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The Mechanical Behavior of Jointed Rock Masses by Using PFC2D  

Park Eui-Seob (한국지질자원연구원 지반안전연구부)
Ryu Chang-Ha (한국지질자원연구원 지반안전연구부)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.15, no.2, 2005 , pp. 119-128 More about this Journal
Abstract
Although the evaluation of the mechanical properties and behavior of jointed rock masses is very important for the design of tunnel and underground openings, it has always been considered the most difficult problem. One of the difficulties in describing the rock mass behavior is the selection of the appropriate constitutive model. This limitation may be overcome with the progress in discrete element software such as PFC, which does not need the user to prescribe a constitutive model for rock mass. In this paper, a 30\;m\;\times\;30\;m\;\times\;30\;m m jointed rock mass of road tunnel site was analyzed. h discrete fracture network was developed from the joint geometry obtained from core logging and surface survey. Using the discontinuities geometry from the DFN model, PFC simulations were carried out, starting with the intact rock and systematically adding the joints and the stress-strain response was recorded for each case. With the stress-strain response curves, the mechanical properties of jointed rock masses were determined. As expected, the presence of joints had a pronounced effect on mechanical properties of the rock mass. More importantly, getting the mechanical response of the PFC model doesn't require a user specified constitutive model.
Keywords
Mechanical behavior; Jointed rock masses; PFC; Numerical simulation; Constitutive model;
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