The invention discloses a method for discriminating fault activation caused by tunnel excavation, and relates to the field of tunnel and underground
engineering design and construction, and the method specifically comprises the following steps: S1, surveying or looking up site geological parameters, and obtaining rock mechanical parameters of a fault and surrounding rock strata, a
fault plane friction coefficient [mu], and stress state parameters representing
fault plane feature points; and S2, establishing a numerical model of fault site tunnel excavation, endowing the
fault plane slippage weakening friction constitutive, and appointing the weakening relationship between the fault plane
friction coefficient mu and variables such as the slippage rate or the
contact pressure. According to the method, the surrounding rock
stress field evolution process in the tunnel excavation process is calculated, the fracture
surface friction constitutive structure is introduced to achieve the bonding weakening process of the fault so as to describe the slippage
instability of the fracture surface, the
coulomb instability criterion for describing rock shear fracture is used for judging the activation behavior of the fracture surface, the mechanical mechanism of fault slippage is met, and the method is suitable for tunnel excavation. The method is simple and easy to use, and still has high accuracy.