Features and Some Results of the SPH Method Application for Assessing the Factors of Explosion Action

Abstract

Modern conditions of mineral deposit development are characterized by more stringent requirements as to the environmental impacts of production and the increased volume of blasting operations near populated areas. The importance of the study is due to the need of developing energy-efficient technologies for crushing rocks, finding safe ways to intensify the coal degassing processes and reducing the intensity of methane inflow into the mined-out space. The Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics numerical method used in this work allows adequately calculating nonlinear dynamic problems arising during blasting development of mineral deposits, while the use of most other computer modeling methods to solve these problems causes significant computational difficulties. The paper presents the results of a study of the nature of variations in the rock displacement velocity and the stresses and parameters of the radial crack propagation zone from the distance to the charge during blasting operations in monolithic and fractured massifs.