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http://dx.doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2021.31.6.480

Approximate Analytical Formula for Minimum Principal Stress Satisfying the Generalized Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion  

Lee, Youn-Kyou (Department of Coastal Construction Engineering, Kunsan National University)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.31, no.6, 2021 , pp. 480-493 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since the generalized Hoek-Brown criterion (GHB) provides an efficient way of identifying its strength parameter values with the consideration of in-situ rock mass condition via Geological Strength Index (GSI), this criterion is recognized as one of the standard rock mass failure criteria in rock mechanics community. However, the nonlinear form of the GHB criterion makes its mathematical treatment inconvenient and limits the scope of its application. As an effort to overcome this disadvantage of the GHB criterion, the explicit approximate analytical equations for the minimum principal stress, which is associated with the maximum principal stress at failure, are formulated based on the Taylor polynomial approximation of the original GHB criterion. The accuracy of the derived approximate formula for the minimum principal stress is verified by comparing the resulting approximate minimum principal stress with the numerically calculated exact values. To provide an application example of the approximate formulation, the equivalent friction angle and cohesion for the expected plastic zone around a circular tunnel in a GHB rock mass are calculated by incorporating the formula for the approximate minimum principal stress. It is found that the simultaneous consideration of the values of mi, GSI and far-field stress is important for the accurate calculation of equivalent Mohr-Coulomb parameter values of the plastic zone.
Keywords
Generalized Hoek-Brown criterion; Minimum principal stress; Taylor polynomial approximation; Friction angle; Cohesion;
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