冰-土混合法调配膨润土缓冲回填材料含水率研究

高放废物缓冲回填工程屏障材料膨润土塑性高,可调性差,加水制样过程中土“团聚化”及含水率分布不均匀现象明显,影响缓冲回填压实砌块质量。与传统直接喷水法对比,试验探索一种加水工艺,即采用粉状冰与膨润土粉混合调配膨润土含水率,试验含水率在5%～30%之间,分析了膨润土与水混合物的混合效率、黏附质量损失率、实际含水率与理论含水率差值、团聚体含水率与粒径关系、混合物中团聚体分布及含量等指标综合评价加水工艺优劣,提出微波辅助解冻法以提高冰-土混合法制备土样的解冻效率。结果显示,与喷水法相比,冰-土混合法混合效率高,膨润土黏附容器少,实际含水率更集中于目标含水率,团聚体数量明显减少,水分分布更均匀;配套的微波辅助解冻法能有效提高冰-土混合法解冻效率,且不影响团聚体数量及试样含水率。研究成果可供我国高放废物缓冲回填材料高效生产及其他高黏性土含水率均匀调配参考。     

陶粒粉煤灰混凝土在桥涵台背回填中的应用研究

通过材料性能试验、土工离心模型试验和数值计算,研究陶粒粉煤灰混凝土的物理力学性能及其在桥涵台背回填的应用效果。首先,通过材料性能试验研究不同配合比的陶粒粉煤灰混凝土的物理力学性能;其次,通过土工离心模型试验和数值计算研究陶粒粉煤灰混凝土用作桥涵台背回填材料时,作用于台背的土压力和回填体的变形特性。研究发现：陶粒粉煤灰混凝土具有轻质、高强度、高模量和易施工等诸多优点;陶粒粉煤灰混凝土回填体作用于台背的土压力明显小于常规回填材料;回填区和地基的沉降变形亦明显小于其他材料。结果表明：陶粒粉煤灰混凝土作为台背回填材料具有明显的优越性,是一种值得推荐的桥涵台背回填材料。     

沿空留巷上覆岩层关键块稳定性力学分析及巷旁充填体宽度确定

由于沿空留巷服务时间较长,巷道围岩变形较大,合理地计算巷旁充填体宽度至关重要。根据沿空留巷上覆岩层的活动规律,建立了关键块和直接顶的力学模型,分析了关键块与沿空留巷围岩相互作用机制,推导出巷旁支护阻力的计算公式,并引入了关键块稳定性系数K1、K2及其稳定性影响因素的敏感度。研究结果表明,当K1>1时,关键块发生挤压变形失稳;当K2>1时,关键块发生滑落失稳。以淮南谢一矿512（5）工作面为工程背景,确定了合理的巷旁充填体宽度,计算出关键块稳定性系数,获得了各影响因素对关键块稳定性的敏感度。实例分析表明,采高对关键块的稳定性影响较大,在大采高工作面中进行沿空留巷较为困难。     

我国高放废物处置库缓冲／回填材料压实膨胀特性研究

本文研究了我国高放废物地质处置库缓冲／回填材料－内蒙古高庙子膨润土的压实、膨胀力和膨胀变形特性。实验结果表明，膨润土样品的压实密度与压制压力和蒙脱石含量有关，膨胀力与样品压实密度和蒙脱石含量有关，样品在荷载作用下膨胀变形明显减小。     

北京上庄东路巨型砂石坑回填路基复合处理技术

根据北京上庄东路巨型砂石坑的地质条件及周边情况,采用振冲碎石桩、强夯置换及强夯复合地基处理技术与重锤夯扩挤密碎石桩对砂石坑回填路基进行综合处理。在高水位的情况下,对由软土和建筑垃圾回填形成的砂石坑,采用振冲碎石桩作为砂石坑渗水通道,通过强夯置换形成纵向增强体并加大处理深度,最后采用强夯处理的复合处理方案;对于桥桩两侧的回填土路基则采用重锤夯扩挤密碎石桩方案,减少对桥桩的影响。     

A coupled chemo‐viscoplastic cap model for simulating the behavior of hydrating cemented tailings backfill under blast loading

Although the use of blasting has become a routine in contemporary mine operations, there is a lack of knowledge on the response of cement tailings backfills subjected to sudden dynamic loading. To rationally describe such a phenomenon, a new coupled chemo‐viscoplastic cap model is proposed in the present study to describe the behavior of hydrating cemented tailings backfill under blast loading. A modified Perzyna type of visco‐plasticity model is adopted to represent the rate‐dependent behavior of the cemented tailings backfill under blast loading. A modified smooth surface cap model is consequently developed to characterize the yield of the material, which also facilitates hysteresis and full compaction as well as dilation control. Then, the viscoplastic formulation is further augmented with a variable bulk modulus derived from a Mie–Gruneisen equation of state, in order to capture the nonlinear hydrostatic response of cemented backfills subjected to high pressure. Subsequently, the material properties required in the viscoplastic cap model are coupled with a chemical model, which captures and quantifies the degree of cement hydration. Thus, the behavior of hydrating cemented backfills under the impact of blast loading can be evaluated under any curing time of interest. The validation results of the developed model show a good agreement between the experimental and the predicted results. The authors believe that the proposed model will contribute to a better understanding of the performance of cemented backfills under mine blasting and contribute to evaluating and managing the risk of failure of backfill structures under such a dynamic condition. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modeling the heat development in hydrating CPB structures

Cemented paste backfill (CPB) is a mixture of dewatered tailings, hydraulic binders and water. In addition to contributing to the stability of mine workplaces, CPB greatly benefits the environment by minimizing surface tailings disposal. Hence, it has become one of the most commonly used ways in mine backfilling around the world. Temperature can significantly affect the mechanical properties of cemented backfill. A source of heat in CPB is produced by binder hydration. Hence, a FLAC based numerical model is developed to predict and analyse the heat developed by hydrating CPB structures. To validate the model, results of the developed model are compared with three case studies (mathematical, laboratory, and field investigations). The validation results show a good agreement between the developed model and these cases. The effects of stope geometry, thermal properties of both rock and CPB, filling rate, binder content and initial boundary conditions are also investigated.     

Unsaturated hydraulic properties of cemented tailings backfill that contains sodium silicate

Recycling the mine waste (tailings) into cemented tailings backfill has economical and environmental advantages for the mining industry. One of the most recent types of cemented tailings backfill is gelfill (GF), a backfill that contains sodium silicate as chemical additive. GF is typically made of tailings, water, binder and chemical additives (sodium silicate gel). It is a promising mine tailings backfill technology. From a design point of view, the environmental performance or durability of GF structures is considered as a key factor. Due to the fact that GF structures are cementitious tailings, their durability and environmental performance depend on their ability to resist the flow of aggressive elements (water and oxygen). Thus, understanding the unsaturated hydraulic properties of GF is essential for a cost-effective, environmentally friendly and durable design of GF structures. However, there is a lack of information with regards to unsaturated hydraulic properties of GF, the factors that affect them and their evolution with time. Hence, the unsaturated hydraulic properties (water retention curve (WRC) or water characteristic curve, air entry value (AEV), residual water content, unsaturated hydraulic conductivity) of GF are investigated in this paper. GF samples of various compositions and cured in room temperature for different times (3, 7, 28, and 90 days) are considered. Saturated hydraulic conductivity and microstructural tests have been conducted; WRCs are measured by using a WP4-T dewpoint potentiameter and the saline solution method. Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity is predicted using the van Genuchten (1980) equation. The water retention curve (WRC) is determined as the relationship between volumetric water content and suction for each GF mix and curing time. The van Genuchten (1980) equation is used to simulate the WRC to best-fit the experimental data. AEV and residual water content are also computed for each mix and curing time. Furthermore, functions are developed to predict the evolution of AEVs, residual water content and fitting parameters of the van Genuchten model with degree of hydration. Important outcomes have been achieved with regards to unsaturated hydraulic properties. The unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of GF was calculated to decrease when the suction, binder content, and degree of hydration increase. The effects of binder content and degree of hydration are more obvious at low suction ranges. The obtained results would contribute to a better design and assessment of the durability and environmental performance of GF structures.     

Lateral stress caused by horizontal and vertical surcharge strip loads on a cross‐anisotropic backfill

This study derives analytical solutions for estimating the lateral stress caused by horizontal and vertical surcharge strip loads resting on a cross‐anisotropic backfill. The following loading types are employed in this work: point load, line load, uniform strip load, upward linear‐varying strip load, upward nonlinear‐varying strip load, downward linear‐varying strip load and downward nonlinear‐varying strip load. The cross‐anisotropic planes are assumed to be parallel to the horizontal surface of the backfill. The solutions proposed herein have never been mentioned in previous literature, but can be derived by integrating the point load solution in a Cartesian co‐ordinate system for a cross‐anisotropic medium. The calculations by the presented solutions are quick and accurate since they are concise and systematized. Additionally, the proposed calculations demonstrate that the type and degree of material anisotropy and the horizontal/vertical loading types decisively influence the lateral stress. This investigation presents examples of the proposed horizontal and vertical strip loads acting on the surface of the isotropic and cross‐anisotropic backfills to elucidate their effects on the stress. The analytical results reveal that the stress distributions accounting for soil anisotropy and loading types are quite different from those computed from the available isotropic solutions. Restated, the derived solutions, as well as realistically simulating the actual surcharge loading circumstances, provide a good reference for the design of retaining structures for the backfill materials are cross‐anisotropic. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Back analysis of the Kanowna Belle stope filling case history

A fully coupled multi-physics finite element model has been used to conduct a back-analysis of a stope filling case history at the Kanowna Belle (KB) mine in Western Australia. The model captures a number of important characteristics of mine backfill behaviour, including the evolution of strength and consolidation properties with cement hydration, the impact of chemical shrinkage (self-desiccation) and de-saturation. Material parameters for the constitutive model have been calibrated using published laboratory test data. A reasonable match between ideal and actual elements of response as revealed through in-situ measurements of total stress and pore pressure was obtained using these initial parameters. A parametric study was then performed which showed that the backfill strength parameters (friction angle, dilation and cohesion), the chemical volume shrinkage, the rate of cement hydration and the water retention properties all have a significant influence on the calculated states of stress within the stope.