Table 1 List of symbols used in this article.

From: Numerical solution for circular tunnel excavated in strain-softening rock masses considering damaged zone

Notation

\(D\)

Damage factor

\(u\)

Radial displacement

\(E_{0}\)

Intact rock deformation modulus

\(\varphi\)

Dilation angle

\(v\)

Poison’s ratio of the rock mass

\(\rho\)

Normalized radii

\(GSI_{p}^{u}\)

Peak geological strength index in the undamaged zone

\(\rho^{d}\)

Normalized damage radii

\(GSI_{r}^{u}\)

Residual geological strength index in the undamaged zone

\(\Delta \varepsilon_{r}^{e}\)

Radial elastic strain increment

\(GSI_{p}^{d}\)

Peak geological strength index in the damaged zone

\(\Delta \varepsilon_{\theta }^{e}\)

Tangential elastic strain increment

\(GSI_{r}^{d}\)

Residual geological strength index in the damaged zone

\(\Delta \varepsilon_{r}^{p}\)

Radial plastic strain increment

\(R_{d}\)

Damage radius

\(\Delta \varepsilon_{\theta }^{p}\)

Tangential plastic strain increment

\(R_{p}\)

Plastic radius

\(\varepsilon_{\theta }^{p}\)

Tangential plastic strain

\(R_{s}\)

Residual radius

\(\varepsilon_{r}^{p}\)

Radial elastic strain

\(b\)

Radius of tunnel

\(\varepsilon_{r}\)

Radial strain

\(k\)

Coefficient of dilation

\(\varepsilon_{\theta }\)

Tangential strain

\(p_{i}\)

Internal supporting pressure

\(\sigma_{c}\)

Uniaxial compressive strength

\(p_{ic}\)

Critical supporting pressure

\(\sigma_{0}\)

Hydrostatic stress

\(\omega_{p}^{u}\)

Peak parameter in the undamaged zone

\(\sigma_{r}\)

Radial stress

\(\omega_{r}^{u}\)

Residual parameter in the undamaged zone

\(\sigma_{\theta }\)

Circumferential stress

\(\omega_{p}^{d}\)

Peak parameter in the damaged zone

\(\eta^{p}\)

Softening parameter

\(\omega_{r}^{d}\)

Residual parameter in the damaged zone

\(\eta^{p*}\)

Critical deviatoric plastic strain