Rocpy

RocLab inspired software written in Python.

RocLab is a very useful piece of free software written in 2011 for determining rock mass strength parameters, based on the generalized Hoek-Brown failure criterion (Hoek et al. 2002). The main problem is that it is discontinued and the only version is available for windows. With this project I want to archive the same objective as RocLab's using python to increase the overall accessibility of the program and improve the plots' interfaces (thanks to matplotlib).

Functions

The available functions are:

• Calculate Hoek-Brown criterion parameters
• Calculate Rock mass parameters (σ_t, σ_c, σ_cm, E_rm)
• Calculate σ_3max based on different applications (e.g tunnels)
• Calculate Mohr-Coulomb parameters (c and φ)
• Plot H-B and M-C envelope.
• Failure mohr circle plot and σ_1max value.

Dipendencies:

• Numpy:

pip install numpy

Todo list

• Tabulated values for input parameters (e.g. D or mi)
• Import and export data