The geotechnical properties of soil should be considered for several civil engineering purposes. Geotechnical information is used for urban planning, environmental management, slope stability analysis, and foundation design, among others. Given the importance that geotechnical information assumes in several engineering applications, geotechnical mapping...
View ArticleErosion is the most harmful form of soil degradation, it affects plants’ productivity and causes severe environmental damage, such as sediment accumulation and pollution of water sources. With the purpose of obtaining significant information about losses and soil deposition on the Rio das Ondas basin, a study of the losses caused by erosion by...
View ArticleThe subject of this paper is the application of a morphological classification of MSW in the city of Rio de Janeiro based on the German recommendation DGGT (1994) – E 1-7 GDA. This recommendation deals with the identification and description of waste according to aspects of waste mechanics. This will give the environmental control agency and c...
View ArticleTwo papers published by Barry Cooke and James Sherard in the Journal of Geotechnical Engineering v. 113:10 (1987) related to Concrete Face Rockfill Dams constitute the State of the Art on assessment, design, construction and performance of CFRD and continue to be a guide for the actual design and construction of such dams. An actual review of some items...
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