Application of the Mohr-Coulomb Yield Criterion for Rocks with Multiple Joint Sets Using Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua 2D (FLAC2D) Software

Lifu Chang and Heinz Konietzky
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Lifu Chang: Institut für Geotechnik, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg 09599, Germany
Heinz Konietzky: Institut für Geotechnik, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg 09599, Germany

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-23

Abstract: The anisotropic behavior of a rock mass with persistent and planar joint sets is mainly governed by the geometrical and mechanical characteristics of the joints. The aim of the study is to develop a continuum-based approach for simulation of multi jointed geomaterials. Within the continuum methods, the discontinuities are regarded as smeared cracks in an implicit manner and all the joint parameters are incorporated into the equivalent constitutive equations. A new equivalent continuum model, called multi-joint model, is developed for jointed rock masses which may contain up to three arbitrary persistent joint sets. The Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion is used to check failure of the intact rock and the joints. The proposed model has solved the issue of multiple plasticity surfaces involved in this approach combined with multiple failure mechanisms. The multi-joint model was implemented into Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua software (FLAC) and is verified against the strength anisotropy behavior of jointed rock. A case study considering a circular excavation under uniform and non-uniform in-situ stresses is used to illustrate the practical application. The multi-joint model is compared with the ubiquitous joint model.

Keywords: jointed rock masses; multi-joint constitutive model; strength anisotropy; tunnel excavation; numerical simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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