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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2006.22.11.55

Prediction of the Damage Zone Induced by Rock Blasting Using a Radial Crack Model  

Sim, Young-Jong (Smart Infra-Structure Technology Center, KAIST)
Cho, Gye-Chun (Civil & Environmental Engrg., KAIST)
Kim, Hong-Taek (Civil Engrg., Hong-Ik Univ.)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.22, no.11, 2006 , pp. 55-64 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is very Important to predict the damage zone of a rock mass induced by blasting for the excavation of an underground cavity such as a tunnel, as the damage zones incur mechanical and hydraulic instability of the rock mass potentially. Complicated blasting processes that can hinder the proper characterization of the damage zone can be effectively represented by two loading mechanisms. The first mechanism is the dynamic impulsive load-generating stress waves that radiate outwards immediately after detonation. This load creates a crushed annulus along with cracks around the blasthole. The second is the gas pressure that remains for an extended time after detonation. As the gas pressure reopens some arrested cracks and extends these, it contributes to the final structure of the damage zone induced by the blasting. This paper presents a simple method to evaluate the damage zone induced by gas pressure during rock blasting. The damage zone is characterized by analyzing crack propagations from the blasthole. To do this, a model of a blasthole with a number of radial cracks that are equal in length in a homogeneous infinite elastic plane is considered. In this model, crack propagation is simulated through the use of only two conditions: a crack propagation criterion and the mass conservation of the gas. The results show that the stress intensity factor of a crack decreases as the crack propagates from the blasthole, which determines the crack length. In addition, it was found that the blasthole pressure continues to decrease during crack propagation.
Keywords
Blasting; Damage zone; Gas pressure; Radial crack; Stress intensity factor;
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