Table 4 Calculated bending moment values.

From: Short-wall roadway backfill method for sustainable mining

Height mining/m

Length of stope/m

Elastic modulus of backfill/GPa

Bending moment/× 107 N m−1

2

800

0.60

1.24

3

1.43

4

1.75

5

2.26

6

2.65

5

600

0.60

1.87

700

2.08

800

2.26

900

2.56

1000

2.81

5

800

0.45

7.24

0.50

5.26

0.55

3.93

0.60

2.26

0.65

1.12