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2021 Vol.31, Issue 5

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Review on Discontinuum-based Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Analyses for Modelling a Deep Geological Repository for High-Level Radioactive Waste

고준위방사성폐기물 심층처분장 모델링을 위한 불연속체 기반 수리-역학 복합거동 해석기법 현황 분석

Saeha Kwon1*
,
Kwang-Il Kim2
,
Changsoo Lee1
,
Jin-Seop Kim3
,
Ki-Bok Min4
권 새하1*
,
김 광일2
,
이 창수1
,
김 진섭3
,
민 기복4
1Senior Researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
2Post-Doctoral Researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
3Principal Researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
4Professor, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU)
1한국원자력연구원 선임연구원
2한국원자력연구원 박사후연수자
3한국원자력연구원 책임연구원
4서울대학교 에너지자원공학과 교수
*Corresponding Author
31 October 2021. pp. 309-332
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Abstract

Natural barrier systems surrounding the geological repository for the high-level radioactive waste should guarantee the hydraulic performance for preventing or delaying the leakage of radionuclide. In the case of the behavior of a crystalline rock, the hydraulic performance tends to be decided by the existence of discontinuities, so the coupled hydro-mechanical(HM) processes on the discontinuities should be characterized. The discontinuum modelling can describe the complicated behavior of discontinuities including creation, propagation, deformation and slip, so it is appropriate to model the behavior of a crystalline rock. This paper investigated the coupled HM processes in discontinuum modelling such as UDEC, 3DEC, PFC, DDA, FRACOD and TOUGH-UDEC. Block-based discontinuum methods tend to describe the HM processes based on the fluid flow through the discontinuities, and some methods are combined with another numerical tool specialized in hydraulic analysis. Particle- based discontinuum modelling describes the overall HM processes based on the fluid flow among the particles. The discontinuum methods that are currently available have limitations: exclusive simulations for two-dimension, low hydraulic simulation efficiency, fracture-dominated fluid flow and simplified hydraulic analysis, so it could be improper to the modelling the geological repository. Based on the concepts of various discontinuum modelling compiled in this paper, the advanced numerical tools for describing the accurate coupled HM processes of the deep geological repository should be developed.

Keywords
Discontinuum model
Fractured rock
Hydro-mechanical processes
Numerical simulation
Discrete element method

고준위방사성폐기물 심층처분장 내 천연방벽은 방사성핵종의 누출을 방지 및 지연할 수 있는 수리학적 특성을 갖춰야 한다. 결정질 암반의 경우 불연속면에 의해 수리학적 성능이 결정되기 때문에, 불연속면의 수리-역학적 복합거동에 대한 자세한 모사가 필요하다. 불연속체 기반 해석기법은 불연속면의 생성, 전파, 변형, 미끄러짐과 같은 복잡한 거동을 구현할 수 있어 결정질 암반 모사에 적합하다. 본 연구에서는 불연속면에서의 수리-역학 복합거동에 초점을 맞추어, UDEC, 3DEC, PFC, DDA, FRACOD, TOUGH-UDEC과 같은 상용화된 불연속체 기반 수리-역학 복합거동 해석기법을 조사하였다. 블록 기반 불연속체 해석기법의 경우 주로 불연속면 상에서 진행되는 유체 유동을 바탕으로 수리-역학 복합거동을 해석하였고, 그중 일부는 다른 수리학적 해석기법과의 결합을 통하여 모델 전체에 대한 수리-역학적 복합거동을 제공하였다. 입자 기반 불연속체 해석기법의 경우에는 입자 사이로 흐르는 유체를 반영하여 불연속체 모델 전체에 해당하는 수리-역학적 복합거동 모사가 가능하다. 현재까지 상용화된 불연속체 기반 복합거동 해석기법은 2차원 해석만 제공하거나, 수리학적 해석 성능이 떨어지고, 불연속면에서의 유체 유동만 고려되거나, 자세한 수리학적 해석을 지원하지 않는 등의 한계점이 있어 고준위방사성폐기물 심층처분시스템의 정확한 수리-역학 모델링에는 적합하지 않을 수 있다. 본 기술보고에서 검토한 다양한 해석기법들의 장단점을 참고하여 향후 처분시스템을 정확하고 자세하게 모사할 수 있는 불연속체 기반 수리-역학 복합거동 해석기법의 개발이 필요하다.

키워드
불연속체
균열암반
수리-역학 복합거동
수치해석
개별요소법
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  • Publisher :Korean Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국암반공학회
  • Journal Title :Tunnel and Underground Space
  • Journal Title(Ko) :터널과 지하공간
  • Volume : 31
  • No :5
  • Pages :309-332
  • Received Date : 2021-09-03
  • Revised Date : 2021-09-27
  • Accepted Date : 2021-10-08
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2021.31.5.309
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