Experimental Study on Creep of Surrounding Rock Mass in Argillaceous Soft Rock Tunnel

Abstract:

Due to the complexity of underground engineering, study on creep characteristics of surrounding rock mainly adopts laboratory simulation experiment. Recently, the similar materials are used to do the experiment both at home and abroad, yet it can't reflect the original nature and others of rock fissure in original rock mass. Through the field collection of undisturbed sample of Tertiary mudstone, the conclusions are made by laboratory model test on surrounding rock of underground tunnel and creep process regularity and failure mechanism in the surrounding rock in this paper as follows: there are three obvious stages of creep under certain stress levels, which is measured on the surface of surrounding rock mass in argillaceous soft rock tunnel--decay creep ,steady creep and accelerated creep. The surrounding rock will produce the accelerated creep damage when the stress level is over a threshold value. Creep damage of surrounding rock mainly includes the forms of roof sinking, floor working up, and forming a macro- fracture surfaces etc. Test results showed that the undisturbed surrounding rock fracture would be dissimilar to the homogeneous surrounding rock without fracture in damage model, and original fissure have a larger effect on creep damage of surrounding rock.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 193-194)
• Pages: 826-830
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.193-194.826
• Online since: August 2012
• Authors: Qiu Yan Fan, Jia Yan Lu, Zhen Zhu
• Keywords: Argillaceous Soft Rock, Creep, Model Test, Surrounding Rock of Tunnel

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