Input: sigci = 22 MPa mi = 10 GSI = 30 Principal stress plot Mohr envelope

Depth of failure surface or tunnel below slope = 40 m Unit wt. = 0.028 MN/n3 sig3 & sign sig3 sig1 s1s3fit sign taucalc sntaufit
sigtm -0.01 0.00 2.05 -0.0112 0.0000 0.6406
Output: stress = 5.50 MPa mb = 0.82 s = 0.0004 sigtm*3/4 -0.01 0.22 2.05 -0.0084 0.0176 0.6420
a= 0.5 sigtm = -0.0112 MPa A = 0.4177 sigtm*2/4 -0.01 0.31 2.06 -0.0056 0.0286 0.6434
B= 0.6976 k= 2.58 phi = 26.17 degrees sigtm*1/4 0.00 0.39 2.07 -0.0028 0.0380 0.6448
coh = 0.646 MPa sigcm = 2.08 MPa E= 1483.2 MPa 0 0.00 0.45 2.08 0.0000 0.0464 0.6461
strees/10.5 0.48 3.45 3.31 0.5238 0.6877 0.9036
Calculation: stress/10 0.55 3.73 3.49 0.5500 0.7110 0.9165
Sums stress/9.5 0.58 3.84 3.57 0.5789 0.7364 0.9307
sig3 1E-10 0.79 1.57 2.36 3.14 3.93 4.71 5.50 22.00 stress/9 0.61 3.96 3.65 0.6111 0.7642 0.9465
sig1 0.45 4.58 6.92 8.90 10.69 12.36 13.95 15.48 73.33 stress/8.5 0.65 4.09 3.74 0.6471 0.7947 0.9642
ds1ds3 21.05 3.38 2.69 2.38 2.20 2.07 1.98 1.91 37.65 stress/8 0.69 4.24 3.85 0.6875 0.8284 0.9840
sign 0.02 1.65 3.02 4.29 5.50 6.68 7.82 8.93 37.92 stress/7.5 0.73 4.40 3.97 0.7333 0.8660 1.0066
tau 0.09 1.59 2.38 2.98 3.50 3.95 4.36 4.74 23.60 stress/7 0.79 4.58 4.10 0.7857 0.9080 1.0323
x -2.84 -1.12 -0.86 -0.71 -0.60 -0.52 -0.45 -0.39 -7.49 stress/6.5 0.85 4.78 4.26 0.8462 0.9555 1.0620
y -2.37 -1.14 -0.97 -0.87 -0.80 -0.75 -0.70 -0.67 -8.26 stress/6 0.92 5.01 4.44 0.9167 1.0097 1.0967
xy 6.74 1.28 0.83 0.61 0.48 0.39 0.32 0.26 10.90 stress/5.5 1.00 5.27 4.65 1.0000 1.0721 1.1376
xsq 8.08 1.26 0.74 0.50 0.36 0.27 0.20 0.15 11.56 stress/5 1.10 5.58 4.91 1.1000 1.1450 1.1868
sig3sig1 0.00 3.60 10.87 20.97 33.60 48.57 65.77 85.12 269 stress/4.5 1.22 5.94 5.23 1.2222 1.2315 1.2469
sig3sq 0.00 0.62 2.47 5.56 9.88 15.43 22.22 30.25 86 stress/4 1.38 6.38 5.62 1.3750 1.3360 1.3219
taucalc 0.10 1.52 2.31 2.94 3.50 4.00 4.47 4.91 stress/3.5 1.57 6.92 6.13 1.5714 1.4654 1.4185
sig1sig3fit 2.08 4.10 6.13 8.15 10.18 12.20 14.23 16.26 stress/3 1.83 7.60 6.80 1.8333 1.6306 1.5472
signtaufit 0.66 1.46 2.13 2.76 3.35 3.93 4.49 5.04 stress/2.5 2.20 8.52 7.75 2.2000 1.8504 1.7274
stress/2 2.75 9.81 9.17 2.7500 2.1605 1.9977
Cell formulae: stress/1.5 3.67 11.82 11.53 3.6667 2.6387 2.4483
stress = if(depth>30, sigci*0.25,depth*unitwt) stress 5.50 15.48 16.26 5.5000 3.4988 3.3493
mb = mi*EXP((GSI-100)/28) stress/0.5 11.00 25.10 30.44 11.0000 5.6702 6.0526
s = IF(GSI>25,EXP((GSI-100)/9),0)
a = IF(GSI>25,0.5,0.65-GSI/200)
sigtm = 0.5*sigci*(mb-SQRT(mb^2+4*s))
2.0000

Shear strength tau - MPa

sig3 = Start at 1E-10 (to avoid zero errors) and increment in 7 steps of stress/28 to stress/4
sig1 = sig3+sigci*(((mb*sig3)/sigci)+s)^a
1.8000
ds1ds3 = IF(GSI>25,(1+(mb*sigci)/(2*(sig1-sig3))),1+(a*mb^a)*(sig3/sigci)^(a-1))
sign = sig3+(sig1-sig3)/(1+ds1ds3) 1.6000
tau = (sign-sig3)*SQRT(ds1ds3)
x = LOG((sign-sigtm)/sigci) 1.4000
y = LOG(tau/sigci)
xy = x*y x sq = x^2 1.2000
A= acalc = 10^(sumy/8 - bcalc*sumx/8)
B= bcalc = (sumxy - (sumx*sumy)/8)/(sumxsq - (sumx^2)/8) 1.0000
k = (sumsig3sig1 - (sumsig3*sumsig1)/8)/(sumsig3sq-(sumsig3^2)/8)
phi = ASIN((k-1)/(k+1))*180/PI() 0.8000
coh = sigcm/(2*SQRT(k))
sigcm = sumsig1/8 - k*sumsig3/8 0.6000
E = IF(sigci>100,1000*10^((GSI-10)/40),SQRT(sigci/100)*1000*10^((GSI-10)/40))
phit = (ATAN(acalc*bcalc*((signt-sigtm)/sigci)^(bcalc-1)))*180/PI() 0.4000
coht = acalc*sigci*((signt-sigtm)/sigci)^bcalc-signt*TAN(phit*PI()/180)
sig3sig1= sig3*sig1 sig3sq = sig3^2 0.2000
taucalc = acalc*sigci*((sign-sigtm)/sigci)^bcalc
s3sifit = sigcm+k*sig3 0.0000
-0.5000 0.0000 0.5000 1.0000 1.5000 2.0000
sntaufit = coh+sign*TAN(phi*PI()/180)
tangent = coht+signt*TAN(phit*PI()/180) Normal stress sign - MPa