Seismic wavefield model excited by a finite long cylindrical charge

The amplitude-frequency characteristic of a seismic wave excited by explosion sources directly affects the accuracy of seismic exploration. To reveal the effect law related to a cylindrical charge, this research proposes a seismic wavefield model excited by a long cylindrical charge. According to the characteristics of the blasting cavity generated by a finite-length cylindrical charge, the seismic wavefield characteristics of a cylindrical charge excitation are obtained by superposing the seismic wavefield excited by a series of spherical charges. Numerical simulation results show that the calculation error of the blasting cavity characteristics of the theoretical model is within 10%. The comparison with field experimental results shows that the error of the model is within 9.4%. The velocity field of the excited seismic wave is almost the same as that of the spherical charge when the explosion distance to the cylindrical charge with finite length is 16–21 times longer than the charge length, but the frequency of the seismic wave is 30% higher than for a spherical charge. Moreover, the explosive velocity has a certain influence on the amplitude-frequency characteristic of the seismic wave excited by the cylindrical charge. The established theoretical model can accurately describe the amplitude-frequency characteristics of the seismic wavefield excited by a cylindrical charge with finite length.