Research Article

Upper Bound Solution of Surrounding Rock Pressure for Deep Cavity Using Nonlinear Hoek–Brown Failure Criterion

Table 5

Upper bound solution of the surrounding rock pressure q at different GSI and .

GSIq (kPa)
mi = 5mi = 10mi = 15mi = 20mi = 25mi = 30

101117.3505.8301.4199.8140.0101.3
15896.2394.9227.7145.397.567.4
20718.9306.0169.0102.564.943.4
25575.5234.2122.269.241.725.0
30458.6176.185.140.727.316.1
35362.6129.056.229.315.56.7