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Influence of millisecond time, charge length and detonation velocity on blasting vibration

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The law of blasting vibration caused by blasting in rock is very complex. Traditional numerical methods cannot well characterize all the influencing factors in the blasting process. The effects of millisecond time, charge length and detonation velocity on the blasting vibration are discussed by analyzing the characteristics of vibration wave generated by finite length cylindrical charge. It is found that in multi-hole millisecond blasting, blasting vibration superimpositions will occur several times within a certain distance from the explosion source due to the propagation velocity difference of P-wave and S-wave generated by a short column charge. These superimpositions will locally enlarge the peak velocity of blasting vibration particle. The magnitude and scope of the enlargement are closely related to the millisecond time. Meanwhile, the particle vibration displacement characteristics of rock under long cylindrical charge is analyzed. The results show that blasting vibration effect would no longer increase when the charge length increases to a certain extent. This indicates that the traditional simple calculation method using the maximum charge weight per delay interval to predict the effect of blasting vibration is unreasonable. Besides, the effect of detonation velocity on blasting vibration is only limited in a certain velocity range. When detonation velocity is greater than a certain value, the detonation velocity almost makes no impact on blasting vibration.

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  1. College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361000, China

    Shi-hai Chen  (陈士海), Jian Wu  (吴建) & Zi-hua Zhang  (张子华)

  2. State Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention & Mitigation of Explosion & Impact, Nanjing, 210007, China

    Shi-hai Chen  (陈士海)

  3. College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266510, China

    Shi-hai Chen  (陈士海)

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Foundation item: Project(50878123) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(20113718110002) supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China; Project(DPMEIKF201307) supported by the Fund of the State key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention & Mitigation of Explosion & Impact (PLA University and Technology), China; Project(13BS402) supported by Huaqiao University Research Foundation, China

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Chen, Sh., Wu, J. & Zhang, Zh. Influence of millisecond time, charge length and detonation velocity on blasting vibration. J. Cent. South Univ. 22, 4787–4796 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-015-3030-8

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