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Assessment of the Blasting Efficiency of a Long and Large-Diameter Uncharged Hole Boring Method in Tunnel Blasting Using 3D Numerical Analysis

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  • Min-Seong Kim

    (Department of Geotechnical Engineering Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Goyang-daero, Goyang-si 10223, Korea)

  • Chang-Yong Kim

    (Department of Geotechnical Engineering Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Goyang-daero, Goyang-si 10223, Korea)

  • Myung-Kyu Song

    (Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seoul 04763, Korea)

  • Sean Seungwon Lee

    (Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seoul 04763, Korea)

Abstract

Cut blasting is one of the most essential processes to reduce blast-induced vibration in tunnel blasting. The long and large-diameter uncharged hole boring (LLB) method is an example of one of the cut blasting methods, which utilizes large-diameter uncharged holes drilled in the tunnel face. In this study, blasting simulations were performed to analyze its blasting mechanism, and the LLB method and the traditional burn-cut method were simulated to compare their blasting efficiency. A 3D numerical analysis using LS-DYNA code, a highly non-linear transient dynamic finite element analysis using explicit time integration, was used to simulate the blasting process, and a Johnson–Holmquist constitutive material model, which is optimal for simulating brittle materials under dynamic conditions, was used to simulate the rock behavior under blasting. The modified LLB method showed a 3.75-fold increase in the advance per round compared to the burn-cut method, due to the increased formation of long and large-diameter uncharged holes compared to blast holes. This modified LLB method used 30% less explosives, so its failure range was approximately 1.25 times less than that of the burn-cut method, but its advance was approximately 4 times larger than the burn-cut method, which was similar to the original LLB method. This confirmed that the modified LLB method is significantly more efficient in terms of increased blasting efficiency (particularly the advance per round) as well as reduced blast-induced vibration, compared to the traditional cut blasting method.

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  • Min-Seong Kim & Chang-Yong Kim & Myung-Kyu Song & Sean Seungwon Lee, 2022. "Assessment of the Blasting Efficiency of a Long and Large-Diameter Uncharged Hole Boring Method in Tunnel Blasting Using 3D Numerical Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-15, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:20:p:13347-:d:944580
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    1. Mahdi Shadabfar & Cagri Gokdemir & Mingliang Zhou & Hadi Kordestani & Edmond V. Muho, 2020. "Estimation of Damage Induced by Single-Hole Rock Blasting: A Review on Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Solutions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-24, December.
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