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Correlation of preliminary and explosion-induced cracking with the comminution characteristics of brittle rock

Journal Article · · Sov. Min. Sci. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5822629

A scheme is proposed for reducing the global grain size composition of fragments in the sequential explosion of a series of charges in a real rock mass to the preliminary fracturing and the local fracturing induced by each individual charge in the given cracked rock; within the framework of the approach here developed (relating the fragment formation and the fracturing), definitions are given for the concept of a comminution zone in an isotropic monolith and its mean radius and also for the explosive comminution zone in rock with isotropic fracturing and its mean radius. It is shown how the correlation between fragment formation and fracturing explains the existence of the comminution discontinuity in a real rock mass.

Research Organization:
VNIPIIstromsyr'e, Moscow, USSR
OSTI ID:
5822629
Journal Information:
Sov. Min. Sci. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Min. Sci. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 22:5; ISSN SMNSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English