On using informational fields, structural fractals for simulating response of jointed rock to underground explosion

The recent theories and many modeling attempts in the field of sciences which originated in the XXth century put forward the idea of informational fields as an objective necessity when it comes to explaining numberless phenomena having non-standard behaviour. The existence of informational fields is conditioned by information transmission and by the informational feedback. For this reason the basic instrument that we are going to use within this modeling is informational feedback defined by accurate means. Results show that rock joints can significantly affect the transmission and the attenuation of shock waves, and can therefore influence the stability of the adjacent underground structures. The spacing of joint set can also remarkably affect the propagation process. It indicates that as a discontinuum-based approach, fractal theory is good at simulating the propagation and attenuation of blastingwave in jointed rock masses, and in modeling the stability of underground structures subjected to blasting loads.