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Analysis of Parameters to Influence on Rock Fragmentation in Bench Blasting  

최용근 (서울대학교)
이정인 (지오제니컨설턴트)
이정상 (서울대학교)
김장순 (서울대학교)
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Explosives and Blasting / v.22, no.3, 2004 , pp. 1-12 More about this Journal
Abstract
In bench blasting, rock fragmentation is one of the most important factors determining productivity. Rock fragmentation could be affected by various conditions and these were hewn that rock joint conditions and in-situ block sizes were the biggest effect on it. This research is focused on what or how to influence on rock fragmentation according to relation between blasting conditions and the in-situ rock conditions such as rock joint conditions and in-situ block size. Field measurements were carried out in 3 open pit limestone mines, where in-situ rock conditions and blasting conditions were fully investigated. The results show that the parameters interact with blasting conditions complicatedly and especially in-situ block size has bigger effects. Dip direction of major joint set also can affect on fragmentation. Mean fragment size become smallest when dip direction of major joint set is about $30^{\circ}$ with the bench direction. The reason is considered to be come from difference of propagation paths of elastic wave.
Keywords
fragmentation; bench blasting; block size; joint condition;
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