Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
Modelling cable bolts in numerical software is a challenging task. Cables are made from multiple strands wound together and when loaded, they tend to act in a way more complex manner than rock bolts. This study used laboratory data from large scale pull out testing of fully encapsulated cable bolts using cementitious grout. A finite element method was adopted and a series of engineering simplifications and assumptions were made to increase the efficiency of the model. The results were able to illustrate a better capability in modelling the bulbed cables compared to the plain cables. Also, the sensitivity analysis proposed that increasing cable diameter for a given hole size (decreasing grout annulus thickness) can increase the overall peak load value, similar to an increase in concrete confinement, grout uniaxial compressive strength, and bulb size.
Publication Details
Ashkan Rastegarmanesh, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Kevin McDougall, Naj Aziz, Sina Anzanpour and Hadi Nourizadeh, Finite element modelling of fully encapsulated cable bolts in laboratory large scale pull out test, Proceedings of the 2024 Resource Operators Conference, University of Wollongong - Mining Engineering, February 2024, 170-185.