Rock Stress Measurement and Numerical Approach for Cavern Designing

  • Sugawara, Katsuhiko (Dept. of Materials Science and Resource Engineering, Kumamoto University) ;
  • Sakaguchi, Kiyotoshi (Dept. of Materials Science and Resource Engineering, Kumamoto University) ;
  • Obara, Yuzo (Dept. of Materials Science and Resource Engineering, Kumamoto University) ;
  • Nakayama, Tomoharu (Dept. of Materials Science and Resource Engineering, Kumamoto University) ;
  • Jang, Hyun-Kuk (Dept. of Materials Science and Resource Engineering, Kumamoto University)
  • Published : 1992.06.01

Abstract

The conical-ended borehole technique and hemispherical-ended borehole technique are proposed, for the accurate stress measurement within a rock mass. Theory of stress tensor determination and in situ measurement system are presented with successful case examples, and the characteristics of stress distribution within rock masses are examined by the multiple times measurement in a single borehole. Subsequently, the problem in relation to the numerical approach for cavern designing is discussed on the basis of the dependency of the stress discontinuity on the geological discontinuities and so on.

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