H-B Failure Criterion

-Prepared by Guoqiang Liu

The failure (strength) criteria for a material:

• Mohr-Coulomb
• Hoek-Browm
• Generalized Hoek-Brown
• Drucker-Prager
• Cam-Clay
• Modified Cam-Clay
• Barton-Bandis
• Power Curve
The failure (strength) criteria for a material:

• Hoek-Browm
• Generalized Hoek-Brown
 1933 Born in Zimbabwe
1955 B.Sc of University of Cape Town
1958 M.Sc of University of Cape Town
1965 Ph.D of the University of Cape Town
1970 professor of Imperial College of Science and Technology
1975 D.Sc in Engineering by London University
1975 moved to Canada as a Principal of consulting firm
1987 Industrial Research Professor of Toronto University
1993 a full time consulting practice in Vancouver

Dr. Evert Hoek

REVIEW OF THE H-B CRITERION
Notation
the major effective principal stress
the minor effective principal stress
the uniaxial compressive strength of the intact rock material
the tensile strength of the rock mass
the effective normal stress
the shear stress
m the material constant
the broken rock constant
the intact rock constant
s the material constant
a the material constant
E the deformation modulus for rock mass
GSI Geological strength index
D disturbance factor for rock mass strength
1980 Hoek & Brown

√ 𝜎 ′3
√
′
𝜕 𝜎1
𝜏=( 𝜎 𝑛 − 𝜎 3 )
′ ′ ′ ′
𝜎 =𝜎 +𝜎 𝑐𝑖
1 3 𝑚 +𝑠 ′
𝜎 𝑐𝑖 𝜕 𝜎3
𝜎 𝑐𝑖
𝜎 t= ( 𝑚 − √ 𝑚 2+ 4 𝑠 ) 𝜕 𝜎 ′1
2 =𝑚 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 / 2 ( 𝜎 1 −𝜎 3 )
′ ′
′
𝜕 𝜎3
𝜏= A 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 ( ( 𝜎 −𝜎 t ) /𝜎 𝑐𝑖 )
′ 𝐵
𝑛

( ( ))
′
𝜕 𝜎1
𝜎 = 𝜎 + ( 𝜎 − 𝜎 ) / 1+
′ ′ ′ ′
𝑛 3 1 3 ′
𝜕𝜎3
1983 Hoek

𝜎 ′1 =𝜎 ′3+𝜎 𝑐𝑖
√ 𝜎 ′3
𝑚 +𝑠
𝜎 𝑐𝑖

𝜏=( cot Φ 𝑖 − cos Φ 𝑖 ) 𝑚 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 / 8

′ ′

′
Φ 𝑖=tan
−1
( 1/ √ 4 h cos 𝜃 2 −1 )

𝜃= 90+tan 1/ √ h −1 ) ) /3
( (
−1 3

h=1+ (16 ( 𝑚 𝜎 𝑛 + 𝑠 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 ) / ( 3 𝑚 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 ) )
′ 2
1988 Hoek & Brown

Disturbed rock masses Undisturbed or interlocking rock masses

/ /

𝑠=𝑒𝑥𝑝 ( ( 𝑅𝑀𝑅 −100 ) / 6 ) 𝑠=𝑒𝑥𝑝 ( ( 𝑅𝑀𝑅 −100 ) / 9 )

𝐸=10( 𝑅𝑀𝑅 −10 / 40 )

( )
Bieniawski’s 1989
1992 Hoek, Wood & Shah

( )
′ 𝛼
′ ′ 𝜎3
𝜎 1 =𝜎 3+ 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 𝑚𝑏
𝜎 𝑐𝑖

( ( ))
′
𝜕 𝜎1
𝜎 = 𝜎 + ( 𝜎 − 𝜎 ) / 1+
′ ′ ′ ′
𝑛 3 1 3 ′
𝜕𝜎3

√
′
𝜕𝜎 1
𝜏=( 𝜎 𝑛 − 𝜎 3 )
′ ′
′
𝜕 𝜎3
𝜕 𝜎 ′1 ( 𝛼 −1 )
=1+𝛼 𝑚 𝑏 ( 𝜎 3 / 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 )
𝛼 ′
′
𝜕 𝜎3
1994 Hoek 1995 Hoek, Kaiser & Bawden

( )
′ 𝑎
𝜎
𝜎 ′1 =𝜎 ′3+ 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 m 3 +𝑠
𝜎 𝑐𝑖

for GSI>25 for GSI<25

/ 𝑠=0

𝑠=𝑒𝑥𝑝 ( (GSI − 100 ) / 9 )

𝑎=0.65− 𝐺𝑆𝐼 /200
𝑎=0.5
2002 Hoek, Carranza-Torres, & Corkum

′ ′
𝜎 =𝜎 + 𝜎 𝑐𝑖
1 3 ( 𝑚𝑏
𝜎3
𝜎 𝑐𝑖
′

+𝑠 )
𝑎

𝜏=( 𝜎 ′1 −𝜎 ′3 )
√ 𝑑 𝜎 ′1
𝑑𝜎3
𝑑 𝜎 ′1
′

( )
𝐺𝑆𝐼 − 100 ′
+1
𝑚𝑏 =𝑚𝑖 𝑒𝑥𝑝 𝑑𝜎 3
28 − 14 𝐷

( )
′ ′ 𝑎− 1
𝑑 𝜎1 𝑚𝑏 𝜎 3
𝑠=𝑒𝑥𝑝 ( GSI − 100
9− 3 𝐷 ) 𝑑𝜎
′
3
=1+𝑎𝑚 𝑏
𝜎 𝑐𝑖
+𝑠

1 1 −
𝑎= + 𝑒
2 6
(
𝐺𝑆𝐼
15
−𝑒
−
20
3 ) 𝐸𝑚 ( 𝐺𝑃𝑎)= 1− ( 𝐷
2 )√ 𝜎 𝑐𝑖
100
×10 (( 𝐺𝑆𝐼 − 10 ) /40 )

𝑑 𝜎 ′1 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 ≤ 100 𝑀𝑃𝑎
−1
( 𝐷
)
′ ′ ′ ′ ′
𝜎 + 𝜎3 𝜎1− 𝜎3 𝑑𝜎3 𝐸𝑚 ( 𝐺𝑃𝑎)= 1− 10( ( 𝐺𝑆𝐼 −10 ) / 40)
𝜎 ′𝑛 = 1 − × 2
2 2 ′
𝑑 𝜎1
′
+1 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 >100 𝑀𝑃𝑎
𝑑𝜎 3
2002 Hoek, Carranza-Torres, & Corkum

𝑚𝑏 =𝑚𝑖 𝑒𝑥𝑝 (
𝐺𝑆𝐼 − 100
28 − 14 𝐷 )
2002 Hoek, Carranza-Torres, & Corkum

𝑠=𝑒𝑥𝑝 (
GSI − 100
9− 3 𝐷 )
( )
𝐺𝑆𝐼 20
1 1 −
15
−
3
𝑎= + 𝑒 −𝑒
2 6
2002 Hoek, Carranza-Torres, & Corkum

𝜎 𝑐 =𝜎 𝑐𝑖 𝑠𝑎

𝜎 𝑡 = − s 𝜎 𝑐𝑖 / 𝑚𝑏
2002 Hoek, Carranza-Torres, & Corkum
𝑑 𝜎 ′1
′ ′ ′ ′ ′
−1
𝜎 + 𝜎3 𝜎1− 𝜎3 𝑑𝜎3
𝜎 ′𝑛 = 1 − ×
2 2 ′
𝑑 𝜎1
+1
𝑑 𝜎 ′3

√
′
𝑑 𝜎1
′
𝑑𝜎3
𝜏=( 𝜎 −𝜎 ′
1
′
3 ) ′
𝑑 𝜎1
′
+1
𝑑 𝜎3

( )
′ ′ 𝑎− 1
𝑑 𝜎1 𝑚𝑏 𝜎 3
′
=1+𝑎 𝑚 𝑏 +𝑠
𝑑𝜎 3
𝜎 𝑐𝑖
2002 Hoek, Carranza-Torres, & Corkum

𝜎 𝑐𝑖 ≤ 100 𝑀𝑃𝑎 (
𝐸𝑚 ( 𝐺𝑃𝑎)= 1−
𝐷
2 )√ 𝜎 𝑐𝑖
100
×10 (
( 𝐺𝑆𝐼 − 10 ) /40 )

𝜎 𝑐𝑖 >100 𝑀𝑃𝑎 (
𝐸𝑚 ( 𝐺𝑃𝑎)= 1−
𝐷
2 )
10(
( 𝐺𝑆𝐼 −10 ) / 40 )
INTRODUCTION OF ROCLAB
Parameters for calculation

the uniaxial compressive

strength of the intact rock

material
the broken rock constant
s the material constant
a the material constant
Parameters from RocLab

the uniaxial compressive strength of the the uniaxial compressive

intact rock material strength of the intact rock
GSI Geological strength index
the intact rock constant material
D disturbance factor for rock mass strength the broken rock constant
E the deformation modulus for rock mass s the material constant
a the material constant
example from caculo cabaca project
破坏准则
Hoek-Brown 准则 Mohr-Coulomb 准则 E
ZONE GSI （ GPa
(MPa) mb s a c(MPa) （°） ）

ZG1 70 100 5.533 1.06e-2 0.501 1.674 58.98 18.973

ZG2 40 50 0.787 1.00e-4 0.511 0.503 39.82 2.386
ZG3 20 15 0.197 5.44e-6 0.544 0.145 19.28 0.413
Equivalent Mohr-Coulomb Criterion

[ ]
𝑎− 1
′ −1 6 𝑎 𝑚𝑏 ( 𝑠+𝑚 𝑏 𝜎 ′3 𝑛 )
∅ = sin 𝑎−1
2 ( 1+𝑎 ) ( 2+ 𝑎 ) +6 𝑎 𝑚𝑏 ( 𝑠+𝑚𝑏 𝜎 3 𝑛 )
′

𝑎− 1
𝜎 𝑐𝑖 ⌊ ( 1+2 𝑎 ) 𝑠+ ( 1 − 𝑎 ) 𝑚𝑏 𝜎 3 𝑛 ⌋ ( 𝑠+𝑚 𝑏 𝜎 3 𝑛 )
′ ′
′
𝑐=
( 1+ 𝑎 ) ( 2+𝑎 ) √1+6 𝑎 𝑚 𝑏 ( 𝑠+𝑚𝑏 𝜎 3 𝑛)
′ 𝑎 −1
/ ( 1+𝑎 ) ( 2+ 𝑎 )

𝜎 ′3 𝑛=𝜎 ′3 𝑚𝑎𝑥 /𝜎 𝑐𝑖
Mohr-Coulomb Criterion

𝜏=𝑐 ′ +𝜎 tan 𝜙 ′

′ ′ ′
′ 2𝑐 cos 𝜙 1+sin 𝜙 ′
𝜎1= ′
+ ′
𝜎 3
1− sin 𝜙 1− sin 𝜙
The end, Thank
you!