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This article presents the numerical implementation of an elastoplastic behavior model suitable for estimating the damage produced when excavating galleries in deep argilite layers. The main rheological features of the model are related to post-peak behavior, brittle fracture, softening and dilatancy effects. Damage of the rock may increase significantly the hydraulic permeability and vice versa. We...