• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.180-183
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• 1999

A proto-type seismic measurement system with a reference was developed to improve S/N (signal-to-noise ratio) of seismic data, especially in noisy urban areas. Two pairs of correlation measurements (the one for microphone and geophone, and another for electromagnetic (EM) loop and geophone) were carried out near Kimpo Airport and at Kimje. The spectrum analyses were also performed to investigate the correlation of two pairs of time series; one for microphone and geophone, and another for EM loop and geophone. The sound waves measured with the microphone and the geophone are highly correlated. However, differences in the reponses are readily identifiable across 200 Hz; in the vicinity of 100 Hz, the spectral energy for geophone is 20 dB higher than that for microphone, and at near 500 Hz, the spectral energy for microphone is 30 dB higher than that for geophone. Overall, the spectral energy appears concentrated on the frequency window below 600 Hz for geophone. It contrasts with the observation of dominant frequency at the range of above 200 Hz for microphone. The wave forms of EM noise (due to an ACDC inverter) measured with EM loop and geophone are consistently and highly correlated each other. The power spectrum of the EM noise for EM loop shows that the spectral energies at odd harmonic frequencies of 60 Hz are higher than those at even harmonic frequencies of 60 Hz. It is compared to the power spectrum for geophone; the spectral energies at odd harmonics are nearly same as those at even harmonic frequencies.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.121-134
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• 1997

Vibrations induced by traffic loading and construction activities are extremely important due to their potential to cause damage to adjacent structures and toy complaints to the neighbors. Vibration induced damage to the built environment may be caused by the direct transmission of vibrations as well as by the, vibration induced differential settlement. In order to effectively control the vibration related problems, the accurate in-situ vibration monitoring is essential. In this paper, a calibration technique of a geophone which is widely used in practice was described. Once the frequency characteristics of individual geophones were calibrated, the 3fomponent geophone was developed for the in-depth vibration measurement, and the dot ailed calibration and application techniques of the 3fomponent geophone were described. Vibrations caused by blasting, train loading, and pile driving were measured and the applicability of the 3fomponent geophone was assessed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.181-181
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• 2016

우리나라의 유사량 조사는 각각의 수문조사기관에서 자료의 이용 목적에 따라 간헐적으로 수행되고 있을 뿐, 체계적이고 지속적인 조사가 이루어지지 않아 타 수문자료에 비해 측정자료 구축 현황은 상당히 미비한 상태에 있다. 측정 자료 또한 부유사 실측자료는 있으나 소류사 측정자료는 거의 전무한 상태이기 때문에 신뢰성 있는 총 유사량을 산정하기에는 많은 어려움을 겪고 있는 실정이다. 현재 우리나라는 소류사량을 산정하기 위해 경험식에 의한 방법과 실측에 의한 방법을 이용하고 있다. 그러나 실측에 의한 방법은 측정 장비의 설치 및 운영에 따른 위험성이 동반되고 많은 인력, 경비, 시간이 소요되는 등 많은 문제점을 내포하고 있고, 경험식에 의한 방법 또한 대상 유역에 수많은 경험식 중 어떤 공식을 적용하는지에 따라 결과 값이 수십에서 수백 배 이상의 차이가 나기 때문에 실제 그 결과 값을 활용하기에는 신뢰의 정도가 떨어진다. 최근 국외에서는 이러한 문제점을 보완하기 위하여 음향 및 진동의 원리를 이용하여 소류사량을 간접적으로 추정하는 관측기기인 Hydrophone 및 Geophone이 개발되어 실용화를 위한 검토가 이루어지고 있다. 소류사량을 간접적으로 추정하는 방법은 기존의 직접측정 방법에 비해 측정이 간소화되고 지속적적인 관측이 가능하다는 점에서 유역의 소류사이동의 양과 질을 파악하는데 유효한 수단인 것으로 국외의 연구사례에서 언급하고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 소류사 이동시 충돌에 의한 음향정보를 계측하여 소류사량을 연속적으로 측정할 수 있는 Hydro-Geophone을 활용하여 실내 실험을 구축하고, 소류사 이동에 따른 Hydro-Geophone의 충돌음향 계측 및 분석 등을 통해 현장에서 활용 가능한 소류사 추정 관계식을 개발하는 연구를 수행 하였다.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.19-24
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• 2000

Seismic reflection data was obtained by using 28 and 100 Hz geophones at the ground subsidence sites in an old coal mine area. Frequency spectrum of the geophone analyzed with offset revealed that 1) In the near offset ($1\~10m$), the signals in the 100 Hz geophone data contains higher frequency components (up to 300 Hz) than that of the 28 Hz (<200 Hz), 2) In the intermediate offset ($11\~39m$), although the 28 Hz geophone data showed very similar frequency characteristics as the near offset data, the 100Hz geophone data seemed to be contaminated by noise at high frequency zone (>200 Hz). In the far offset ($\geq40\;m$), the signals in both the 28 and 100 Hz geophone data are attenuated to noise level at high frequency Bone more than 150 Hz.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2004

High-resolution S-wave reflection surveying has been successfully conducted on paved areas using a Land Streamer originally designed by the author. The main feature of the Land Streamer tool is the non-stretch woven belt on which geophone units are mounted to form a multichannel geophone array similar to a marine streamer. Because it is easily towed by a vehicle or by hand, the tool leads to high performance in field measurements and resultant cost-effectiveness of high-resolution reflection surveys. Although each geophone unit is coupled to the pavement through a metallic baseplate instead of being firmly planted in the ground, the Land Streamer tool provides comparatively clean data, unaffected by traffic noise even on the pavement. Thus, the tool is capable of expanding the opportunity for S-wave reflection surveys in urban areas where many surfaces are paved and traffic noise is severe. A series of high-resolution S-wave reflection surveys on paved areas delineated detailed structures of surface layers shallower than 60 m, and proved the wide applicability of the tool to engineering, environmental applications, and earthquake disaster prevention projects.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.674-686
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• 2011

Choosing a seismic source and geophone type including a coupling method can be the most important factor in shallow seismic surveys. We studied the characteristics of seismic signals by analyzing 6 different seismic data sets that collected from several sources and geophone conditions. Geophones attached to weight plate (1.8 kg) can be easily and economically installed on the paved road where geophones with spikes would cause the coupling problem. In addition, experiments in this study revealed that a small handy hammer can be used as a seismic source by striking the paved road to generate the seismic signals within 200 ms two-way travel time. Attaching weight plates to geophones may change the geophone response curve which generally depends on the geophone mass, but the change seems not to give significant differences in the first arrival of refracted wave and in the pattern of reflection events. Consequently, using weight plates on paved roads can be an efficient and cost-saving method in the near-surface high-resolution seismic surveys.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.214-222
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• 1995

Geological events which are undetected by the surface geophysical or geological survey phase can cause many problems, especially when the tunnel is excavated by TBM. To detect the geological events ahead of tunnel face, a seismic method applied from VSP method is used. Generally uniaxial geophone has been used in surface seismic survey. But this time, triaxial geophone is used to reduce the noise of tunnel wave. DME(Dip moveout Enhancement) filter and diffraction stack method are used. Applying these techniques to the road tunnel in construction, it is proved that the geological events ahead of tunnel face is fairly well predicted. From the seismic trace, Vp and Vs which are related to the rock property can be also obtained. Rock property and proper support design can be dedced from these parameters.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.207-218
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• 1994

The natural constants of moving coil type geophone can be determined by free impedance and step force method. The former method was desirable for the measurement of natural frequency($f_o$), inertial mass(m) and damping factor($h_o$), but the latter method for sensitivity(G). In particular, the value by the latter method should be corrected for the noise by the long period movement of measurement device. The results of frequency characteristics from these constants operate the accelerometer and displacement system in the boundary of natural frequency.

• Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.321-328
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• 2002

Difficulties encountered in downhole S-wave (shear wave) surveys include the precise determination of shear wave travel times and determination of geophone orientation relative to the direction of polarization caused by the seismic source. In this study an S-wave enhancing and a principal component analysis method were adopted as a tool for determination of S-wave arrivals and the direction of polarization from downhole S-wave survey data. An S-wave enhancing method can almost double the amplitudes of S-waves, and the angle between direction of polarization and a geophone axis can be obtained by a principal component analysis. Once the angle is obtained data recorded by two horizontal geophones are transformed to principal axes, yielding so called scores. The scores gathered along depth are all in-phase, consequently, the accuracy of S-wave arrival picking could be remarkably improved. Applying this processing method to the field data reveals that the test site consists of a layered ground earth structure.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.247-258
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• 2018

In the demonstration-scale offshore $CO_2$ storage project, the monitoring team studies geophysical and geochemical monitoring of $CO_2$ injections in the Yeongil Bay, in which a $CO_2$ test injection (about 100t) was performed in January, 2017 and further injections in larger scales are planned for 2018 and 2019. In this study, the development status of the Korea-type Hydro-Geophone OBS (Ocean Bottom Sensor) and the geochemical baseline survey (focused on some anions of sediment pore water) are suggested as the preliminary results of the pre-injection test.