• TTA Journal
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• s.131
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• pp.30-39
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• 2010

급격한 기후변화에 의한 집중호우 및 소리 없이 쌓이는 폭설과 잦은 매머드급 태풍 그리고 지진과 해일, 화산활동 등의 자연재해가 언제 어떻게 일어날지 모르는 상황에서 국가는 국민의 생명과 재산을 보호해야 할 막중한 과제를 안고 있습니다. 또한 자연재해뿐 아니라 공공기관에 대한 테러와 자원쟁탈을 위한 국지적인 전쟁과 같은 참사가 지구상에서 수시로 발생하고 있으며, 원자로의 방사능 누출과 지하철이나 철도의 충돌사고 및 가스폭발사고와 초고층 대형 빌딩이나 지하터널, 해저터널 같은 대형구조물의 붕괴 등 인공재난이 수시로 발생하고 있습니다. 이와 같이 재난발생은 대형화 및 다양화되고 있으며, 복합화된 형태로 발생하여 단일 기관으로는 대응하는 데 어려움이 있어서 범 국가적인 통합지휘체계에 의한 재난 관리 및 재난 대응이 필요합니다. 이러한 대형 참사를 사전에 예방하고, 재난 발생시 신속히 대응하여 인명과 재산피해를 최소화하는 방안으로 어떠한 재난 통신 방안이 있으며, 관련 기술 표준과 선진국 등의 구축사례를 통하여 우리나라는 제대로 재난 통신 및 방송이 구축되어 있는 지 살펴보고 이를 통하여 유비무환(有備無患) 및 거안사위(居安思危)의 정신으로 언제 닥칠지 모르는 국가재난에 미리미리 대비하는 계기가 되었으면 합니다.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.217-246
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• 2018

During the selection and characterization of target formations in the Small-scale Offshore $CO_2$ Storage Demonstration Project in the Pohang Basin, we have carefully investigated the possibility of induced earthquakes and leakage of $CO_2$ during the injection, and have designed the storage processes to minimize these effects. However, people in Pohang city have a great concern on $CO_2$-injection-intrigued seismicity, since they have greatly suffered from the 5.4 magnitude earthquake on Nov. 15, 2017. The research team of the project performed an extensive self-investigation on the safety issues, especially on the possible $CO_2$ leakage from the target formation and induced earthquakes. The target formation is 10 km apart from the epicenter of the Pohang earthquake and the depth is also quite shallow, only 750 to 800 m from the sea bottom. The project performed a pilot injection in the target formation from Jan. 12 to Mar. 12, 2017, which implies that there are no direct correlation of the Pohang earthquake on Nov. 15, 2017. In addition, the $CO_2$ injection of the storage project does not fracture rock formations, instead, the supercritical $CO_2$ fluid replaces formation water in the pore space gradually. The self-investigation results show that there is almost no chance for the injection to induce significant earthquakes unless injection lasts for a very long time to build a very high pore pressure, which can be easily monitored. The amount of injected $CO_2$ in the project was around 100 metric-tonne that is irrelevant to the Pohang earthquake. The investigation result on long-term safety also shows that the induced earthquakes or the reactivation of existing faults can be prevented successfully when the injection pressure is controlled not to demage cap-rock formation nor exceed Coulomb stresses of existing faults. The project has been performing extensive studies on critical stress for fracturing neighboring formations, reactivation stress of existing faults, well-completion processes to minimize possible leakage, transport/leakage monitoring of injected $CO_2$, and operation procedures for ensuring the storage safety. These extensive studies showed that there will be little chance in $CO_2$ leakage that affects human life. In conclusion, the Small-scale Offshore $CO_2$ Storage Demonstration Project in the Pohang Basin would not cause any induced earthquakes nor signifiant $CO_2$ leakage that people can sense. The research team will give every effort to secure the safety of the storage site.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.625-636
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• 2010

The geophysical characteristics and geological structure of the northeastern part of the Ulleung Basin were investigated from interpretation of geophysical data including gravity, magnetic, bathymetry data, and seismic data. Relative correction was applied to reduce errors between sets of gravity and magnetic data, obtained at different times and by different equipments. The northeastern margin of the Ulleung Basin is characterized by complicated morphology consisting of volcanic islands (Ulleungdo and Dokdo), the Dokdo seamounts, and a deep pathway (Korea Gap) with the maximum depth of -2500 m. Free-air anomalies generally reflect the topography effect. There are high anomalies over the volcanic islands and the Dokdo seamounts. Except local anomalous zones of volcanic edifices, the gradual increasing of the Bouguer anomalies from the Oki Bank toward the Ulleung Basin and the Korea Gap is related to higher mantle level and denser crust in the central of the Ulleung Basin. Complicated magnetic anomalies in the study area occur over volcanic islands and seamounts. The power spectrum analysis of the Bouguer anomalies indicates that the depth to the averaged Moho discontinuity is -16.1 km. The inversion of the Bouguer anomaly shows that the Moho depth under the Korea Gap is about -16~17 km and the Moho depths towards the Oki Bank and the northwestern part of Ulleung Island are gradually deeper. The inversion result suggests that the crust of the Ulleung Basin is thicker than normal oceanic crusts. The result of 20 gravity modeling is in good agreement with the results of the power spectrum analysis and the inversion of the Bouguer anomaly. Except the volcanic edifices, the main pattern of magnetization distribution shows lineation in NE-SW. The inversion results, the 2D gravity modeling, and the magnetization distribution support possible NE-SW spreading of the Ulleung Basin proposed by other papers.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.262-262
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• 2015

풍수해보험은 국민안전처가 관장하고 민영보험사가 운영하는 정책보험으로 국민이 예기치 못한 풍수해 피해에 대처할 수 있도록 보험료의 일부를 국가 및 지방자치단체에서 보조해 주는 제도이다. 그러나 풍수해보험은 불합리한 보험요율체계 등의 문제점으로 인해 저조한 가입률을 보이고 있다. 현재 풍수해보험요율 산정시 과거의 피해이력만을 근거로 보험요율을 산정하고 있다. 또한 풍수해 보험은 태풍, 홍수, 호우, 강풍, 풍랑, 해일, 대설, 지진을 대상재해로 분류하고 있으나 동일 시군구 내에서는 재해요인별 원인별 가중치가 동일하게 적용되어 단일 보험요율을 적용하고 있다. 현재의 불합리한 보험요율체계의 문제점을 보완하고 향후 피해발생 위험을 고려하여 피해 특성에 따라 지역적으로 차등화된 보험요율을 적용하는 방안이 필요하다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 풍수해보험요율 산정을 위해 풍수해보험 대상재해 중 내수침수에 대한 분석 방안을 제시하고 적용성을 검토하고자 하였다. 우선 다양한 내수침수분석방법 중 전국단위의 내수침수분석을 위해 경제성, 간편성, 정확성을 고려하여 Level-Pool 방법을 선정하였다. 그리고 기존 Level-Pool 방법의 문제점을 보완하기 위해 내수침수분석 결과의 정확성을 향상시킬 수 있도록 도시계획 용도지역을 고려한 수정 Level-Pool 방법을 제시하고, 풍수해저감종합계획과 비교 검토를 실시하여 적용성을 검토하였다. 또한, 제시한 수정 Level-Pool 방법을 울산, 대구, 경북, 강원지역에 적용하여 내수침수위험지역을 도출하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 수정 Level-Pool 방법을 통해 전국단위 내수침수 해석시 지역별로 차등화되고, 정확도가 높은 내수침수지역을 도출하여 풍수해보험요율 산정을 위한 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.161-167
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• 1992

We consider the preparation of long finite amplitude nondispersive waves over a step bottom between two regions of finite different depths. Two dimensional motion is assumed. with the wave crests parallel to the step, and irrotational flow in the inviscid fluid is considered. To describe the transformation of finite amplitude waves we use the finite-amplitude shallow-water equations, the conditions of mass flow conservation and pressure continuity at the cut above the step in Riemann's variables. The equations define four families of curves-characteristics on which the values of the Riemann's invariants remain constant and a system of two nonlinear equations that relates the amplitudes of incident reflected and transmitted waves. The system obtained is difficult to analyze in common form. Thus we consider some special cases having practical usage for tsunami waves. The results obtained are compared with the long wave theory and significant nonlinear effects are found even for quite small amplitude waves.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.59-67
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• 2016

In this paper, we perform a numerical analysis to evaluate the potential of fault reactivation during gas production from hydrate bearing sediments and the moment magnitude of induced seismicity. For the numerical analysis, sequential coupling of TOUGH+Hydrate and FLAC3D was used and the change in effective stress and consequent geomechanical deformation including fault reactivation was simulated by assuming that Mohr-Coulomb shear resistance criterion is valid. From the test production simulation of 30 days, we showed that pore pressure reduction as well as effective stress change hardly induces the fault reactivation in the vicinity of a production well. We also investigated the influence of stress state conditions to a fault reactivation, and showed that normal fault stress regime, where vertical stress is relatively greater than horizontal, may have the largest potential for the reactivation. We tested one simulation that earthquake can be induced during gas production and calculated the moment magnitude of the seismicity. Our calculation presented that all the magnitudes from the calculation were negative values, which indicates that induced earthquakes can be grouped into micro-seismic and as small as hardly perceived by human beings. However, it should be noted that the current simulation was carried out using the highly simplified geometric model and assumptions such that the further simulations for a scheduled test production and commercial scale production considering complex geometric conditions may produce different results.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.347-360
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• 2018

Due to the concentration and congestion of traffic in Seoul metropolitan area, effective utilization of underground space is required, and construction of various underground structures such as a double deck tunnel is increasing. Double deck tunnels are divided into upper and lower runways, and the most important part is middle slab. To investigate seismic behavior of middle slab, experimental study is required because of the complexity of the load and the mechanism of earthquake. In this study, centrifugal model tests were conducted to investigate the response characteristics of earthquake response according to the support conditions of the middle slab of a double deck tunnel. Artificial, Ofunato (short period) and Hachinohe (long period) seismic waves were employed in the experimental study. As a result, it was confirmed that the acceleration attenuation of elastomeric bearings condition was 10.6% in artificial earthquake, 13.6% in Ofunato earthquake, and 10.3% in Hachinohe earthquake. The results indicate that elastomeric bearings have some advantages in the viewpoint of seismic behaviors.

• Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.336-339
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• 2003

A digital data logging system has been developed for the purpose of a compact offline Ocean Bottom Seismometer(OBS). The Digital Data Logger(DDL) consists of A/D system, Micom with storage memory and firmware managing data files. The A/D system acquires data of 16bit/4ch with sampling rate of 250Hz per channel. The Micom, a micro controller board with T33521 processor of 8051 class, was equipped with 8 flash memories of 128MB for data storage capacity of 1GB. The firmware stores the acquiring data in form of binary files. The DDL was designated to be compact and light and to consume low energy as possible. The DDL is to interface with PC through USB(Universal Serial Bus). The performance of the DDL has been validated through tests with respect to a 3-axis seismometer.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.109-116
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• 1994

Tsunamis generated by of the 1992 Flores Island Earthquake in Indonesia caused tremendous casualties and damages. This tsunami event was hindcasted via numerical tsunami models. Initial conditions were taken from fault parameters from Havard CMT (Centroid Moment Tensor) solution and additional subaqueous slump consideration at the Inner Hading Bay and Riang Krok, Leworahang coasts. The computed results showed general agreements with observations made by the International Tsunami Survey Group. Subsequently a runup model was developed to investigate catastrophic runup at southern shore of the Babi Island with fine grid resolution of 50 m. Computed results were recorded to construct rendered images for video animation. The computer-graphic aided video animation showed a remarkable reproduction of tsunami propagation and runup at southern coast of the Babi Island.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.55-60
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• 2000

인공위성의 Radar Altimeter 자료를 통해 국지적인 중력이상을 조사하기 위하여 ERS-1 Altimeter를 이용하였다. ERS-1 Radar Altimeter는 조밀하게 인접한 데이터 간격(~8km)을 갖고 있어서 전지구적 규모뿐만 아니라 국지적인 연구에도 적합하다. 연구대상지역은 세 개의 판이 만나서 지진과 화산활동이 활발하게 진행되는 필리핀판 지역(동경1$10^{\circ}$~150$^{\circ}$, 북위 0$^{\circ}$~30$^{\circ}$)을 선정하였다. 이 지역에 대한 해저의 지형과 중력 이상 분석을 통해 판구조 운동의 여러 증거를 파악할 수 있다. ERS-1 Radar Altimeter를 통해 얻어진 지오이드 높이(Geoid geight)는 후리-에어 중력이상(Free-air gravity anomaly)으로 쉽게 전환시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 Fast Fourier Transform(FFT)을 이용하여 지오이드기복을 직접 후리-에어 중력이상으로 전환시키는 Direct conversion method를 사용하였다. 후리-에어 중력이상은 지각평형과 직접적으로 연관되어 지각보상의 정도를 파악할 수 있게 하며 일반적으로 해양의 분지는 지각평형상태로 있어서 평균적인 중력이상은 0mgal 근처로 나타난다. 그러나 본 연구에서 살펴본 국지적인 후리-에어 중력이상은 판구조론과 관련한 해구난 호상열도에서는 해양분지에서의 평균적인 값과 다른 중력이상의 양상을 나타내었다.