Chan-Joo Lee

Calculation of Roughness Coefficient in Gravel-bed River with Observed Water Levels

The purpose of this study is to analyse the characteristics of Manning`s roughness coefficient according to change of discharge by using observed data obtained from a stable gravel-bed river and to investigate the applicability of the relevant existing empirical methods to it. Observed water level and discharge data are used as input data for the USGS computer program NCALC model for calculation of the roughness coefficient. Calculated values are compared with roughness values which are estimated with four widely used methods. The results show that though the empirical methods are able to give similar roughness values only for flood flow, they seem to have rather high uncertainty because of necessity of subjective judgement and differences of resultant values. Roughness coefficients for normal-low flow cannot be estimated from the existing empirical formulae. Especially, using the Manning equation for calculating them should be careful as this provides a wide range of estimated values in normal-low flow. The relations between the roughness coefficient and characteristic size of bed materials are different from them in flood flow even though they have a close relations.

Estimation of bed resistance in gravel-bed rivers using the equivalent roughness height.

The objective of this study is to estimate bed-resistance in gravel-bed rivers using the equivalent roughness height(). We calculated the friction factor() with the measured data from 8 domestic gravel-bed rivers and investigated the size distributions of the bed materials. The averaged  in each cross-section, which is determined under the hypothesis that the vertical velocity distribution follows the logarithmic law, is compared with the reach  , which is calculated with the cumulative grain diameter distribution curve of bed materials. Moreover, the applicability of existing formulae, such as Strickler type equations, is examined by comparing with Mannings  value converted from the  . According to the results, the reach  proves to be a good indicator of representative characteristic of bed materials in a reach, and the Mannings  based on the reach  is appropriate for practical estimation of the bed-resistance, for RMS errors between calculated and measured Mannings  is less than 0.003. The correlation between the  and specified bed-material size() is very low, so it is difficult to select a proper one among the existing empirical equations. keywords : gravel-bed river, bed-resistance, equivalent roughness height, Mannings n, friction factor ..............................................................................................................................................................................................

Water Level Measurement Method Based on Temporal Variation of Water Surface Pixel Arrangement in Successive Images

A new method for water level measurement method and its verification results are described. In this method, water surface in motion can be detected by temporal variation of pixel arrangement in successive digital images including the boundary between the staff gauge and the water surface. Laboratory and field tests were conducted for the two cases in which the staff gauge was contaminated by dirt or transparent due to clear water. The result shows water level can be accurately measure by this method for these two cases. It is expected that the accuracy of previous image stage gauge will be improved by the new method.

Inter-comparison of accuracy of discharge measurement methods - a case study performed in the Dalcheon River downstream of the Goesan Dam.

본 연구에서는 괴산댐 하류 달천에서 6가지 직접 유량 측정 방법-유속면적법, 봉부자법, ADCP이동측정법, ADCP정지 측정법, 전자파표면유속계, LSPIV-을 적용하고, 이를 댐 방류량 및 유속면적법과 비교함으로써 정확도를 상호 평가하였다. 이를 위해 2005년부터 2010년까지 실시된 총 39회의 유량측정결과가 분석되었다. 댐 방류량과의 비교 결과, 봉부자법을 제외한 나머지5가지 방법은 평균 6.2% 이내의 절대값오차를 나타냈다. 유속면적법과 다른 4가지방법을 비교할 경우, 전자파표면유속계는 7.35%, 나머지 3가지 방법은 6% 이내의 절대값오차를 나타냈다. 봉부자법은 댐 방류량 및 유속면적법과 비교하여도 오차의 범위가 크게 나타났는데, 이에 대해서는 추가적인 검증이 필요하다. 【Relative accuracy of six discharge measurement methods-velocity-area method, rod-float method, ADCP moving-vessel method, ADCP fixed-vessel method, electromagnetic wave surface velocimeter (EWSV), LSPIV- is evaluated by comparing discharges measured by them with dam released discharges. Data from 39 times of concurrent discharge measurement campaigns are analyzed. Except the rod-float method, measured discharges show absolute errors less than 6.2% with dam discharges. When the four methods is evaluated by being compared with discharges measured with the conventional velocity-area method, discharges with electromagnetic wave surface velocimetry shows 7.35% of absolute errors and other three methods shows absolute errors less than 6%. The rod-float method, which shows large discrepancy compared with dam and velocity-area method, need complementary verification.】

Short-term Change in Channel Morphology of the Naeseong Stream before the Operation of Yeongju Dam, Korea

내성천은 산지를 사행하는 모래하천으로 오랫동안 그 하천지형학적 특성을 유지해왔다. 그러나 최근 식생의 활착으로 종래의 경관을 상실해 가고 있다. 본 연구에서는 내성천 장기조사 연구의 일환으로 내성천의 56.8 km 구간을 대상으로 지난 2012 - 2016년 기간에 발생한 지형변화를 분석하였다. 항공 라이다 및 하천측량...

Analysis on Rainfall Distribution in a Large Experimental Rainfall Simulator with Fixed Nozzle Arrangement

This study provides results from the experiment on the rainfall distribution using a large Experimental rainfall simulator with fixed nozzle arrangement. Results from the experiment on the nozzles which are crucial for rainfall simulation show standard errors expressed as percentage are 0.15~0.38% at the indoor flow testing apparatus and 0.37~0.59% at the KICT-ERS. To examine spraying range of the nozzles, radial and triangular rainfall measurement test are done. In the radial test, coefficient of uniformity (CU) lies in 0.348~0.657 in the single nozzle spraying case, while it increases up to 0.854~0.895 in the seven nozzle spraying case. This means increase of both rain rate and uniformity by means of superimposition of spraying. The CU of the triangular test falls to 0.845~0.896. The results from the experiment on the whole-scale of the KICT-ERS show that CU exceeds 0.7 for every case except the one experimental condition where a 1.5φ nozzle is used. The CU tends to increase with increasing rainfall intensity. Comparison with the previous studies shows that KICT-ERS provides rainfall distribution above average CU.

Analysis on Spatial Variability of Rainfall in a Small Area

This study deployed six rain gauges in a small area for a dense network observing rainfall and analyzed the spatial variability of rainfall. They were arranged in a rectangular grid with equal space of 60 m. The rainfall measurements from five gauges were analyzed during the period of 50 days because one was seriously affected by alien substance. The maximum difference in cumulative rainfall from them is approximately 38.5 mm. The correlation coefficients from hourly rainfall time series differ from each other while daily rainfall coincide. The coefficient of variation in hourly rainfall varies up to 224% and that in daily rainfall up to 91%. The results from uncertainty analysis show that with only four rain gauges areal mean rainfall cannot be estimated over 95% accuracy. For reliable flood prediction and effective water management it is required to develop a new technique for the estimation of areal rainfall.

Development of an Acoustic Velocity Profiler by Using Pulse Repetition Frequency Technique

An acoustic velocity profiler is developed, which is able to be used for open-channel flow measurement. It measures flow velocity based Doppler effect on acoustic signals, which is estimated by using pulse repetition frequency technique. Laboratory and field tests were made to verify velocity measuring performance of the developed device. It is confirmed that the acoustic velocity profiler can normally measure vertical velocity profile in the range above 0.1 m from the bottom and has equivalent performance to commercial acoustic velocity measuring devices.

Characteristic of Roughness Coefficient Associated with Discharge in Gravel-Bed River

The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics of Manning’s roughness coefficient according to change of discharge by using observed data obtained from a stable gravel-bed river and to investigate the applicability of the relevant existing empirical methods to it. Observed water level and discharge data are used as input data for the USGS computer program NCALC model for calculation of the roughness coefficient in total flow regime. Calculated values are compared with roughness values which are estimated with four widely used methods, such as Cowan’s method, strickler type formulae, power formulae, and semi-logarithmic formulae. The results show that though the empirical methods are able to give similar roughness values only for flood flow, they seem to have rather high uncertainty because of necessity of subjective judgment and differences of resultant values. Roughness coefficients for normal-low flow cannot be estimated from the existing empirical formulae. Especially, using the Manning equation for calculating them should be careful as this provides a wide range of estimated values in normal-low flow. The relations between the roughness coefficient and characteristic size of bed materials are different from them in flood flow even though they have a close relation.