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A novel structural model for strainburst hazard considering the surrounding rock-burst volume interaction and its use to obtain a strength criterion for strainbursts

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Strainbursts are typical geological hazards that threaten the safety of deep mining and excavation. In this study, a novel structural model that considers the surrounding rock-burst volume interaction is proposed for investigating strainbursts. In the structural model, the surrounding rock is represented by elastic supports with corresponding stiffness, thus the burst volume is in a ‘one face free-the other five faces elastically loaded’ state to reflect the in-situ conditions of strainbursts. The model’s cogency is demonstrated by in-situ observation of strainburst cases, laboratory true triaxial experiments, 3D distinct element method (DEM) simulations and fracture mechanics-based analysis. Results show that the structural model is instructive for designing new experiments and numerical simulations on strainbursts, thus providing a new research perspective for further revealing the mechanism of strainbursts. What is more, based on the structural model and by converting the stress state of a strainburst into its equivalent true triaxial stress state, a new true triaxial strength criterion of strainbursts is obtained based on the classic Mogi-Coulomb criterion. The new strength criterion of strainbursts has great application potential in evaluating strainburst tendency and predicting strainburst intensity in engineering practice.

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The authors thank the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 52009016).

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This study was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 52009016).

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Xin Liang & Lihua Hu

  2. Sate Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, China

    Xin Liang, Bin Fu, Zhengzhao Liang, Lihua Hu, Chun’an Tang & Yingchun Li

  3. Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Structural Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Civil and Architecture Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, Guangxi, China

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Liang, X., Fu, B., Liang, Z. et al. A novel structural model for strainburst hazard considering the surrounding rock-burst volume interaction and its use to obtain a strength criterion for strainbursts. Environ Earth Sci 81, 200 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-022-10319-7

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