Yong Liu1, Jianping Wei2,3
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.11, No.3, pp. 221-240, 2015, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2015.011.221
Abstract Although the socalled percussion-pulsed-water jet technique is currently recognized as an effective means for breaking hard rocks, it can’t be extensively employed due to insufficient systematic research on the related flow-field structure. Considered as one of the rock breaking technologies with the highest potential of development and application, this method is characterized by water hammer effects, a high-frequency impact pressure and high-speed side flows. The typical (impact and extrusion) pistons used for this technique collide several times to form the multi-pulsed jet. Here we analyze these features through a combined experimental-numerical investigation. The number of… More >