Abstract
Triaxial or polyaxial strength of rocks is required while analysing many civil and mining engineering structures in rocks. Mohr–Coulomb criterion is the most widely used strength criterion in rock engineering problems. In its present form the criterion suffers from two major limitations. Firstly, it represents the strength of rock as a linear function of confining pressure. Secondly, the effect of intermediate principal stress is not considered by this criterion. In the present study, this criterion is modified to take into account the non-linearity and effect of intermediate principal stress on strength behaviour. Barton's [1] critical state concept for rocks has been employed for this purpose. The applicability of the proposed simple non-linear triaxial and polyaxial strength criteria has been verified by applying them to experimental results for the intact isotropic rock material available from literature and comparing the prediction with the other popular criteria in vogue. The agreement has been found to be excellent. The applicability of the concept to jointed rocks will be discussed in separate publication.
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