Due to the rapid advancements in power distribution, television, and telecommunication, aerial cables have been rampant in urban cities. Aerial cables, while cost-effective, contribute to visual pollution, pose safety hazards, and complicate urban planning. To solve these challenges, many cities are exploring new ways to construct these cables without the use of high poles and one of the solutions is transitioning to underground cable by minitrenching method. Minitrenching offers a less invasive, more efficient solution for underground cable deployment. This study highlights the potential of innovative minitrenching materials to enhance underground cable protection while addressing the limitations of aerial cable installations in urban settings. Three minitrenching materials were evaluated to determine their effectiveness in protecting underground cables from heavy truck loads using finite element method (FEM). The materials tested were: (1) sand backfill with asphalt concrete surface, (2) cement mortar backfill with self-compacting mastic asphalt surface, and (3) cement mortar backfill with asphalt concrete surface. Results showed that the proposed materials (cement mortar and self-compacting mastic asphalt) significantly reduced strain on the underground cable compared to traditional materials (sand and asphalt concrete). The strain values decreased from 713 microstrains with traditional materials to 333 microstrains with the proposed materials, representing a reduction of approximately 53%. The third combination, intended as a maintenance material, yielded an intermediate strain value of 413 microstrains, demonstrating its acceptability as a minitrenching material.

전 세계적으로 지하도로의 건설이 활발히 이루어지고 있지만, 지하도로에서의 운전자 행태에 대한 연구는 여전히 부족한 실정이다. 또한 현재 지하도로 설계기준은 주로 지상도로나 터널 기준을 준용하고 있어, 지하 특유의 환경적 요인을 충분히 반영하지 못하고 있 다. 이에 따라, 지하도로에서의 운전자 행태를 분석하고 이를 반영한 설계기준 마련이 필요하다. 본 연구는 지하도로에서 운전자가 차로 변경을 어떻게 수행하는지 분석하고, 정보 제공 방식이 운전자 행태에 미치는 영향을 평가 하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 통해, 향후 지하도로 설계 및 운영에 필요한 개선 사항을 제안하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서 는 소형차 전용도로의 설계 재원을 기준으로한 VR 기반 주행시뮬레이터 맵을 구성하였고 34명의 피실험자를 모집하여 주행시뮬레이 터 실험을 수행하였다. 첫 번째로 차로변경 행태를 살펴보기 위하여 현행 차로 변경 허용 구간 기준인 400m와 대안으로 차로 변경 허용 구간 2km로 비교하 여 운전자의 차로변경 행태에 대해 분석을 수행하였다. 두 번째로는 현행 정보제공 체계 기준인 분기전 2km, 1km, 150m 전 정보안내 대안과 대안으로 추가 500m 지점에 정보를 제공하는 방안에 대해 주행시뮬레이터 실험을 수행하고 대안별 효과를 비교하였다. 실험결과를 검토한 결과, 지상 도로보다 지하 도로에서 운전자들은 차로 변경을 더 어려워하는 경향이 있었다. 두 번째로 운전자들은 차로 변경 허용구간에 따른 주행패턴의 유의미한 변화는 존재하지 않는 것으로 나타났으며, 평소의 주행 습관에 따라 차로 변경을 하 는 것으로 나타났다. 세 번째로는 정보 제공 횟수를 늘릴 경우 운전자들은 차로 변경과 진출 지점을 더 빨리 결정하며, 차로 변경 지 점의 분포가 작아지는 현상이 관찰되었다. 이는 많은 운전자들이 비슷한 지점에서 차로 변경을 하게 되어 상충 구간이 줄어들고, 그에 따라 교통 안전성이 증가할 수 있음을 의미한다.

지하도로는 주변 도심개발 등으로 수평적 도로용량 확장이 어려운 구간을 대상으로 입체적 활용을 통해 교통혼잡을 해소하기 위한 수단으로써 주목받고 있다. 그러나 지하도로는 공간 특성상 지상에 비해 다양한 불확실성이 수반된다는 면에서 위험요인이 크고 직접 건설비용이 큰 사업으로 인식되기도 하며, 최근 관련 안전·방재 및 설계 요소 관련 법령과 지침이 지속적으로 제·개정됨에 따라 사업 비 변동요인이 증가하고 있다. 따라서 향후 증가할 지하도로 민간투자사업 추진시에 발생하는 다양한 위험요인에 대한 관리방안 마련 이 필요한 시점이다. 이에 본 연구는 지하고속도로 민간투자사업의 특수성을 반영한 기본계획 단계의 기술부문 평가지표에 대한 배점 개선안을 제시하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 현재 제3자 제안 공고상 기술 부문의 평가 배점을 검토하고, 신규 평가항목이 포함 된 후보 평가지표를 제시하였다. 또한 분석적 계층화 기법(AHP) 기반의 전문가 설문조사를 수행하여 평가지표의 우선순위를 도출해 최종적인 지하 고속도로 평가지표의 배점을 도출하였다. 평가항목별 배점 결과 건설계획 분야에는 ‘공사비, 보상비 등 사업비 선정(10 점)’, ‘장대터널계획 종합(25점)’, ‘시·종점부 도로접속 및 교통운영(18점)’ 평가항목이 추가되었다. 사업관리 및 운영계획 분야에는 ‘안 정적 운영을 위한 계획수립(76점)’, ‘운영계획의 창의성(24점)’, ‘재해 및 재난관리계획(21점)’ 등의 순으로 배점이 수정되었으며, 특히 시설 및 장비확보 계획, 유지보수 계획, 교통 및 영업관리 계획 등이 고려되는 ‘안정적 운영을 위한 계획수립’ 평가항목의 배점이 크게 증가하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 배점 개선안을 통해 기본설계 단계에서부터 지하 고속도로 민간투자사업의 위험요인과 특수성을 고 려하여 사업을 추진할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

The initial radionuclide migration quantity depends on the total amount of solubilized species. Geochemical modeling based on a thermodynamic database (TDB) has been employed to assess the solubility of radionuclides. It is necessary to evaluate whether the TDB describes the domestic repository conditions appropriately. An effective way to validate the TDB-based modeling results is through direct comparisons with experimentally measured values under the conditions of interest. Here, the solubilities of trivalent Sm, Eu, and Am were measured in synthetic KURT-DB3 groundwater (Syn- DB3) and compared with modeling results based on ThermoChimie TDB. Ln2(CO3)3·xH2O(cr) (Ln = Sm, Eu) solids were introduced into the Syn-DB3 and dissolved Sm and Eu concentrations were monitored over 223 days. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that the crystallinity of the solid compounds was maintained throughout the experiments. The dissolved Sm and Eu concentrations at equilibrium were close to the predicted solubilities of Sm2(CO3)3(s) and Eu2(CO3)3(s) based on the ThermoChimie TDB. The Am solubility measured under oversaturated conditions was comparable to the measured Eu concentrations, although they were measured under different experimental settings. More experimental data are needed for Am-carbonate solid systems with careful characterization of the solid phases to better evaluate Am solubility in domestic groundwater conditions.

In the seismic evaluation of underground utility tunnels, selecting an analytical method is critical to estimating reasonable seismic responses. In simplified pseudo-static analysis methods widely applied to typical seismic design and evaluation of underground tunnels in practice, it is essential to check whether the methods provide valid results for cut-and-cover tunnels buried in shallow to medium depth. The differences between the two simplified pseudo-static methods are discussed in this study, and the analysis results are compared to those obtained from FLAC models. In addition to the analysis methods, seismic site classification, overburden soil depth, and sectional configuration are considered variables to examine their effects on the seismic response of underground utility tunnels. Based on the analysis results, the characteristics derived from the concepts and details of each simplified model are discussed. Also, general observations are made for the application of simplified analysis methods.

PURPOSES : This study explores the preference of shared autonomous vehicle service in an underground dedicated environment. METHODS : A stated preference survey was conducted to examine the mode choice behaviors on autonomous vehicle service competing with existing modes. Multinomial logit was employed to estimate the parameters of explanatory variables from the surveyed data. The model was estimated with alternative specific parameters rather than generic parameters. The value of time was also estimated using the parameters of the mode choice model. RESULTS : The results showed that the travel cost had the highest sensitivity to public transportation and the lowest to private cars. We also found that the value of the in-vehicle travel time was highest for private cars, lowest for public transportation, and intermediate for SAVs, suggesting that SAVs could serve as a premium public transport option. Additionally, the out-vehicle time coefficient was higher for public transportation compared to that for SAVs, indicating that users are more willing to tolerate longer out-vehicle times for SAVs due to their high-speed service compared to that of public transportation. CONCLUSIONS : This study presents a direction for policy regarding the adoption of shared autonomous vehicle services by considering the attributes that are valued by users of each mode.

PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to identify the causes and expected problems of traffic flow in connection with ground roads that are expected to become stagnant owing to the increase in underground road infrastructure, and to derive methods to solve the problem in the future. METHODS : The basic design of underground roads is similar to that of tunnels. However, there is a point where the slope is large as the entering and exiting sections move underground. The ability of a heavy vehicle to assume a mound may vary depending on the slope. Therefore, in this study, a connection path section with a long slope was constructed using VISSIM, a simulation program, and it was verified whether analysis related to the slope and heavy vehicles in an underground road can be performed in the simulation. Subsequently, an analysis was conducted by setting a scenario and an effect index. In particular, this study analyzes internal delay patterns in the event of an unexpected situation on an underground connection road by performing shock wave analysis to analyze speed reduction according to heavy vehicles and slopes. RESULTS : A correlation between the slope of the underground road and decrease in the average speed according to the increasing rate of heavy vehicles was established. It was also possible to analyze the maximum length and duration of the delay connected to the rear in the event of a delay in the underground road and the shock wave speed transmitted to the rear. The analysis showed that the rate of increase in problems owing to delays ranged from 5% to 20% for the ratio of heavy vehicles. In particular, all effect scales increased significantly at a 9% slope. CONCLUSIONS : This study analyzes the causes of land congestion (slope and heavy vehicle mixing rate), which can be a major problem in underground roads in the future. In the future, by establishing lane-specific speed control strategies and lane control strategies based on this study, it will be necessary to derive solutions such as introducing traffic safety on the underground road by minimizing the shock wave delivered to the rear by providing information on traffic communication conditions inside the underground road to individual vehicles.

PURPOSES : This study sought ways to connect urban above ground roads and underground roads to utilize urban space more efficiently in the development of underground roads, which are currently under development in order to alleviate problems caused by oversaturated above-ground roads. A simulation analysis was performed to develop an operation strategy that connects above-ground and underground roads to prevent congestion in above-ground areas such as entrances and exits from transferring to underground roads as well as to present its effectiveness. METHODS : Traffic efficiency analysis according to the operation strategy of above ground and underground roads was conducted using VISSIM, a microscopic traffic simulation software. The functions implemented in VISSIM were collected to set effectiveness analysis indicators for each underground road operation strategy. The Shinwol-Yeoui Underground Road was selected as the spatial scope of this study, and a surrounding road network was constructed. In addition, full-scale simulation analysis preparations were completed by performing network calibration based on the actual traffic attribute data of underground and surrounding surface roads within the construction scope. Accordingly, a traffic efficiency evaluation analysis was conducted based on the underground road operation strategy. CONCLUSIONS : Information on the increase in traffic volume within the Shinwol-Yeoui underpass was collected every 15 min. The analysis was divided into an analysis of the traffic situation within the underpass through demand control when the service level reached level D and an analysis of when demand control was not performed. It was found that demand control was necessary for the Shinwol-Yeoui Underpass when the internal traffic volume reached 2,500 vehicles/h. In addition, to analyze the spread of traffic and congestion owing to the weaving phenomenon caused by lane changes in the underpass, an analysis was conducted to observe the traffic improvement effect when full lane changes are possible for the Shinwol-Yeoui Underground Road, which currently has some lane-change-permitted sections. The analysis showed that both the maximum traffic volume and average travel speed showed better results when lane changes were allowed, and the communication situation at Yeoui JCT was found optimal.

급속한 도시화, 마이카 시대의 도래 등으로 증가하는 주차 수요에 대응하기 위하여 공동주택에서도 지하주차장이 도입되었으며, 초고층 공동주택의 보급 확대, 보행자 안전 확보 및 쾌적한 단지 환경 조 성을 위하여 단지내 차량 동선이 지하화 되는 등 지하주차장의 규모가 점차 증가하고 있다. 현재 공동 주택의 지하주차장은 지하 2층 이상으로 심도가 점차 깊어지고 있으며 이에 따라 일상적으로 지하 수 위 이하에 위치하게 되어 상시 수압에 노출될 수 있으므로 누수 방지를 위한 방수공법은 중요한 설계 요소가 되었다. 지하주차장에 적용되고 있는 방수 공법을 살펴보면 초기 지하 1층 정도의 저심도의 지 하주차장에서는 액체방수와 유도배수 등이 적용되어 왔고 이러한 내방수 공법들은 지하주차장 골조 내부에 시공하여 시공이 쉽고 보수 등의 유지관리가 쉬운 장점이 있지만 유입되는 물을 내부에서 배 수처리시킴으로 구조체 내부로 물의 유입을 허용한다는 측면에서 지하수위가 높아 수압이 많이 작용 하는 지반에 적합하지 않다. 반면 외방수 공법은 지하구조물 외부에 연속적인 막을 형성하는 공법으로 골조 외부에 시공하기 때문에 물의 침투를 원천적으로 방지할 수 있어 방수성능이나 내구성 등의 측 면에서 유리하지만 시공을 위한 작업공간의 확보가 필요해 도심지와 같이 협소한 현장에서는 적용이 어렵고 또한 되메우기 이후에 방수재가 파손되는 등 문제가 발견된 경우 보수가 불가능하다는 단점이 있다. 현재 외방수 공법은 주로 시트형태의 방수재료를 구체면에 부착하고 후속 공정에서 발생할 수 있는 시트의 파손을 방지하기 위한 보호층을 설치하는 방법으로 시공되는 것이 일반적인 형태이다. 외 방수 공법과 관련된 표준시방서(KCS) 및 한국산업규격(KS) 등을 보면, 각종 방수재의 시험항목은 유 사하나 제시하고 있는 품질기준 값이 서로 큰 차이를 보이고 있다는 점에서 지하주차장에서 요구되는 방수성능이 명확하게 제시되었다고는 보기에는 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 지하주차장의 방수 성능을 확보하기 위하여 누수 원인이 될 수 있는 시공적 요인, 환경적 요인 및 지하주차장의 구조적 거동 등을 종합적으로 분석하여 지하주차장에서 요구되는 방수재료의 성능기준 및 시공측면에서의 개 선 사항 등을 도출하고자 한다.

This article presents the crucial role played by the French underground research laboratory (URL) in initiating the deep geological repository project Cigéo. In January 2023, Andra finalized the license application for the initial construction of Cigéo. Depending on Government’s decision, the construction of Cigéo may be authorized around 2027. Cigéo is the result of a National program, launched in 1991, aiming to safely manage high-level and intermediate level long-lived radioactive wastes. This National program is based on four principles: 1) excellent science and technical knowledge, 2) safety and security as primary goals for waste management, 3) high requirements for environment protection, 4) transparent and openpublic exchanges preceding the democratic decisions and orientations by the Parliament. The research and development (R&D) activities carried out in the URL supported the design and the safety demonstration of the Cigéo project. Moreover, running the URL has provided an opportunity to gain practical experience with regard to the security of underground operations, assessment of environmental impacts, and involvement of the public in the preparation of decisions. The practices implemented have helped gradually build confidence in the Cigéo project.

To ensure the safety of disposal facilities for radioactive waste, it is essential to quantitatively evaluate the performance of the waste disposal facilities by using safety assessment models. This paper addresses the development of the safety assessment model for the underground silo of Wolseong Low-and Immediate-Level Waste (LILW) disposal facility in Korea. As the simulated result, the nuclides diffused from the waste were kept inside the silo without the leakage of those while the integrity of the concrete is maintained. After the degradation of concrete, radionuclides migrate in the same direction as the groundwater flow by mainly advection mechanism. The release of radionuclides has a positive linear relationship with a half-life in the range of medium half-life. Additionally, the solidified waste form delays and reduces the migration of radionuclides through the interaction between the nuclides and the solidified medium. Herein, the phenomenon of this delay was implemented with the mass transfer coefficient of the flux node at numerical modeling. The solidification effects, which are delaying and reducing the leakage of nuclides, were maintained the integrity of the nuclides. This effect was decreased by increasing the half-life and the mass transfer coefficient of radionuclides.

PURPOSES : This study is to evaluate environmental improvement effects of underground road project, as a case study of ‘Seobu’underground expressway project in Korea. METHODS : The environmental improvement effects of underground road construction were classified into tree sector in this study – air quality, noise, and thermal environment. To evaluate these effects, this study collected and divided environment dataset into before, during, and after ‘Seobu’underground expressway construction, and compared the change of values with entire city. In addition, the quantification method of environmental improvement effects was suggested based on the literature review. RESULTS : The result of this study indicates that there exist significant improvement effects of urban environment after the construction of ‘Seobu’underground expressway. Specifically, the concentration of particulate matters (PM10) and daytime/nighttime noise, and land surface temperature (LST) were improved along the expressway. In addition, the overall environmental benefit of ‘Seobu’ underground expressway was estimated to 1.15 billion won per year. CONCLUSIONS : To promote systematic and consistent underground road project, it is required to establish legislative system for evalauting and supporting urban improvement effects.

The design of buried underground flexible pipes proposed in domestic standards does not properly reflect changes in ground characteristics. Overseas standards suggest that pipe deflection must be considered while designing them. Therefore, in this study, the structural behavior of underground polyvinyl chloride pipes was investigated through experiments and the finite element analysis. In addition, when the pipe deflection occurred at 3% and 5%, the hydraulic characteristics of the polyvinyl chloride pipe showed a slight difference compared to the round pipe.

This study demonstrated a rapid and simple method for the determination of seven anions including halides and oxyhalides from the KURT underground water sample by capillary electrophoresis with UV detection. In nuclear waste disposal, some anions such as iodine, selenium, and technetium have been of great concern due to its high mobility and toxicity with a long half-life. It has been needed for a reliable analysis of anionic speciation because the high mobility of anions is easily affected by environmental conditions especially pH and salinity of underground water. Here this project is to develop a fast separation of seven anions including iodide, iodate, and selenite using capillary electrophoresis. The electroosmotic flow (EOF) was suppressed using a poly (ethyleneglycol) -coated capillary (DB-WAX capillary). As a result, anions migrated depending on their mobility under a reverse polarity condition (-15 kV) and the analysis time was within 15 min. UV detection was used at 200 nm. The RSDs for migration time were between 0.7% and 1.3% except for selenite of 5.1%. The RSDs for peak area were obtained between 2.9% and 7.4%. The calibration curves were linear from 10 to 200 mg/L with correlation coefficients greater than 0.9952. The LODs were 7.3, 10.9, 11.3, 12.9, 13.0, 13.9, and 17.4 mg/L for iodide, nitrate, bromide, selenite, bromate, tungstate and iodate. The KURT underground water sample spiked with seven anions at 50 mg/L were analyzed. The recoveries of spiked KURT sample ranged from 93.4% to 99.3%. The proposed method was successfully applied to determine seven anions in underground water sample.

The radwaste repository consists of a multi-barrier, including natural and engineered barriers. The repository’s long-term safety is ensured by using the isolation and delay functions of the multi-barrier. Among them, natural barriers are difficult to artificially improve and have a long time scale. Therefore, in order to evaluate its performance, site characteristics should be investigated for a sufficient period using various analytical methods. Natural barriers are classified into lithological and structural characteristics and investigated. Structural factors such as fractures, faults, and joints are very important in a natural barrier because they can serve as a flow path for groundwater in performance evaluation. Considering the condition that the radioactive waste repository should be located in the deep part, the drill core is an important subject that can identify deep geological properties that could not be confirmed near the surface. However, in many previous studies, a unified method has not been used to define the boundaries of structural factors. Therefore, it is necessary to derive a method suitable for site characteristics by applying and comparing the boundary definition criteria of various structural factors to boreholes. This study utilized the 1,000 m deep AH-3 and DB-2 boreholes and the 500 m deep AH-1 and YS- 1 boreholes drilled around the KURT (KAERI Underground Research Tunnel) site. Methods applied to define the brittle structure boundary include comparing background levels of fracture and fracture density, excluding sections outside the zone of influence of deformation, and confining the zone to areas of concentrated deformation. All of these methods are analyzed along scanlines from the brittle structure. Deriving a site-specific method will contribute to reducing the uncertainties that may arise when analyzing the long-term evolution of brittle structures within natural barriers.