Ae-Based Failure Warning Mechanism During Cemented Paste Backfilling: Experimental Investigation

Abstract

To research the AE warning mechanism of cemented paste backfilling (CPB), the uniaxial compression test with AE monitoring was carried out on CPB. The effects of different moisture content, cement proportion, and loading rate on AE characteristics of CPB were analyzed. And a damage model based on AE is established. The results show that the increase of water content, gypsum content, and loading rate can enhance the ductility of CPB and lengthen the AE warning area. However, the increase of moisture content will lead to the delay of AE signal peak, which is bad for the early warning. With the increase of loading rate, the failure mode of specimens gradually changes from splitting failure to shear failure. The cracks produced under different failure modes can correspond to the peaks of AE signals. The damage model based on AE shows that the damage process of CPB samples can be divided into three stages, linear-exponential-linear. The experimental results can further research the optimal conditions for ae monitoring of backfill, and provide a theoretical basis for ae monitoring and warning of backfill.