Stability Analysis of Diversion Tunnels in Jinping II Hydropower Station Project

2008 ◽  
Vol 575-578 ◽  
pp. 1287-1292
Author(s):  
Chuan Qing Zhang ◽  
Xia Ting Feng ◽  
Hui Zhou ◽  
Shu Ling Huang ◽  
Quan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Great Depth ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Hydropower Plant ◽  
Linear Regression Method ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
The Stability ◽  
In Situ Stress Field

Surrounding rock mass stability is one of the key technical problems in the design of the diversion tunnels in Jinping II Hydropower Plant Project. The major difficulties lie in three facts: (1) high stress induced by the great depth; (2) the brittle failure characters of marble; (3) the interaction of these four tunnels. A systemic procedure is introduced in this paper. Firstly, the integration of the code FLAC3D and the multivariate linear regression method is adopted to back analyze the in situ stress field. Then the mechanical parameters of the surrounding rock mass are back analyzed based on the PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) algorithm and the code FLAC3D. The stress release method is adopted in the numerical analysis of the excavating and supporting process of tunnels by the code FLAC3D. Finally, the multi indexes integration method is presented to analyze and evaluate the stability of the tunnels and to validate the rationality of the design scheme.

scholarly journals Comparative Study of the Excavation Damage and Rockburst of the Deeply Buried Jinping II Diversion Tunnels Using a TBM and the Drilling-Blasting Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Jing Yang ◽  
Xing-Guo Yang ◽  
Jia-Wen Zhou ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Bao-Shun Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Stress Concentration ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Tunnel Boring Machine ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
High In Situ Stress ◽  
Damaged Zone ◽  
Blasting Method

The rock mass failure induced by high in-situ stresses during the excavation of deep diversion tunnels is one of the key problems in the construction of the Jinping II Hydropower Station. Based on the results of acoustic wave tests and rockburst statistical analysis conducted, this study focuses on the excavation damaged zone (EDZ) and rockburst events in the Jinping II diversion tunnels excavated using the tunnel boring machine (TBM) method and the drilling-blasting method. The unloading failure mechanism and the rockburst induced by the two different excavation methods were compared and analyzed. The results indicate that, due to the different stress adjustment processes, the degree of damage to the surrounding rock mass excavated using the drilling-blasting method was more serious than that using the TBM method. The EDZ induced by the TBM was usually distributed evenly along the edge of the excavation surface. While, the drilling-blasting method was more likely to cause stress concentration, resulting in a deeper EDZ in local areas. However, the TBM excavation method can cause other problems in high in-situ stress areas, such as strong rockbursts. The drilling-blasting method is more prone to structural controlled failure of the surrounding rock mass, while the TBM method would induce high stress concentration near the edge of excavation and more widely distributed of stress adjustment induced failure. As a result, the scale and frequency of the rockburst events generated by the TBM were significantly greater than those caused by the drilling-blasting method during the excavation of Jinping II diversion tunnels. The TBM method should be used carefully for tunnel excavation in high in-situ stress areas with burial depths of greater than 2000 m. If it is necessary to use the TBM method after a comprehensive selection, it is suggested that equipment adaptability improvement, advanced prediction, and prediction technology be used.

Study on Excavation Procedure of Dawangou Shallow Tunnel under Unsymmetrical Pressure

2013 ◽  
Vol 353-356 ◽  
pp. 1539-1542
Author(s):  
Su Chao Xu ◽  
T. Y. Liu ◽  
C.Y. Jin
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Shallow Tunnel ◽  
Mechanical Index ◽  
Plastic Zones ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
The Stability

The performance of a tunnel is influenced by such factors as the size and shape of the opening, the in-situ stress and the deformation field and also properties of the rock mass. Different excavation procedures have great important influence on the stability of the surrounding rock, especially for tunnels under unsymmetrical pressure. In this paper, flac3D is used in the simulation of different excavation sequence for Dawanggou tunnel in order to analyze the variation of plastic zones and deformation of the surrounding rock. The numerical results indicate that the mechanical index is different due to variant excavation plans and an optimized plan is determined based on the comprehensive analysis of the index gained from the simulation results.

A New Yielding Bolt for Rock Support in High Stress Rock Masses

2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 366-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Wang ◽  
Xue Zhen Wu ◽  
Yu Jing Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Large Deformations ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Rock Support ◽  
Stability Of Surrounding Rock ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Energy Absorbing

High stress in the surrounding rock mass causes serious stability problems. The applied support system used in this conduction should be able to carry high loads and also accommodate large deformations without experiencing serious damage. In this paper, a brief overview of the history of yielding/energy-absorbing rock bolts is provided. And then, a new yielding bolt invented by the author is introduced in detail, including its layout and principle. Theoretical analysis shows that the bolt has large load-bearing and deformation capacities, thereby absorbing a large amount of energy to maintain the stability of surrounding rock.

Hydro-Mechanical Coupled Analysis of the Stability of Surrounding Rock Mass of Underground Water-Sealed Oil Storage

2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 402-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Jie Zhang ◽  
Tao Xu ◽  
Qiang Xu ◽  
Lin Bu
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Underground Water ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Comsol Multiphysics ◽  
Coupled Analysis ◽  
Coupling Theory ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Stability Of Surrounding Rock ◽  
Straight Wall ◽  
The Stability

Based on the fluid-solid coupling theory, we study the stability of surrounding rock mass around underground oil storage in Huangdao, Shandong province, analyze the stress of the surrounding rock mass around three chambers and the displacement change of several key monitoring points after excavation and evaluate the stability of surrounding rock mass using COMSOL Multiphysics software. Research results show that the stress at both sides of the straight wall of cavern increases, especially obvious stress concentration forms at the corners of the cavern, and the surrounding rock mass moves towards the cavern after excavation. The stress and displacement of the surrounding rock mass will increase accordingly after setting the water curtains, but the change does not have a substantive impact on the stability of surrounding rock mass.

Application of ABAQUS in Surrounding Rock Stability Analysis of Shallow Large Cross-Section Tunnel

2015 ◽  
Vol 777 ◽  
pp. 8-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhen Cai ◽  
Cheng Liang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Rock Mass ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Tunnel Engineering ◽  
Tunnel Excavation ◽  
Rock Stability ◽  
Rock Bolting ◽  
Excavation Support ◽  
The Stability

HuJiaDi tunnel construction of Dai Gong highway is troublesome, the surrounding-rock mass give priority to full to strong weathering basalt, surrounding rock integrity is poor, weak self-stability of surrounding rock, and tunnel is prone to collapse. In order to reduce disturbance, taking advantage of the ability of rock mass, excavation adopt the method of "more steps, short footage and strong support". The excavation method using three steps excavation, The excavation footage is about 1.2 ~ 1.5 m; The surrounding rock bolting system still produce a large deformation after completion of the first support construction, it shows that the adopted support intensity cannot guarantee the stability of the tunnel engineering. Using ABAQUS to simulate tunnel excavation support, optimizing the support parameters of the tunnel, conducting comparative analysis with Monitoring and Measuring and numerical simulation results, it shows that the displacement - time curves have a certain consistency in numerical simulation of ABAQUS and Monitoring and Measuring.

Study on Deformation and Damage of Rock Mass Subject to High In Situ Stress by Using a Elastoplastic Damage Model and Considering the Impact of Weak Planes

2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 705-709
Author(s):  
Yun Hao Yang ◽  
Ren Kun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Back Analysis ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
High In Situ Stress ◽  
Underground Caverns ◽  
The Impact

Large scale underground caverns are under construction in high in-situ stress field at Houziyan hydropower station. To investigate deformation and damage of surrounding rock mass, a elastoplastic orthotropic damage model capable of describing induced orthotropic damage and post-peak behavior of hard rock is used, together with a effective approach accounting for the presence of weak planes. Then a displacement based back analysis was conducted by using the measured deformation data from extensometers. The computed displacements are in good agreement with the measured ones at most of measurement points, which confirm the validities of constitutive model and numerical simulation model. The result of simulation shows that damage of surrounding rock mass is mainly dominated by the high in-situ stress rather than the weak planes and heavy damage occur at the cavern shoulders and side walls.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation on Large Deformation of Weak Rock Mass Tunnel Under High Geostress

2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 03025
Author(s):  
Feng Zhou ◽  
Hongjian Jiang ◽  
Xiaorui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Large Deformation ◽  
Lateral Pressure ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Analog Simulation ◽  
Lateral Pressure Coefficient ◽  
High Geostress ◽  
The Stability

The problem about the stability of tunnel surrounding rock is always an important research object of geotechnical engineering, and the right or wrong of the result from stability analysis on surrounding rock is related to success or failure of an underground project. In order to study the deformation rules of weak surrounding rock along with lateral pressure coefficient and burying depth varying under high geostress and discuss the dynamic variation trend of surrounding rock, the paper based on the application of finite difference software of FLAC3D, which can describe large deformation character of rock mass, analog simulation analysis of surrounding rock typical section of the class II was proceeded. Some conclusions were drawn as follows: (1) when burying depth is invariable, the displacements of tunnel surrounding rock have a trend of increasing first and then decreasing along with increasing of lateral pressure coefficient. The floor heave is the most sensitive to change of lateral pressure coefficient. The horizontal convergence takes second place. The vault subsidence is feeblish to change of lateral pressure coefficient. (2) The displacements of tunnel surrounding rock have some extend increase along with increasing of burying depth. The research conclusions are very effective in analyzing the stability of surrounding rock of Yunling tunnel. These are going to be a reference to tunnel supporting design and construction.

Of forming loads on the mounting of shaft shafts in the hierarchic block environment under the influence of modern geodynamic movements

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
I. L. Ozornin ◽  
A. E. Balek ◽  
A. N. Kaiumova
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Strain Behavior ◽  
Underground Openings ◽  
Hierarchical Block Structure ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nonuniform Stress Field ◽  
Strength Rock

The subject of the research is the lining of mine shafts and surrounding rock mass. The subject matter is the features of the stress-strain behavior of lining and adjacent rock mass in shafts and near-shaft underground openings in the Tenth Anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan mine located in the tectonically high-stress and low-strength rock mass. The loading of the lining in the shafts and near-shaft openings in the Tenth Anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan mine during construction is investigated, and the damages of the lining in the course of drivage in the nonuniform stress field are analyzed. The long-term periodic in-situ instrumental monitoring of stress variation in the lining of the mine shafts and near-shaft openings revealed the main influences on the process of load formation on the lining in the conditions of post-limiting deformation of surrounding rock mass. It is validated that the surrounding rock mass of the mine has a complex hierarchical block structure and is subjected to modern geodynamic movements. As the depth of mining is increased, surrounding rock mass of the mine shafts transfers to the condition of postlimiting stresses and strains. As a consequence, the lining of the shafts and near-shaft openings at different stages of construction experiences nonuniform concentrated loads, which violates integrity of the lining.

scholarly journals Evolution Mechanism of Deformation and Failure of Surrounding Rock during Excavation and Unloading of the High-Stress Rock Mass

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Wensong Xu ◽  
Guangming Zhao ◽  
Chongyan Liu ◽  
Xiangrui Meng ◽  
Ruofei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Critical Conditions ◽  
Safety Control ◽  
Rock Samples ◽  
Failure Patterns ◽  
Failure Evolution ◽  
Splitting Failure ◽  
Confining Pressures

To deeply analyze the failure evolution of surrounding rock during excavation-induced unloading of the high-stress rock mass, a multistage failure model was established based on revealed failure patterns. The critical conditions for wing cracks were determined. The slab crack buckling analysis was carried out. The true-triaxial rockburst testing system was used for the miniature model test to study the fracturing evolution of surrounding rocks during excavation-induced unloading of the high-stress rock mass. The research results indicated that harder rock samples had higher compressive strength. Moreover, the smaller peak strains implied more obvious yield/plastic stages of harder rock samples with high confining pressures and softer rock samples with low confining pressures. V-shaped grooves appeared at the beginning of the surrounding rock’s failure while spalling and splitting occurred as the stress increased. Finally, the entire sample’s overall splitting failure was observed, and the borehole bottom bulged upward. The harder rock masses had fewer fractures and higher degrees of failure. There were obvious V-shaped grooves on both sides of the marble cave wall. The tensile failure occurred near the opening surface and shear failure at a far distance. The sandstone's overall failure was related to tensile cracking, and splitting failure occurred far away from the opening surface, which was similar to the in situ failure of surrounding rocks during excavation-induced unloading of the high-stress rock mass. The results obtained are instrumental in the construction safety control and prevention of underground engineering disasters.

scholarly journals Coupling Effect of Creep Deformation and Prestress Loss of Anchored Jointed Rock

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Bairu Zhu ◽  
Yang Song ◽  
Heping Wang ◽  
Yongqi Li
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Coupling Effect ◽  
Jointed Rock ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Calculation Model ◽  
Prestress Loss ◽  
Stress States ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Anchor Design

To explore the variation behaviour of anchor jointed rock subject to high in situ stress states, a coupling effect calculation model based on stress equality was established based on the original rheological model of rock by combining element combination theory and experiment, and the model was verified. The coupling effect between rock mass creep and bolt prestress loss is established by setting the deterioration function of bolt prestress loss. The uniaxial creep test is performed on specimens with different joint angles, and the results show that the prestress loss time in anchor rods decreases linearly with increasing stress level. With increasing stress level, the time of prestress loss decreases linearly with the increase in stress level. With increasing axial load, the deformation caused by the transverse expansion stress of the specimen can offset the compression deformation of the prestressed anchor rod. The relationship between prestress loss in anchors and creep of rock is solved theoretically, and the stability criterion for anchor jointed rock is proposed. The results of this study provide a scientific reference for anchor design of deep jointed rock mass.

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