Numerical Analysis for Bolt Length Based on the Stress Response of Anchorage Surrounding Rock

Abstract:

The current researches on bolt length are rarely concerned with self-bearing characteristics of anchorage surrounding rock，its stress response is seldom used to analyze the bolt effective length. Tangential stress σθ of surrounding rock is sensitive to mechanical variation of surrounding rock plastic failure fields. When surrounding rock bolted, the distribution curve of σθ presents internal and external peak values from the surface rock to the deep rock, which is verified by numerical simulation. Internal peak value of σθ curve increases with the bolt length, which means the bearing capacity of surrounding rock in plastic failure division is improved, correspondingly, external peak value decreases which shows the supporting behavior of the deep rock is weakened. The results of numerical simulations prove that there exists an effective value of bolt length. If bolt length beyond it, the bearing capacity of anchorage surrounding rock cannot be improved obviously.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 204-208)
• Pages: 4481-4485
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.204-208.4481
• Online since: October 2012
• Authors: Bin Wang, Fu Jun Zhao, Wen Bin Peng
• Keywords: Anchorage Surrounding Rock, Bolt Length, Tangential Stress

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