Numerical Study of Rock Damage Mechanism Induced by Blasting Excavation Using Finite Discrete Element Method

Abstract

In this paper, the mechanism of rock damage induced by blasting excavation is numerically studied by using an FDEM-based multiphysics fracture analysis software, MultiFracS. Based on the drainage channel project of Guanggu 1st Road to Gaoxin 4th Road, a numerical model considering the near-field fracture process is established to study the influence of a millisecond delay and construction technology on the blasting excavation. Firstly, the double side drift method model is established to analyze the influence of different millisecond delays on the peak blasting vibration velocity. Then, the rock fracture process of the surrounding rock around the blast holes under the blasting excavation construction technology of the double side drift method, the reserved core soil method, and the CRD method is studied, respectively. The numerical simulation results show that the mainshock phases of the blasting vibration velocity waveform generated by different bores overlap when the millisecond delay is small. With the increase in the millisecond delay, the mainshock phase is gradually separated, and the superposition effect of the blasting vibration is weakened. When the millisecond delay is greater than 40 ms, the peak blasting vibration velocity is not affected by the millisecond delay. In the three kinds of blasting excavation construction technologies, the double side drift method has a better effect on the deformation and the fracture control of the surrounding rock. The optimal millisecond delay and the rock fracture evolution process of the surrounding rock around blast holes with different blasting excavation construction technologies are obtained.

Keywords

• MultiFracS
• FDEM
• blasting excavation
• rock fracture
• numerical simulation