PURPOSES : This study was conducted to prevent slip accidents on manhole covers located on sidewalks and local roads as well as to propose reasonable slip resistance management standards for manhole covers. METHODS : Using field surveys, test groups were classified based on the patterns and wear amounts of the manhole covers. Standards for measuring the equipment and methods for slip resistance were established, and the slip resistance values were compared and analyzed for each manhole cover test group. RESULTS : According to the slip resistance test results, micro-protrusions on the non-slip manhole covers were found to be effective in improving slip resistance. However, in areas without microprotrusions, the improvement in slip resistance was minimal and yielded results similar to those of standard manhole covers. In addition, among the pattern types of standard manhole covers, the radial pattern was found to be the most susceptible to slipping. Under the current wear measurement standards, the change in slip resistance at different wear stages was found to be relatively small. Moreover, manhole covers had the lowest slip resistance among road surface structures, indicating the need to establish management standards for them. CONCLUSIONS : To prevent pedestrian slip accidents on sidewalks and local roads, it is necessary to ensure that the slip resistance standards of manhole covers are higher than those of sidewalks.

The waterworks company is in charge of managing water facilities buried underground, and the management has been centered on manholes. However, since there is no standard management manual, it has been impossible to introduce and operate a systemized managing tool by water service providers and managers, and manhole management has been carried out by individual data recording personnel for each water service provider. When the management is carried out individually, the data to be shared by other waterworks managers tend to be privatized, and consequently, it may become a big obstacle to proceed with many civil works such as emergency leak repair, road excavation, replacement of old buildings. This report introduces RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system which is based on the magnetic field capable of IOT. It also describes the necessity of leveraging the system for smart managing of pipe management record that has been done by hand writing. The RFID system includes RFID marker, data reader, portable computer operating program, and data base server operating program. In this system, the data is managed with a single communication device, and it would be possible to share the information on the underground facilities and water treatment facilities. This RFID technology is expected to provide water service providers with opportunities to develop more scientific and modernized underground facilities information systems.

Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, water supply and sewer line systems are also developed relevantly. Manhole is an essential component structure of the pipeline system. Manhole is a structure constructed to accommodate the direction, dimension, differences in level, and easy of maintenance in the pipeline system. In this paper we present the result of investigations pertaining to the structural behavior of PVC sewer manhole buried underground. In the paper mechanical properties of PVC material are reported. In addition, by the finite element analysis (FEA), we confirmed that a PVC double-wall corrugated pipe manhole, when it is buried underground, is safe for the stress as well as buckling strength if the manhole is constructed within the suggested limit of buried depth.

도시유역의 중·하류부에 주로 설치되는 4방향 합류맨홀에서 과부하 흐름에 의한 에너지 손실은 도심지 침수피해를 가중시키는 주요 원인이다. 과부하 4방향 합류맨홀에는 유입관의 유입조건에 따라 흐름 양상이 크게 변화되며, 중간맨홀 뿐만 아니라 3방향(T형) 합류맨홀의 흐름조건을 구성한다. 그러므로 유입관의 유입유량 변화에 따른 과부하 4방향 합류맨홀의 에너지 손실 변화 분석 및 손실계수 산정이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 하수도시설기준을 준용하여 맨홀직경 및 관경을 1/5로 축소 한 수리실험 장치를 제작하였다. 과부하 사각형 4방향 합류맨홀에서 유입관의 유입유 량비 변화에 따른 손실계수를 산정하기 위하여 유입관(주 유입관 및 양측면 유입관)의 유입유량비를 10% 간격으로 변화시켜 다양한 유량조건(40 case)을 선정하였다. 실험 결과 중간맨홀에서 0.40의 가장 낮은 손실계수가, 90° 접합맨홀에서 1.58의 가장 높은 손실계수가 산정되었다. 또한 합류맨홀(T형, 4방향)의 경우 측면 유입유량이 한쪽으로 편향될수록 보다 큰 손실계수를 나타냈다. 유입관의 유입유량 조건 변화에 따른 손실계수를 산정하여 손실계수 범위도를 작도하였으며, 과부하 사각형 4방향 합류맨홀에서 모든 흐름조건을 고려할 수 있는 손실계수 산정식을 제시하였다. 제시된 산정식은 유입관의 유입유량이 변화하는 배수시스템의 설계 및 검증에 적용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

도시 우수 배수 시스템에서 우수 관거는 개수로 흐름 상태로 가정하여 설계되었기 때문에 맨홀에서의 에너지 손실은 일반적으로 중요하게 고려되지 않았다. 그러나 과부하흐름에서 에너지 손실은 관거의 배수능력을 저하시켜 도심지역의 침수피해를 가중시키는 요인이 된다. 그러므로 과부하 맨홀 내에서의 수두 손실을 분석할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 맨홀에 대한 문헌조사 및 현장조사를 실시하여 실험장치 제작과 실험조건을 선정하였다. 선정된 실험조건인 인버트 형상 조건(