Three-dimensional elastoplastic analysis of strain-softening surrounding rock based on the non-linear bond-slip relationship considering hydraulic-mechanical coupling

Abstract

After the anchor is installed, relative slip between the anchor and the surrounding rock will occur in the actual engineering. Based on the proposed nonlinear bond-slip model, a three-dimensional elastoplastic analysis of the strain-softened surrounding rock is performed in this study while considering hydraulic-mechanical coupling. A numerical iterative method of surrounding rock analysis is proposed, which considers the relative slip between the anchor and the surrounding rock. These stresses and displacements of the surrounding rock, as well as the anchor shear stress distribution, can be obtained using the proposed method. Furthermore, the calculation results of the program are compared with the existing field test results and with the calculation results of other methods to verify the accuracy of the proposed method. The results indicate that the calculation results of the proposed method are generally in line with the test results, and the largest slips occurring at the two ends of the anchors. Meanwhile, the proposed method is applied to an actual engineering, and the results agree well with the field data. Finally, the effects of seepage and strain softening of the surrounding rock on the interaction between the surrounding rock and the anchors are investigated by parametric analysis.

Keywords:

• Three-dimensional H-B strength criterion
• strain softening
• seepage
• bond-slip
• elastoplastic analysis

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, upon reasonable request.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Nanchang Railway Transportation Group 2020 Annual Research Plan Project (No. 2020HGKYB002).