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Instability mechanisms of deep tunnels induced by stiff discontinuities: insights from laboratory comparative tests and numerical simulation analysis

Yan Long Zhang, Xiangsheng Zheng, ShaoJun Li, Yaohui Gao

2026Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology5 citationsDOI

Topics & Concepts

Classification of discontinuitiesRock mass classificationGeotechnical engineeringGeologyInstabilityShear (geology)Smoothed-particle hydrodynamicsComputer simulationStress (linguistics)Shear stressDisplacement (psychology)Structural engineeringPlane (geometry)Direct shear testRock mechanicsAcoustic emissionShear strength (soil)Failure mode and effects analysisExcavationMaterials scienceMechanicsDebris flowCatastrophic failureCritical resolved shear stressNumerical analysisPlane stressGlide planeFault planeMaterial failure theoryRock Mechanics and ModelingGeotechnical Engineering and AnalysisTunneling and Rock Mechanics
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