• Computers and Concrete
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.615-623
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• 2023

Crack detection is an essential method to ensure the safety of dam concrete structures. Low-quality crack images of dam concrete structures limit the application of neural network methods in crack detection. This research proposes a modified attentional mechanism model to reduce the disturbance caused by uneven light, shadow, and water spots in crack images. Also, the focal loss function solves the small ratio of crack information. The dataset collects from the network, laboratory and actual inspection dataset of dam concrete structures. This research proposes a novel method for crack detection of dam concrete structures based on the U-Net neural network, namely AF-UNet. A mutual comparison of OTSU, Canny, region growing, DeepLab V3+, SegFormer, U-Net, and AF-UNet (proposed) verified the detection accuracy. A binocular camera detects cracks in the experimental scene. The smallest measurement width of the system is 0.27 mm. The potential goal is to achieve real-time detection and localization of cracks in dam concrete structures.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.197-202
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• 2003

The leakage quantity through concrete facing of Concrete Face Rockfill Dam(CFRD) is very small due to its low permeability of intact concrete. Even though the concrete facing is well designed and constructed, fine cracks can be generated due to effects of thermal and drying shrinkage. Therefore, it can be said that the leakage from the CFRD is subjected to not permeability of intact concrete but poor joints, cracks and foundation rocks. The Safety of a dam on leakage was evaluated based on the comparison between apparent permeability estimated and leakage quantity measured. The above method can be concluded to give a good direction for the evaluation of safety on CFRD in maintenance aspects as design and construction technology is improved with the accumulation of leakage data.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1221-1230
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• 2008

Inflatable rubber dams are used for controlling flood, impounding water for recreations, preventing beach erosions, diverting water for irrigations, and generating hydropower. They are long, flexible, inflated with air, cylindrical structures on a rigid horizontal foundation such as concrete. The dam is modeled as an elastic shell inflated with air. The mechanical behaviors of the inflated dam model were investigated by using the finite element method. The analysis process such as One Way Coupling Fluid-Structure Interaction consists of two steps. First, the influences of the fluid side were investigated, viz, the shape changes of the inflated rubber dam due to the fluid motions was captured when the height of the dam was 30cm with air pressure 0.01MPa, at which the pressure distributions over the surface of the dam were calculated. And next, the structural deformations were calculated using the pressure distributions. The initial inlet velocity for flow field was set to 0.1m/s. The structural deformation behaviors were investigated. The final research goal is to develop a Korean Inflatable Rubber Dam to be used for generating small hydropower.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.481-497
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• 2010

The shaking table tests were conducted on two small-scale models (Model 1 and Model 2) to examine the earthquake-induced damage of a concrete gravity dam, which has been planned for the construction with the recommendation of the peak ground acceleration of the maximum credible earthquake of 0.42 g. This study deals with the numerical simulation of shaking table tests for two smallscale dam models. The plastic damage constitutive model is used to simulate the crack/damage behavior of the bentonite-concrete mixture material. The numerical results of the maximum failure acceleration and the crack/damage propagation are compared with experimental results. Numerical results of Model 1 showed similar crack/damage propagation pattern with experimental results, while for Model 2 the similar pattern was obtained by considering the modulus of elasticity of the first and second natural frequencies. The crack/damage initiated at the changing point in the downstream side and then propagated toward the upstream side. Crack/damage accumulation occurred in the neck area at acceleration amplitudes of around 0.55 g~0.60 g and 0.65 g~0.675 g for Model 1 and Model 2, respectively.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.869-887
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• 2008

Coffer dam for tunnel type spillway in inflow section of Dae-am dam was originally planned as 2 lines sheet piles with Water Zet method. But, the result of pilot test was caused of some problems that vibration during installation of pile could pollute water and water leakage could the lower part. So, sheet piles was not satisfactory for faculty of coffer dam. Structural instability of sheet pile system need to reinforcement. Characteristic of Dae-am dam was small reservoir capacity but wide drainage area, of which it was judgment that security of leakage and stability was difficult during excavation of inlet part. So, we consider that water curtain method utilized with in site pouring concrete pile method was designed at weir part of spillway. We were known about basement rock that geological boring was carried out in weir part. After taking a deep consideration, PRD method was accepted as a new method. Concrete pile by PRD was installed to below country rock. CJM method was carried out with PRD. After making concrete wall using Top-down method, earth anchors were installed for supporting it. According to the result of numerical analysis, as water level rises, wall is stable.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.559-572
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• 2024

Problems of under-sized dams (small dams with large basin area) could get worse under the global warming condition. This study evaluates the possible change of these problems with the Namgang Dam, an under-sized dam in Korea. For this purpose, first, this study simulates the dam inflow data using a rainfall-runoff model, which are then used as input for the reservoir operation. As a result, daily dam storage, dam release, and dam water supply are derived and compared for both past observed period (1973~2022) and future simulated period (2006~2099) based on the global warming scenarios. Summarizing the results are as follows. First, the inflow rate in the future is expected to be increased significantly. The maximum inflow could be twice of that observed in the past. As a result, it is also expected that the frequency of the water level reaching the high level is increasing. Also, the amount and frequency of dam release are to be increased in the future period. More seriously, this increase is expected to be concentrated on rather extreme cases with large dam release volume. Simply, the condition for flood protection in the downstream of the Namgang Dam is becoming worse and worse. Ironically, the severity of water shortage problem is also expected to become much worse. As the most extreme case, the frequency of no water supply was zero in the observed period, but in the future period, it becomes once every five years. Both the maximum consecutive shortage days and the total shortage volume are expected to become more than twice in the future period. To prevent or mitigate this coming problem of an under-sized dam, the only countermeasure at this moment seems to be its redevelopment. Simply a bigger dam with larger dam reservoir can handle this adverse effect more easily.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.668-676
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• 2018

우리나라의 저수지는 유효수심이 낮고 소규모의 인공호소가 대부분이어서 주변의 농경지로부터 유입되는 유기물질과 축산폐수 및 생활하수에 의한 수질오염에 취약한 실정이다. 이에 여러 가지 공법을 통하여 이를 개선하고자 노력하고 있으나 여전히 저수지의 오염정도가 심각한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 저수지의 유입부에 설치되는 침강지를 조성하기 위한 사석 위주의 부댐을 대체하면서 수질정화 효과를 부여하기 위하여 수질정화용 부댐을 경기도내 저수지에 설치하여 36개월간 수질개선효과를 측정하였다. 연구결과에 따르면 COD 14.6%, SS 38.6%, T-N 9.5%, T-P 11.2%로 나타났으며 계절 등 시기별로 유입수의 농도 변화가 뚜렷하였고 유입수의 농도가 높을수록 수질정화효과가 높게 나타났으며 36개월의 장기간 운영에 따른 여재의 공극 막힘 현상은 발생하지 않았다. 따라서 침강지의 정화효율이 아닌 부댐의 정화효율임을 고려하여 볼 때 수질정화용 부댐을 농업용 저수지에 설치할 경우 장기간 동안 침강지로부터 호소내로 유입되는 오염물질을 효과적으로 차단하여 호내의 수질오염을 방지할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.57-66
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• 2019

국내 중소하천에 설치된 콘트리트 보에서 발생하는 많은 문제 중에서 상류로부터 유입되는 유사가 보 직상류에 퇴적되는 문제가 심각하다. 이로 인해 하류에 유사공급이 원활치 못하게 되며, 퇴적된 유사가 오염물과 흡착될 경우, 하상 오염뿐만 아니라 하천 생태계에 치명적인 피해를 유발할 수 있다. 보 직상류의 유사 퇴적문제를 해결하는 방안 중 하상에 배사관을 매설하여 퇴적되는 유사를 하류로 배출하고 있다. 그러나 배사관에 적정크기 이상의 사석 등이 유입될 경우, 배사효율은 현격하게 낮아지므로, 이에 대한 가이드라인 내지는 한계조건 제시가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 상하류 수위차, 사석의 직경 등을 주요변수로 선정한 후, 3차원 수치모의 결과를 활용하여 사석 배제 능력에 대한 한계 조건을 도출하였다. 상류흐름은 정류된 상태로 가정하였고, 배사관을 포함하여 상 하류간 검사체적에서 에너지 개념을 적용하여 분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과 수위차와 사석지름의 비로 나타낸 무차원 변수가 약 1.2인 경우, 배사관 내 사석의 배출유뮤를 명확히 결정할 수 있었다. 본 연구결과는 향후 점성이 높은 유사나 흡착성 유사 등의 특성을 고려한다면 배사관이 있는 고정보의 운영관리방안에 활용될 수 있을 것이라 기대한다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2017

Water pressure test operation is used before the grouting to determine the rate of penetrability, the necessity and estimations related to grouting, by the penetration of water into the borehole. One of the parameters which have the highest effect is pressure of water penetration since the application of excessive pressure causes the hydraulic fracture to occur in the rock mass, and on the other hand, it must not be so small that prevents from seeing mechanical weaknesses and the rate of permeability. Mathematical modeling is used for the first time in this study to determine the optimum pressure. Thus, the joints that exist in the rock mass are simulated using cylindrical shell model. The joint surroundings are also modeled through Pasternak environment. To obtain equations governing the joints and the surroundings, energy method is used accompanied by Hamilton principle and an analytical solution method is used to obtain the maximum pressure. In order to validate the modeling, the pressure values obtained by the model were used in the sites of Seymareh and Aghbolagh dams and the relative error rates were measured considering the differences between calculated and actual pressures. Modeling in the sections of Seymareh dam showed 4.75, 3.93, 4.8 percent error rates and in the sections of Aghbolagh dam it rendered the values of 22.43, 5.22, 2.6 percent. The results indicate that this modeling can be used to estimate the amount of pressure for hydraulic fracture in water pressure test, to predict it and to prevent it.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2018

국내 중소규모 저수지의 99.1%는 흙댐으로, 건설비용이 저렴하여 용이한 시공성을 갖고 있다. 그러나 흙댐은 월류에 취약하기 때문에, 홍수 시 급격한 붕괴 가능성이 있다. 이러한 붕괴가 발생할 경우 급격한 홍수량 증가로 이어지기 때문에, 하류 치수 안전성이 위협 받을 가능성이 크다. 이에 본 연구에서는 흙댐 사면에 포설한 사석의 붕괴 지연효과를 실험을 통해 검토하였다. 실험은 사각단면의 직선형 개수로에서 수행하였으며, 보호공 사석의 크기를 3가지로 결정하였다. 선행 연구들과 차이점은 부정류로 실험을 수행한 것이며, 대상은 일반적인 형태의 가물막이로 결정하였다. 실험결과 차원해석 및 선행연구를 이용하여 서석보호공이 포설된 흙댐 붕괴 시간에 대한 새로운 공식을 제시하였다. 또한 사석 보호공이 설치된 경우 실험을 통해 붕괴 지연효과에 대해 검토한 결과 포설된 사석의 2배 이상의 효과가 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구 결과는 EAP (Emergency Aciton Plan) 수립 및 제방 설계와 같은 하천 계획에 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.