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The modeling with the finite element method was employed to study the block caving process for mining the Milas diasporite deposit in Western Turkey. The stress distribution in the vicinity of production and haulage levels is evaluated applying an elasto-plastic rock mass model.
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Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 6, pp. 63–71, November–December, 2005.
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Gurgen, S., Aksoy, C.O., Yenice, H. et al. Investigation of stress fields occurred in the block caving process at a diasporite deposit in Western Turkey. J Min Sci 41, 550–557 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10913-006-0018-7
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