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An Experimental and Numerical Study on the Stemming Effect of a Polymer Gel in Explosive Blasting  

Baluch, Khaqan (전남대학교 에너지자원공학과)
Kim, Jung-Gyu (전남대학교 에너지자원공학과)
Ko, Young-Hun (전남대학교 에너지자원공학과)
Kim, Seung-Jun (전남대학교 에너지자원공학과)
Jung, Seung-Won (전남대학교 에너지자원공학과)
Yang, Hyung-Sik (전남대학교 에너지자원공학과)
Kim, Youg-Kye (두산건설 토목환경BG 설계팀)
Kim, Jong-Gwan (한국광물자원공사 기술기획팀)
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Explosives and Blasting / v.36, no.4, 2018 , pp. 35-47 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, several concrete-block blast tests and AUTODYN numerical analyses were conducted to analyze the effects of different stemming and coupling materials on explosion results. Air, sand, and polymer gel were used as both the stemming and coupling materials. The stemming and coupling effects of these materials were compared with those of the full-charge condition. Soil-covered or buried concrete blocks were used for field crater tests. It was found from the concrete block tests and numerical analyses that both the crater size and the peak pressure around the blast hole were higher when the polymer gel was used than when the sand and the decoupling condition were used. The numerical analyses revealed the same trend as those of the field tests. Pressure peaks in concrete block models were calculated to be 37, 30, and 16 MPa, respectively, for the cases of the polymer gel, sand, and no stemming and decoupling condition. The pressure peak was 52 MPa in the case of full-charge condition, which was the highest pressure. But the damage area for the case was smaller than that obtained from the use of polymer gel. Full-charge was also used as a reference test.
Keywords
AUTODYN; numerical analysis; coupling material; polymer gel; buried concrete block test;
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