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Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity of Rockfill Zone by Dynamic Analysis using Micro-earthquake Records

미소지진 계측기록을 활용한 동적응답해석에 의한 댐 사력존 전단파속도 산정

  • Received : 2014.08.08
  • Accepted : 2014.12.29
  • Published : 2015.02.01
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Abstract

The objective of this study is to estimate shear wave velocity of rockfill materials by making practical use of the micro-earthquake records which are ordinarily obtained at a domestic rockfill dam and to verify its applicability. Micro-earthquake records were obtained at the site of Heongseong dam and Soyanggang dam, which are the existing multi-purpose dams in Korea. In the previous study, the fundamental periods of each dam were already evaluated by analyzing the response spectrum of the observed records. In this study, numerical analyses varying shear moduli of rockfill zone were carried out using the acceleration histories measured at the abutment as input ground motions. From comparison between the fundamental periods calculated by numerical analyses and measured records, the shear wave velocities with depth were estimated. It is found that the effect of different earthquake events on shear wave velocity estimation for the target dam materials is negligible and the shear wave velocity can be consistently evaluated. Furthermore, comparing the shear wave velocity with the previous researchers' empirical relationships and field test results, applicability of suggested method is verified. Therefore, in case that it is impossible to conduct field tests and estimation is preliminary, the suggested method can be practically used.

본 연구의 목적은 국내 사력댐에서 상시적으로 얻어지는 미소지진 계측기록을 적극 활용하여 댐 사력재료의 전단파속도를 산정하고 산정방법의 실효성을 확인하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 현재 운영 중인 횡성댐과 소양강댐에서 계측된 미소지진기록 분석으로부터 얻어진 각 댐의 고유주기와 댐 기초부에서 계측된 가속도 시간이력을 입력하중으로 한 반복적인 동적수치해석을 수행하여 계산한 고유주기 사이의 적합조건을 만족시키는 방법으로, 사력존의 심도별 전단파속도를 산정하였다. 이러한 방법으로 산정된 전단파속도는 동일댐에 대하여 다른 지진 기록을 이용하더라도 일관된 결과를 보여줌을 확인하였고, 현장탐사 결과와 기존의 경험적 연구결과와 비교하여 그 실효성도 확인되었다. 실용적인 측면에서, 지진계가 설치된 댐이나 저수지에 대한 직접 조사가 불가하거나 예비해석 차원해서 사력존의 동적물성 확보가 필요한 경우, 본 연구에서 제시된 방법은 충분히 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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