[HTML][HTML] Challenges associated with numerical back analysis in rock mechanics

G Walton, S Sinha - Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerical back analysis is a valuable tool available to rock mechanics researchers and
practitioners. Recent studies related to back analysis methods focused primarily on …

[HTML][HTML] A post-peak dilatancy model for soft rock and its application in deep tunnel excavation

W Cai, H Zhu, W Liang, X Wang, C Su, X Wei - Journal of Rock Mechanics …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dilation angle is the most commonly used parameter to study nonlinear post-peak
dilatancy (PPD) behavior and simulate surrounding rock deformation; however, simplified or …

A unified strain-hardening and strain-softening elastoplastic constitutive model for intact rocks

Y **ao, Y Qiao, M He, H Li, T Cheng, J Tang - Computers and Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
A unified strain-hardening and strain-softening (UHS) elastoplastic constitutive model is
developed to capture the nonlinearity of intact rocks. Three new developments are …

Evolution of the mechanical and strength parameters of hard rocks in the true triaxial cyclic loading and unloading tests

XT Feng, Y Gao, X Zhang, Z Wang, Y Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rock fracture process is associated with the degradation and mobilization of the mechanical
and strength properties of rock. A number of true triaxial cyclic loading and unloading tests …

A study on Bonded Block Model (BBM) complexity for simulation of laboratory-scale stress-strain behavior in granitic rocks

S Sinha, G Walton - Computers and Geotechnics, 2020 - Elsevier
The emergent macroscopic behaviors of Bonded Block Models (BBM) are governed largely
by the properties assigned to their three components–blocks, contacts and zones (blocks …

Post-yield strength and dilatancy evolution across the brittle–ductile transition in Indiana limestone

G Walton, A Hedayat, E Kim, D Labrie - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2017 - Springer
An extensive uniaxial and triaxial compression testing programme was performed on
Indiana Limestone to assess its behaviour across the brittle–ductile transition. Particular …

A study of rock pillar behaviors in laboratory and in-situ scales using combined finite-discrete element method models

X Li, E Kim, G Walton - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2019 - Elsevier
With advances in numerical modeling techniques, the combined finite-discrete-element-
method (FDEM) is increasingly being used to study the mechanical behavior and failure …

True triaxial stresses mobilizing dilatant fracturing and engineering failure of hard rocks

Y Zhang, Z Wang, D Xu, Y Gao, Y Zhou, L Gu - Engineering Failure …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rock dilation represents a nonlinear deformation and volume change, which can be
quantified by the dilation angle, and plays a crucial role in the failure analysis of …

Back analysis of a pillar monitoring experiment at 2.4 km depth in the Sudbury Basin, Canada

G Walton, M Diederichs, A Punkkinen… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In November 2013, a pillar monitoring and back analysis experiment was initiated on the
7910 level of the Creighton Mine, in Sudbury, Canada. An extensometer array was installed …

Crack damage parameters and dilatancy of artificially jointed granite samples under triaxial compression

G Walton, LR Alejano, J Arzua, T Markley - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2018 - Springer
A database of post-peak triaxial test results was created for artificially jointed planes
introduced in cylindrical compression samples of a Blanco Mera granite. Aside from …