ResearchArticle
Research on the Effect of Particle Distribution on the Crack
Propagation in Shaped Energy Blasting Based on the Smoothed
Particle Hydrodynamics
Pengfei Guo ,
1,2
Xiaohu Zhang,
3
Weisheng Du,
4
Xiaochun Xiao ,
1
and Dingjie Sun
1
1
School of Civil Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China
2
State Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology,
Beijing 100083, China
3
School of Civil Engineering, Guizhou University of Engineering Science, Bijie, Guizhou 551700, China
4
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Correspondence should be addressed to Pengfei Guo; gpf20101989@163.com
Received 13 August 2019; Revised 3 December 2019; Accepted 18 December 2019; Published 11 January 2020
Academic Editor: Chengzhi Shi
Copyright © 2020 Pengfei Guo et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
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Conventional smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) methods suffer from disadvantages, such as difficult initial particle
configuration, uneven distribution of generated particles, and low computational efficiency when applied to numerical
simulationofshapedchargeblasting.Inthisresearch,toovercometheseproblems,amodifiedSPHmethodthatgeneratesthe
particle configuration through self-adaptive optimization is developed by the combined application of MATLAB and LS-
DYNA.eresultspresentedinthispaperdemonstratethatthemodifiedconfigurationmethodsolvestheproblemofuneven
distribution of particles in complex geometry domains by providing a more uniform smoothed particle distribution than the
conventional SPH method. Furthermore, the results from the application of these two methods to the bidirectional-shaped
charge blasting problem reveal that the defects in the particle configuration in the conventional SPH method lead to the
development of main cracks in both the shaped and the unshaped directions. However, with the self-adaptive optimization
method,themaincracksdeveloponlyintheshapeddirection.Inaddition,theequivalentstressdifferencebetweentheshaped
andunshapeddirections,0.7msafterdetonation,is120MPawiththemodifiedmethod.isis85MPamorethanthatwiththe
conventional method.
1. Introduction
A comprehensive study on the principle of cumulative
blasting and its effects began during World War II. Before
the1980s,theresearchersinthisfieldfocusedontheprocess
of jet penetration mechanism and modeling of cumulative
blasting[1,2].Sincethe1980s,owingtothedevelopmentof
experimental methods and computer technologies, there
have been abundant research studies on the subject of
shaped charges and their energy release process [3, 4].
Studiesonthecumulativeblastingtechnologythatenhances
the blasting effect through changing the propagation me-
dium of detonation wave and installing accessories on
explosives, such as blasting by water-sealed explosive charge
packages and notched blasting, have emerged subsequently
[5, 6].
Due to the advances made in engineering software de-
velopment, many researchers, nowadays, use commercial
softwaretosimulatetheproblemsrelatedtoshapedcharges.
Kim et al. [7] and Donze et al. [8] used the discrete element
method to simulate the behavior of rocks during blasting
andstudiedthepropagationbehaviorofstresswavesinrock
mass under different loading conditions. Yang et al. [9] and
FanandLi[10]usedDYNA3Dtostudythepresplittingwith
a decoupling charge of a binding energy tube. eir results
showed that the shaped tube had a significant effect on the
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Shock and Vibration
Volume 2020, Article ID 3892903, 14 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/3892903