Effect of the Initial Air Content in Fresh Slurry on the Compressive Strength of Hardened Cemented Paste Backfill

Filling mining method can dispose of the tailings into filling slurry, which can be transported to the stope through pipelines to manage the ground pressure and protect the environment. To improve the flowability of filling slurry, additives are used more and more widely. However, some additives can...

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Main Authors: Youzhi Zhang, Deqing Gan, Zhenlin Xue, Xun Chen, Sheng Hu
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Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8838572
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description Filling mining method can dispose of the tailings into filling slurry, which can be transported to the stope through pipelines to manage the ground pressure and protect the environment. To improve the flowability of filling slurry, additives are used more and more widely. However, some additives can increase the air content in the slurry. The air in the slurry will become pores in the hardened cemented paste backfill (CPB). Therefore, it is necessary to explore the influence of initial air content in fresh slurry on the compressive strength of CPB. In this paper, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was used to regulate the air content in the fresh slurry. After measuring the initial air content, the slurry was made into test blocks. Then, the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of CPB at 28 d age was tested, and the distribution of CPB microscopic pores was observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that as the initial air content in fresh slurry increases, the UCS of CPB first increases and then decreases. Before the initial air content in fresh slurry is 6.03%, the CPB pores distribution is relatively uniform. However, after exceeding this value, “discontinuous contact” structures, pore groups, and macropores occur in CPB. Through the CPB microscopic force analysis, the mathematical model describing the effect of initial air content on UCS of CPB should be a combination of logarithmic function and quadratic polynomial. This work can provide a supplement to the theory of CPB strength.
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spelling doaj-art-42286e7a60a04c3398751e8c4e31a7b42025-08-20T03:55:41ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88385728838572Effect of the Initial Air Content in Fresh Slurry on the Compressive Strength of Hardened Cemented Paste BackfillYouzhi Zhang0Deqing Gan1Zhenlin Xue2Xun Chen3Sheng Hu4College of Mining Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, ChinaCollege of Mining Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, ChinaCollege of Mining Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, ChinaSchool of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, ChinaFilling mining method can dispose of the tailings into filling slurry, which can be transported to the stope through pipelines to manage the ground pressure and protect the environment. To improve the flowability of filling slurry, additives are used more and more widely. However, some additives can increase the air content in the slurry. The air in the slurry will become pores in the hardened cemented paste backfill (CPB). Therefore, it is necessary to explore the influence of initial air content in fresh slurry on the compressive strength of CPB. In this paper, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was used to regulate the air content in the fresh slurry. After measuring the initial air content, the slurry was made into test blocks. Then, the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of CPB at 28 d age was tested, and the distribution of CPB microscopic pores was observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that as the initial air content in fresh slurry increases, the UCS of CPB first increases and then decreases. Before the initial air content in fresh slurry is 6.03%, the CPB pores distribution is relatively uniform. However, after exceeding this value, “discontinuous contact” structures, pore groups, and macropores occur in CPB. Through the CPB microscopic force analysis, the mathematical model describing the effect of initial air content on UCS of CPB should be a combination of logarithmic function and quadratic polynomial. This work can provide a supplement to the theory of CPB strength.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8838572
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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
title Effect of the Initial Air Content in Fresh Slurry on the Compressive Strength of Hardened Cemented Paste Backfill
title_full Effect of the Initial Air Content in Fresh Slurry on the Compressive Strength of Hardened Cemented Paste Backfill
title_fullStr Effect of the Initial Air Content in Fresh Slurry on the Compressive Strength of Hardened Cemented Paste Backfill
title_full_unstemmed Effect of the Initial Air Content in Fresh Slurry on the Compressive Strength of Hardened Cemented Paste Backfill
title_short Effect of the Initial Air Content in Fresh Slurry on the Compressive Strength of Hardened Cemented Paste Backfill
title_sort effect of the initial air content in fresh slurry on the compressive strength of hardened cemented paste backfill
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8838572
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