A FRACTURE MECHANICS ANALYSIS OF FRACTURE PLANE CONTROL IN FRACTURE CONTROL BLASTING
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Abstract:
A procedure of fracture control blasting for achieving directional breaking of rocks by blasting is presented. The criterion for initiating of radial cracks in borehole wall under dynamic load and the method for determining the permissible rang of initial gas pressure (p0) in the charge cavity are developed .and the branching of radial cracks and the effeets of the pressure (p0) and blasthole geometry (R0.a.L3) on final dimensions of directed cracks are studied .with Fracture Mechanics analysis in all three aspects of fracture process including crack initiation .crack propagation and crack arrest.
