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dc.contributor.authorNeupane, Bibek
dc.contributor.authorPanthi, Krishna Kanta
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-16T08:29:54Z
dc.date.available2021-07-16T08:29:54Z
dc.date.created2021-07-15T15:36:45Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationRock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2021, 54, 2975-2994.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0723-2632
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2764609
dc.description.abstractFrequent pressure transients are identified as the cause of block failures in many unlined hydropower tunnels. The primary design objective of such tunnels is to prevent hydraulic jacking at design static pressure and mass oscillation but neglects the effect of short transients, i.e., water hammer. The issue has not been studied from the perspective of hydro-mechanical interactions due to frequent pore pressure changes in the rock mass. This article mainly focuses on the effect of pressure transients at different static heads, or different effective normal stresses across the joints and the effect of time period of pressure transient. Further, the change in such behaviour due to different mechanical properties of rock joints, such as stiffness, friction angle and dilation, is investigated. Numerical simulations of observed pore pressure response in the rock mass during a pressure transient are carried out using distinct element code 3DEC. The results show that relative joint deformation due to short pressure transients are the highest when joint normal stresses are 1.5–2.5 times higher than static water pressure in the tunnel and thus the vulnerability to weakening of such joints by hydraulic fatigue is higher. Further, results show that water hammers can travel up to 4 m into the rock mass even in stiff joint conditions and sufficiently high normal stresses. Results further indicate that the hydraulic impact due to water hammer is smaller as compared to mass oscillation. It is concluded that water hammers, wherever applicable along the waterway, can still contribute to hydraulic fatigue of rock joints in addition to the effect of mass oscillation and cannot be neglected when pressure transients occur frequently. Tunnel filling/dewatering and mass oscillations cause macroscopic joint displacements or block movements over long-term operation which is the major cause of block falls in unlined pressure tunnels.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleEvaluation on the Efect of Pressure Transients on Rock Joints in Unlined Hydropower Tunnels Using Numerical Simulationen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber2975-2994en_US
dc.source.volume54en_US
dc.source.journalRock Mechanics and Rock Engineeringen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-021-02418-x
dc.identifier.cristin1921886
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 257588en_US
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