DOI: 10.7672 / sgjs2026070086
To obtain the optimal number of empty holes for parallel cutting in tunnels, the explicitdynamic analysis platform ANSYS / LS⁃DYNA was used to conduct numerical simulations of parallelcutting blasting under different numbers of empty holes to compare and analyze the influence of thenumber of empty holes on the blasting effects of parallel cutting, and explore its practical applicationeffects through field experiments. The results showed that with the increase of the number of empty holes,the cavity area of parallel cutting blasting increased gradually. When the number of empty holes N = 3,4, 5, 6, 8, the cavity areas was 1 424, 1 595, 1 724, 1 833, 1 917cm2, respectively. However, theincrease rate of cavity area could gradually decrease with the increase of the number of empty holes.When the number of empty holes increases from 6 to 8, the cavity area only increased by 4.58%.Considering the blasting cost and blasting effect comprehensively, it was recommended to use 6 emptyholes in the parallel cutting blasting. In the field experiment, the hole utilization rate of 94. 3% andperipheral hole mark rate of 86. 1% were obtained when 6 empty holes were adopted, which confirmed the engineering applicability of the numbers of empty holes N= 6.