Post-failure behavior of two mine pillars confined with backfill

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-232

  Tesarik, D R ^a   Seymour, J B ^a   Yanske, T R ^b  

^a NIOSH Spokane Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b The Doe Run Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PILLAR EXTRACTION; STRAIN; STRESSES;

ROCK MASS RATING (RMR) SYSTEM;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

BACKFILL; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MECHANISM; PILLAR; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD;

BUICK MINE; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037328433     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1365-1609(02)00139-9     Document Type: Article

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