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curves and mechanical strength of two residual soils from the Zona da Mata Norte, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The
laboratory testing program was directed to: (i) two gneissic residual soils, respectively, with...
This paper refers to a Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) compressibility study of waste disposed of in small scale sanitary landfills in the municipality of Presidente Lucena in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The research aims at the application and development of settlement prediction models based on settlement data collected on site. The studies we...
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