Research Article

A New Unified Solution for Circular Tunnel Based on a Four-Stage Constitutive Model considering the Intermediate Principal Stress

Table 1

Geometrical and physical parameters of the circular tunnel.

ParametersValues from Pan’s research [23]

Radius of the opening, (m)10
Initial stress, (MPa)30
Internal pressure, (MPa)0
Young’s modulus, (MPa)2000
Dilation coefficient, 3.0
Poisson’s ratio, 0.3
Initial cohesion, (MPa)6
Residual cohesion, (MPa)6
Strain-softening factor, (MPa)0
Internal friction angle, (°)30