Reliability assessment on ultimate and serviceability limit states and determination of critical factor of safety for underground rock caverns
The observational design method which uses extensometers to measure the displacements during cavern construction and then adopt these data for back analysis does not always guarantee satisfactory performance because the displacements provide little information about the strength to stress ratio that...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-951682020-03-07T11:43:42Z Reliability assessment on ultimate and serviceability limit states and determination of critical factor of safety for underground rock caverns Zhang, Wengang Goh, Anthony Teck Chee School of Civil and Environmental Engineering DRNTU::Science::Geology::Structural geology The observational design method which uses extensometers to measure the displacements during cavern construction and then adopt these data for back analysis does not always guarantee satisfactory performance because the displacements provide little information about the strength to stress ratio that ultimately determines the stability of the rock caverns. In this study, both the ultimate and serviceability limit states are investigated by means of the Finite Difference program FLAC3D. The global factor of safety obtained using the shear strength reduction technique is used as the criterion for the ultimate limit state and the calculated percent strain around the opening is adopted as the serviceability limit state criterion. High deformability, low shear strength and the high in situ stress state are the major factors that govern the underground rock cavern stability and serviceability. Through the identification of the key influencing parameters for calculating the factor of safety and the percent strain, numerical experimentations are performed in accordance with the methodology of 2k factorial design, from which polynomial regression models are developed for each rock mass condition. The First-Order Reliability Method (FORM) was used to determine the probability of failure for the limit states. Through the use of the automated spreadsheet search algorithm to determine the design point, to meet the different target performance levels, the required minimum FS is obtained and termed as the critical value. This proposed approach enables a cost-effective analysis to be conducted for a rational design of underground rock caverns. Accepted version 2012-09-20T05:59:37Z 2019-12-06T19:09:30Z 2012-09-20T05:59:37Z 2019-12-06T19:09:30Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Zhang, W., & Goh, A. T. C. (2012). Reliability assessment on ultimate and serviceability limit states and determination of critical factor of safety for underground rock caverns. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 32, 221-230. 0886-7798 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95168 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8592 10.1016/j.tust.2012.07.002 en Tunnelling and underground space technology © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 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.tust.2012.07.002]. application/pdf |
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The observational design method which uses extensometers to measure the displacements during cavern construction and then adopt these data for back analysis does not always guarantee satisfactory performance because the displacements provide little information about the strength to stress ratio that ultimately determines the stability of the rock caverns. In this study, both the ultimate and serviceability limit states are investigated by means of the Finite Difference program FLAC3D. The global factor of safety obtained using the shear strength reduction technique is used as the criterion for the ultimate limit state and the calculated percent strain around the opening is adopted as the serviceability limit state criterion. High deformability, low shear strength and the high in situ stress state are the major factors that govern the underground rock cavern stability and serviceability. Through the identification of the key influencing parameters for calculating the factor of safety and the percent strain, numerical experimentations are performed in accordance with the methodology of 2k factorial design, from which polynomial regression models are developed for each rock mass condition. The First-Order Reliability Method (FORM) was used to determine the probability of failure for the limit states. Through the use of the automated spreadsheet search algorithm to determine the design point, to meet the different target performance levels, the required minimum FS is obtained and termed as the critical value. This proposed approach enables a cost-effective analysis to be conducted for a rational design of underground rock caverns. |
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