The vibration propagation and damage distribution characteristics of deep-buried underground cavern blasting

• Published in: Mechanics of time-dependent materials Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 2151 - 2175
• Main Authors: Lv, Junlin, Liu, Zhen, Huang, Junhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Blasting; Buried structures; Caverns; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Classical Mechanics; Damage; Dimensional analysis; Engineering; Numerical analysis; Polymer Sciences; Propagation; Solid Mechanics; Structural safety; Underground caverns; Underground structures; Vibration analysis; Blasting vibration; Elevation effect; Surrounding rock damage; Distribution characteristic
• ISSN: 1385-2000; 1573-2738
• DOI: 10.1007/s11043-023-09615-x

With the increase of the scale of an underground cavern, more and more towering underground side walls are left behind by blasting operation, which leaves a huge hidden danger to the structure safety of an underground cavern. Taking the propagation mechanism and damage distribution characteristics of blasting vibration along the elevation direction as the research subject, the propagation mechanism of blasting vibration along the elevation direction of high side wall of a deep-buried underground cavern can be obtained by comprehensive application of theoretical analysis, dimensional analysis, formula derivation, numerical analysis, and other research methods. Through multiangle comparative analysis, the internal mechanism of blasting vibration under elevation effect in underground caverns is revealed, and combined with the relationship between surrounding rock damage and blasting vibration velocity, the distribution characteristics of blasting vibration and damage under the elevation effect are proposed. In addition, through the establishment of a mechanical model of the response of blasting vibration of underground high side walls, the prediction formula of particle vibration velocity along the elevation direction under blasting vibration condition is analyzed, and the formula is adjusted and modified, which can meet the developing requirements of surrounding rock damage control precision.