Arching within hydraulic fill stopes

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-35

  Pirapakaran, Kandiah ^a   Sivakugan, Nagaratnam ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arching; Backfill; Mining; Numerical modelling; Overburden; Stopes

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINES; STOPING; STRESSES;

ARCHING; BACKFILL; STOPES;

EXCAVATION;

ARCHING; BACKFILL; HYDRAULICS; MINING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846173567     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-006-0003-6     Document Type: Article

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