Research Article

In Situ Monitoring and Numerical Experiments on Vertical Deformation Profiles of Large-Scale Underground Caverns in Giant Hydropower Stations

Table 2

Physical and mechanical parameters of surrounding rock and concrete shotcrete.

Rock quality/constitutive relationshipBulk modulus
(GPa)
Shear modulus
(GPa)

(MPa)
Tensile strength
(MPa)
Dip of joint
(°)
Joint

II/mohr16.612.51.482.513.51//
III/ub (with gentle fissure)12.37.41.111..861.22200.7
III/ub (with steep fissure)12.37.41.111.860.86700.7
Concrete spraying layer/elas25.011.5/////

mohr: Mohr Coulomb model; elas: isotropic elastic model; ub: ubiquitous joint model.