Effect of Roadway Size and Layout on Stability of Surrounding Rock Chengdong Tian Postgraduate Student, State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116 China; e-mail:
[email protected] Haibo Bai * Professor, State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116 China; *Corresponding Author, e-mail:
[email protected] Jing Qi Postgraduate Student, State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116 China; e-mail:
[email protected] Yanmeng Wang Postgraduate Student, State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering,China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116 China; e-mail:
[email protected] ABSTRACT In order to study the surrounding rock stress, plastic zone and deformation characteristics under the influence of the size and layout of roadway, theoretical analysis and numerical simulation are adopted to analyze the impact of different section sizes and angles between tunnel axis and the maximum horizontal principal stress direction on stress and deformation characteristics of surrounding rock. The results show that the roadway section size and the angle between the tunnel axis and the maximum horizontal principal stress have a great effect on stress and deformation characteristics of surrounding rock. The decrease of span-depth ratio has a more influence on the sides of roadway, making the stress concentration degree and range increase, which is the main concern; The increase of angle between tunnel axis and the maximum horizontal principal stress can cause horizontal principal stress asymmetric on both sides, increasing the stress concentration degree in roof-floor, which makes the roadway deformation become obvious.