Abstract
To simulate the time-dependent deformation and quantitatively evaluate the global stability of gas storage caverns in salt rock, the nonlinear viscoelastic, viscoplastic and viscodamage models are incorporated into the deformation reinforcement theory (DRT). A quantitative criterion for the long-term stability evaluation of gas storage caverns is established during the non-equilibrium evolution process based on a T–ΔE curve, where T is time and ΔE is plastic complementary energy (PCE). PCE quantitatively indicates the global stability of gas storage caverns. Over force clearly exhibits the local failure position and mode of gas storage caverns, determines the internal effective driving force of unrecoverable time-dependent deformation or damage evolution, and is also the required optimal reinforcement force. DRT is applied to analyse the time-dependent deformation, global stability and local failure of a double-cavern of gas storage in salt rock.
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