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Elasto-plastic Analysis of Circular Tunnel with Consideration of Strain-softening of GSI Index  

Lee, Youn-Kyou (군산대학교 해양건설공학과)
Park, Kyung-Soon (군산대학교 대학원 해양산업공학과)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.20, no.1, 2010 , pp. 49-57 More about this Journal
Abstract
For the elasto-plastic analysis of a circular tunnel driven in a strain-softening rock mass subjected to a hydrostatic in-situ stress condition, this study suggests a convenient elasto-plastic analysis scheme which takes the strain-softening of GSI index into account and demonstrates its potential as a numerical tool in designing a circular tunnel. The suggested numerical scheme was developed by modifying the previous elasto-plastic procedure proposed by Lee & Pietruszczak(2008). With the assumption that GSI index of rock mass adjacent to the tunnel surface may be degraded due to the damage caused by the blasting and excavation, the concept of the strain-softening of GSI index was invoked. The concept provides a useful tool considering the strain-softening of the strength parameters appearing in the generalized Hoek-Brown criterion because these parameters can be evaluated empirically by use of GSI. In order to check the validity of the proposed scheme, the elasto-plastic analyses for circular tunnels were performed in various analysis conditions and the results were discussed.
Keywords
Circular tunnel; Strain-softening; Elasto-plastic analysis; GSI index; Hoek-Brown strength parameters;
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