Stiffness Determination of Backfill-Rock Interface to Numerically Investigate Backfill Stress Distributions in Mine Stopes

<div>Comparisons of vertical (<i>σ</i><sub>v</sub>) and horizontal (<i>σ</i><sub>h</sub>) stresses plotted along VCL of simulated stopes in two mining methods with analytical results of the Marston equation.</div>

Advances in Civil Engineering

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Figure 7: Stiffness Determination of Backfill-Rock Interface to Numerically Investigate Backfill Stress Distributions in Mine Stopes 