Research status on rock-breaking mechanism and performance testing methods of PDC bit cutters
Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bits are one of the main rock breaking tools in drilling engineering. The performance indexes, such as rock breaking efficiency, wear resistance, thermal stability and impact resistance of PDC bit cutters, have
Yancao LI
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A fractal fragmentation model for rockfalls [PDF]
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-016-0773-8The impact-induced rock mass fragmentation in a rockfall is analyzed by comparing the in situ block size distribution (IBSD) of the rock mass detached from the ...
Corominas Dulcet, Jordi +2 more
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Establishment of tunnel-boring machine disk cutter rock-breaking model from energy perspective
As the most important cutting tools during tunnel-boring machine tunneling construction process, V-type disk cutter’s rock-breaking mechanism has been researched by many scholars all over the world. Adopting finite element method, this article focused on
Liwei Song, Wei Guo, Dianhua Zhu
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Exceptional aggressiveness of cerebral cavernous malformation disease associated with PDCD10 mutations. [PDF]
PurposeThe phenotypic manifestations of cerebral cavernous malformation disease caused by rare PDCD10 mutations have not been systematically examined, and a mechanistic link to Rho kinase-mediated hyperpermeability, a potential therapeutic target, has ...
Akers, Amy L +16 more
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Statistical Physics of Rupture in Heterogeneous Media [PDF]
The damage and fracture of materials are technologically of enormous interest due to their economic and human cost. They cover a wide range of phenomena like e.g.
Sornette, D.
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Particle jet impact deep-rock in rotary drilling: Failure process and lab experiment.
Aimed at the technical problems of low drilling speed and difficult rock-breaking in deep-well and hard rock-stratum, particle waterjet coupled impact rock-breaking technology in rotary drilling is put forward in this paper.
Tiancheng Fang +4 more
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Study of the plasma flow interaction with the borehole surface in the process of its thermal reaming [PDF]
Purpose. Study of the plasma flow interaction with the borehole surface in the process of its thermal reaming for determination of transient temperature distribution along the borehole surface and the average coefficient of heat transfer from the plasma ...
Horiachkin, V +7 more
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Rock Breaking Mechanism and Experimental Study of Axe-shaped PDC Cutter
Axe-shaped PDC cutter has more obvious rock breaking advantage than conventional PDC cutter. In order to analyze the rock breaking mechanism of the axe-shaped PDC cutter, the finite element simulation and test were used to conduct comparison and force ...
Zou Deyong +3 more
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Field-control, phase-transitions, and life's emergence [PDF]
Instances of critical-like characteristics in living systems at each organizational level as well as the spontaneous emergence of computation (Langton), indicate the relevance of self-organized criticality (SOC).
Mitra, A. N., Mitra-Delmotte, Gargi
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Rock-Breaking Mechanism of Special-shaped PDC Cutter in Heterogeneous Granite
In order to clarify the rock-breaking mechanism of special-shaped PDC cutter in the difficult-to-drill formations(e.g. granite), the finite element method was used to establish a mesoscopic heterogeneous granite model with different mineral components ...
Liu Hexing +6 more
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