• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.377-385
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• 2015

We constructed a model test apparatus to evaluate the dependence of the saturation velocity (V_s) in soils on rainfall intensity (I_R). The apparatus comprises a soil box, a rainfall simulator, and measuring sensors. The model grounds (60 cm × 50 cm × 15 cm) were formed by Joomunjin standard sand with a relative density of 75%. The rainfall simulator can control the rainfall intensity to reenact the actual rainfall in a soil box. Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) sensors and tensiometers were installed in the soils to measure changes in the volumetric water content and matric suction due to rainfall infiltration. During the tests, the soil saturation was determined by raising the groundwater table, which was formed at the bottom of the soil box. [Please check that the correct meaning has been maintained.] The wetting front did not form at the ground surface during rainfall because the soil particles were uniform and the coefficient of permeability was relatively high. Our results show that the suction stress of the soils decreased with increasing volumetric water content, and this effect was most pronounced for volumetric water contents of 20%-30%. Based on a regression analysis of the relationship between rainfall intensity and the average saturation velocity, we suggest the following equation for estimating the saturation velocity in soils: V_savg (cm/sec) = 0.068I_R (mm/hr).

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.87-93
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• 2010

The change of water level in reservoirs is an important factor causing failure of bank slopes, i.e. landslide. The water level of Three Gorges reservoir in China fluctuate between 145 m and 175 m, as a matter of flood control. During its normal operational state, the rate of water level fluctuation is supposed to range from 0.67 m/d to 3.0 m/d. Majiagou slope is located on the left bank of Zhaxi River, 2.1 km up from the outlet. Zhaxi River is a tributary of the Yangtze River within the Three Gorges area, of which the water level changes with the reservoir. At the back of Majiagou slope, a 20 m long and 3~10 cm wide fissure developed just after the reservoir water level rose from 95 m to 135 m in 2003. This big fissure was a full suggestion of potential failure of this slope. In this study, the pore water pressure files obtained from seepage analysis were used to evaluate the change in factor of safety (FS) with reservoir water level. Slope stability analyses then were carried out, with fully specified slip surface and limit equilibrium method. In the limit equilibrium analysis, the contribution of negative pore water pressure to shear strength was considered by the use of Fredlund's shear strength equation for unsaturated soils. On the base of the analyses, the change of FS with reservoir water level was interpreted in detail. It was found that FS against bank slopes decreases with the rise of the reservoir water level and increases with the drawdown of the reservoir water level. The most dangerous state was when the reservoir water level stays at the highest for a long time.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.77-85
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• 2010

The change of water level in reservoirs is an important factor causing failure of bank slopes, i.e. landslide. The water level of Three Gorges reservoir in China fluctuate between 145 m and 175 m, as a matter of flood control. During its normal operational state, the rate of water level fluctuation is supposed to range from 0.67 m/d to 3.0 m/d. Majiagou slope is located on the left bank of Zhaxi River, 2.1 km up from the outlet. Zhaxi River is a tributary of the Yangtze River within the Three Gorges area, of which the water level changes with the reservoir. At the back of Majiagou slope, a 20 m long and 3~10 cm wide fissure developed just after the reservoir water level rose from 95 m to 135 m in 2003. This big fissure was a full suggestion of potential failure of this slope. In this study, unsaturated-saturated seepage analyses were carried out to simulate the change of pore-water pressures in the bank slope subjected to the reservoir water level change. The obtained pore-water pressures were then used to evaluate the change in factor of safety (FS) with reservoir water level. It was found that the phreatic line showed a delayed response with respect to the change of the reservoir water level, because the seepage through soil layer was generally slower than water flows itself. During the rising and drawdown process, the phreatic lines take the shapes of concave and convex, respectively. And the fluctuation of reservoir water level just affected the front part of the bank slope, but had little influence on the back of the slope.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.115-121
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• 2009

It is to use effectively for stream channel and watershed management as the prediction and the analysis of bed changes characteristics in the Seomjin river downstream. The necessary data (section, bed composition material, pivot point water elevation, coefficient of roughness) with regard to analysis of the bed changes characteristics were based upon the survey data and analysis results in the Seomjin river maintenance basic plan. The prediction of bed changes was also completed with HEC-6 model. The study results were summarized as follows: The main factor of bed changes in the Seomjin river downstream can be decided by extreme extraction of bed aggregate rather than the change of hydrological data. According to the analysis of bed stability based on the relation between friction velocity and representative grain size, and the relation between dimensionless tractive force and representative grain size, the Seomjin river downstream appears to be increased overall. The bed composition material in the stream channel of the Seomjin river of 2003 year shows higher composition rate of gravel and lower composition rate of sand as compared to those of 1989 year. According to result that the prediction of bed changes, it is estimated that the bed will be risen approximately 1.5 m to the place up to 9 km from the estuary, have been repetitively risen and fallen up to 1 m to the place between $9{\sim}21\;km$ section, and fallen about 0.5m to the place between $22{\sim}25\;km$ section. As a result, the bed of the Seomjin river downstream can be decided to be risen gradually. However, since the prediction of this study is based on the assumption that there will be no forced aggregate picking, the bed changes can be much greater than expected when there is a massive aggregate picking as it had happened before.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.362-362
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• 2019

제주도는 화산섬의 지질특성상 지표수의 개발이용여건이 취약한 관계로 용수의 대부분을 지하수에 의존하고 있다. 따라서 제주도는 정책 및 연구적으로 오랜 기간 동안 지하수의 보전관리에 많은 노력을 기울여 오고 있다. 하지만 최근 기후변화로 인한 지하수위의 하강 및 해수면 상승으로 인한 해수침투의 문제가 꾸준히 제기되고 있으며, 제주도 일부지역에서는 축산폐수 등으로 인해 지하수의 수질오염문제가 발생하고 있다. 따라서 제주도 지하수의 수량 및 수질에 대한 체계적인 관리의 필요성이 증대되고 있다. 지하수에 절대적으로 의존하고 있는 제주도의 수자원의 개발 및 이용 여건을 고려할 때, 지하수의 수량 및 수질에 대한 학술적 토대가 확고히 구축되어야 할 뿐만 아니라 기후변화에 대응한 최적 물관리기법의 개발이 필요한 실정이다. 하지만 제주도의 수자원에 대한 기존의 연구들은 제주도 전역에 대해 최신의 분석방법을 사용한 종합적인 연구가 아닌 일부지역을 대상으로 한 지하지질분석, 지구물리탐사 및 대수성시험 위주의 단편적 분석, 개념적 수문모델의 적용에 의한 대략적인 분석, 또는 일부지역을 대상으로 한 지하수 흐름분석 및 해수침투 분석 위주로 수행되었다. 이러한 기존의 연구들은 여러 가지 문제점을 내포하고 있는데 첫째, 일부지역의 지하지질이 제주도의 복잡한 지하지질특성을 대표할 수 없다는 점과 둘째, 개념적 수문모델은 제주도와 같이 강우의 큰 시공간적 변동성을 고려할 수 없으며 지하지질 특성의 공간적 변동성 또한 적절히 반영할 수 없다는 점 및 셋째, 지하수의 이동은 유역경계와 일치하지 않으므로 독립된 소유역을 대상으로 산정한 지하수 부존량은 소유역내 실제 지하수 부존량과 다를 수 있다는 점 그리고 마지막으로 개별적으로 수행된 지표수, 지하수 및 수질 분석들은 서로 연결성이 없어 이들 간의 상호작용을 고려하지 않아 그 결과의 신뢰성이 떨어진다는 점 등이다. 이러한 제주도에 대한 기존 연구들의 한계점을 극복하기 위해서는 제주도 전역에 대한 종합적인 연구가 필요하다. 이를 위한 방안으로서 제주도 전체를 대상으로 한 최신의 분포형 수문모델의 구축이 필요하며 이 수문모델은 지표수 및 지하수의 상호작용과 해수침투 및 수질 또한 모의할 수 있어야 할 것이다. 그리고 이 개발된 모형과 기후변화 시나리오를 사용하여 미래 수자원변화에 대한 대응이 필요하다. 이에 대한 해외연구사례로서 미국지질조사국이 하와이 섬들 및 괌 등에 대해 수행했던 연구들을 참고할 수 있다. 제주도 전체에 대한 신뢰할만한 종합적인 분석결과는 제주도 수자원의 정책수립에 기초로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.367-367
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• 2018

전 세계적으로 이상기후에 의한 영향으로 여름철 장마와 같은 우기가 점차 사라지고 집중호우 및 가뭄이 빈번하게 발생하는 등 지하수위 변동성에 따른 물 부족 현상이 발생하고 있다. 특히, 제주특별자치도는 하천수 및 저수지의 수원을 농업용수로 이용하는 내륙지역과는 달리 농업용수의 수원으로 지하수를 이용하고 있어 향후 기후변화로 인한 극단적인 가뭄과 농업형태의 변화등 지하수의 의존도는 가속화 될 전망이다. 따라서, 제주특별자치도는 지하수 관리차원에서 신규관정개발을 최소화 하고 용수공급량의 부족과 불균형을 해소시키기 위하여 2016년부터 농업용수 광역화 사업을 추진하고 있다. 본 연구는 제주특별자치도에서 추진하고 있는 '농업용수 광역화 사업'과 연계하여 용천수를 활용한 농업용 수자원 확보를 위하여 용천수 및 상시하천수의 정량적인 수량파악 및 농업용 수질기준에 적절한 유출수를 선정하고 제주지역 농업용수에 대체수자원을 활용한 지하수 의존비율을 저감시키는데 목표를 두고 수행되었다. 제주특별자치도 서귀포 지역에 분포하고 있는 16개 용천수 및 2개 상시하천을 대상으로 최종 해안으로 유출되는 10개 지점에서 농업용수 활용가능성을 검토한 결과 최소 유량 값은 각 지점별로 속골물 6,313.3($m^3$/일), 조이통물 11,406.3($m^3/day$), 꿩망물 8,402.8($m^3/day$), 선궷내물 4,290.8($m^3/day$), 논짓물 690.8($m^3/day$), 대왕수 1063.0($m^3/day$), 작지물 7,060.4($m^3/day$), 하강물 1,487.6($m^3/day$), 악근천 1,043.6($m^3/day$), 예래천 2,114.4($m^3/day$)로 산정되었으며, 수질 분석에 있어서는 작지물을 제외한 9개 지점에서 농업용수 사용 기준을 충족 하였다. 이상의 결과는 향후 제주특별자치도의 농업용수 공급량의 부족과 불균형 해소 및 지하수 관리차원의 신규관정 개발을 최소화 하는데 보탬이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.34 no.6_4
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• pp.1545-1553
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• 2018

Recent eruptive activity at Kīlauea Volcano started on at the end of April in 2018 showed rapid ground deflation between May and June in 2018. On summit area Halema'uma'u lava lake continued to drop at high speed and Kīlauea's summit continued to deflate. GPS receivers and electronic tiltmeters detected the surface deformation greater than 2 meters. We explored the time-series surface deformation at Kīlauea Volcano, focusing on the early stage of eruptive activity, using multi-temporal COSMO-SkyMed SAR imagery. The observed maximum deformation in line-of-sight (LOS) direction was about -1.5 meter, and it indicates approximately -1.9 meter in subsiding direction by applying incidence angle. The results showed that summit began to deflate just after the event started and most of deformation occurred between early May and the end of June. Moreover, we confirmed that summit's deflation rarely happened since July 2018, which means volcanic activity entered a stable stage. The best-fit magma source model based on time-series surface deformation demonstrated that magma chambers were lying at depths between 2-3 km, and it showed a deepening trend in time. Along with the change of source depth, the center of each magma model moved toward the southwest according to the time. These results have a potential risk of including bias coming from single track observation. Therefore, to complement the initial results, we need to generate precise magma source model based on three-dimensional measurements in further research.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.387-387
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• 2022

기존 홍수기시 댐 운영은 예측 강우와 실시간 관측 강우를 이용하여 댐 운영 모형을 수행하며, 예측 결과에 따라 의사결정 및 댐 운영을 실시하게 된다. 하지만 이 과정에서 반복적인 분석이 필요하며, 댐 운영 모형 수행자의 경험에 따라 예측 결과가 달라져서 반복작업에 대한 자동화, 모형 수행자에 따라 달라지지 않는 예측 결과의 일반화가 필요한 상황이다. 이에 댐 운영 모형에 AI 기법을 적용하여, 다양한 강우 상황에 따른 자동 예측 및 모형 결과의 일반화를 구현하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 수자원 분야에 적용된 국내외 129개 연구논문에서 사용된 딥러닝 기법의 활용성을 분석하였으며, 다양한 수자원 분야 AI 적용 사례 중에서 댐 운영 예측 모형에 적용한 사례는 없었지만 유사한 분야로는 장기 저수지 운영 예측과 댐 상·하류 수위, 유량 예측이 있었다. 수자원의 시계열 자료 활용을 위해서는 Long-Short Term Memory(LSTM) 기법의 적용 활용성이 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 댐 운영 모형에서 AI 적용은 2개 분야에서 진행하였다. 기존 강우관측소의 관측 강우를 활용하여 강우의 패턴분석을 수행하는 과정과, 강우에서 댐 유입량 산정시 매개변수 최적화 분야에 적용하였다. 강우 패턴분석에서는 유사한 표본끼리 묶음을 생성하는 K-means 클러스터링 알고리즘과 시계열 데이터의 유사도 분석 방법인 Dynamic Time Warping을 결합하여 적용하였다. 강우 패턴분석을 통해서 지점별로 월별, 태풍 및 장마기간에 가장 많이 관측되었던 강우 패턴을 제시하며, 이를 모형에서 직접적으로 활용할 수 있도록 구성하였다. 강우에서 댐 유입량을 산정시 활용되는 매개변수 최적화를 위해서는 3층의 Multi-Layer LSTM 기법과 경사하강법을 적용하였다. 매개변수 최적화에 적용되는 매개변수는 중권역별 8개이며, 매개변수 최적화 과정을 통해 산정되는 결과물은 실측값과 오차가 제일 적은 유량(유입량)이 된다. 댐 운영 모형에 AI 기법을 적용한 결과 기존 반복작업에 대한 자동화는 이뤘으며, 댐 운영에 따른 상·하류 제약사항 표출 기능을 추가하여 의사결정에 소요되는 시간도 많이 줄일 수 있었다. 하지만, 매개변수 최적화 부분에서 기존 댐운영 모형에 적용되어 있는 고전적인 매개변수 추정기법보다 추정시간이 오래 소요되며, 매개변수 추정결과의 일반화가 이뤄지지 않아 이 부분에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요하다.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.191-205
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• 1997

Measurements on subsurface movement of the Songsanri tomb site including the Muryong royal tomb was conducted using a tiltmeter system for the period of 15 months form July 7, 1996 to September 30, 1997. Two coordinate tilt monitoring data shows the biggest movement rate of 2.3mm/m/yr toward south in the frontal wall(N-S tilt) of the Muryong royal tomb. Southward tilting of bricks above the southern fire place in the western wall of the Muryong royal tomb is a proof of southward tilting of the royal tomb since its excavation in 1971. The eastern wall of the Muryong royal tomb is also tilting toward inside the tomb with the rate of 1.523mm/m/yr. Furthermore, tilting rate of wall increases twice in rainy season. It is interpreted tbat infiltration of water into the tomb and nearby ground in rainy season results in dangerous status for the safety of tomb structure. On the whole, normal component tilting of the walls of the 5th tomb is large than its shear component. It shows a small displacement toward one direction without no abrupt change in its direction and amount of tilting. The tilting rate of walls of the 6th tomb is about 8.8mm/m/yr in the dry season which is much bigger than those of other tombs in rainy season. Deformation events of walls of the tombs are closely related to amount of precipitation and variation of temperature. In comparison with different weather conditions, tilting is much bigger during the period of rainy weather than sunny weather. It is interpreted that rainwater flew into the turm through faults and nearby ground. High water content in nearby ground resulted strength of ground. The tilting event of walls shows a hysterisis phenomenon in analysis of temperature effect on tilting event. The walls tilt rapidly with steep rising of temperature, but the tilted walls do not come back to original position with temperature falling. Therefore, a factor of steep increase of the temperature must be removed. It means the tomb have to be kept with constant temperature. The observation of groundwater level using three boreholes located in construction site and original ground represented that groundwater level in construction site is higher than that of original ground during the rainy season from the end of June to August. It means that the drainage system of the Muryong royal tomb is worse than original ground, and it is interpreted that the poor drainage system is related to safety of tomb structure. As above mentioned, it is interpreted that artificial changes of the tomb environment since the excavation, infiltration of rainwater and groundwater into the tomb site and poor drainage system had resulted in dangerous situation for the tomb structure. According to the result of the long period observation for the tomb site, it is interpreted that protection of the tomb site from high water content should be carried out at first, and the rise of temperature by means of the dehumidifier inside the tomb must be removed.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.105-120
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• 2016

Most of riverside in Korea, in case of application of water curtain cultivation (WCC) technique, has been inveterately suffering from the gradual drawdown of groundwater level and related shortage of water resources during the WCC peak time. We believe that the water resources issue in these riverside areas can be effectively solved when the interaction between groundwater and nearby surface water is well understood. To investigate the connection between stream and ground water, and the influence of stream water on the nearby aquifer, this study examined the water temperature and oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopic compositions. The study area is well-known strawberry field applying the WCC technique in Sangdae-ri, Gadeok-myon, Cheongju City, and the sampling was done from February 2012 through June 2014 for stream and ground water. Some groundwater wells near stream showed big temporal variations in water temperature, and their oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes showed similar compositions to those of adjacent stream water. This indicates that the influence of stream water is highly reflected in the stable isotopic composition of groundwater. Four cross-sectional lines from stream to hillside were established in the study area to determine the spatial differences in water quality of wells. At the late stage of WCC in February to March, groundwater of wells in line with short cross-sectional length showed the narrow range of isotopic compositions; however, those in the long cross-sectional line showed a wide compositional range. It was shown that the influence of the stream water at the late WCC stage have reached to the distance of 160 to 165 m from stream line, which is equivalent to the whole length and one-third point in each short and long cross-sectional line, respectively. Therefore, the wide compositional range in the long cross-sectional lines was not only due to the influence of stream water, but apparently resulted from the change of relative impact of each groundwater supplying from two or more aquifers. In view of stable isotopic compositions, there seems to be three different aquifers in this study area, which is competing for dominance of water quality in wells at each period of WCC.