{"title":"Formation mechanisms of different kinds of blast-induced cracks and their extension characteristics in rock mass","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106747","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Different kinds of cracks, including radial cracks, circumferential cracks, and spalling cracks, are formed in rock blasting. Understanding the extension characteristics of these cracks is essential for improving rock fragmentation results. However, few publications have comprehensively focused on various blast-induced cracks, and their formation mechanisms and extension characteristics are still unclear. In this study, the formation mechanisms of different kinds of blast-induced cracks are theoretically analyzed from the viewpoint of inner and outer blasting effects. Numerical models are subsequently developed to study the extension characteristics of different kinds of blast-induced cracks. Finally, based on the tunnel blasting excavation, the extension of cracks induced by cutting and surrounding blastholes is numerically simulated. The results show that rock blasting can be classified into inner and outer blasting effects. Under the inner blasting effect, radial cracks are formed in various stress states, with circumferential cracks occurring specifically in the tensile-tensile state. Under the outer blasting effect, spalling cracks form around the free surface of rock mass. In brittle rocks subjected to blast loading with higher peak values, circumferential cracks occur more frequently. In practice, it is advisable to improve rock fragmentation results by adjusting the formation of different kinds of blast-induced cracks.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55217,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Geotechnics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Computers and Geotechnics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266352X24006864","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Different kinds of cracks, including radial cracks, circumferential cracks, and spalling cracks, are formed in rock blasting. Understanding the extension characteristics of these cracks is essential for improving rock fragmentation results. However, few publications have comprehensively focused on various blast-induced cracks, and their formation mechanisms and extension characteristics are still unclear. In this study, the formation mechanisms of different kinds of blast-induced cracks are theoretically analyzed from the viewpoint of inner and outer blasting effects. Numerical models are subsequently developed to study the extension characteristics of different kinds of blast-induced cracks. Finally, based on the tunnel blasting excavation, the extension of cracks induced by cutting and surrounding blastholes is numerically simulated. The results show that rock blasting can be classified into inner and outer blasting effects. Under the inner blasting effect, radial cracks are formed in various stress states, with circumferential cracks occurring specifically in the tensile-tensile state. Under the outer blasting effect, spalling cracks form around the free surface of rock mass. In brittle rocks subjected to blast loading with higher peak values, circumferential cracks occur more frequently. In practice, it is advisable to improve rock fragmentation results by adjusting the formation of different kinds of blast-induced cracks.
期刊介绍:
The use of computers is firmly established in geotechnical engineering and continues to grow rapidly in both engineering practice and academe. The development of advanced numerical techniques and constitutive modeling, in conjunction with rapid developments in computer hardware, enables problems to be tackled that were unthinkable even a few years ago. Computers and Geotechnics provides an up-to-date reference for engineers and researchers engaged in computer aided analysis and research in geotechnical engineering. The journal is intended for an expeditious dissemination of advanced computer applications across a broad range of geotechnical topics. Contributions on advances in numerical algorithms, computer implementation of new constitutive models and probabilistic methods are especially encouraged.