Journal
SCIENCE CHINA-TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 65, Issue 10, Pages 2503-2519Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-022-2158-9
Keywords
analytical solution; elastic strain definition; unified strength theory; strain-softening; intermediate principal stress; model test
Funding
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2021RC202]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51738002]
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This paper presents analytical solutions for the responses of tunnels in rock masses with strain-softening behavior. The effect of the intermediate principal stress on the rock behavior was considered using the unified strength theory. The proposed solutions were compared with numerical simulations, model tests, and existing solutions, showing significant influence of the intermediate principal stress coefficient on tunnel displacements, stress fields, and plastic radii. Parametric studies revealed the importance of evaluating existing models in tunnels constructed through average-quality rocks.
This paper presents the analytical solutions for the responses of tunnels excavated in rock masses exhibiting strain-softening behavior. Since previous analyses give little consideration to the effect of the intermediate principal stress on the strain-softening rock behavior, the unified strength theory was introduced to analyze the tunnel response. Four cases of different definitions of the elastic strain in the softening and residual regions, used in the existing solutions, were considered. The tunnel displacements, stresses, radii of the softening and residual zones and critical stresses were deduced. The proposed solutions were verified by comparing with numerical simulations, model tests and existing solutions. Furthermore, the solutions of the four cases were compared with each other to investigate the influence of the elastic strain expressions on the tunnel responses. The results showed that the intermediate principal stress coefficient b has a significant effect on the tunnel displacements, stress fields, and plastic radii. Parametric studies were performed to analyze the influences of the softening and residual dilatancy coefficients, softening modulus and residual strength on the tunnel responses. The parametric analysis indicated that the existing models should be carefully evaluated in the analysis of tunnels constructed through average-quality rocks; the proposed solutions outperformed the existing models in solving the mentioned problem.
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