Effective stress law for rock masses and its application in impoundment analysis based on deformation reinforcement theory

Abstract

Reservoir impoundment is related to several hydraulic engineering concerns, including irreversible valley contractions, landslides and reservoir-induced earthquakes. However, these phenomena, such as valley contractions, are hardly to be explained by the conventional method. The scientific understanding of water effects during impoundment and their hazards to hydraulic structure are needed. The effective stress law for fissured rock masses is introduced in the elasto-plastic model employing the Drucker-Prager criterion and implemented in the three dimension (3D) nonlinear finite element method (FEM) program Three-dimensional FINite Element (TFINE). The slope deforms towards river-way during impoundment since the increasing pore pressure in fissures changes stress state and leads to additional plastic deformation in the rock materials. The value of Biot coefficient and the influence of water on rock materials are discussed in detail. Thus, the mechanism of slope deformation during the impoundment of Jinping-I arch dam is revealed, and the deformation is accurately measured. The application of the effective stress law provides a method to consider stress assessment, deformation evaluation and stability estimate of hydraulic structures during the impoundment process. This is a beneficial exploration and an improvement of hydraulic engineering design.

Keywords

effective stress law / elasto-plastic FEM model / Biot coefficient / impoundment / valley contractions

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