Finite Element Analysis for the Mechanism of Stress Wave Propagation and Crack Extension Due to Blasting of a Frozen Rock Mass

Tingting Wang, Pingfeng Li (), Chun’an Tang, Bingbing Zhang and Jiang Yu
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Tingting Wang: Hongda Blasting Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510623, China
Pingfeng Li: Hongda Blasting Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510623, China
Chun’an Tang: State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Bingbing Zhang: Hongda Blasting Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510623, China
Jiang Yu: School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: The propagation mechanism of explosion stress waves in frozen rock mass is the main factor affecting the blasting efficiency and safety construction of strip mines in alpine cold regions. In order to study explosion stress wave propagation and crack extension in the blasting process of frozen rock mass with ice-filled cracks, RFPA 2D is adopted to simulate the influence of the geometric parameters of ice-filled cracks (ice-filled crack thickness d, normal distance R from blasting hole to the ice-filled crack, and ice-filled crack angle α), loading intensity and loading rate on the explosion stress wave propagation effect and the damage range. The results show: The attenuation trend of explosion stress waves decreases gradually with an increase of thickness (e.g., In the case of R is 0.2 m, when d is 0.02 m, 0.04 m, and 0.08 m, the calculated attenuation factor of the minimum principal stress peak value is 7.128%, 18.056%, and 30.035%, respectively), and it decreases slightly with an increase of normal distance and ice-filled crack angle. The damage elements range of the ice-filled crack decreases when the ice-filled crack thickness and normal distance increases. The loading intensity and the loading rate have a significant influence on blasting hole fracture patterns. The ice-filled crack has a guiding effect on the growth of blasting cracks at the blasting hole. Nevertheless, the existence of ice-filled cracks inhibits the propagation of explosion stress waves in frozen rock mass.

Keywords: frozen rock mass blasting; ice-filled crack; explosion stress wave propagation; attenuation factor; numerical simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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