Calibration of FLAC3D to Simulate the Shear Resistance of Fully Grouted Rock Bolts

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• Personal Author:
  Esterhuizen, Gabriel S. ; Heasley, Keith A. ; Tulu IB
• Description:
  The resistance to lateral shearing is an important yet poorly understood component of the reinforcement provided by fully grouted rock bolts. Numerical models such as the FLAC3D finite difference code can be used to investigate the effect of shear resistance on roof stability. However, calibrating a numerical model to realistically simulate the complex processes that occur at the shearing interface can be challenging. This paper outlines recent work in which a systematic procedure was developed to match numerical model results to the measured shear response of fully grouted rock bolts. In this paper, results of the shear tests of reinforced rock joints published by Haas [1] and McHugh and Signer [2] were modeled with FLAC3D to identify and calibrate the critical parameters of the rock bolt model both in tension and in shear. In particular, the model response to changes of the bolt/joint angle and the surrounding rock type were calibrated and compared with the published tests results. It was found that the structural pile element in FLAC3D can be used to accurately represent grouted bolt shear and tensile behavior. The best approach to calibrate the FLAC3D structural pile element model was found to be: 1) select the structural element segment size less than half of the active length, 2) calibrate the shear spring cohesion and stiffness based on pull test results, and 3) calibrate the normal spring cohesion and stiffness based on shear test results. Using this method, the calibrated model results fit the test results very well. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Dust Mining Occupational Health Quartz Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Analytical-instruments Analytical-models Analytical-processes Coal-mining Geology Ground-control Ground-stability Hard-rock-mines Longwall-mining Mathematical-models Mining-industry Models Rock-bursts Rock-mechanics Safety-research Simulation-methods Structural-analysis Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9781622765140
• Publisher:
  American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  78-88
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041368
• Citation:
  46th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, June 24-27, 2012, Chicago, Illinois. Alexandria, VA: American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA), paper no. ARMA 12-167, 2012 Jun; :78-88
• Contact Point Address:
  G.S. Esterhuizen, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  46th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, June 24-27, 2012, Chicago, Illinois
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c556e1c9d01731addb722fb737026b83cc81e4c92d3b11dddeba2508051a641b216dfe6d4d0313010e8bab65ed0b7e9dfc3424cbcc1916cabe3b74f671adb08
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