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Review of the Synthetic Rock Mass Approach  

Park, Chul-Whan (한국지질자원연구원 지반안전연구부)
Synn, Joong-Ho (한국지질자원연구원 지반안전연구부)
Park, Eui-Seop (한국지질자원연구원 지반안전연구부)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.17, no.6, 2007 , pp. 438-447 More about this Journal
Abstract
This technical report is to introduce the research on SRM (Synthetic Rock Mass) which was presented in 2007 ISRM Congress at Lisbon by Prof, Fairhurst who speak with emphasis on its importance and potential in rock engineering. The Synthetic Rock Mass approach to jointed rock mass characterization (Pierce et al. 2007) is reviewed relative to existing empirical approaches and current understanding of jointed rock mass behaviour. The review illustrates how the key factors affecting the mechanical behaviour of jointed rock masses may be considered and demonstrates that the SRM approach constitutes a significant step forward in this field. This technique, based on two well-established methods, Bonded Particle Modelling in PFC-3D (Potyondy and Cundall, 2004) and Discrete Fracture Network simulation, employs a new sliding joint model that allows for large rock volumes containing thousands of pre-existing joints to be subjected to any non-trivial stress path. Output from SRM testing includes rock mass brittleness and strength, evolution of the full compliance matrix and primary fragmentation.
Keywords
Synthetic rock mass; Jointed rock mass; Stress path; Bonded particle model; PFC-3D;
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