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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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EXCAVATION DESIGN IN MASSIVE ELASTIC ROCK<br />

with intact, elastic rock. If p1 is the equilibrium radial stress at the annulus outer<br />

boundary, re,<br />

or<br />

p1 = pi<br />

re = a<br />

<br />

re<br />

d−1<br />

a<br />

1/(d−1) p1<br />

pi<br />

(7.13)<br />

Simple superposition indicates that the stress distribution in the elastic zone is<br />

defined by<br />

<br />

= p 1 + r 2 e<br />

r 2<br />

<br />

<br />

rr = p 1 − r 2 e<br />

r 2<br />

<br />

r<br />

− p1<br />

2 e<br />

r 2<br />

r<br />

+ p1<br />

2 e<br />

r 2<br />

At the inner boundary of the elastic zone, the state of stress is defined by<br />

= 2p − p1, rr = p1<br />

(7.14)<br />

This state of stress must represent the limiting state for intact rock, i.e. substituting<br />

for (1) <strong>and</strong> rr(3) in equation 7.9 gives<br />

or<br />

2p − p1 = bp1 + C0<br />

p1 =<br />

2p − C0<br />

1 + b<br />

Substitution of equation 7.15 in equation 7.13 yields<br />

1/(d−1) 2p − C0<br />

re = a<br />

(1 + b)pi<br />

(7.15)<br />

(7.16)<br />

Equations 7.12, 7.14, <strong>and</strong> 7.16, together with the support pressure, field stresses <strong>and</strong><br />

rock properties, completely define the stress distribution <strong>and</strong> fracture domain in the<br />

periphery of the opening.<br />

A numerical example provides some insight into the operational function of installed<br />

support. Choosing particular values of <strong>and</strong> f of 35 ◦ , pi = 0.05p <strong>and</strong><br />

C0 = 0.5p, leads to re = 1.99a. The stress distribution around the opening is shown<br />

in Figure 7.20b. The main features of the stress distribution are, first, the high <strong>and</strong> increasing<br />

gradient in the radial variation of , both in an absolute sense <strong>and</strong> compared<br />

with that for rr; <strong>and</strong> secondly, the significant step increase in at the interface<br />

between the fractured <strong>and</strong> intact domains. These results suggest that the primary role<br />

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