Peridynamics simulation of rock fracturing under liquid carbon dioxide blasting

TLDR

Liquid carbon dioxide blasting is an environmentally safe rock‑cracking technology widely used in mining, coal‑seam permeability enhancement, road construction, and related fields. The study conducted a liquid CO₂ blasting experiment on a 500 mm × 500 mm × 400 mm concrete specimen, observed crack distribution and blast‑hole morphology, and then developed a peridynamics model to analyze crack propagation and the effects of explosion pressure, number, and radius of release holes. The concrete specimen failed solely due to the blasting stress wave, with crack propagation perpendicular to CO₂ release and no obvious smash district; increasing stress‑wave strength and the number and radius of release holes raised fracturing velocity, while cracks mainly appeared between adjacent holes, providing guidance for optimizing liquid CO₂ fracturing devices.

Abstract

Liquid carbon dioxide blasting technology as a new environmentally safe rock cracking technology has been widely used in mining, enhancing the permeability of coal seam, road construction, and other fields. In this study, a liquid carbon dioxide blasting experiment was conducted on a concrete specimen of size 500mm×500mm×400 mm firstly, and the crack distribution and blast hole morphology were observed. Then, the peridynamics model of rock fracturing under liquid carbon dioxide blasting was established, and the crack propagation in liquid carbon dioxide blasting and the influence of explosion pressure and numbers and radii of releasing holes on the liquid carbon dioxide blasting effects were analyzed. The results showed that the broken concrete specimen had no obvious smash district and the direction of crack propagation was perpendicular to that of carbon dioxide release after liquid carbon dioxide blasting. The failure of the specimen was only caused by the blasting stress wave, and the quasi-static effect of high-pressure carbon dioxide did not have sufficient time to play its role. With an increase in the stress wave strength and the numbers and radii of releasing holes, the fracturing velocity of liquid carbon blasting will increase. The cracks produced by liquid carbon dioxide blasting were mainly distributed in the middle of the adjacent releasing holes. The research results had a good guiding significance for understanding the mechanism of liquid carbon dioxide rock breaking and optimizing and improving the liquid carbon dioxide fracturing device.