Abstract
Strain bursting is a phenomenon associated with deep underground excavations and tunnelling in brittle hard rocks that result in a sudden and violent failure, posing high risks and damage. This work aims to assess the strain bursting and the energy response characteristics and develop a guideline that can be utilized in the preliminary investigation stage. The obtained results are intended to enable predicting different brittle behaviours in deep geological environments. Elastic stress analysis using the DISL approach based on boundary element method is established (EX3-software) for the assessment of two tunnel geometries (circular, horseshoe) in granitic rock mass. Two different stress states are modelled to simulate the potential stress regime. The analysis’ results demonstrate that different geometries affect the energy storage capacity and result in different behaviour regarding the bursting potential of the rock mass.
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