• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.77-88
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• 1992

Distribution patterns of the chemical species, contained or dissolved in the sediments and porewater, were studied from the submarine environments around Deok-Jeok Island, Yellow Sea. The sediments in the study area are predominantly composed of medium to coarse sands, and consequently of very low organic carbon (0.003%) -0.26%o dry weight sediments). As opposed to the strong enrichment of porewater with nutrients and heavy metals in the ordinarily muddy, organic-rich sediillents, the porewater enrichment is not intense in this sandy, organic-poor sediments: porewater phosphate is enriched to the maximum of only seven (average two) times over that in the bottom water. Concentrations of the heavy metals dissolved in porewater show a bit greater enrichment than the nutrient: Zn shows the lowest enrichment (7 times that of the bottom water) and Mn the highest (450 times that of the bottom water). However, these enrichments of the chemical species in porewater are the natural consequences of decomposition of the organic matter in sediments, and still fall short in the magnitude of those in the muddy, organic-rich sediments. Mining of the sands in the study area may pose a threat to the seawater quality as it causes a large scale porewater discharge to the bottom water. The additional supply of the nutrients by this discharge may develop an eutrophic state and, in consequence, an excessive nitrification of the water column. Since the residence times of the nutrients are much longer than those of the heavy metals, a long-term monitoring of the concentration changes in the porewater nutrients is very important to assess the potential deterioration of the seawater associated with the sand mining in the study area.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.312-333
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• 2006

This paper presents the results of an analysis of the excess porewater pressure distribution due to piezocone penetration in overconsolidated clays. From piezocone test results for moderately and heavily overconsolidated clays, it was observed that the excess porewater pressure increases monotonically from the piezocone surface to the outer boundary of the shear zone and then decreases logarithmically to the outer boundary of the plastic zone. It was also found that the size of the shear zone decreases from approximately 2.2 to 1.5 times the cone radius with increasing OCR, while the plastic radius is about 11 times the piezocone radius, regardless of the OCR. The equation developed in this study based on the modified Cam clay model and the cylindrical cavity expansion theory, which take into consideration the effects of the strain rate and stress anisotropy, provide a good prediction of the initial porewater pressure at the piezocone location. The method of predicting the spatial distribution of excess porewater pressure proposed in this study is based on a linearly increasing ${\Delta}u_{shear}$. In the shear zone and a logarithmically decreasing ${\Delta}u_{oct}$, and is verified by comparing with the excess porewater pressure measured in overconsolidated specimens at the calibration chamber.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.19-32
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• 2014

중동지역 Sabkha층 탄산질 모래는 패각류가 퇴적되어 생성되었으며, 내부간극을 포함한 다공질의 입자로 구성되어 있다. 일반적으로 흙은 항복하중에서 구조가 파괴되어 간극수압 및 침하량이 급격히 증가하게 된다. 그러나 석영질 모래와는 달리 탄산질 모래의 경우 항복하중에 따른 입자파쇄시 내부간극이 외부로 노출되어 간극수압이 감소 될 수 있다. 탄산질 모래에서 발생된 과잉간극 수압은 하중 재하시 상대밀도 증가로 인한 과잉간극수압과 입자파쇄에 따른 내부간극 노출로 인한 과잉간극수압, 파쇄입자의 재배열로 인한 과잉간극 수압의 합에 의해 결정되며, 내부간극의 노출량에 따라 음(-)의 값이 나타날 수 있다. 입자파쇄량이 크면 간극수압이 작게, 입자파쇄량이 작으면 간극수압이 크게 나타난다. 삼축압축시험 결과 음(-)의 간극수압이 나타난 구간은 외부간극 감소에 비해 입자파쇄가 우세한 영역이며, 현장 Sabkha층에서 확인된 입자파쇄 우세 영역의 크기는 1.50~3.46%의 값을 나타내었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.75-87
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 과압밀된 점토에서 피에조콘 관입으로 인한 과잉간극수압의 공간적인 분포를 알아내기 위한 대형 토조시험을 실시하고 분석결과를 제시하였다. 시험결과에 의하면 콘 주변의 전단영역에서 과잉간극수압은 콘 표면으로부터 전단영역의 경계까지 직선적으로 증가하며, 소성영역에서는 대수적으로 감소하여 소성영역 경계에서 영으로 접근하였다. 또한 전단영역의 크기는 콘 반경의 2.2-1.5배 정도이며 과압밀비 증가 시 전단영역의 크기는 감소하는 반면 소성영역의 크기는 과압밀비에 상관없이 콘 반경의 약 11배로 일정하였다. 본 연구에서는 변형률 속도와 응력이 방성 효과를 고려하여 MCC(Modified Cam Clay) 모델과 공동확장이론으로부터 피에조콘 위치에서의 과잉간극수압을 예측하였으며, 전단영역에서 ${\Delta}u_{shear}$의 선형증가와 전단 및 소성영역에서 ${\Delta}u_{oct}$의 대수적 감소를 가정하여 과잉간극수압의 공간적 분포를 예측하기 위한 방법을 제시하였다. 이러한 방법으로 예측된 간극수압의 분포는 대형 토조시험에서의 콘 관입시험 결과와 비교를 통해 검증되었다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제34권2호통권94호
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• pp.106-118
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• 2001

대청호내 3개 지점에서 저토의 영양염을 조사하여 수층과 식물플랑크톤에 대한 생장 잠재력에 미치는 영향을 파악하였다. 저토-수층의 경계면에서 DO는 0.5 mg $O_{2}$/l 이하로서 무산소 상태였다. 공극수의 전기전도도는 저토보다 1.9${\sim}$2.6배 더 높았고 수심이 얕을수록 변동폭이 컸다. Eh는 -12${\sim}$-148mV 범위였고 가비중은 1.17${\sim}$1.30g/cm$^{3}$ 범위로서 지역간에 차이가 크지 않았다. 함수율과 유기물 함량은 각각 58%${\sim}$72%, 8${\sim}$13% 범위로서 댐 부근에서 높았고 옥천천에서 낮았다. 저토의 입도 조성은 사질이 97%를 차지하였다. 저토내 총세균수와 규조류의 세포밀도는 수심이 깊은 하류에서 높았다. 공극수와 치환성의 질소와 인 함량에서 입자성이 용존성보다 풍부하였고, 무기 질소로는 NH$_{4}$가 대부분이었다. 또한 유기와 무기 질소 형태로 볼 때, 공극수내 질소함량은 무기 질소가 많았고, 치환성 질소는 유기 질소가 많았다. 공극수 인 함량에서 용존 유기 인이 많았고 치환성은 무기 인이 많았다. 저토내 규소는 치환성이 최대 63%로서 공극수보다 훨씬 많았다. 대청호의 저토는 유기물이 풍부한 부영양 상태로 평가되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2020

본 연구는 필댐에 설치된 간극수압과 댐의 저수위와의 상관관계를 통해 댐의 안정성 평가를 위한 간극수압계의 활용방안에 대해 다루고 있다. 이를 위해 필댐에 설치된 총 8개의 간극수압계에 대해서 주성분 분석을 수행한 결과, 3개의 군집으로 분류되었다. 이는 댐 제체 내에 형성되는 침윤선을 기준으로 내부, 외부, 상단으로 분류된 것으로 나타났다. 침윤선 내부에 위치한 A군집 내 간극수압계와 저수위와의 상관계수는 0.94~1.00로 강한 양의 선형관계를 나타냈다. 즉, 향후 A군집 내에 존재하는 간극수압계에 의해 해당 댐의 유지관리가 필요한 것을 의미한다. 또한, 저수위와 간극수압계에 대한 회귀분석을 수행한 결과, A군집의 결정계수가 0.89~0.99로 선형회귀 모형이 도출되었다. 따라서 저수위가 설명 변수로 고정될 때 간극수압의 예측이 가능하여 현재 계측된 값과의 비교를 통해 댐의 안전성 여부를 판단할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2001년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.19-21
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• 2001

The Shiheung mine was closed in 1972 and has been abandoned since then. Although some restoration work has been done, there still remain mine failings in and around the mine, posing a potential environmental hazard. Mine tailings and the porewater extracted from the tailing were investigated to see any evidence of elemental release and migration to adjacent groundwater and soil in the field. The pHs of the tailing range from 6.24 to 7.23. Calcite in the studied area seems to influence on such neutral pH range. Depth profile of mine tailing demonstrate elements have been leached and removed as a consequence of weathering during disposal. This is also supported by the findings from porewater analysis, corresponding the trends in the mine tailings. The concentrations of Cu, Cd, Pb, Zn in the tailing porewater exceed the standard value of EPA for drinking water and this implies groundwater can be contaminated through infiltration of the porewaters, which ultimately will be discharged as leachate from the mine tailing. Groundwater samples collected near the mine area do not show high metal concentrations, except for Fe, which were detected over drinking water standard.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2018

A series of experiments using transparent micromodels with an artificial pore network etched on glass plates was performed to investigate the effects of flow rate on the migration and distribution of resident wetting porewater (deionized water) and injecting non-wetting fluid (n-hexane). Multicolored images transformed from real RGB images were used to distinguish n-hexane from porewater and pore structure. Hexane flooding followed by immiscible displacement with porewater, migration through capillary fingering, preferential flow and bypassing were observed during injection experiments. The areal displacement efficiency increases as the injection of n-hexane continues until the equilibrium reaches. Experimental results showed that the areal displacement efficiency at equilibrium increases as the flow rate increases. Close observation reveals that preferential flowpaths through larger pore bodies and throats and clusters of entrapped porewater were frequently created at lower flow rate. At higher flow rate, randomly oriented forward and lateral flowpaths of n-hexane displaces more porewater at an efficiency close to stable displacement. It may resulted from that the pore pressure of n-hexane, at higher flow rate, increases fast enough to overcome capillary pressure acting on smaller pore throats as well larger ones. Experimental results in this study may provide fundamental information on migration and distribution of immiscible fluids in subsurface porous media.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.35-48
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• 2016

A micromodel was applied to estimate the effects of geological conditions and injection methods on displacement of resident porewater by injecting scCO₂ in the pore scale. Binary images from image analysis were used to distinguish scCO₂-filled-pores from other pore structure. CO₂ flooding followed by porewater displacement, fingering migration, preferential flow and bypassing were observed during scCO₂ injection experiments. Effects of pressure, temperature, salinity, flow rate, and injection methods on storage efficiency in micromodels were represented and examined in terms of areal displacement efficiency. The measurements revealed that the areal displacement efficiency at equilibrium decreases as the salinity increases, whereas it increases as the pressure and temperature increases. It may result from that the overburden pressure and porewater salinity can affect the CO₂ solubility in water and the hydrophilicity of silica surfaces, while the neighboring temperature has a significant effect on viscosity of scCO₂. Increased flow rate could create more preferential flow paths and decrease the areal displacement efficiency. Compared to the continuous injection of scCO₂, the pulse-type injection reduced the probability for occurrence of fingering, subsequently preferential flow paths, and recorded higher areal displacement efficiency. More detailed explanation may need further studies based on closer experimental observations.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2015

Despite significant effects on macroscopic migration and distribution of CO₂ injected during geological sequestration, only limited information is available on wettability in microscopic scCO₂-brine-mineral systems due to difficulties in pore-scale observation. In this study, a micromodel had been developed to improve our understanding of how scCO₂ flooding and residual characteristics of porewater are affected by the wettability in scCO₂-water-glass bead systems. The micromodel (a transparent pore structure made of glass beads and glass plates) in a pressurized chamber provided the opportunity to visualize scCO₂ spreading and porewater displacement. CO₂ flooding followed by fingering migration and dewatering followed by formation of residual water were observed through an imaging system. Measurement of contact angles of residual porewater in micromodels were conducted to estimate wettability in a scCO₂-water-glass bead system. The measurement revealed that the brine-3M NaCl solution-is a wetting fluid and the surface of glass beads is water-wet. It is also found that the contact angle at equilibrium decreases as the pressure decreases, whereas it increases as the salinity increases. Such changes in wettability may significantly affect the patterns of scCO₂ migration and porewater residence during the process of CO₂ injection into a saline aquifer at high pressures.