Incompatible Deformation Model of Rocks with Defects around a Thick-Walled Cylinder

Before the excavation of underground engineering, joints, fissures, and voids already exist in the rock-that is, there are defects in the rock. Due to the existence of these defects, the rock produces plastic deformation, which can lead to incompatible deformation. Therefore, the classic continuum theory cannot accurately describe the deformation of the rock. In this paper, a relationship between the strain tensor and metric tensor was studied by analyzing the three states of elastic plastic deformation, and the elasto-plastic incompatible model was built. Additionally, the stress and deformation of a thick-walled cylinder under hydrostatic pressure was investigated by using a finite element program written in the FORTRAN language. The results show that the plastic strain is associated with not only deviator stress but also the distribution of defects (represented by the incompatible parameter R). With the value of R increasing, the defects in the rock increased, but the elastic plastic stiffness matrix decreased. Thus, as more rock enters the plastic state, the deformation of the surrounding rock is enlarged.

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This paper investigates the plastic deformation of rock and constructs an elasto-plastic incompatible model, while also examining the stress and deformation of a thick-walled cylinder under hydrostatic pressure using a finite element program. The results reveal a relationship between plastic strain and defect distribution, impacting the deformation of rocks.