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Three-dimensional Effect of Stresses on Inclined Open Stope Mine Design

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  • Stability graph method and open stope mine design update

  • Induced stress prediction curves including inclined stopes

  • Finite volume method applied for underground mine design

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Acknowledgements

This paper was partially funded by the CONICYT/PIA Project AFB220002 of the Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC) of the University of Chile. The authors thank Victor Silva and Oscar Barragan for their contribution to the preparation of this article. In addition, the authors thank ITASCA Chile SpA for providing FLAC3D for this study. Finally, authors thank Diane Greenstein for her support in editing.

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    Julio Pino & René Gómez

  2. Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Exequiel Marambio, Roberto Miranda & Kimie Suzuki

  3. Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica y de Materiales (DIMM), Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, Campus San Joaquín, Santiago, Chile

    Adeline Delonca

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Pino, J., Gómez, R., Marambio, E. et al. Three-dimensional Effect of Stresses on Inclined Open Stope Mine Design. Rock Mech Rock Eng 56, 4647–4657 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-023-03298-z

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