Scientific Reports (Feb 2024)

Study on blasting fragmentation mechanism of burnt rock in open-pit coal mine

  • Zheng-Zhao Jia,
  • Hong-Jie Li,
  • Wei Li,
  • Jie Yan,
  • Xiao-He Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55802-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Abstract A large number of burnt rocks in some open-pit mines in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia have a great influence on the blasting effect. For this kind of rock, through the analysis of physical and chemical changes, combined with ANSYS/LS-DYNA and PFC 2D numerical simulation software, a burnt rock model with multiple joint cracks and irregular distribution is constructed to simulate the blasting process of burnt rock under the combined action of stress wave and detonation gas. The results show that the fracture of rock mass affects the propagation of blasting cracks in the fracture area, resulting in stress concentration and stress hindrance. The action time of stress wave is reduced, and the energy of blasting gas is partially absorbed by the fracture, resulting in uneven stress on the burnt rock bench and seriously affecting the bench blasting effect.

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