Mohr's circles

Mohr Envelope

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Linearized Mohr Envelope

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Mohr-Coulomb failure

Triaxial tests on sandstone

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Mohr Envelope for Sandstone

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Cohesion and internal friction data

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Cohesion and internal friction data

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Yield surface

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-plane

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Pressure dependence

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Other failure criteria

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Recall: Mohr Envelope for Sandstone

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Hoek-Brown criterion (parabolic �tting)

and are �tting parameters that depend on rock properties and the degress of fracturing.Typical values

TypicalRange of Types of rocks

carbonate rocks (dolomite, limestone, marble)lithi�ed argillaceous rocks (sandstones, quartizite)arenaceous rocks (andesite, dolerite, diabase, rhyolite)course-grained polyminerallic gineous and metamorphic (amphibolite,gabbro, gneiss, norite, quartz-diorite)

Intact Rocks --

Completely Granualated --

Lade Criterion

with

(�rst invariant of )

(third invariant of )

is atmospheric pressure, and are material constants

Modi�ed Lade Criterion (dependece on )

with

and from Mohr-Coulomb criterion

Comparison

Mohr-Coulomb modi�ed Lade

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Others

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