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A Study on Application of Kuz-Ram model to Domestic Open-pit Limestone Mine

국내 석회석 노천광산에 대한 Kuz-Ram 모델의 적용성에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2016.04.15
  • Accepted : 2016.04.25
  • Published : 2016.04.30

Abstract

Considering the applicability of Kuz-Ram model, which has been used extensively for predicting rock fragmentation size distribution by blasting, to domestic open-pit limestone mine, a total of 21 blasting tests have been executed at an open-pit limestone mine in eastern Gangwon of South Korea. A comparative analysis of field measured value and Kuz-Ram predicted value showed that there are a considerable amount of error in the predicted values regardless of application of various correction parameters for rock factor and uniformity factor; up to 56.45% in mean fragmentation size and 37.52% in uniformity index. Also the problem of applying different correction parameters has been derived even though a similar blasting pattern has been adopted for a same blasting bench. The authors therefore suggest that Kuz-Ram model needs to be modified for a proper application to domestic open-pit limestone mine.

노천광산에서 발파파쇄석의 입도예측에 널리 활용되고 있는 Kuz-Ram 모델의 국내 석회석 노천광산에 대한 적용성을 분석하기 위해, 강원도 동해지역 석회석 노천광산을 대상으로 총 21회의 현장 시험을 수행하였다. 현장시험결과와 Kuz-Ram 모델 예측의 비교 분석 결과, 평균 파쇄입도에서는 최대 56.45%, 균등계수에서는 최대 37.52%의 오차가 나타나는 등, 암석계수와 균등계수에 대한 다양한 보정요소를 제시함에도 불구하고 Kuz-Ram 모델의 예측값에는 상당한 수준의 오차가 발견되었다. 또한 동일한 벤치에서 유사한 발파패턴으로 시험발파를 수행했음에도 각기 다른 보정요소를 적용해야 하는 문제점도 도출되었다. 따라서 국내 노천광산의 발파패턴 및 암반조건과는 다른 경험값을 바탕으로 개발된 Kuz-Ram 모델의 국내 적용성 확대를 위해서는 반드시 해당 광산의 현장조건에 맞도록 수정, 보완되어야 할 것이다.

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