Simulation of blast induced crater in jointed rock mass by discontinuous deformation analysis method

Youjun NING1,Xinmei AN1,Jun YANG2,Guowei MA3,

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Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. ›› 2010, Vol. 4 ›› Issue (2) : 223-232. DOI: 10.1007/s11709-010-0022-5
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Simulation of blast induced crater in jointed rock mass by discontinuous deformation analysis method

  • Youjun NING1,Xinmei AN1,Jun YANG2,Guowei MA3,
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Rock blasting is a dynamic process accompanied with the propagations of shock waves and the dispersion of the explosion gas. This paper adopts the discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) method to simulate the rock blasting process. A dynamic parameter adjustment and the non-reflecting boundary condition are implemented in the DDA method. The sub-block DDA method to simulate fracture problems is used. The blasting process in jointed rock mass is simulated by application of the explosion gas pressure on the expanding borehole walls and induced connected fracture surfaces around the boreholes. The blast craters with different overburdens are derived. The whole process including the explosion gas dispersion, borehole expansion, rock mass failure and cast, and the formation of the final blasting piles in rock blasting are well reproduced numerically. Parametric study for different overburdens is carried out, and the results are analyzed and discussed.

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blast crater / jointed rock mass / explosion gas pressure / discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) method

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Youjun NING, Xinmei AN, Jun YANG, Guowei MA,. Simulation of blast induced crater in jointed rock mass by discontinuous deformation analysis method. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng., 2010, 4(2): 223‒232 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-010-0022-5
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