Hoek-Brown Classification

sigci 175 MPa

GSI 53
mi 25
D 0.8
Hoek-Brown Criterion
mb 1.52388
s 0.00080779
a 0.504656
Failure Envelope Range
Application Tunnels
sig3max 61.4089 MPa
Unit Weight 0.32 MN/m3
Tunnel Depth 450 m
Mohr-Coulomb Fit
c 10.3225 MPa
phi 27.0504 degrees
Rock Mass Parameters
sigt -0.0927653 MPa
sigc 4.81158 MPa
sigcm 28.4805 MPa
Em 7131.01 MPa
Principal Stresses
Number Minor principalMajor
stressprincipal
(MPa) stress (MPa)
1 -0.09276527 0
2 -0.09276527 0
3 0.5348029 13.161531
4 1.16237107 19.0769812
5 1.78993924 23.7722243
6 2.41750741 27.8344842
7 3.04507558 31.4916576
8 3.67264375 34.8607759
9 4.30021192 38.0114305
10 4.92778009 40.9890007
11 5.55534826 43.8250291
12 6.18291643 46.542495
13 6.8104846 49.1587554
14 7.43805276 51.6873011
15 8.06562093 54.1388653
16 8.6931891 56.5221541
17 9.32075727 58.8443447
18 9.94832544 61.1114377
19 10.5758936 63.3285102
20 11.2034618 65.4999038
21 11.83103 67.6293653
22 12.4585981 69.7201553
23 13.0861663 71.7751321
24 13.7137345 73.7968179
25 14.3413026 75.7874518
26 14.9688708 77.7490323
27 15.596439 79.6833521
28 16.2240071 81.5920266
29 16.8515753 83.4765175
30 17.4791435 85.3381526
31 18.1067117 87.1781423
32 18.7342798 88.9975936
33 19.361848 90.7975223
34 19.9894162 92.5788628
35 20.6169843 94.3424775
36 21.2445525 96.0891638
37 21.8721207 97.819661
38 22.4996888 99.5346562
39 23.127257 101.234789
40 23.7548252 102.920656
41 24.3823933 104.592815
42 25.0099615 106.251789
43 25.6375297 107.898068
44 26.2650979 109.532111
45 26.892666 111.154353
46 27.5202342 112.765201
47 28.1478024 114.36504
48 28.7753705 115.954234
49 29.4029387 117.533128
50 30.0305069 119.102047
51 30.658075 120.6613
52 31.2856432 122.211182
53 31.9132114 123.751971
54 32.5407796 125.283933
55 33.1683477 126.80732
56 33.7959159 128.322372
57 34.4234841 129.82932
58 35.0510522 131.328384
59 35.6786204 132.819772
60 36.3061886 134.303685
61 36.9337567 135.780316
62 37.5613249 137.249847
63 38.1888931 138.712456
64 38.8164613 140.168311
65 39.4440294 141.617574
66 40.0715976 143.060402
67 40.6991658 144.496944
68 41.3267339 145.927344
69 41.9543021 147.351741
70 42.5818703 148.770268
71 43.2094384 150.183054
72 43.8370066 151.590224
73 44.4645748 152.991895
74 45.092143 154.388185
75 45.7197111 155.779204
 76 46.3472793 157.165059
77 46.9748475 158.545856
78 47.6024156 159.921694
79 48.2299838 161.292671
80 48.857552 162.658881
81 49.4851201 164.020414
82 50.1126883 165.37736
83 50.7402565 166.729803
84 51.3678247 168.077827
85 51.9953928 169.421512
86 52.622961 170.760935
87 53.2505292 172.096173
88 53.8780973 173.427299
89 54.5056655 174.754384
90 55.1332337 176.077497
91 55.7608018 177.396707
92 56.38837 178.712077
93 57.0159382 180.023672
94 57.6435063 181.331554
95 58.2710745 182.635782
96 58.8986427 183.936416
97 59.5262109 185.233513
98 60.153779 186.527127
99 60.7813472 187.817313
100 61.4089154 189.104125
Normal Stress vs. Shear Stress
Number Normal stress (MPa)
Shear stress (MPa)
1 -0.09276527 0
2 -0.09276527 0
3 1.57372169 3.46969636
4 3.10898248 5.57525681
5 4.57521654 7.3122493
6 5.99246229 8.83652889
7 7.37152875 10.2154103
8 8.71929703 11.4859471
9 10.0405659 12.6713323
10 11.3388846 13.7873128
11 12.6169898 14.8452008
12 13.8770571 15.8534689
13 15.1208592 16.8186702
14 16.3498676 17.7460042
15 17.565324 18.639683
16 18.7682896 19.5031787
17 19.959682 20.3393952
18 21.1403017 21.1507921
19 22.3108538 21.9394751
20 23.4719632 22.7072642
21 24.6241878 23.4557461
22 25.7680284 24.1863137
23 26.903937 24.9001985
24 28.0323234 25.5984957
25 29.1535608 26.2821847
26 30.2679904 26.9521454
27 31.3759254 27.6091721
28 32.4776539 28.253985
29 33.5734422 28.8872391
30 34.6635366 29.5095328
31 35.748166 30.121414
32 36.8275433 30.7233863
33 37.9018672 31.3159139
34 38.9713234 31.8994254
35 40.0360859 32.4743181
36 41.0963179 33.0409606
37 42.152173 33.599696
38 43.2037955 34.150844
39 44.251322 34.6947036
40 45.2948812 35.2315543
41 46.3345949 35.7616582
42 47.3705785 36.2852615
43 48.4029414 36.8025957
44 49.4317877 37.3138789
45 50.4572162 37.8193168
46 51.4793208 38.3191036
47 52.4981913 38.8134232
48 53.5139131 39.3024494
49 54.5265677 39.7863473
50 55.5362333 40.2652735
51 56.5429844 40.7393765
52 57.5468923 41.208798
53 58.5480256 41.6736725
54 59.5464497 42.1341285
55 60.5422276 42.5902884
56 61.5354198 43.042269
57 62.5260842 43.4901821
58 63.5142769 43.9341344
59 64.5000515 44.3742281
60 65.4834597 44.8105611
61 66.4645514 45.2432272
62 67.4433747 45.6723165
63 68.4199758 46.0979152
64 69.3943996 46.5201064
65 70.3666893 46.9389698
66 71.3368865 47.354582
67 72.3050316 47.7670169
68 73.2711637 48.1763454
69 74.2353205 48.5826359
70 75.1975384 48.9859545
71 76.1578531 49.3863648
72 77.1162986 49.7839281
73 78.0729083 50.1787036
 74 79.0277143 50.5707487
75 79.980748 50.9601186
76 80.9320397 51.3468667
77 81.8816189 51.7310449
78 82.8295141 52.112703
79 83.7757532 52.4918897
80 84.7203631 52.8686517
81 85.6633702 53.2430346
82 86.6048 53.6150823
83 87.5446774 53.9848376
84 88.4830264 54.352342
85 89.4198707 54.7176356
86 90.3552333 55.0807574
87 91.2891363 55.4417454
88 92.2216017 55.8006363
89 93.1526506 56.1574659
90 94.0823037 56.5122689
91 95.0105811 56.8650793
92 95.9375025 57.2159297
93 96.8630872 57.5648523
94 97.7873539 57.9118781
95 98.7103207 58.2570374
96 99.6320057 58.6003597
97 100.552426 58.9418738
98 101.471599 59.2816077
99 102.389542 59.6195886
100 103.306269 59.9558431
 Principal Stresses
200
180
Major principal stress (MPa)

160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
-10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Minor principal stress (MPa)

Normal Stress vs. Shear Stress

70

60

50
Shear stress (MPa)

40

30

20

10

0
-20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Normal stress (MPa)