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Estimation of 3-D Hydraulic Conductivity Tensor for a Cretaceous Granitic Rock Mass: A Case Study of the Gyeongsang Basin, Korea

경상분지 백악기 화강암 암반에 대한 삼차원 수리전도텐서 추정사례

Jeong-Gi Um1*
,
Dahye Lee2
엄 정기1*
,
이 다혜2
1Professor, Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University
2Assistant Manager, Technology Standard Department, Korea Rural Community Corporation
1부경대학교 에너지자원공학과 교수
2한국농어촌공사 기술기준부 대리
*Corresponding Author
31 March 2022. pp. 41-57
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Abstract

A workflow is presented to estimate the size of a representative elementary volume and 3-D hydraulic conductivity tensor based on fluid flow analysis for a discrete fracture network (DFN). A case study is considered for a Cretaceous granitic rock mass at Gijang in Busan, Korea. The intensity and size of joints were calibrated using the first invariant of the fracture tensor for the 2-D DFN of the study area. Effective hydraulic apertures were obtained by analyzing the results of field packer tests. The representative elementary volume of the 2-D DFN was determined to be 20 m square by investigating the variations in the directional hydraulic conductivity for blocks of different sizes. The directional hydraulic conductivities calculated from the 2-D DFN exhibited strong anisotropy related to the hydraulic behavior of the study area. The 3-D hydraulic conductivity tensor for the fractured rock mass of the study area was estimated from the directional block conductivities of the 2-D DFN blocks generated for various directions in 3-D. The orientations of the principal components of the 3-D hydraulic conductivity tensor were found to be identical to those of delineated joint sets in the study area.

Keywords
fractured rock mass
discrete fracture network
hydraulic conductivity tensor
fluid flow modeling
representative elementary volume

본 연구는 부산 기장지역에 분포하는 백악기 흑운모 화강암에 대한 사례연구를 통하여 DFN(discrete fracture network) 유동해석 기반의 REV(representative elementary volume) 크기 및 삼차원 수리전도텐서 추정을 위한 워크플로우를 제시하였다. 연구지역을 대표하는 이차원 DFN에 대하여 절리텐서의 일차불변량을 이용하여 절리의 빈도 및 길이가 보정되었다. 현장수압시험을 수행하여 선형의 등가유로관으로 취급된 현장의 절리에 대한 유효수리간극이 추정되었다. 연구지역의 이차원 DFN 블록에 대한 REV의 크기는 블록 크기에 따른 지향적 블록수리전도도의 변화를 분석하여 20 m × 20 m으로 결정하였다. 연구지역의 이차원 DFN에 대하여 산정된 지향적 블록수리전도도는 현장의 수리적 거동과 관련하여 강한 이방성을 지시한다. 다양한 방향으로의 이차원 DFN에서 산정된 지향적 블록수리전도도를 바탕으로 연구지역의 절리성 암반에 대한 삼차원 수리전도텐서가 추정되었다. 삼차원 수리전도텐서의 주성분 방향은 현장에서 구분된 주 절리군의 방향과 일치한다.

키워드
절리성 암반
불연속절리망
수리전도텐서
유체유동모델링
대표요소체적
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Engineering Geology
  • Publisher(Ko) :대한지질공학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of Engineering Geology
  • Journal Title(Ko) :지질공학
  • Volume : 32
  • No :1
  • Pages :41-57
  • Received Date : 2022-03-08
  • Accepted Date : 2022-03-21
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.9720/kseg.2022.1.041
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