Table 5 Release ellipsoid morphology fits.

From: The effect of depth of the trap zone of an end release avalanche on the depletion of ore loss

Height (mm)

Offset (mm)

Value of long and short axes of experimental ellipsoid (mm)

Long and short axis values of regression fitting (mm)

(S back to S real)/S real × %

a

b

a

b

80

14.195

78.73

65.33

96.48

82.16

0.240

160

19.046

118.48

102.29

127.45

114.21

0.095

240

23.463

158.27

151.41

143.22

136.00

 − 0.098

320

27.583

157.60

151.41

149.42

150.81

 − 0.028

400

31.481

156.87

151.41

147.89

159.77

 − 0.002

480

35.203

156.08

151.41

138.91

163.01

 − 0.018

560

38.782

113.56

139.24

121.36

159.72

0.112