• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.100-106
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• 2019

Background: In Korean medicine, carpal tunnel syndrome is treated by stimulating the acupoints around the wrist. Although a deep understanding of anatomy and guidance is needed to stimulate these acupoints to avoid undesirable side-effects, currently there are no published guidelines for acupotomy treatment. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of fluoroscopy-guided acupotomy compared with conventional acupotomy treatment. Methods: This is a randomized, patient-assessor, patient blind, parallel clinical trial. A total of 30 patients will be enrolled at Wonkwang University Gwangju Hospital, and will be allocated to either an experimental group or a control group. The experimental group will be treated using fluoroscopy-guided acupotomy and the control group will be treated using the conventional acupotomy method. Results: The primary outcome measure will be identification of a cross-section area of the median nerve measured by ultrasonography, and the secondary outcome measure will be the alleviation of pain measured by the Visual Analogue Scale, improvement in the Nerve Conduction Study, Tinel test, Phalen's test, EuroQol 5-dimension scale, and Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire score. Safety components will be measured by monitoring vital signs, electrocardiographs, blood tests, general chemical tests, urine tests and pregnancy tests. In addition, observations for adverse effects will be performed during the trial. Conclusion: This study will provide a more effective, and less harmful way of treating carpal tunnel syndrome compared with conventional acupotomy. Fluoroscopy-guided acupotomy will help practitioners to be accurate in direction and depth of the needle for treating carpal tunnel syndrome.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.29-39
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• 2023

As the intensity of urban underground space development increases, more and more tunnels are planned and constructed, and sometimes it is inevitable to encounter situations where tunnels have to underpass the river embankments. Most previous studies involved tunnels passing river embankments perpendicularly or with large intersection angle. In this study, a project case where two EPB shield tunnels with 8.82 m diameter run parallelly underneath a river embankment was reported. The parallel length is 380 m and tunnel were mainly buried in the moderate / slightly weathered clastic rock layer. The field monitoring result was presented and discussed. Three-dimensional back-analysis were then carried out to gain a better understanding the interaction mechanisms between shield tunnel and embankment and further to predict the ultimate settlement of embankment due to twin-tunnel excavation. Parametrical studies considering effect of tunnel face pressure, tail grouting pressure and volume loss were also conducted. The measured embankment settlement after the single tunnel excavation was 4.53 mm ~ 7.43 mm. Neither new crack on the pavement or cavity under the roadbed was observed. It is found that the more degree of weathering of the rock around the tunnel, the greater the embankment settlement and wider the settlement trough. Besides, the latter tunnel excavation might cause larger deformation than the former tunnel excavation if the mobilized plastic zone overlapped. With given geometry and stratigraphic condition in this study, the safety or serviceability of the river embankment would hardly be affected since the ultimate settlement of the embankment after the twin-tunnel excavation is within the allowable limit. Reasonable tunnel face pressure and tail grouting pressure can to some extent suppress the settlement of the embankment. The recommended tunnel face pressure and tail grouting pressure are 300 kPa and 550 kPa in this study, respectively. However, the volume loss plays the crucial role in the tunnel-embankment interaction. Controlling and compensating the tunneling induced volume loss is the most effective measure for river embankment protection. Additionally, reinforcing the embankment with cement mixing pile in advance is an alternative option in case the predicted settlement exceeds allowable limit.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 지반공학 공동 학술발표회
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• pp.601-612
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• 2005

In mountainous area, Two parallel tunnels have been usually recognized as a road tunnel which has benefits in aspects of cost and stability. However, Design and construction of 2-Arch road tunnel are growing recently due to environmental destruction, compensation of land and difficulty of route separation. As studies are mainly undergoing on only guaranteeing stability and developing a waterproofing-drainage system to avoid water leakage through comprehension for characteristics of 2-arch tunnel behaviors, there is a tendency to evaluate quantity of support by empirical method with a tunnel which has a complicated cross-section and lack of construction ability. In this study, therefore, we made a plan of tunnel cross-section which had shown good construction ability and developed the waterproofing-drainage system which is able to solve the water leakage problem fundamentally by analyzing precedented 2-arch tunnels and investigating their sites in and out of nation. We also determined fixed quantity of support by a large-scale model test and numerical analysis. We want to contribute to 2-arch tunnel design hereafter introducing design procedure and method applied here.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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• pp.829-834
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• 2009

Alluvial soil is one of the most difficult grounds for tunneling works due to the insufficient ground strength and excessive ground water inflow. Dduk island in Seoul has a wide alluvium developed by two rivers, Han and Jung-Ryang. Subway tunnel of $\bigcirc\bigcirc$ line planed across Dduk island has highly poor ground conditions due to small cover and deeply developed alluvium. Moreover, much part of this tunnel is located parallel to the bridge foundations of another railway with a small horizontal distance. Original design was done in 2002 and construction has been in progress. During the construction, tunnel design has been partly changed and adjusted for the complex ground condition and the demand from related organizations. This paper intend to introduce the urban tunnel design and construction in alluvial soils. This line could be divided three sections(A, B, C) according to ground and adjacent conditions. Section A is featured by mixed tunnel faces consisted with alluvial soils and weathered or weak rocks. The feature of section B is that tunnel underpasses near the bridge foundations of another subway. Lastly, section C with a very short length is the most difficult construction conditions due to the small cover, poor ground, obstacles on and underneath ground surface.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.187-194
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• 2010

산악터널과 달리 도심지 지하도로는 대부분 평야지대에 위치하고 충적층이 두껍게 분포하고 있으며 특히 터널 입 출구부는 병렬터널로 분기되는 지점인 동시에 하향굴착을 하는 관계로 터널 시 종점의 위치선정에 따라 공사비에 미치는 영향이 매우 크게 된다. 또한 병렬터널의 필라폭(PW)은 지하 보상비와 직결되기 때문에 병렬터널의 안정을 확보하면서 동시에 최소의 필라폭(PW)으로 터널을 계획하여야 한다. 국내 도로터널의 필라폭(PW)은 일반적으로 1.5D(D: 터널 최대폭)를 기준으로 하며 일부 터널의 경우 입 출구부 극히 한정된 구간에서만 1.5D(D : 터널 최대폭)이내의 필라폭을 적용한 사례가 있으나 보상비 문제가 아닌 선형계획측면에서 불가피하게 발생한 사례들이다. 본 논문은 NATM형식으로서 국내최초 도심지 지하도로 설계사례를 통해 선형 계획단계에서부터 지하 보상비 및 지반특성을 함께 고려하여 적정 필라폭을 설계한 사례를 소개하고 도심지 병렬터널의 적정 필라폭 결정방법에 대해 기술하였다. 적정 필라폭 결정은 설계 및 시공사례 분석과 수치해석을 통한 강도 감소법과 강도/응력비 방법을 이용하였으며 터널간 초근접으로 인해 필라의 안정성이 불량한 터널 입 출구부는 안정성 확보를 위한 보강방법을 제시하고 수치해석을 통해 안정성을 확인하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2014

기존 국내 병설터널의 이격거리는 지반조건에 따라 터널직경(D)의 2~5D 정도를 확보하는 것이 일반화되어 왔으나, 최근 들어 대규모 절취에 따른 환경훼손 및 용지매입의 제약, 선형의 연속성 유지 등의 문제를 수반하게 되면서 터널 중심간격이 1D 이하인 근접 병설터널의 현장 적용성이 확대되고 있다. 특히, 터널 필라폭이 감소할 경우 필라(Pillar)의 안전성이 터널의 거동에 영향을 미치게 되므로, 이에 대한 다양한 연구의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 그러나 현재까지의 연구는 주로 필라의 거동특성이나 설계 영향 인자들에 대한 분석에 국한되었으며, 실무에 적용 가능하고 정량적인 데이터는 제시하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 현장 시공조건을 최대한 반영할 수 있는 안정성 평가기법 및 설계 지표를 제시하기 위해 현장조건으로 터널 간 근접도가 가장 높은 갱구부 구간의 지형 및 지층특성을 반영하고, 암반 및 완전풍화 상태의 다층지반조건 상태를 모사하였으며, 지반 강도별 필라폭 변화에 따른 수치 해석적 분석을 통해 필라의 안전성이 터널 전체 안정성에 미치는 영향 정도를 평가하였다. 또한, 지표침하비 및 간섭체적비, 평균강도/응력비 등에 대한 종합적 분석 결과와 Hoek & Brown(1980) 파괴기준을 토대로 실무에 적용이 가능한 근접 병설터널 필라의 안전율 평가식과 지반 강도별 최소 필라폭을 제시하였다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.224-230
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• 2007

The performance and applicability of FDS code is analyzed for flow simulation in railway tunnel. FDS has been built in NIST(USA) for simulation of fire-driven flow. RANS and DNS's results are compared with FDS's. AJL non-linear ${\kappa}-{\epsilon}$[7,8] model is employed to calculate the turbulent flow for RANS. DNS data by Moser et al.[9] are used to prove the FDS's applicability in the near wall region. Parallel plate is used for simplified model of railway tunnel. Geometrical variables are non-dimensionalized by the height (H) of parallel plate. The length of streamwise direction is 50H and the length of spanwise direction is 5H. Selected Re numbers are 10,667 for turbulent flow and 133 for laminar low. The characteristics of turbulent boundary layer are introduced. AJL model's predictions of turbulent boundary layer are well agreed with DNS data. However, the near wall turbulent boundary layer is not well resolved by FDS code. Slip conditions are imposed on the wall but wall functions based on log-law are not employed by FDS. The heavily dense grid distribution in the near wall region is necessary to get correct flow behavior in this region for FDS.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.225-237
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• 2022

Settlement evaluation is important for shallow tunnels in big cities to estimate the settlement that occurs due to the excavation of twin tunnels. The majority of earlier research on analytical solutions, on the other hand, concentrated on calculating the settlement for a single tunnel. This research introduces a procedure to evaluate the settlement induced by the excavation of twin tunnels (two parallel tunnels). In this study, a series of numerical analysis were performed to validate the analytical solution results. Two geological conditions were considered to derive the settlement depending on each case. The analytical and numerical methods were compared, which involved considering many sections and conducting a parametric study; the results have good agreement. Moreover, a comparison of the 3D flat model and 2D (FEM) with the analytical solution shows that in the fill soil, the maximum settlement values were obtained by the analytical solution. In contrast, the values obtained by the analytical solution in the rock is more conservative than those in the fill. Finally, this method was shown to be appropriate for twin tunnels dug side by side by utilizing finite element analysis 3D and 2D (PLAXIS 3D and PLAXIS 2D) to verify the analytical equations. Eventually, it will be possible to use this approach to predict settlement troughs over twin tunnels.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.775-791
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• 2015

Due to the extension of communication ways (metro, highways, railways), hence, to improve traffic flow imposes often the difficult crossing that generally drive to the construction of underground works (tunnel, water conveyance tunnel...) plays a major role in the redevelopment of urban areas. This study is focused on the assessment of the interaction response of parallel tunnels, so this study uses the results from the simulation of two tunnels to illustrate a few observations that may aid in practical designs. In this article, simultaneous drilling of highway's twin tunnels is simulated by means of Finite Element Method (FEM) implemented in Plaxis program. So the treated subject appears in a setting of geotechnical where one can be to construct several tunnels sometimes in a ground of weak mechanical characteristics. The objective of this study is to simulate numerically the interaction effects caused by construction of two parallels tunnels. This is an important factor in the study of the total answer of the problem interaction between parallels underground works. The importance of the effects transmitted is function of several parameters as the type of the works, and the mechanical characteristics (tunnel size, depth, and the relative position between two tunnels, lining thickness...). This article describes numerical analyses of two parallels tunnels interaction. This study will be applied to a real case of a section tunnel T4 of the highway East-West (Algeria); the study presented below comprises a series of numerical simulations of two tunnels using the computer program Plaxis which is used in the analyses is based on Finite Element Method.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2009

불연속성 암반에 건설된 2-아치 터널 지표면에 외력이 작용할 경우 지중응력의 분포 특성을 파악하기 위하여 대형 모형실험과 수치해석을 수행하였다 분석결과, 불연속면이 존재하는 경우에는 선형 탄성론에 근거한 응력보다 큰 지중응력이 분포하며, 불연속면의 경사도에 따라 압력구의 형상이 달라지는 것을 확인하였다. 불연속면이 수평이거나 연직인 경우에는 지중응력의 분포가 대칭적 이지만, 경사져 있으면 경사에 대해 수직과 평행한 양방향으로 나뉘어 분포되었다. 또한 불연속면의 경사가 고각일수록 불연속면에 평행인 방향의 지중응력이 더 크게 증가하였다. 연구결과, 불연속성 암반에서는 불연속면의 경사가 음력분포에 지대한 영향을 미치며, 필러에 전달되는 응력을 추정할 경우에는 재하위치와 불연속면의 경사 및 터널 구조물간 상호위치를 고려하는 것이 중요함을 확인하였다.