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The necessity of expanding the possibilities for controlling the explosive action to obtain a uniform rational fragmentation of the run-of-mine with a minimum yield of oversized and fine low-grade fractions is substantiated. The methodological problems of applying the smoothed particle method for 3D modeling and studying the patterns of dynamic loading of a rock mass, the uniformity and intensity of crushing in different explosive zones, as well as problems of two- and three-dimensional model calibration are considered. The method is calibrated by simulating the fragmentation process by an explosion in comparison with experimental results on blasting rock samples during the explosion of an elongated borehole charge. Work was carried out to study the influence of drilling and blasting parameters and kinetics of energy release on the intensity and uniformity of fragmentation. The regularities of the effect produced by specific consumption of industrial explosives, the rate of energy release; the distance between boreholes, the diameter of borehole charges, as well as air gap values on the intensity and uniformity of crushing in different explosive zones are determined.