Report of Investigations 7961: Tunnel Boring Technology: Disk Cutter Experiments in Metamorphic and Igneous Rocks

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• Personal Author:
  Larson, David A. ; Morrell, Roger J.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  Bureau of Mines laboratory experiments with reduced scale cutter and cutter forces were performed to (1) define the fundamental relationships governing disk cutter performance and (2) to develop a method of predicting disk cutter performance in soft, medium, and hard rocks. The rock cutting experiments were performed in four igneous and metamorphic rocks that ranged in compressive strength from 38,000 to 67,000 psi. A special testing machine called a linear cutter apparatus (lca) was used to load and traverse a free rolling disk cutter across a smooth rock surface. Each pass of the disk produced a single crater, and runs were spaced to avoid breakage between craters. During each run the normal and tangential cutter forces were measured and recorded. The soft and medium rock data were obtained from previous Bureau experiments with disk cutters. Crater depth, tangential cutter force, crater volume, specific energy versus normal cutter force, and crater width versus depth are defined within this study. With the use of standard physical properties, performance prediction equations were developed using stepwise linear regression analysis techniques. A method of using these prediction equations to calculate the boring rate, the cutter spacing, and the torque and energy requirements of a full- scale boring machine was also developed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Geology Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• ISSN:
  1066-5552 (print)
• Publisher:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Case Report
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  54 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001727
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-237847
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 237 847; :1-50
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 237 847
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:23200fd4912688672739e907b3bb0f83c9b3b83e1a1c904d6ed2a26c5e4d0e99e2b8e230eb3e97a7f4ad86318bb4002644f0d1b2993c5af8d9f953278feb038a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201729/cdc_201729_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.72 MB ]