Hydraulic Erosion Rate of Reinforced Tailings: Laboratory Investigation and Prediction Model

Table 1

Proportioning of tailings samples.

Tailings samples	Quality percentage of tailings with various particle sizes				Median diameter (mm)
	<400 mesh (<0.038 mm) (%)	400∼200 mesh (0.038∼0.075 mm) (%)	200∼140 mesh (0.075∼0.109 mm) (%)	140∼50 mesh (0.109∼0.27 mm) (%)
1	50	30	20		0.0071
2	20	50	30		0.0426
3	30	20	50		0.0476
4	20	10	60	10	0.0487
5	10	10	20	60	0.0508
6	10	20	50	20	0.0826
7	20	50	10	20	0.0971
8	25	25	25	25	0.1536