Effect of particle gradation on properties of fresh and hardened cemented paste backfill》.pdfVIP

Construction and Building Materials 96 (2015) 378–382 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Construction and Building Materials journal homepage: www. /loc ate/conbuildmat Effect of particle gradation on properties of fresh and hardened cemented paste backfill Xing Ke ⇑, Haobo Hou, Min Zhou, Yan Wang, Xian Zhou School of Resource and Environment Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, PR China h i g h l i g h t s Increasing of finer parts in CPB mixture is detrimental to workability of fresh CPB. Blending with finer tailing particles can improve gradation of tailings. Higher packing density of tailing particles benefits mechanical performance of CPB. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The purpose of this study is to assess the influences of the gradation of tailings on the qualities of coarse Received 11 March 2015 tailings used for cemented paste backfill (CPB). Two reference mixtures of tailings (T and W) with CPB Received in revised form 30 July 2015 and four blended mixtures of tailings with CPB with T/W ratios (the weight ratio of tailings T and W) Accepted 9 August 2015 of 8/2, 6/4, 4/6, and 2/8 were prepared. The moisture content in hardened CPB generally increased as Available online 14 August 2015 the tailings fineness increased. The relationship among tailings fineness, packing density and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) is discussed. As the tailings fineness increased, the flowabi