• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.408-408
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• 2021

지진에 의한 변동과 전조 현상을 규명하기 위한 다양한 연구들이 진행되었으며, 기존 연구들에서는 지진 발생의 주요 원인은 주로 단층 운동에 의한 지각 반응을 중심으로 분석하고 그 결과들을 제시하였다. 지하층에서 지진이 발생하나 발생의 원인은 지각뿐만 아니라 수환경과 연계된 인자들까지 존재하여 매우 다양하다. 즉, 지각, 토양, 토질 등 지하의 변동과 연관성이 매우 높고 수 많은 수환경자료들(지하수위, 라돈, ph, 기타 수질 요소)을 통해서 지각운동에 따른 변화와 지진발생 가능성에 대한 상관관계를 규명할 수 있는 가능성이 매우 높다. 기존 지진이 나타나는 주요 원인은 주로 활성 단층 운동에 의한 지각 반응의 영향으로 지진 발생 이전에 지각의 팽창과 변형에 의해 지하수, 지하수 수질요소(라돈, 전기전도도, 수온 등)의 지화학적 변동이 일어날 수 있는 가능성이 존재하며, 이러한 수환경 빅데이터는 지진 발생 가능성 증대와 재현기간 및 규모 증대 등 상관성이 매우 큰 것으로 분석된다. 본 연구에서는 국내발생하는 지진에 대한 경향성 분석을 통하여 내륙에서 발생하는 지진과 바다에서 발생하는 지진의 경향성 및 연관성을 분석하고자 한다. 또한 지진 발생 지역에 대하여 수환경 빅데이터(지하수위, 라돈, 수온, 전기전도도, 강수량 등)와 지진발생과의 상관관계를 분석하여 주요 원인을 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.319-325
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• 2021

The 2011 East Japan Earthquake caused accidents at a number of nuclear power plants in Fukushima, highlighting the need for a study on the seismic safety of multiple NPP (Nuclear Power Plant) units. In the case of nuclear power plants built on a site that shows a similar seismic response, there is at least a correlation between the seismic damage of structures, systems, and components (SSCs) of nuclear power plants. In this study, a probabilistic seismic safety assessment was performed for the loss of essential power events of twin units. To derive an appropriate seismic damage correlation coefficient, a probabilistic seismic response analysis was performed. Using the external event mensuration system program, we analyzed the seismic fragility and seismic risk by composing a failure tree of multiple loss of essential power events. Additionally, a comparative analysis was performed considering the seismic damage correlation between SSCs as completely independent and completely dependent.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.401-409
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• 2020

Seismic fragility assessments include a procedure to combine the random variables of response and capacity to produce the relationship between failure probability and seismic intensity. The evaluation of the failure probability of simultaneous multiple failures of two or more components assumes that the failure probability of each component is independent of those of the others. However, a correlation is expected to exist because several random factors have the same cause. The multiple-failure probability can differ depending on this correlation and may be unconservative without considering the seismic correlation. Therefore, a practical methodology for fragility assessment should be evaluated using the seismic correlation and correlation coefficient for each random variable. In this study, several random variables were selected for numerical evaluation of the correlation coefficient. The correlation coefficient was then compared with each variable and the combined variables. The correlation coefficient using simplified and complex models were also compared to determine and analyze the differences between each of the approaches.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.383-383
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• 2022

기존 큰 지진을 대상으로 한 많은 연구결과들을 살펴보면, 큰 지진이 발생하기 전에 토양 속에 존재하는 다양한 인자들 중에 라돈(²²²Rn, 반감기=3.82일) 농도가 비정상적으로 증가하는 현상을 나타낸다. 이러한 결과들은 라돈발생의 경향성을 분석한다면, 지진발생에 대한 전조증상이나 예측이 가능함을 나타낸다. 본 연구에서는 포항지역을 중심으로 지진발생에 대한 전조증상이나 모니터링을 분석하기 위해 지하수 관측소에 설치된 라돈 관측기기에서 라돈 관측자료를 수집하고 이를 활용하는 연구를 수행하였다. 라돈 관측자료 기간은 2019년 11월부터 2020년 9월까지의 자료이며, 라돈인자 뿐만 아니라 지하수위, 강수량, 수온인자를 같이 분석하였으며, 동일기간 동안 발생한 진도 2 이상의 지진사례 6개(E1(M_L 3.5): 2019.12.30.; E2(M_L 3.2): 2020.01.30.; E3(M_L 2.4): 2020.02.09.; E4(M_L 2.7): 2020.02.16.; E5(M_L 2.8): 2020.05.27.; E6(M_L 2.1): 2020.09.22.)를 대상으로 하였다. 지진발생의 전조증상이 나타나는 지역을 분석하기 위해 Dobrovolsky radius values (Dobrovolsky et al., 1979)와 Harversine 관계식을 적용하였다. 적용결과, 시간적 분석에서 라돈의 증감 경향성이 지진발생의 전조증상과 유의미한 상관성이 있음을 확인하였으며, 공간적인 분석에서도 유의미하지는 않으나 상관성이 나타났다. 그 외 지하수위는 상관성이 어느 정도 나타났으나 강수량은 유의미한 결과를 나타내지는 않았다. 따라서 라돈을 활용한다면 지진발생의 전조증상을 시공간적으로 파악할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.37-45
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• 2012

In an effort to further exploit the peak ground-motion acceleration (PGA) information per second available in real time by the enacted law, bracketed summations of the PGA per second ($BSPGA_k$) for 30 seconds based on the records with a rate of 100 samples were compared with the cumulative absolute velocity (CAV) and earthquake intensities based on a worldwide database of records from small-to-large earthquakes. The CAV, currently in use as an earthquake damage indicator for nuclear power plants due to its strong correlation with the earthquake intensity, has the disadvantage of requiring a massive amount of digital data with a rate of more than 100 samples per second. The comparative study shows that the $BSPGA_k$ is well correlated with the CAV over the wide range of strong ground-motion levels, which suggests that the $BSPGA_k$ is one of the new promising ground-motion parameters especially useful for rapid earthquake alert notifications through an earthquake monitoring network. Based on the domestic database of records from small-to-moderate earthquakes with felt reports, it is also observed that the $BSPGA_k$ is comparable to the CAV and better than the PGA in predicting the intensity by using the correlation relation.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.313-324
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• 2018

In order to study the earthquake precursor in the Korean peninsula, long-term variations of chemical composition, radon-222, and water level were measured at depths (-60 m, -100 m) in the groundwater monitoring wells of the Daejeon and the Cheongwon area. The pH and electrical conductivity of groundwater in the monitoring wells showed some relationship with the Pohang earthquake. The ${HCO_3}^-$ and $Cl^-$ concentration of groundwater in the Daejeon and $Mg^{2+}$, $Cl^-$ and ${NO_3}^-$ in the Cheongwon showed some relation with the Pohang earthquake. However, it is not distinct to find the relationship between their variation and earthquake. The radon-222 concentration in Daejeon was observed a significant increase from a minimum of 162 Bq/L prior to the earthquake to 573 Bq/L right after the earthquake, that indicating a strong correlation with earthquakes. In the case of groundwater levels, it can not find some correlation between earthquakes and continuous decreasing trend in the monitoring wells of Daejeon and Cheongwon area. However, water level of a national groundwater observation well within 10 kilometers of Pohang epicenter was recorded as an abrupt drop right before the earthquake. Conclusively, although the location of monitoring wells is more than 180 kilometers apart from the epicenter of the Pohang earthquake, the radon gas in groundwater can be considered as a reliable candidate among earthquake precursors. The pH, electrical conductivity, ${HCO_3}^-$ and $Cl^-$ among hydrochemicals showed some correlation with earthquake should be monitored during a longer term to recognize distinctly as a precursor of earthquake.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.79-82
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• 2012

최근 지진해일 발생으로 인한 막대한 피해로 인해 지진해일 방재에 대한 중요성이 높아지고 있다. 지진해일 방재연구는 주로 실제 발생하였던 역사지진해일과 발생가능성이 높은 가상의 지진해일에 대해 해당지역의 재해정보도를 제작하여, 지진해일 발생 시 인명 및 재산피해를 최소화 하는 것에 초점이 맞추어져 있다. 따라서 이번 연구에서는 이러한 재해정보도의 효율성을 높이기 위해 지진해일 발생 시 인명피해가 발생할 가능성이 높은 위험지역을 선정하였다. 지진해일 위험지역을 선정하기 위해 가상의 지진해일을 수치모의 하였으며, 지진해일 발생 시 인명피해가 발생할 수 있는 지진해일 범람 높이를 선정하여 선정한 기준 높이 이상의 범람이 발생할 확률을 계산하였다. 지진해일 수치모의는 지진해일 전파모의와 범람모의 과정으로 이루어진다. 지진해일 전파모형은 선형 Boussinesq 방정식을 지배방정식으로 사용하며, 지진해일 범람모형은 비선형 천수방정식을 지배방정식으로 사용하였다. 수치모의를 통해 주문진항에서의 가상의 지진해일에 대한 범람영역 및 범람 높이를 얻었다. 수치모의를 통해 얻어진 범람 데이터를 이용해 기준 높이 이상의 범람 발생 확률을 계산하였다. 확률 계산을 위해선 해당 데이터의 확률분포를 결정하여야 하기 때문에, 적합도 검정을 수행하였다. 이번 연구에서는 여러 가지 적합도 검정 기법 중 하나인 확률도시 상관계수 검정(Probability Plot Correlation Coefficient Test)을 사용하였으며, 범람 데이터의 확률분포로 Normal, Log-normal, Exponential, Gumbel 분포를 가정하여 검정을 수행하였다. 각 지점별로 확률도시 상관계수 검정을 수행하여, 해당 지점의 확률분포를 결정하였고, 각 지점별로 해당하는 확률분포의 누적확률분포 함수를 이용해 기준 높이 이상의 범람이 발생할 확률을 계산하였다. 얻어진 확률을 지도상에 도시하여 기준 높이 이상의 범람 발생 확률이 높은 지점을 주문진항에서의 지진해일에 대한 인명피해 발생 가능성이 높은 위험지역으로 선정하였다.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.649-660
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• 2015

This study aimed at the correlation analysis of geomagnetic variations related to earthquakes which occurred in and around the Korean Peninsula from 2012 to 2014. The wavelet-based semblance technique was used to confirm the geomagnetic variations related to earthquakes. As a result, a pattern of consistent geomagnetic variations in total magnetic has been found from the earthquakes occurred within 100 km radius around the observation site. A similar correlation between earthquake location and Z-field geomagnetic data was also confirmed by the wavelet-based semblance analysis. We mainly used the high quality geomagnetic measurements from the Cheongyang Observatory and additionally used the data from the Bohyunsan Observatory in order to validate the correlation between earthquake and Z-field geomagnetic data.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.76-87
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• 2021

In this study, temporal trend of researches in earthquake with groundwater level, water quality, radon, remote sensing, electrical resistivity, gravity, and geomagnetism was searched from 2001 to 2020, using the journals indexed in Web of Science, and the number of articles published in international journals was counted in relation to the occurrences of earthquakes (≥Mw 5.0, ≥Mw 6.0, ≥Mw 7.0, ≥Mw 8.0, and ≥Mw 9.0). The number of articles shows an increasing trend over the studied period. This is explained by that studies on earthquake precursor and seismic monitoring becomes active in various fields with integrated data analysis through the development of remote sensing technology, progress of measurement equipment, and big data. According to Mann-Kendall and Sen's tests, gravity-related articles exhibit an increasing trend of 1.30 articles/yr, radon-related articles (0.60 articles/yr), groundwater-related articles (0.70 articles/yr), electrical resistivity-related articles (0.25 articles/yr), and remote-sensing-related articles (0.67 articles/yr). By cross-correlation analysis of the number of articles in each field with removing trend effect and the number of earthquakes of ≥Mw 5.0, ≥Mw 6.0, ≥Mw 7.0, ≥Mw 8.0, and ≥Mw 9.0, radon and remote sensing fields exhibit a high cross-correlation with a delay time of one year. In addition, large-scale earthquakes such as the 2004 and 2005 Sumatra earthquake, the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 2010 Chile earthquake are estimated to be related with the increase in the number of articles in the corresponding periods.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.65-72
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• 2018

Seismically induced settlement exceeding dam freeboard may lead to a dam failure. The prediction of settlement is important also because it is also reported to be strongly related to longitudinal crack width and depth, which are critical indices used for safe evaluation of dams. The empirical correlation derived from numerical simulations is most often used. In this study, two-dimensional dynamic nonlinear analyses are performed using representative CFRD and ECRD fill dams. A total of 20 recorded motions are used to account for the influence on ground motion intensity and magnitude. The calculated crest settlements are correlated to four ground motion parameters, which are peak ground acceleration (PGA), peak ground velocity (PGV), Aria Intensity ($I_A$), and magnitude. It is demonstrated that using ground motion parameters in addition to PGA can significantly increase the prediction accuracy.