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Eurocode 7 from soil mechanics to rock mechanics Luís Lamas, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal Didier Virely, CEREMA, Toulouse, France

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Eurocode 7 – from soil mechanics to

rock mechanics

Luís Lamas, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal

Didier Virely, CEREMA, Toulouse, France

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1. The discontinuous nature of rock mass

2. Design methods

3. Calculation models

4. Partial factors and geotechnical engineering

5. Examples

6. Summary and conclusions

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Contents

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▪ Radio interview of Leopold Müller and Franz Pacher on the eve of the foundation of the ISRM, in Salzburg, 1962:

▪ Reporter: “International Society for Rock Mechanics. What is Rock Mechanics?”

▪ Pacher: “The scientific discipline that studies the response of jointed rock whensubject to forces.”

▪ Reporter: “Do we know the strength of rock?”

▪ Müller: “For rock specimens, tested in the laboratory, yes.For a rock mass, no. This is what we need to determine.This is why we need an International Society for Rock Mechanics.”

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1. The discontinuous nature of rock mass

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▪ Continuousversusdiscontinuousrock massbehaviour

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Low stressHigh stress

Large

discontinuity

spacing

Small

discontinuity

spacing

Discontinuous

behaviour

(AFTES – GT30 recommendation, preliminary)

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▪ Statistical description ▪ Probabilistic analysisversus deterministic analysis

(Poisel, 2017)

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▪ Powerhouse design 1

▪ Fixed (mean) orientation of 5 discontinuity sets

▪ Maximum trace length = 10 m(except set 2 = )

▪ Characteristic (mean) values:k = 34°, ck = 138 kPa

▪ Design values:tan = 1.25 d = 28°c = 1.60 cd = 90 kPa

▪ Support system: rock bolts and reinforced shotcrete

Without support system With support system

(EDP, 2010)

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▪ Powerhouse design 2

▪ 7 discontinuity setsmean dip directionmean dip, +5°, -5°

▪ Largest tetrahedral block(no size limitation)

▪ Design valuesd = 25°, cd = 10 kPa

▪ Support system: rock bolts and reinforced shotcrete

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(COBA, EDP, 2012)

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▪ Powerhouse design 3

▪ Fixed orientation (mean) of 4 discontinuity sets

▪ 3 zones with decreasing spacing closer to the cavern

▪ 3 faults

▪ Design valuesd = 24°-30°, cd = 80-130 kPafault: d = 28°, cd = 0 kPa

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(Itasca, Iberdrola, 2016)

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▪ Powerhouse design 3

▪ Support system: rock bolts and reinforced shotcrete

▪ 3DEC global model forbolt design

▪ Individual verification of wedges between bolts

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Without support system Without support system

(Itasca, Iberdrola, 2016)

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▪ Powerhouse design 4

▪ Major discontinuitiesrepresented in theglobal model

▪ 3DEC global model

▪ Global model used for calculation of the support

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(Renault, Vinci, 2017)

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▪ The issue of the discontinuities in the revised EN1990

▪ Definition of geometrical data in EN1990 doesn’t include discontinuities in rock masses

ad = anom a (deviation from a nominal value)

▪ Note proposed for inclusion in the revised version:

“For geotechnical design, […] geometrical data […] such as […] the orientation of discontinuities within geotechnical units, should/may be […] catered for in a probabilistic way, as specified in EN1997.”

▪ This opens the possibility for statistical description of discontinuities and for the use of probabilistic methods of analysis.

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▪ Question: calculation or empiricism in rock mechanics design?

▪ Design by geotechnical analyses:▪ Actions

▪ Ground properties

▪ Geometrical data

▪ Calculation models▪ Analytical models

▪ Empirical models

▪ Numerical models

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Can charts, such asGrimstad and Barton’s (1993), be considered here?

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▪ Design by prescriptive measures:

▪ Nothing is written about this in the current revised version of EC7

▪ Limitations and application given in National Annexes;

▪ Recommendations in EC7-part 3.

▪ Design assisted by testing:

▪ Typically for piles

▪ Pull-out tests of rock bolts?

▪ Exploratory tunnels?

▪ Experimental slope cuts?

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▪ Design by the observational method:

▪ Requires an initial design (using a calculation model) based on the most probable geotechnical behaviour.

▪ Foreseeable deviations shall be assessed.

▪ Variants of the design shall be established.

▪ Monitoring plan: to verify/reject assumptions about geotechnical behaviour made in the initial design.

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2. Design methods (EC7 4.4)

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▪ 7.1.1(2) Calculation models may be used for both semi-probabilistic [using partial factors] or reliability based design.

▪ 7.1.2(1) Empirical models may be used for verification of Ultimate Limit States, unless otherwise specified in EC7-part 3.

▪ 8.3 Verification of ULS by the partial factor method:

Ed Rd

▪ Ed – partial factors are applied to actions and action effects

▪ Rd – partial factors are applied to material properties or to resistance

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3. Calculation models

design value of the effect of actions

design value of the corresponding resistances

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P

R, E

EE

EkμE

▪ 8.3 Verification of ULS by the partial factor method:

▪ The concept of partial factor is intrinsically linked to that of characteristic value.

▪ The partial factor method is merely a simplification of reliability based methods.

▪ It can be easily used in practice, in a large number of problems where reliability based methods cannot.

3. Calculation models

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▪ 8.3 Verification of ULS by the partial factor method:

▪ The concept of partial factor is intrinsically linked to that of characteristic value.

▪ The partial factor method is merely a simplification of reliability based methods.

▪ It can be easily used in practice, in a large number of problems where reliability based methods cannot.

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P

R, E

EE

EkμE

RR

RkμR

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P

R, E

Pf = P(R<E)

EE

EkμE

RR

RkμR

▪ 8.3 Verification of ULS by the partial factor method:

▪ The concept of partial factor is intrinsically linked to that of characteristic value.

▪ The partial factor method is merely a simplification of reliability based methods.

▪ It can be easily used in practice, in a large number of problems where reliability based methods cannot.

3. Calculation models

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P

R, E

Pf = P(R<E)

Ed = Rd

Rd = Rk / γREd = Ek γE

EE

EkμE

RR

RkμR

▪ 8.3 Verification of ULS by the partial factor method:

▪ The concept of partial factor is intrinsically linked to that of characteristic value.

▪ The partial factor method is merely a simplification of reliability based methods.

▪ It can be easily used in practice, in a large number of problems where reliability based methods cannot.

3. Calculation models

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▪ 4.1. Known difficulties of Limit State Design and partial factors ingeotechnical engineering (soil and rock masses)

▪ E and R are not always independent variables (namely when the structural material and the source of the actions is the ground).

▪ Material properties and actions may be difficult to describe by statistical distributions.

▪ Tolerable probabilities of failure are difficult to specify.

▪ Partial factors are limited to linear failure envelopes (c, tan), while non-linear failure envelopes are widely used in soil mechanics and rock mechanics problems.

▪ But:

These issues are known and are of the same nature for soils and for rock masses.They cannot be ignored in the analyses and are addressed in several sections in EC7.

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▪ 4.2. Additional issues to consider in rock mechanics▪ Geometrical data of discontinuities.

▪ Its uncertainty and variability need to be catered for.

▪ Discontinuity location, orientation, frequency, etc., are not included in the field of application of partial factors. This means that the concern of having to apply partial factors to geometrical data of discontinuities does not have a reason to exist.

▪ 4.3. EC7 brought structural safety concepts to geotechnical engineering

▪ The uniformity of the design philosophy now followed by geotechnical engineers represents a clear progress in situations where interaction of ground and structure exists.

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Partial factors may be an oversimplification of reality, but they are better than the rule of thumb of a dum engineer

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Some first assessments (EC7 revision):

▪ Geotechnical complexity class (GCC) : GCC2One of the following applies :▪ variable ground conditions and standard

construction technique based on sufficient local experience

▪ uniform ground conditions and advanced construction techniques related local experience available

▪ Consequences of failure (CC) : CC2▪ moderate, the tunnel entrance below is protected

5. Example, securing a rock mass with rock bolts

Tunnel entrance in the French Alpes

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GCC2+

CC2

• Level of monitoring (4.1.2.6.2)

• Robustness (4.1.3)

• Durability (4.1.4)

Everything is a result of the pre-defined GCC and CC

Oneway

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▪ “French guide for design and execution of rock bolts (2017)”

▪ Rock structure (or geometry)

▪ Rock properties and resistances: unit weight of the rock mass / unit lateral friction for bolts / friction, cohesion and dilatancy on the rock’s joints

▪ Rock bolt properties: see EN 1992 (concrete structures) or EN 1993 (steel structures)

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5. Examples, rock bolting, collecting data (Ground

investigation)

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5. Examples – Design approach (cases)

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Design approach 2 : A1 « + » M1 « + » R2

• Ponderation on actions and effects of the actions, A 1

• No ponderation on rock properties (mostly epistemic uncertainties), M 1

• Ponderation on resistances, R 2

Design by geotechnical calculation (analysis)

• Characteristic value for joint shearing : tan 𝝋dis;k = 1/𝜉dis . tan 𝝋mes with 𝜉dis = 1.0 or as chosen by engineering

judgment idem for dilatancy and cohesion

• Unit shaft friction as defined by EN 1997-1 (7 and 8) with Investigation tests or at least suitability tests.

• Ponderation as described for pile in tension 𝜉1 applied on the mean value and 𝜉2 applied on the minimum value

during pull-out test

• Unit shaft resistance as for pile in tension EN 1997-1, table A.7 : 𝛾s;t = 1.15 [R2]

• Shear resistance of joints: 𝛾R;dis doesn’t exist in EN 1997. With some back calculations the French guide on rockbolts design give 𝛾R;dis = 1.15 (R2) or 1.10 (R3 – global stability)

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5. Examples – characteristic values

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Geometry :• Volume (V) = 100 m3

• Discontinuity area = 16 m2

Bolts• Diameter (d) = 40 mm• Corrosion (𝚫d) = 4 mm• Elastic limit (𝛔e) = 500 MPa• Borehole diameter (𝜙) = 110 mmRock mass• Unit weight (𝛄r) = 27.5 kN/m3

• Shear strength of rock joints (ISRM recommended method or French standard) :𝛗mes = 43° / 𝛅mes = 4° / cmes = 0, 012 MPa

• Pull-out test : Rt = 565 kN / 480.25 kN / 565 kN / 565 kN giving Rt;k = 480,3 kN

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5. Examples – characteristic values (2)

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Tension resistance for a bolt

𝑅𝑡;𝑘 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑅𝑡;𝑚 𝑚𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑛

𝜉1;𝑅𝑡;𝑚 𝑚𝑖𝑛

𝜉2= 480.3 kN

𝑅𝑡;𝑑 = 𝑅𝑡;𝑘/𝛾𝑠;𝑡 =480.3

1.15= 417.7 𝑘𝑁

Shear strength on the discontinuity

tan𝜑𝑑𝑖𝑠;𝑘 =1

𝜉𝜑𝑑𝑖𝑠

× 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜑𝑚𝑒𝑠 =1

1.0× tan(43°)

𝛾𝑅;𝑑𝑖𝑠 = 1.1

StaticPartial factors

𝑆𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠

𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙

Seismic traditional

Traditional factor of safety (no bolts)

F 0.16 0.01 0.16 0.02

Desired value 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.50

Calculated factor of safety

F 1.05 1.06 1.62 1.59

Number of bolts 9 12 10 12

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▪ In some rock mechanics problems the rock mass exhibits discontinuous behaviour. In other problems the adoption of continuous behaviour is correct.

▪ In geotechnical analyses, whenever possible, discontinuity geometrical properties should be catered for in a probabilistic way. However, in many problems, a deterministic analysis is the only possibility and is reasonable. Sensitivity analyses are recommended.

▪ Empiricism in rock mechanics is an important aspect in the design. Empirical calculation models are allowed in the revised version of EC7.

▪ The observational method is specific of geotechnical engineering. It requires an initial design, with the corresponding geotechnical analysis and calculation model.

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▪ The partial factor method is merely a simplification of reliability based methods. It can be easily used in practice, in a large number of problems where reliability based methods are not applicable in practice.

▪ Due to the concept behind partial factors, they are not applicable to discontinuity geometrical properties.

▪ In view of the difficulties associated to recommend values for partial factors of material properties, it may be beneficial to use the design approaches that factor resistances.

▪ Upgraded methodologies for obtaining partial factors values should be encouraged.

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6. Summary and conclusions

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▪ The ongoing discussion regarding the applicability of EC7 principles—namely of LSD, of probabilities and of partial factors—to rock engineering,comes several decades after similar discussions started among soil mechanics engineers, namely among those involved in drafting and applying the EC7.

▪ Many arguments are repeated, but some are new, because they have to do with the discontinuous nature of rock masses and the greater empiricism used in rock design.

▪ This discussion is stimulating and, once again, questions the very basic principles used in Eurocode 7, in a field of application with increaseddifficulties. This is healthy, necessary and enriching!

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6. Summary and conclusions

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▪ However, time has arrived to be focused and objective.

▪ We must find out what effective contributions we can give to the Eurocode 7 (with all its positive and negative aspects) that have the chance to be included in the revised code and that are essential to rock engineering design.

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6. Summary and conclusions