aimed to detect them using borehole geophysical logging data (temperature and EC) from a 1 km depth borehole. For systematic and efficient outlier detection, machine learning algorithms, such as DBSCAN, OCSVM, kNN, and isolation forest, were applied and their applicability was assessed. Following data preprocessing and algorithm optimization, the four algorithms detected 55, 12, 52, and 68 outliers, respectively. Though this study confirms applicability of the machine learning algorithms, it is suggested that further verification and supplements are desirable since the input data were relatively limited.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.9-19
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• 2007

This study investigated the interaction between groundwater and stream water systems, which is caused by the artificial weir on streambed, enforcing external stresses on the groundwater system. The study area is in Nami Natural Recreation Woods located in Chungcheongnam-do Geumsan-gun Nami-myeon Geoncheon-ri. In this study both of hydrophysical methods (hydraulic head) and hyrdochemical investigations (pH, EC, major ion analysis) were applied. In order to identify the relationship between each of study results, cross-correlation analysis is performed. From results of hydrophysical methods, water level fluctuation at BH-14, installed by the weir, shows the double-recession pattern much more frequently and much higher amplitudes than the fluctuation at each of other monitoring wells. Using the results by hydrochemical investigations, hydrochemical properties at BH-14 is similar to the hydrochemical characteristics in stream water. To analyze the interrelationships between the results from each of applied methods, cross-correlation analysis was applied. Results from the correlation analyses, water levels at BH-14 and stream weir showed the highest cross-correlation in hydrophysical aspects. On the other hand, the correlation between stream weir and bridge was the highest in hydrochemical aspects. The difference between the results from each of methods is due that the hydrophysical response at BH-14, such as water level, is induced by the pressure propagation-not with mass transfer, but the hydrochemical interaction, caused by mass transport, takes much more times. In conclusion impermeable artificial weir on streambed changes the interfacial condition between the stream and surrounding aquifers. The induced water flux into the groundwater system during flood period make water level at BH-14 increase instantly and groundwater quality higly similar to the quality of stream water. Referred similarities in both of water level and water quality at BH-14 become much higher when water level at weir grow higher.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.229-248
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• 2024

This investigated the hydrogeochemical and isotopic characteristics of geothermal waters, groundwaters, and surface waters in Dongrae-gu, Busan, South Korea, in order to determine the origins of the salinity components in the geothermal waters, and their formation mechanisms and heat sources The geothermal waters are Na-Cl-type, distinct from surrounding groundwaters (Na-HCO₃^- and, Ca-HCO₃^- (SO₄, Cl)-type) and surface waters (Ca-HCO₃(SO₄, Cl)-type). This indicates the geothermal waters formed at depth as compared with the groundwaters. δ¹⁸O and δD values of the geothermal waters are relatively depleted as compared with the groundwaters, due to altitude effects and deep circulation of the geothermal waters. Helium and neon isotope ratios (³ He/⁴He and, ⁴He/²⁰Ne) of the geothermal waters plot on a single mixing line between mantle (³He = 3.76~4.01%) and crust (⁴He = 95.99~96.24 %), indirectly suggesting that the heat source is due to the decay of radioactive elements in rocks. The geothermal reservoir temperatures were calculated using the silica-enthalpy and Giggenbach models, yielding values of 82~130℃, and the depth of the geothermal reservoir is estimated to be 1.7~2.9 km below the surface. The correlation between Cl/Na and Cl/HCO₃ for the Dongrae geothermal waters requires the input of salty water. The supply of saline composition is interpreted due to the dissolution of residual paleo-seawater.