YSRM2017 & 5th NDRM

May 11-13, 2017, Jeju, Korea

ISRM Specialized Conference

Biaxial Test for Study of Displacement Distribution on a Circular Opening

Affected by Crossed-joints
Christian Natanael Simamoraa*, Muhammad Sofyanb, and Nuhindro Priagung Widodoc
a

Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia

Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
c
Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
*christiannatanaelsimamora@gmail.com

Abstract
Underground mining methods can be one of the alternatives to solve high demand on
commodities but they have their own common problem, that is, the opening instability. Opening
instability is caused by the rock pressure in each wall and roof of tunnel. Distribution of rock pressure
becomes anisotropic due to lot of kinds of joints. It makes the displacement around the tunnel
different. This paper studies the effect of joints, especially the crossed ones, to the displacement
distribution on the circular opening. The experiment is designed by using 45 cm 45 cm 30 cm
samples, which will undergo biaxial test. Biaxial test is a method of modelling the pressure in the
tunnels wall. The circular opening diameter is 4.5 cm and the crossed-joints angles are set to be 900,
600, 300, and 00. Those joints, of which depth is as deep as the opening, have length of 30 cm. There
are horizontal and vertical stress given at the test; k=1/3 and k=2 with vary horizontal stresses.
Another parameter used in this test is dial gauges of 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R, and 5R (with 0.001 m
accuracy). The biaxial test is performed to represent the physical model of the displacement. Yet, the
result will also be verified by generating the numerical model from finite element method (FEM) in
software Rocscience 3. For the time being, the author has hypothetically predicted that the biggest
rock displacement would happen on the tunnels wall with k=2.
Keywords: Biaxial test, Circular opening, Displacement distribution