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A Study on Evaluation of Rock Brittleness Index using Punch Penetration Test

압입시험을 이용한 암석의 취성도 평가에 관한 연구

  • Hoyoung Jeong (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • 정호영 (부경대학교 에너지자원공학과)
  • Received : 2023.02.06
  • Accepted : 2023.02.20
  • Published : 2023.02.28
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Abstract

The brittleness of rocks plays an important role in determining the fragmentation and failure behavior of rock. However, there is still no standard method to evaluate the brittleness of rock, and previous studies have suggested the several definitions for estimation of brittleness of rock. Even in the process of mechanical rock excavation and drilling, the brittleness of rock is considered as an important property for evaluating the excavation efficiency of mechanical excavators or boreability of rock. The previous studies have been carried out to investigate the correlation between different brittleness of rock and cutting efficiency and boreability of rock. This study introduced a method for calculating the brittleness of rock from punch penetration test, and analyzed the correlation between the brittleness of rock calculated by the uniaxial compressive and Brazilian tensile strengths and that from punch penetration test. From the results of correlation analysis, the relationship between various brittleness was confirmed, and it was found that PSI and BI3 showed a good correlation with the strength-based brittleness index. In addition, the results indicated that B3 and B4 are suitable to represent the brittleness of rock in the field of mechanical rock excavation.

암석의 취성은 암석의 파쇄 및 파괴특성에 주요한 영향을 미치는 인자로 알려져 있으나, 현재까지 표준화된 정의가 없고 연구자들은 취성을 정의하기 위한 다양한 취성도의 산정방식을 제안하여 오고 있다. 암석의 드릴링 및 암반의 기계굴착과정에서도 암석의 취성은 기계굴착장비의 굴진효율 혹은 암석의 굴진저항성을 평가하기 위한 중요한 파라미터로 평가되고 있으며, 다양한 취성도와 기계굴착장비의 굴진효율 사이의 상관관계를 규명하려는 연구들이 지속적으로 수행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 압입시험으로부터 암석의 취성도를 산출하기 위한 방법에 대하여 소개하고, 압입시험에서 산정되는 취성도와 기존의 암석의 일축압축강도와 간접인장강도로부터 계산되는 기존의 취성도의 상관관계에 대하여 분석하고자 하였다. 상관관계분석 결과로부터 다양한 취성도들 간의 상관관계를 확인할 수 있었으며, 압입시험으로부터 계산되는 PSI와 BI3가 기존의 취성도들과 좋은 상관관계를 보임을 확인하였다. 또한 기존의 취성도 중에서는 B3와 B4가 암반기계굴착분야에서의 굴진효율 및 굴진저항성을 나타내기에 적합한 취성도인 것으로 판단되었다.

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이 논문은 부경대학교 자율창의학술연구비(2021년)에 의하여 연구되었습니다. 연구지원에 감사드립니다.

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