Excavation of hard deposits and rocks: On the cutting of saturated rock

As a result of the worldwide population and welfare growth, the demand for energy (oil, gas and renewable sources) and raw materials increases. In the last decades, oil and gas are produced from more and more offshore sites and deeper waters. Besides energy, the demand for diverse metals and rare earth elements increases as well. These raw...

Inclusion of pore pressure effects in discrete element modeling of rock cutting

MODELING THE EFFECT OF WATER DEPTH ON ROCK CUTTING PROCESSES WITH THE USE OF DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD

CUTTING THROUGH HARD ROCK-LIKE MATERIALS, A REVIEW OF THE PROCESS