Limit equilibrium analysis for the design of backfilled stope barricades made of waste rock

Backfilling of underground stopes is commonly applied in mining operations. Barricades are required to hold the fill material in the stope during and after placement. As such barricades may be constructed with waste rock, there is a need to develop solutions to analyse their response. This paper presents a limit equilibrium analysis solution for defining the dimensions of waste rock barricades. The proposed solution applies to drained (without pore-water pressure) and submerged (with pore-water pressure) conditions. The solutions are presented and applied to sample cases.

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