Το work with title Effect of the fracture process zone in directed crack propagation in borehole blasting by Exadaktylos Georgios, Agioutantis Zacharias, Lambrou Eleftherios is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Bibliographic Citation
G. Exadaktylos, Z. Agioutantis and E. Lambrou, "Effect of the fracture process zone in directed crack propagation in borehole blasting," in SPE/ISRM International Conference on Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering, 1994, pp. 463-470.doi:10.2118/28085-MS.
https://doi.org/10.2118/28085-MS
The growth of directed radial cracks originating from diametrically opposite notches in a blasthole, is analyzed. The cracks are considered to be composed from a traction free portion and a microcracking zone where cohesive forces act. A preliminary energy balance approach showed that the length of this zone has an effect on the blast results. Subsequently, a coupled non-linear displacement discontinuity model was applied in order to verify this effect.