An automated integrated web-based smart tool for open stope design
Madenova Y. Suorineni F. Xu S.
2025Glowny Instytut Gornictwa (Central Mining Institute)
Journal of Sustainable Mining
2025#24Issue 11 - 14 pp.
The Stability Graph is a widely used tool for the design of open stopes in underground mining. Many users of the Stability Graph still apply this design method manually. Although the manual approach has benefits, using multiple graphs and stability number computation charts for each stope surface is time-consuming, even for the experienced mining engineer. Current practice in the use of the method also limits data sharing. This paper presents a StopeSoft web-based tool for open stope stability prediction that is developed on the basis of the Stability Graph method and is available at openstope.com. StopeSoft incorporates flexibility in terms of Stability Graph options and incorporates additional critical factors often overlooked. As a web-based tool, StopeSoft encourages and makes data sharing possible globally, focused on expanding the database and improving the current limitations of the Stability Graph to provide practical, reliable solutions for mining engineers, consultants, and academics. The StopeSoft automated process facili-tates the process of open stope stability prediction, saving time and minimizing potential human errors. Statistical treatment of the data accounts for the variability of input parameters to emphasize the probabilistic nature of the Stability Graph method. The probabilistic interpretation of the stability states of stope surfaces eliminates the false feeling of absolute stope performance based on its location on the Stability Graph, as implied by the deterministic approach.
critical factors , open stope design , probabilistic prediction , stability graph , StopeSoft , web-based
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School of Mining and Geosciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
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