Hengyuan Zhang

Nov 16, 2023 | mdpi.com | Jiaqi Guo |Zihui Zhu |Hengyuan Zhang |Feiyue Sun

1. IntroductionThe presence of structural plane or other defects in deep rock mass is an unavoidable and complex heterogeneity medium. Their random distribution has an obvious deteriorating impact on the rock’s mechanical behavior and greatly impacts the tunnel’s surrounding rock stability [1,2,3,4].