Research Article

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

Table 1

A summarize of fixed parameters in all numerical models.

ItemsUnit weight (kN/m3)Young’s modulus (Pa)Poisson’s ratioCohesion (Pa)Internal friction angle (°)Dilation angle (°)

Rock mass273 × 10100.25
Backfill183 × 1080.30350
Interface021