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Experimental study on crack formation in sandstone during crater blasting under high geological stress

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Crater blasting is widely used for rock excavation. In deep rock engineering projects, blasting is done in a high stress environment. To study the effects of high geological stresses on rock blasting, crater blasting tests on sandstone using an exploding electric wire were conducted under three different static load conditions. The evolution of the strain fields and the propagation of cracks on the surfaces of samples were recorded and subsequently analysed by digital image correlation. The rock fracturing mechanisms are discussed. The experimental results indicate that (1) the areas of major principal strain on the sample surfaces are circular under conditions of no static stress and symmetric biaxial stress loads, but the strain area is elliptical under a uniaxial load; (2) after blasting, the static stress state changes the crack initiation mode, crack propagation, and the distribution of the cracks in the crack network; and (3) static stress can increase the size of the blasting crater.

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This work was supported by the State Key Research Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFC0602902 and 2016YFC0600706). We thank David Frishman, PhD, from Liwen Bianji, Edanz Editing China (www.liwenbianji.cn/ac), for editing the English text of a draft of this manuscript.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education on Safe Mining of Deep Metal Mines, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Fengpeng Zhang, Guangliang Yan & Jianyu Peng

  2. School of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Zhaoguo Qiu

  3. School of Mining Engineering, Liaoning Shihua University, Fushun, 113001, China

    Xinghang Dai

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Zhang, F., Yan, G., Peng, J. et al. Experimental study on crack formation in sandstone during crater blasting under high geological stress. Bull Eng Geol Environ 79, 1323–1332 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-019-01665-1

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