# Research on the Propagation Law of Stress Wave in Rock Mass Supported by Bolt under Dynamic Load

Authors: Feng Chen; Xue-bin Wang; Jun-guang Wang
Journal: Geofluids
 (2022)

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## Abstract

At present, the development of bolt support technology is in the ascendant period, which is of great significance to promote the development of geotechnical engineering. The numerical simulation software RFPA (Rock Failure Process Analysis) has been used to analyze the reinforcement effect of bolt on deep surrounding rock under dynamic load and conduct a comprehensive research on the force state of bolt. The characteristics of stress and displacement change in rock mass and bolt caused by stress wave are compared when the surrounding rock of underground chamber is supported with bolt or not. Numerical experimental results show that, under the action of dynamic load, the high stress area in surrounding rock can be transferred to the interior of rock mass by adding bolt to the surrounding rock of a high ground stress underground chamber, and the displacement value of each segment of bolt is basically the same. Moreover, the acoustic emission (AE) energy and AE count released by surrounding rock have been able to be reduced, and the force pattern of surrounding rock has been changed.


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## Body

## 1. Introduction

The surrounding rock of a deep underground chamber is in a relatively high initial stress state, it is also subject to disturbances caused by dynamic loads such as mechanical excavation, blasting, and rock burst [1–3]. The dynamic disturbance under the condition of high ground stress easily causes the sudden instability of the surrounding rock of the underground chamber, and the application of bolt to strengthen the rock mass can give full play to the stability of rock mass itself [4–7]. This is a kind of reinforcement technology with little disturbance to the original rock, fast construction speed, safety, and reliability. The reinforcement technology has been widely used in water conservancy and hydropower, railway transportation, mining engineering, and other industries [7]. The development and application of bolt support technology is an important symbol of modern geotechnical engineering.At present, many scholars have conducted a lot of research on the mechanical response of bolt and surrounding rock under the action of external force and have also achieved rich results. Pytlik [8] presented the methodology and results of single shear tests of bolt rods under dynamic impact loading generated by means of a drop hammer. Fahimifar and Ranjbarnia [9] pointed out that decreasing rockbolt spacing increases the support system stiffness rather than preloading of them. Liu et al. [10] investigated the bolt mechanical and energy characteristics using a 50 mm rod diameter split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test device. Carranza-Torres [11] demonstrated the problem of quantifying the mechanical contribution of rock bolts installed systematically around tunnels excavated in rock masses. Cai et al. [12] analyzed the interaction mechanism of the rock bolt and the soft rock mass according to their displacement variation under axial force. Guan et al. [13] studied the influence of the bolt properties on the reinforcement effect of surrounding rock. Skrzypkowski [14] characterized individual point resin and expansion rock bolt support effect in Polish ore mining. Kang et al. [15] concluded the mechanisms and factors resulting in bolt fracture through a close examination of fractured bolts obtained from underground chambers.Although the research on bolt has been going on for more than a century, most of the research either studies the static response or dynamic response of a single bolt [16–24] or studies the supporting effect of bolt in the surrounding rock under static or dynamic load [25–30]. However, in practice, the bolt and surrounding rock are interacting, and the anchored rock mass is simultaneously subjected to both static and dynamic loads. Therefore, it is very meaningful to study the dynamic response of bolt in deep high ground stress surrounding rock. Under the current technical level, it is still impossible to carry out laboratory test or field in-situ test research on the stress characteristics of bolt in the current working condition. RFPA software is a numerical experiment method that can simulate the whole process of progressive rupture of materials [31]. RFPA software has been widely used to simulate the process of rock failure and engineering stability under various conditions [32–35].Therefore, RFPA software is used to conduct in-depth discussion and research on the mechanical response characteristics of the surrounding rock and bolt of the deep chamber under dynamic load, in order to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the force state of bolt, and we expect to make some contributions to the development of bolt support technology. We hope our work can provide reference for the design and construction of underground chamber bolt support under the same or similar conditions.


## 2. Numerical Model Design considering Dynamic Load

### 2.1. Numerical Model Description

As shown in Figure1, an underground chamber vertical section is analyzed according to the plane strain problem. The numerical model with bolts (WBNM) and the numerical model without bolt (NBNM) are established. The dimensions of two numerical models are 200 mm × 200 mm. A square underground chamber is excavated in the middle of the model, and the side length of this square underground chamber is 40 mm × 40 mm. The calculation area is divided into 400 × 400 quadrilateral isoparametric units. The mechanical parameters of these units are assumed to be assigned according to a Weibull distribution, and the values of physical and mechanical parameters are shown in Table 1. The model dimensions of bolt are 1 mm × 25 mm. Eight bolts are arranged along the top and two sides of the numerical model, and the distance between the bolts is 5 mm.Figure 1
Numerical calculation model with a square underground chamber and loading method. The three points A1, A2, and A3 are located at the top, middle, and bottom of the bolt, respectively,pS stands for the static load, and pd is the meaning of dynamic load.Table 1
Numerical model physical and mechanical parameters.
ParameterRockBoltInhomogeneous index350Strength (MPa)150350Young’s modulus (MPa)58000210000Poisson’s ratio0.250.27Density (kg/m3)25007800Friction angle (°)32.730


### 2.2. Loading Mode of the Underground Chamber

The loading methods of both numerical models are carried out according to the following two steps:(1)
First, the static loading is carried out to simulate the deep ground stress environment of surrounding rock. The bottom of the numerical model is fixed, and the top and both sides of the numerical model are subjected to the same static load. Assuming that the average self-weight of the overburden strata is 25 kN/m3 and the depth is 1000 m, the constant static load of numerical model (marked pS) is 25 MPa.(2)
Second, the dynamic stress wavepd is applied to the calculation region to simulate the process of instability and failure of underground chamber surrounding rock with high ground stress due to a dynamic disturbance. To simplify the calculation, the dynamic disturbance is assumed to be a trapezoidal stress wave, as shown in Figure 2. The period of stress wave action is 3 μs, in which the period of both the ascending and descending segments is 1 μs separately, and the amplitude of stress wave is 100 MPa.Figure 2
Dynamic stress waveforms on the model.


## 2.1. Numerical Model Description

As shown in Figure1, an underground chamber vertical section is analyzed according to the plane strain problem. The numerical model with bolts (WBNM) and the numerical model without bolt (NBNM) are established. The dimensions of two numerical models are 200 mm × 200 mm. A square underground chamber is excavated in the middle of the model, and the side length of this square underground chamber is 40 mm × 40 mm. The calculation area is divided into 400 × 400 quadrilateral isoparametric units. The mechanical parameters of these units are assumed to be assigned according to a Weibull distribution, and the values of physical and mechanical parameters are shown in Table 1. The model dimensions of bolt are 1 mm × 25 mm. Eight bolts are arranged along the top and two sides of the numerical model, and the distance between the bolts is 5 mm.Figure 1
Numerical calculation model with a square underground chamber and loading method. The three points A1, A2, and A3 are located at the top, middle, and bottom of the bolt, respectively,pS stands for the static load, and pd is the meaning of dynamic load.Table 1
Numerical model physical and mechanical parameters.
ParameterRockBoltInhomogeneous index350Strength (MPa)150350Young’s modulus (MPa)58000210000Poisson’s ratio0.250.27Density (kg/m3)25007800Friction angle (°)32.730


## 2.2. Loading Mode of the Underground Chamber

The loading methods of both numerical models are carried out according to the following two steps:(1)
First, the static loading is carried out to simulate the deep ground stress environment of surrounding rock. The bottom of the numerical model is fixed, and the top and both sides of the numerical model are subjected to the same static load. Assuming that the average self-weight of the overburden strata is 25 kN/m3 and the depth is 1000 m, the constant static load of numerical model (marked pS) is 25 MPa.(2)
Second, the dynamic stress wavepd is applied to the calculation region to simulate the process of instability and failure of underground chamber surrounding rock with high ground stress due to a dynamic disturbance. To simplify the calculation, the dynamic disturbance is assumed to be a trapezoidal stress wave, as shown in Figure 2. The period of stress wave action is 3 μs, in which the period of both the ascending and descending segments is 1 μs separately, and the amplitude of stress wave is 100 MPa.Figure 2
Dynamic stress waveforms on the model.


## 3. Analysis of Numerical Experiment Results

### 3.1. AE Characteristics

The abscissa of all curves in this paper starts from loading step 150. At this time, the stress wave has not reached the bolt of the underground chamber roof.Figure3 shows the variation curves of AE count and AE accumulated count of two numerical models with the increase of loading step. Before the step reaches step 232, the AE count is sometimes absent and the AE accumulated count increases slowly in the numerical model without bolt (see Figure 3(a)). According to the failure diagram of the numerical model (see Figure 4(a)), it can be seen that only a small number of units with weak strength around the underground chamber appear failure phenomenon first. From step 233 to 235, the AE count increases sharply and reaches the maximum value 275 at step 234, and the curve of AE accumulated count shows an obvious jumping phenomenon. During this period, a large number of damaged units appear on the roof of the underground chamber (see Figures 4(b)–4(e)); that is, the roof of the underground chamber suddenly collapses in a large area at less time. This also shows that the destruction of the underground chamber roof under dynamic load is an instantaneous large-area collapse.Figure 3
AE curve comparison of the two numerical models with bolt and without bolt. (a) AE count. (b) AE accumulated count.
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Fracture process of the numerical model without bolt. (a)∼(e) Loading step is 232, 233, 234, 235, and 330, respectively.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)As shown in Figure3(b), after AE accumulated curve of the numerical model without bolt jumps, the curve slope increases and the rate of unit fracture increases accordingly. On the contrary, the AE curve and AE accumulated curve of the numerical model with bolt have no obvious fluctuations, and there is no obvious jumping phenomenon. The AE count of the numerical model with bolt reaches the maximum value of 27 in step 239 and step 244, which is only 1/10 of the maximum number of AE for the numerical model without bolt. During the entire loading process, the slope of AE accumulated count curve of the WBNM is lower than that of the NBNM curve, and the number of damaged units in the WBNM is far less than the number of damaged units in the NBNM under the same loading step. When the loading is over, the cumulative number of AE is 1859 in the NBNM, and the cumulative number of AE is 559 in the WBNM, which is about 1/3 of the NBNM. In combination with Figure 5, it can be seen that the surrounding rock of the WBNM is very complete.Figure 5
Fracture pattern of the numerical model with bolt in loading step 330.The white circle represents shear failure, and the red circle represents tensile failure in the AE diagram. Analyzing Figure6(a), the AE diagram of the NBNM shows that the AE type is tensile when the surrounding rock is damaged, indicating that the surrounding rock occurs tensile failure under the action of external force. As shown in Figure 6(b), most units of the WBNM have occurred shear failure, only a few elements have occurred tensile failure, and the tensile failure occurs around these bolts in the roof, indicating that these bolts have exerted a tensile effect. The unit failure modes of the two numerical models are different.Figure 6
AE distribution around the underground chamber in the two numerical models. (a) Numerical model without bolt. (b) Numerical model with bolt.
(a)(b)Figure7 is the change curves of AE energy and AE accumulated energy of the two numerical models. It can be seen from this figure that the change trends of the AE count and AE energy of two numerical models are basically the same. The AE energy of the WBNM reaches the maximum value of 0.486 MJ in step 235 and 4.105 MJ in step 293 for the NBNM. It can be seen that the maximum value of AE energy of the model without bolt is about 8.4 times of that of the numerical model with bolt. At the end of loading, the total energy released by the WBNM and NBNM is 7.662 MJ and 80.699 MJ, respectively, which means that the total energy released by the model without bolt is about 10.5 times that of the numerical model with bolt.Figure 7
AE energy curve comparison of the two numerical models with bolt and without bolt. (a) AE energy. (b) AE accumulated energy.
(a)(b)During the whole loading process, the fluctuation amplitude of the AE energy curve of the WBNM is much smaller than that of the NBNM, and the slope of the AE accumulated energy curve of the WBNM is also lower than that of the NBNM. It can be seen that the surrounding rock can absorb more energy after using bolt support, thus reducing the maximum value of energy and total energy released by surrounding rock, slowing down the rate of energy released by surrounding rock. Moreover, the time when the energy released by the WBNM reaches the maximum value is earlier than that of the NBNM, which indicates that the surrounding rock with bolt can absorb energy earlier and faster.


### 3.2. Stress Characteristics

The reason for points A1 and A2 of the two numerical models having peak value at different times is that the stress wave passes through this point (see Figure8), which causes this point to bear more force than other points. As shown in Figure 8(a), there is no obvious peak in the stress curve at point A3 of the numerical model with bolt, the stress value fluctuates up and down, and the bolt is in the plastic deformation stage during this period of time. The main reason for the fluctuation of stress value is that the stress in the bolt is constantly adjusted with the increase of calculation step, and the repeated process of stretching and rebounding of the bolt is continuously produced, which is manifested as the continuous fluctuation of the stress value at point A3. In general, the stress of point A3 is lower than of points A1 and A2 on the bolt, indicating that the bolt absorbs stress wave energy and transfers the high-stress area to the deep part of surrounding rock, which reduces the stress on the surface of surrounding rock and protects the smoothness of roof surface.Figure 8
Stress characteristics of points A1, A2, and A3 in the two numerical models. (a) Numerical model without bolt. (b) Numerical model with bolt.
(a)(b)When the stress wave propagates from top to bottom, the peak area of stress in surrounding rock continuously shifts downward, and the lower the peak value is, the smaller the stress is, as shown in Figure8(b). The abovementioned phenomena show that the surrounding rock surface is damaged, the bearing capacity of rock mass is reduced, and the surrounding rock roof collapses in large area.On the whole, the stress value at point A1 of the WBNM is roughly equivalent to the stress value of point A1 of the NBNM during the entire loading process, see Figure9(a). The stress values at points A2 and A3 of the WBNM are greater than the stress values at points A2 and A3 of the NBNM (see Figures 9(b) and 9(c)), which forebodes that the bolt in the WBNM absorbs a large amount of impact energy and bears greater force.Figure 9
Stress comparison of the two numerical models at the same point. (a) Point A1. (b) Point A2 (c) Point A3.
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### 3.3. Displacement Characteristics

As shown in Figure10(a), when the stress wave propagates from top to bottom, the displacement curves of points A1 and A2 where no obvious damage occurs in the numerical model without bolt present two stages, namely, a short rising period and a long quiet period. In addition, the curve slope in the ascending period is basically the same, and the displacement value in the quiet period is also basically the same at these two points. The displacement of point A3, located in the fracture zone of surrounding rock at the top of the underground chamber, shows a linear increase.Figure 10
Displacement characteristics of points A1, A2, and A3 in the two numerical models. (a) Numerical model without bolt. (b) Numerical model with bolt.
(a)(b)As shown in Figure10(b), the displacement curves of points A1 and A2 in the underground chamber with bolt support where no obvious damage has occurred show three stages, i.e., rising period-quiet period-rising period. Moreover, the curve slope of the rising period of these two points is basically consistent, and the displacement value of the quiet period is also basically consistent. The displacement curve of point A3 at the top of the underground chamber presents two stages, i.e., the rising period and the quiet period. In the later stage of loading, the displacement values of points A1 and A2 rise, which can share the deformation of point A3. Finally, the displacement values of points A1, A2, and A3 are approximately the same. The laws of the abovementioned curves’ change show that, under the action of dynamic load, all parts of bolt in the chamber roof are deformed in time and bear the external force together. The equivalent tensile deformation of the rod body has occurred in the last period of time, so as to prevent a certain part of the rod body from breaking due to excessive deformation.It can also be seen from Figure11 that the displacement values of points A1 and A2 in the undamaged area of the WBNM are greater than of the NMNM in the later loading stage, indicating that the tensile deformation of bolt is greater than the deformation of surrounding rock. During the entire loading process, the displacement value of point A3 in the failure area of the WBNM is smaller than that of the NBNM, and there is no unrestricted deformation. The reason is that the bolt exerts its tensile action to limit the displacement of the surrounding rock roof and prevent the roof from being damaged.Figure 11
Displacement comparison of the two numerical models at the same point. (a) Point A1. (b) Point A2 (c) Point A3.
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### 3.4. Discussion on Numerical Experiment Results

By comparing the numerical experiment results, it can be known that, under the same geological conditions and the same load, the roof of the underground chamber without bolt support appears large deformation and collapse, and the two sides of the underground chamber also have “V-shaped” failure areas (see Figure4(e)). However, the underground chamber with bolt support only produces limited and controllable deformation, and the underground chamber is overall stable, which show that the surrounding rock of the underground chamber with bolt support has strong impact resistance.Through the analysis of AE, displacement, and stress, it can be seen that, after the bolt is driven into surrounding rock, the bolt can absorb static load energy and impact energy through tensile deformation, enhance the bearing capacity of surrounding rock, and effectively control the deformation amount and deformation rate of surrounding rock. Moreover, the bolt has undertaken most of the impact force, which reduces the damage of rock mass and maintains the integrity of surrounding rock. Due to the existence of bolts in surrounding rock, the growth rate, maximum value, accumulated value of AE count, and AE energy have been reduced, and the main failure mode of surrounding rock has been changed; that is, the failure mode of most of units in surrounding rock is converted from tensile failure to shear failure.


## 3.1. AE Characteristics

The abscissa of all curves in this paper starts from loading step 150. At this time, the stress wave has not reached the bolt of the underground chamber roof.Figure3 shows the variation curves of AE count and AE accumulated count of two numerical models with the increase of loading step. Before the step reaches step 232, the AE count is sometimes absent and the AE accumulated count increases slowly in the numerical model without bolt (see Figure 3(a)). According to the failure diagram of the numerical model (see Figure 4(a)), it can be seen that only a small number of units with weak strength around the underground chamber appear failure phenomenon first. From step 233 to 235, the AE count increases sharply and reaches the maximum value 275 at step 234, and the curve of AE accumulated count shows an obvious jumping phenomenon. During this period, a large number of damaged units appear on the roof of the underground chamber (see Figures 4(b)–4(e)); that is, the roof of the underground chamber suddenly collapses in a large area at less time. This also shows that the destruction of the underground chamber roof under dynamic load is an instantaneous large-area collapse.Figure 3
AE curve comparison of the two numerical models with bolt and without bolt. (a) AE count. (b) AE accumulated count.
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Fracture process of the numerical model without bolt. (a)∼(e) Loading step is 232, 233, 234, 235, and 330, respectively.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)As shown in Figure3(b), after AE accumulated curve of the numerical model without bolt jumps, the curve slope increases and the rate of unit fracture increases accordingly. On the contrary, the AE curve and AE accumulated curve of the numerical model with bolt have no obvious fluctuations, and there is no obvious jumping phenomenon. The AE count of the numerical model with bolt reaches the maximum value of 27 in step 239 and step 244, which is only 1/10 of the maximum number of AE for the numerical model without bolt. During the entire loading process, the slope of AE accumulated count curve of the WBNM is lower than that of the NBNM curve, and the number of damaged units in the WBNM is far less than the number of damaged units in the NBNM under the same loading step. When the loading is over, the cumulative number of AE is 1859 in the NBNM, and the cumulative number of AE is 559 in the WBNM, which is about 1/3 of the NBNM. In combination with Figure 5, it can be seen that the surrounding rock of the WBNM is very complete.Figure 5
Fracture pattern of the numerical model with bolt in loading step 330.The white circle represents shear failure, and the red circle represents tensile failure in the AE diagram. Analyzing Figure6(a), the AE diagram of the NBNM shows that the AE type is tensile when the surrounding rock is damaged, indicating that the surrounding rock occurs tensile failure under the action of external force. As shown in Figure 6(b), most units of the WBNM have occurred shear failure, only a few elements have occurred tensile failure, and the tensile failure occurs around these bolts in the roof, indicating that these bolts have exerted a tensile effect. The unit failure modes of the two numerical models are different.Figure 6
AE distribution around the underground chamber in the two numerical models. (a) Numerical model without bolt. (b) Numerical model with bolt.
(a)(b)Figure7 is the change curves of AE energy and AE accumulated energy of the two numerical models. It can be seen from this figure that the change trends of the AE count and AE energy of two numerical models are basically the same. The AE energy of the WBNM reaches the maximum value of 0.486 MJ in step 235 and 4.105 MJ in step 293 for the NBNM. It can be seen that the maximum value of AE energy of the model without bolt is about 8.4 times of that of the numerical model with bolt. At the end of loading, the total energy released by the WBNM and NBNM is 7.662 MJ and 80.699 MJ, respectively, which means that the total energy released by the model without bolt is about 10.5 times that of the numerical model with bolt.Figure 7
AE energy curve comparison of the two numerical models with bolt and without bolt. (a) AE energy. (b) AE accumulated energy.
(a)(b)During the whole loading process, the fluctuation amplitude of the AE energy curve of the WBNM is much smaller than that of the NBNM, and the slope of the AE accumulated energy curve of the WBNM is also lower than that of the NBNM. It can be seen that the surrounding rock can absorb more energy after using bolt support, thus reducing the maximum value of energy and total energy released by surrounding rock, slowing down the rate of energy released by surrounding rock. Moreover, the time when the energy released by the WBNM reaches the maximum value is earlier than that of the NBNM, which indicates that the surrounding rock with bolt can absorb energy earlier and faster.


## 3.2. Stress Characteristics

The reason for points A1 and A2 of the two numerical models having peak value at different times is that the stress wave passes through this point (see Figure8), which causes this point to bear more force than other points. As shown in Figure 8(a), there is no obvious peak in the stress curve at point A3 of the numerical model with bolt, the stress value fluctuates up and down, and the bolt is in the plastic deformation stage during this period of time. The main reason for the fluctuation of stress value is that the stress in the bolt is constantly adjusted with the increase of calculation step, and the repeated process of stretching and rebounding of the bolt is continuously produced, which is manifested as the continuous fluctuation of the stress value at point A3. In general, the stress of point A3 is lower than of points A1 and A2 on the bolt, indicating that the bolt absorbs stress wave energy and transfers the high-stress area to the deep part of surrounding rock, which reduces the stress on the surface of surrounding rock and protects the smoothness of roof surface.Figure 8
Stress characteristics of points A1, A2, and A3 in the two numerical models. (a) Numerical model without bolt. (b) Numerical model with bolt.
(a)(b)When the stress wave propagates from top to bottom, the peak area of stress in surrounding rock continuously shifts downward, and the lower the peak value is, the smaller the stress is, as shown in Figure8(b). The abovementioned phenomena show that the surrounding rock surface is damaged, the bearing capacity of rock mass is reduced, and the surrounding rock roof collapses in large area.On the whole, the stress value at point A1 of the WBNM is roughly equivalent to the stress value of point A1 of the NBNM during the entire loading process, see Figure9(a). The stress values at points A2 and A3 of the WBNM are greater than the stress values at points A2 and A3 of the NBNM (see Figures 9(b) and 9(c)), which forebodes that the bolt in the WBNM absorbs a large amount of impact energy and bears greater force.Figure 9
Stress comparison of the two numerical models at the same point. (a) Point A1. (b) Point A2 (c) Point A3.
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## 3.3. Displacement Characteristics

As shown in Figure10(a), when the stress wave propagates from top to bottom, the displacement curves of points A1 and A2 where no obvious damage occurs in the numerical model without bolt present two stages, namely, a short rising period and a long quiet period. In addition, the curve slope in the ascending period is basically the same, and the displacement value in the quiet period is also basically the same at these two points. The displacement of point A3, located in the fracture zone of surrounding rock at the top of the underground chamber, shows a linear increase.Figure 10
Displacement characteristics of points A1, A2, and A3 in the two numerical models. (a) Numerical model without bolt. (b) Numerical model with bolt.
(a)(b)As shown in Figure10(b), the displacement curves of points A1 and A2 in the underground chamber with bolt support where no obvious damage has occurred show three stages, i.e., rising period-quiet period-rising period. Moreover, the curve slope of the rising period of these two points is basically consistent, and the displacement value of the quiet period is also basically consistent. The displacement curve of point A3 at the top of the underground chamber presents two stages, i.e., the rising period and the quiet period. In the later stage of loading, the displacement values of points A1 and A2 rise, which can share the deformation of point A3. Finally, the displacement values of points A1, A2, and A3 are approximately the same. The laws of the abovementioned curves’ change show that, under the action of dynamic load, all parts of bolt in the chamber roof are deformed in time and bear the external force together. The equivalent tensile deformation of the rod body has occurred in the last period of time, so as to prevent a certain part of the rod body from breaking due to excessive deformation.It can also be seen from Figure11 that the displacement values of points A1 and A2 in the undamaged area of the WBNM are greater than of the NMNM in the later loading stage, indicating that the tensile deformation of bolt is greater than the deformation of surrounding rock. During the entire loading process, the displacement value of point A3 in the failure area of the WBNM is smaller than that of the NBNM, and there is no unrestricted deformation. The reason is that the bolt exerts its tensile action to limit the displacement of the surrounding rock roof and prevent the roof from being damaged.Figure 11
Displacement comparison of the two numerical models at the same point. (a) Point A1. (b) Point A2 (c) Point A3.
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## 3.4. Discussion on Numerical Experiment Results

By comparing the numerical experiment results, it can be known that, under the same geological conditions and the same load, the roof of the underground chamber without bolt support appears large deformation and collapse, and the two sides of the underground chamber also have “V-shaped” failure areas (see Figure4(e)). However, the underground chamber with bolt support only produces limited and controllable deformation, and the underground chamber is overall stable, which show that the surrounding rock of the underground chamber with bolt support has strong impact resistance.Through the analysis of AE, displacement, and stress, it can be seen that, after the bolt is driven into surrounding rock, the bolt can absorb static load energy and impact energy through tensile deformation, enhance the bearing capacity of surrounding rock, and effectively control the deformation amount and deformation rate of surrounding rock. Moreover, the bolt has undertaken most of the impact force, which reduces the damage of rock mass and maintains the integrity of surrounding rock. Due to the existence of bolts in surrounding rock, the growth rate, maximum value, accumulated value of AE count, and AE energy have been reduced, and the main failure mode of surrounding rock has been changed; that is, the failure mode of most of units in surrounding rock is converted from tensile failure to shear failure.


## 4. Conclusions

(1)
RFPA is used to analyze the failure mode of deep anchored surrounding rock under dynamic disturbance. Roof fall and rib spalling occur in the underground chamber without bolt support. In the underground chamber supported by bolt, bolt can transfer the high-stress area in the rock mass to the interior of rock mass, reduce the forces on surfaces of the roof and two sides in the underground chamber, and ensure the overall stability of surrounding rock.(2)
Bolt can greatly reduce the deformation and deformation rate of surrounding rock during the process of supporting. The reason why bolt is not broken after loading is that the displacement value of each part of bolt is basically the same. In this way, each part of bolt can bear external force to prevent individual parts from bearing greater force.(3)
A large number of tensile failure occurred around surrounding rock of the underground chamber without bolt support, and a small amount of shear failure occurred in surrounding rock of the underground chamber with bolt support, and the force mode of surrounding rock has changed obviously.



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