Module 4 - Material Models in Slide
Module 4 - Material Models in Slide
Module 4 - Material Models in Slide
Strength Types
Mohr-Coulomb Barton-Bandis
Undrained (Phi=0) Power Curve
No Strength (ie. water) Hyperbolic
Infinite Strength Discrete Function
Anisotropic Function Drained-Undrained
Shear/Normal Function Anisotropic Linear
Anisotropic Function Generalized Anisotropic
Hoek-Brown Snowden Modified Anisotropic Linear
Generalized Hoek-Brown SHANSEP
Vertical Stress Ratio
Tips
When a slice boundary passes through an infinite strength material, the average strength parameters
along the slice boundary cannot be determined
In that case, it is recommended to use the ‘User-Defined’ strength parameter options, if possible
The effective vertical stress is computed from the total weight of each
slice, and the pore pressure acting at the center of the base of each
slice.
The "vertical stress ratio" K is simply a constant, equal to the ratio of
the shear strength to the vertical stress. (e.g. if K = 0.3, then the shear
strength will be 30 % of the effective vertical stress.)
Material Models in Slide – © 2017 Rocscience Inc.
Barton-Bandis
Can be used to model the shear strength of a joint
where
is the residual friction angle of the failure surface
JRC is the joint roughness coefficient
JCS is the joint wall compressive strength
FS=1.12
FS=1.57
The axes do not have to be oriented horizontally and vertically, but can
be specified by an arbitrary angle
This is due to the ability to model the rapid transition from bedding
plane strength to rock mass strength, as the shear plane angle deviates
from the bedding plane angle
Shear/Normal Function
Allows user to define an
arbitrary shear/normal
function to establish a
non-linear Mohr-
Coulomb strength
envelope
In RocData convert
Hoek-Brown to
Shear/Normal function
to speed up probability
analysis
Select OK
Ensure material Sub A has Generalized Function: Anisotropic Linear (Sub A)
Step 2: Defining generalized anisotropic strength
Select material “Sub B”
Failure Criterion: “Generalized Anisotropic”
Select Edit functions
In Define Generalized Strength Function dialog:
Select Add new function
Name: Anisotropic Linear (Sub B)
Base Material: Base Material
Anisotropy Definition: Dip/Dip Direction
Points: Dip = 25, Dip Direction = 90, A = 5, B = 10, Material = Bedding Material
Select OK
Ensure material Sub B has Generalized Function: Anisotropic Linear (Sub B)
Step 2: Defining generalized anisotropic strength
Select material “Sub C”
Failure Criterion: “Generalized Anisotropic”
Select Edit functions
In Define Generalized Strength Function dialog:
Select Add new function
Name: Anisotropic Linear (Sub C)
Base Material: Base Material
Anisotropy Definition: Dip/Dip Direction
Points: Dip = 2, Dip Direction = 90, A = 5, B = 10, Material = Bedding Material
NOTE: Y-axis = North, model must be oriented in its true direction with respect
to North, or else the anisotropic plane orientations will be incorrect.
Definition of A and B Parameters
One column in the model
Example:
NOTE: You may still define an angular range using A and B parameters in the same way as shown previously.
Only ONE anisotropic surface can be assigned to a Generalized Anisotropic material.
Example 10 – Gen Aniso by Surface
Open Example 10 Gen Aniso by Surface
Select OK to create the new anisotropic function. Select OK to create the new material type Sub.
Step 6: Assign Anisotropic Material
Select the center 3 materials representing the anisotropic material. In the Properties
pane change the Applied Property to Sub.
We have eliminated the need for three different materials and anisotropic functions
where the only difference was the dip angle
Step 3: Results
Select Compute. The process should take a few minutes to finish.
Slide 2D Analysis Slide3 3D Analysis (Dip/Dip Direction Method) Slide3 3D Analysis (Surface Method)
FS = 0.97 (Bishop) FS = 1.49 (Bishop) FS = 1.53 (Bishop)
FS = 0.92 (Janbu) FS = 1.46 (Janbu) FS = 1.48 (Janbu)
End of Module