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Optimization of Blast Design Parameter for Ring Blasting in Underground Hard Rock Mine Using Numerical Simulation

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Title Optimization of Blast Design Parameter for Ring Blasting in Underground Hard Rock Mine Using Numerical Simulation
 
Creator Vishwakarma, Ashish Kumar
Himanshu, Vivek Kumar
Singh , Rakesh Kumar
Roy, Murari Prasad
 
Subject Blasting
 
Description Sublevel stoping is the most popular and practiced mining method in underground hard rock mines. Proper planning and its execution is the key requirement for stope extraction using this method. The stope extraction has been a challenging task since decades. The major reason is the unavailability of free faces as compared to opencast bench blasting. The geological and geotechnical parameters change gradually even within the stope itself. So, the blast design parameters should be planned according to the scenario of the upcoming ring. The blast design parameters like burden, toe spacing, inclination of blastholes, diameter of blastholes, charge density of explosive, etc., play an immense role in the rock damage. For the proper breakage of rock, the movement of burden is the prime objective. To study this, an explicit dynamic based modeler of M/s Ansys was used. The burden values were varied from 20 to 65 times of blasthole diameter to assess the optimum burden value during the study. The models were simulated for the rock having uniaxial compressive strength as 35 MPa and 102 mm blasthole diameter. Three holes were simulated having depth around 14–14.5 m. Different blast design parameters and respective blast-induced ground vibration have also been measured at the experimental site. The core samples of the rock present at the experimental site have been used for the evaluation of geotechnical parameters. These geotechnical parameters were used in the simulation models. The volume of rock excavated along the free face has been calculated in each model by varying the burden. It has been found that the burden value can varies from 35 to 40 times blasthole diameter (3.6–4.1 m) to achieve a greater volume of rock along the free face for 102 mm blasthole diameter and rock of 35 MPa uniaxial compressive strength
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2023-12-22
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Vishwakarma, Ashish Kumar and Himanshu, Vivek Kumar and Singh , Rakesh Kumar and Roy, Murari Prasad (2023) Optimization of Blast Design Parameter for Ring Blasting in Underground Hard Rock Mine Using Numerical Simulation. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration , 41. pp. 139-148.
 
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