Excavation disturbance analysis based on Crack Tensor Model and Virtual Fracture Model for predicting the rock mass behavior during excavation of shafts and research galleries at the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory

Seno, Yasuhiro; Nakama, Shigeo ; Sato, Toshinori*  ; Goke, Mitsuo*; Tada, Hiroyuki*; Sakurai, Hideyuki*

A 3D Crack Tensor Model analysis was carried out to predict the rock mass behavior of the complex (articulated) section at -500 m. Properties were chosen based on the Rock Mechanics Model constructed in the Surface-based Investigation Phase (Phase I). The Virtual Fracture Model was applied to analyze the change the hydraulic conductivity.