Abstract: The evaluation of the state of stress in a backfilled stope is necessary for assessing the stability of the sides and assisting in barricade design. To date, a few analytical models have been proposed in the literature for ...

Abstract: Abstract The stripping ratio increases as the surface mine gets deeper, causing an increase in the height of waste dump slopes. This threatens stability since dumps are composed of soil–rock mixtures, mostly in an unsaturated ...

Abstract: Abstract Triaxial compression tests are conducted to determine the dilation behavior of five different rocks, namely, shaly sandstone, fine-grained sandstone (weak), coarse-grained sandstone (weak), fine-grained sandstone ...