Investigation of the Process of Destruction of a Roain Massif by Borehole Charges with an Axial Air Cavity by the Method of Physical Simulation

Abstract

the design of downhole explosive charges with an axial air cavity was developed, which ensures uniform crushing of the rock mass and reduces the specific consumption of explosives. A technique has been developed for modeling the process of destruction of a rock mass by borehole charges with an axial air cavity. It has been established that with an increase in the diameter of the axial cavity, the mass of the charge and the specific consumption of explosives for breaking decrease. However, this decrease occurs only up to a certain limit, after which the volume of the chipped mass decreases and the specific consumption of explosives increases. The most efficient way is to reduce the specific consumption of explosives for breaking when the ratio of cavity diameters and charge diameters is 1.3:5–2.2:5. For other values of the ratio, the specific consumption of explosives increases dramatically.