Reliability assessment of stability of underground rock caverns
Conventional stability assessment of underground tunnels and caverns involves the determination of a factor of safety in which failure is assumed to occur when the load (stress) of the system exceeds the resistance. It is widely recognized that a deterministic analysis of the factor of safety gives...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-794692020-03-07T11:43:29Z Reliability assessment of stability of underground rock caverns Goh, Anthony Teck Chee Zhang, Wengang School of Civil and Environmental Engineering DRNTU::Science::Geology::Structural geology Conventional stability assessment of underground tunnels and caverns involves the determination of a factor of safety in which failure is assumed to occur when the load (stress) of the system exceeds the resistance. It is widely recognized that a deterministic analysis of the factor of safety gives only a partial representation of the true margin of safety, since the uncertainties in the design parameters affect the probability of failure. In this paper, a simplified procedure is proposed for evaluating the probability of stress-induced instability for deep underground rock caverns for preliminary design applications. Extensive parametric studies were carried out using a finite difference program to determine the factor of safety for caverns of various dimensions and rock mass strength. Subsequently, the limit state surface was determined through an artificial neural network approach following which a simplified reliability method of evaluating the probability of failure was developed. Accepted version 2012-09-20T06:16:16Z 2019-12-06T13:26:05Z 2012-09-20T06:16:16Z 2019-12-06T13:26:05Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Goh, A. T. C., & Zhang W. (2012). Reliability assessment of stability of underground rock caverns. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 55, 157-163. 1365-1609 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79469 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8593 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2012.07.012 167731 en International journal of rock mechanics and mining sciences © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Elsevier Ltd. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2012.07.012]. application/pdf |
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Conventional stability assessment of underground tunnels and caverns involves the determination of a factor of safety in which failure is assumed to occur when the load (stress) of the system exceeds the resistance. It is widely recognized that a deterministic analysis of the factor of safety gives only a partial representation of the true margin of safety, since the uncertainties in the design parameters affect the probability of failure. In this paper, a simplified procedure is proposed for evaluating the probability of stress-induced instability for deep underground rock caverns for preliminary design applications. Extensive parametric studies were carried out using a finite difference program to determine the factor of safety for caverns of various dimensions and rock mass strength. Subsequently, the limit state surface was determined through an artificial neural network approach following which a simplified reliability method of evaluating the probability of failure was developed. |
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