Paste Backfill Design App
Description:
mXrap’s Paste Backfill Design app is designed to help engineers to do the following:
- Calculate paste fill volumes and bund capacities
- Assess the fill stresses and stability for vertical and horizontal exposures
- Analyse UCS test results and fit a strength prediction model
- Assess the pressure and friction profile of the paste reticulation path
Details:
Principal authors: Stuart Tierney
Contributing authors: Matthew Heinsen Egan, Dan Cumming-Potvin
Tierney, S 2021, mXrap software app, Paste Backfill Design, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, www.mXrap.com
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