Numerical Analysis of Blast-Induced Stress Waves in a Rock Mass with Anisotropic Continuum Damage Models Part 2: Stochastic Approach

Summary This paper reports the second part of the study carried out by the authors on the underground explosion-induced stress wave propagation and damage in a rock mass. In the accompanying paper reporting the first part of the study, equivalent material properties were used to model the effects of existing cracks and joints in the rock mass. The rock mass and its properties were treated as deterministic. In this paper, existing random cracks and joints are modeled as statistical initial damage of the rock mass. In numerical calculation, an anisotropic continuum damage model including both the statistical anisotropic initial damage and cumulative damage dependent on principal tensile strain and stochastic critical tensile strain is suggested to model rock mass behavior under explosion loads. The statistical estimation of stress wave propagation in the rock mass due to underground explosion is evaluated by Rosenblueth's point estimate method. The suggested models and statistical solution process are also programmed and linked to Autodyn3D as its user's subroutines. Numerical results are compared with the field test data and those presented in the accompanying paper obtained with equivalent material property approach.