scholarly journals Analytical and Reliability Study of the Tunnel with Rockbolts in Rock Masses

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Meng ◽  
Hongbo Zhao ◽  
Changxing Zhu ◽  
Zhongliang Ru
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Hydrostatic Stress ◽  
Yield Criterion ◽  
Plastic Zone Size ◽  
Homogenization Method ◽  
Flow Rule ◽  
Circular Tunnel ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Associated Flow Rule

Rockbolts are a critical reinforcement ways which widely used in tunnel engineering. In this paper, an analytical solution of circular tunnel with rockbolts was proposed based on homogenization method, and then the stability of a circular tunnel was investigated by considering the uncertainty based on the proposed analytical solution. Elastoplastic analytical solution for unsupported circular tunnel was presented briefly in hydrostatic stress field with a linear Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion and a non-associated flow rule. An analytical solution of circular tunnel with rockbolts was proposed through considering rock mass and rockbolts as a new homogeneous, isotropic, parameters strengthened equivalent composite material. A numerical example is used to verify the proposed analytical solution. The results show that the proposed solution can effectively characterize the mechanical behavior of rock mass and rockbolts in tunnel. Then, the proposed solution is adopted to calculate reliability index and failure probability of tunnel. The results show that the proposed method can also be effectively used to perform the stability and reliability analysis of tunnel and rockbolts have an important effect on plastic zone size and displacement of tunnel.

Plane-Strain Crack-Tip Fields for Pressure-Sensitive Dilatant Materials

1990 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Z. Li ◽  
J. Pan
Keyword(s):  
Plane Strain ◽  
Effective Stress ◽  
Hydrostatic Stress ◽  
Yield Criterion ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Flow Rule ◽  
Pressure Sensitivity ◽  
Crack Tip Fields ◽  
Pressure Sensitive ◽  
Plane Strain Crack

Plane-strain crack-tip stress and strain fields are presented for materials exhibiting pressure-sensitive yielding and plastic volumetric deformation. The yield criterion is described by a linear combination of the effective stress and the hydrostatic stress, and the plastic dilatancy is introduced by the normality flow rule. The material hardening is assumed to follow a power-law relation. For small pressure sensitivity, the plane-strain mode I singular fields are found in a separable form similar to the HRR fields (Hutchinson, 1968a, b; Rice and Rosengren, 1968). The angular distributions of the fields depend on the material-hardening exponent and the pressure-sensitivity parameter. The low-hardening solutions for different degrees of pressure sensitivity are found to agree remarkably with the corresponding perfectly-plastic solutions. An important aspect of the effects of pressure-sensitive yielding and plastic dilatancy on the crack-tip fields is the lowering of the hydrostatic stress and the effective stress directly ahead of the crack tip, which may contribute to the experimentally-observed enhancement of fracture toughness in some ceramic and polymeric composite materials.

scholarly journals Analytical solution of circular tunnel in elastic-viscoplastic rock mass

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Fei Wang ◽  
Bin-Song Jiang ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Meng-Meng Lu ◽  
Miao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Circular Tunnel

Descriptions of Reversed Yielding in Internally Pressurized Tubes

2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Alexandrov ◽  
Woncheol Jeong ◽  
Kwansoo Chung
Keyword(s):  
Yield Criterion ◽  
Numerical Technique ◽  
Kinematic Hardening ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Flow Rule ◽  
Hardening Material ◽  
Hardening Law ◽  
Solving Equations ◽  
Associated Flow Rule ◽  
Reversed Deformation

Using Tresca's yield criterion and its associated flow rule, solutions are obtained for the stresses and strains when a thick-walled tube is subject to internal pressure and subsequent unloading. A bilinear hardening material model in which allowances are made for a Bauschinger effect is adopted. A variable elastic range and different rates under forward and reversed deformation are assumed. Prager's translation law is obtained as a particular case. The solutions are practically analytic. However, a numerical technique is necessary to solve transcendental equations. Conditions are expressed for which the release is purely elastic and elastic–plastic. The importance of verifying conditions under which the Tresca theory is valid is emphasized. Possible numerical difficulties with solving equations that express these conditions are highlighted. The effect of kinematic hardening law on the validity of the solutions found is demonstrated.

Elastic-Plastic Stress Distribution in a Plastically Anisotropic Rotating Disk

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Alexandrova ◽  
S. Alexandrov
Keyword(s):  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Yield Criterion ◽  
Plastic Anisotropy ◽  
Rotating Disk ◽  
Flow Rule ◽  
Plane State ◽  
Annular Disk ◽  
Elastic Plastic ◽  
State Of Stress ◽  
Associated Flow Rule

The plane state of stress in an elastic-plastic rotating anisotropic annular disk is studied. To incorporate the effect of anisotropy on the plastic flow, Hill’s quadratic orthotropic yield criterion and its associated flow rule are adopted. A semi-analytical solution is obtained. The solution is illustrated by numerical calculations showing various aspects of the influence of plastic anisotropy on the stress distribution in the rotating disk.

Plastic Instability of Cylindrical Shells With Rigid End Closures

1963 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A. Salmon
Keyword(s):  
Yield Criterion ◽  
Spherical Shape ◽  
Plastic Instability ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Flow Rule ◽  
Hardening Material ◽  
Hardening Modulus ◽  
Pressure Maximum ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Associated Flow Rule

Solutions are obtained for the large plastic deformations of a cylindrical membrane with rigid end closures subjected to an internal pressure loading. A plastic linearly hardening material obeying Tresca’s yield criterion and the associated flow rule is considered. It is found that, in general, a shell passes through three stages of deformation, finally assuming a spherical shape. The instability pressure (maximum pressure) may be reached in any of the stages depending on the length/diameter ratio of the shell and the hardening modulus of the material. Although numerical integration is required to obtain solutions for shells in the first stages of deformation, the solution in the final stage is given in closed form.

scholarly journals A Novel Closed-Form Solution for Circular Openings in Generalized Hoek-Brown Media

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Xiang Meng ◽  
Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Hydrostatic Stress ◽  
Yield Criterion ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Preliminary Design ◽  
Exact Integration ◽  
Sensitive Factor ◽  
Brittle Rock Mass

A novel closed-form solution is presented in this paper for the estimation of displacements around circular openings in a brittle rock mass subject to a hydrostatic stress field. The rock mass is assumed to be elastic-brittle-plastic media governed by the generalized Hoek-Brown yield criterion. The present closed-form solution was validated by employing the existing analytical solutions. Results of several example cases are analyzed to show that, with the simplified assumption, a novel closed-form solution is derived and found to be in an excellent agreement with those obtained by using the exact integration method with mathematical software. Parametric sensitivity analysis is carried out and the parameterartends to be the sensitive factor. As a closed-form solution that does not require transformation technique and the use of any numerical method, this work can provide a better choice in the preliminary design for circular opening.

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