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Computers and Concrete Volume 21, Number 4, April 2018 , pages 399-406 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2018.21.4.399 |
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Numerical analysis of tunnel in rock with basalt fiber reinforced concrete lining subjected to internal blast load |
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Priyanka Jain and Tanusree Chakraborty
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| Abstract | ||
| The present study focuses on the performance of basalt fiber reinforced concrete (BFRC) lining in tunnel situated in sandstone rock when subjected to internal blast loading. The blast analysis of the lined tunnel is carried out using the threedimensional (3-D) nonlinear finite element (FE) method. The stress-strain response of the sandstone rock is simulated using a crushable plasticity model which can simulate the brittle behavior of rock and that of BFRC lining is analyzed using a damaged plasticity model for concrete capturing damage response. The strain rate dependent material properties of BFRC are collected from the literature and that of rock are taken from the authors\' previous work using split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB). The constitutive model performance is validated through the FE simulation of SHPB test and the comparison of simulation results with the experimental data. Further, blast loading in the tunnel is simulated for 10 kg and 50 kg Trinitrotoluene (TNT) charge weights using the equivalent pressure-time curves obtained through hydrocode simulations. The analysis results are studied for the stress and displacement response of rock and tunnel lining. Blast performance of BFRC lining is compared with that of plain concrete (PC) and steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) lining materials. It is observed that the BFRC lining exhibits almost 65% lesser displacement as compared to PC and 30% lesser displacement as compared to SFRC tunnel linings. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| blast; basalt fiber reinforced concrete; split hopkinson pressure bar; tunnel lining | ||
| Address | ||
| Priyanka Jain and Tanusree Chakraborty: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110 016, India | ||