Abstract: Evaluating the stresses in backfilled stopes constitutes a critical step for insuring underground mine safety and for analyzing backfill response. In recent years, the writers have presented several methods for conducting ...

Abstract: Backfilling is commonly applied to aid pillar recovery in open stope mines. The backfill must then remain self-standing in the primary stope when mining an adjacent secondary stope. The design of exposed fill is often based ...

Abstract: The inelastic

Abstract: Cemented paste backfill (CPB) is widely applied in underground mines around the world. Prior to stope backfilling, barricades need to be built in drifts near drawpoints to retain the flowable fill. A number of reported ...