• Computers and Concrete
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.235-266
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• 2016

A rock mass containing non-persistent joints can only fail if the joints propagate and coalesce through an intact rock bridge. Shear strength of rock mass containing non-persistent joints is highly affected by the both, mechanical behavior and geometrical configuration of non-persistent joints located in a rock mass. Existence of rock joints and rock bridges are the most important factors complicating mechanical responses of a rock mass to stress loading. The joint-bridge interaction and bridge failure dominates mechanical behavior of jointed rock masses and the stability of rock excavations. The purpose of this review paper is to present techniques, progresses and the likely future development directions in experimental and numerical modelling of a non-persistent joint failure behaviour. Such investigation is essential to study the fundamental failures occurring in a rock bridge, for assessing anticipated and actual performances of the structures built on or in rock masses. This paper is divided into two sections. In the first part, experimental investigations have been represented followed by a summarized numerical modelling. Experimental results showed failure mechanism of a rock bridge under different loading conditions. Also effects of the number of non-persistent joints, angle between joint and a rock bridge, lengths of the rock bridge and the joint were investigated on the rock bridge failure behaviour. Numerical simulation results are used to validate experimental outputs.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2003

화약발파에 의한 암반의 파괴는 폭약의 열화학적 반응에 의해 생성되는 에너지가 주위 암반으로 전달되면서 발생한다. 폭약의 반응은 매우 짧은 시간에 격렬하게 이루어지므로 실험적 관찰이 용이하지 않을 뿐만 아니라, 암반을 대상으로 발파할 경우 암반의 불균질성, 이방성으로 인해 동일한 조건으로 실험을 하더라도 특성상 정량적 정성적으로 똑같은 상황을 반복적으로 재현하여 실험하는 것도 불가능하다. 따라서 폭약으로부터 발생하는 에너지와 암반으로의 전달과정은 암반 파괴의 에너지원으로서 매우 중요하면서도 명확히 파악되지 않은 부분이다. 본 논문에서는 수치해석적 방법으로 발파원과 암반의 거동을 모델링하여 발파원의 특성이 암반 거동에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 주요 결과로는 발파원과 관련된 입력 자료로서 감쇠상수와 발파공벽에 가해지는 압력의 증가시간에 따라 암반의 동적거동이 상이하게 나타났으며, 동적 거동을 결정짓는 두 입력 변수의 상호관계를 유도할 수 있었다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.95-102
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• 2003

Corestone rock mass has complex characters because it is made up of stronger and stiffer corestone in a weaker and softer matrix. Physical model corestone rock mass made up of stiffer corestone in weaker matrix were tested in uniaxial compression and numercal modelling analysis The result of the uniaxial compression tests showed that increasing the corestone proportion generally increased the modulus of deformation. And the strength decreased in the lower corestone proportion, but it increased in the higher proportion(45%, 65% corestone by volume). The strength and the modulus of deformation were not affected by different size coretone on the same proportion. The result of the numerical modelling analysis showed similar trend compared with the result of the result of the uniaxial compression test. But though the result of th uniaxial compression test is similar to the result of the numerical modelling analysis, it's unreasonalble to apply the results of this paper to in situ corestone rock mass. So mere laboratory tests including triaxial test and the other numerical program analyses are necessary to apply the results to in situ corestone mass

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.883-898
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• 2017

To eliminate the holding and gluing problems making the direct tensile strength test hard to be applied, a new method of testing specimens prepared using lathe machine to make the dog bone shape is assessed whether it could be applied to determine accurate direct tensile strength values of rock materials. A series of numerical modelling analyses was performed using finite element method to investigate the effect of different specimen and steel holder geometries. In addition to numerical modelling study, a series of direct tensile strength tests was performed on three different groups of rock materials and a rock-like cemented material to compare the results with those obtained from the finite element analyses. A proper physical property of the lathed specimens was suggested and ideal failure of the dog bone shaped specimens was determined according to the results obtained from this study.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.395-407
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• 2022

In this paper, cracks with different angles are prefabricated in rock specimens to study the fracture characteristics of rock based on CT images. The rock specimens are prepared for compression tests according to the standard recommended by ISRM (International Society for Rock Mechanics). The effects of different angles on rock mechanical properties and crack propagation fracture modes are analyzed. Then, based on the cohesive element method and CT images, the relationship between porosity and Young's modulus as well as the fracture property is explored by the numerical modelling. In the modelling, the distribution of Young's modulus is determined by the CT image through the field variable method. The results show that prefabricated cracks reduce the mechanical properties of rock. The closer the angles of the prefabricated crack is, the greater the Young's modulus of the rock sample is. The failure process of each specimen with prefabricated cracks is formed by the initiation and propagation of crack, and the angle of the prefabricated crack will affect the type of extended crack. As part of the numerical model proposed in this paper, the microstructure of rocks is reflected by CT images. The numerical results verify the effectiveness of the cohesive element method in the study of crack propagation for rock. The rock model in this paper can be used to predict engineering disasters such as collapse and landslide caused by rock fracture, which means that the methodology adopted in this paper is comprehensive and important to solve rock engineering problems.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.481-495
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• 2021

This article assesses and estimates the progressive failure mechanism of complex pit-rest secondary toppling of slopes that are located within the vicinity of the Gas Flare Site of Refinery No. 4 in South Pars Special Zone (SPSZ), southwest Iran. The finite element numerical procedure based on the Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) technique has been employed for the stability analysis. In this regard, several step modelling stages that were conducted to evaluate the slope stability status revealed that the main instability was situated on the left-hand side (western) slope in the Flare Site. The toppling was related to the rock column-overburden system in relation to the overburden pressure on the rock columns which led to the progressive instability of the slope. This load transfer from the overburden has most probably led to the separation of the rock column and to its rotation downstream of the slope in the form of a complex pit-rest secondary toppling. According to the numerical modelling, it was determined that the Strength Reduction Factor (SRF) decreased substantially from 5.68 to less than 0.320 upon progressive failure. The estimated shear and normal stresses in the block columns ranged from 1.74 MPa to 8.46 MPa, and from 1.47 MPa to 16.8 MPa, respectively. In addition, the normal and shear displacements in the block columns ranged from 0.00609 m to 0.173 m and from 0.0109 m to 0.793 m, respectively.

• 한국암반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국암반공학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.79-93
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• 2006

It is well known that acoustic emission (AE) is indicator of rock fracturing or damage as rock is brought to failure under the uniaxial compressive loads. In this paper, an experimental study on the source location of acoustic emission on the cylindrical specimens of granite under uniaxial compression test was made. The AE source location was made by measuring the six channel AE data. Comparing to this experiment, the numerical method is applied to model the initiation and propagation of fracture by AE using a numerical code, RFPA (Realistic Failure Process Analysis). This code incorporates the mesoscopic heterogeneity in Young's modulus and rock strength characteristic of rock masses. In the numerical models, values of Young's modulus and rock strength are realized according to a Weibull distribution in which the distribution parameters represent the level of heterogeneity of the medium. The results of the simulations show that RFPA can be used not only to produce acoustic emission similar to those measurements in our experiments, but also to predict fracturing patterns under uniaxial loading condition.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.539-545
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• 2018

Longitudinal Displacement Profile (LDP) is an appropriate tool for determination of the displacement magnitude of the tunnel walls as a function of the distance to the tunnel face. Some useful formulations for calculation of LDP have been developed based on the monitoring data on site or by 3D numerical simulations. However, the presented equations are only based on the tunnel dimensions and for different quality of rock masses proposed a unique LDP. In the present study, it is tried to present a new formulation, for calculation of LDP, on the basis of Rock mass quality. For this purpose, a comprehensive numerical simulation program was developed to investigate the effect of rock mass quality on the LDP. Results of the numerical modelling were analyzed and the least square technique was used for fitting an appropriate curve on the derived data from the numerical simulations. The proposed formulation in the present study, is a logistic function and the constants of the logistic function were predicted by rock mass quality index (GSI). Results of this study revealed that, the LDP curves of the tunnel surrounded by rock masses with high quality (GSI>60) match together; because the rock mass deformation varies over an elastic range.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.309-332
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• 2021

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.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2009

Road is typically constructed along ridge area of mountain because of topographical and economic reasons. Therefore, road may face lots of open cut slope which can easily cause rock falling. This study evaluates the structural safety of newly developed falling rock protection system which has a roof deck plate. The structural performance under self-weight, snow load and load from falling rock was investigated using a finite element numerical analysis method. From the analysis results, the H-beam space was limited not to exceed 2.2m. The deck plate was also safe under the examined loading condition. A hinge and connection in the system were investigated through detailed numerical modelling and analysis. The results showed that the hinge was safe enough and that the connection should strengthened with appropriate stiffeners.