Long-term stability of a backfilled room-and-pillar test section at the Buick Mine, Missouri, USA

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1182-1196

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

^a NIOSH Spokane Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b Doe Run Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Cemented rockfill; Long term monitoring; Room and pillar; Underground mine

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DILATOMETERS; MINE ROOF CONTROL; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RETAINING WALLS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; ROOFS; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; TESTING;

CEMENTED ROCKFILL; EARTH PRESSURE CELL; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG TERM STABILITY; MINE ROOF; MISSOURIS; ROCK FILLS; ROOM-AND-PILLAR; TEST SECTIONS; UNDERGROUND MINE;

STRESS MEASUREMENT;

BACKFILL; BIAXIAL TEST; EARTH PRESSURE; HOST ROCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCKFILL; ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD; STRAIN RATE; STRESS MEASUREMENT; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69349088039     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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