Granular flow models and dilation front propagation applied to underground mining

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3533-3539

  Vivanco, Francisco ^a   Melo, Francisco ^a   Fuentes, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b IM2 Codelco ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Block caving; Dilation; Granular flow

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; EXTRACTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; KINEMATICS; ORE TREATMENT;

BLOCK CAVING; DILATION; FRONT PROPAGATION; GRANULAR FLOW MODEL; GRANULAR FLOWS; PLASTICITY MODEL; SIMULTANEOUS EXTRACTIONS; UNDERGROUND MINING;

OPEN PIT MINING;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA;

EID: 73149107497     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127409024979     Document Type: Article

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