ABSTRACT
Abstract: In this chapter, first the similarity principal of the geological mechanical model test is introduced, and then the research and production method for a new advanced materials model are introduced. After that, as an example of its application and as a case study, three practical projects are simulated by model testing. The first simulates the phenomenon of zonal disintegration in rock surrounding a deep mine tunnel; the second is a simulation study of the stability of rock surrounding an underground power house cavern group under the condition of high initial stress; the third is a study on a seepage flow from rock surrounding a subsea tunnel. In most of the tests, a new type of true three-dimensional stress state load system and many advanced measurement test technologies are used. The results of the experiments were verified by field monitoring or by numerical simulation.
