This work presents the validation of the Morgenstern-Price method implemented in the Risk Assessment applied to Slope Stability (RASS) computational program to carry out deterministic and probabilistic analyses of slope stability. Deterministic analyses, based on the factor of safety approach, are performed using limit equilibrium methods. The probabili...
View ArticleThis research shows that brackish water increases the unconfined compressive strength of swelling soil/sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA)/lime blends. Therefore, brackish water may substitute tap water in soil stabilization. Sodium chloride (NaCl) has been used in lime-ashes-soil treatments. In northeast Brazil, swelling soils are usual and artesian wells som...
View ArticleUnderstanding the dynamic behavior of soils is essential to the study of the influence of seismic loads on the instability of submarine slopes, an important issue in Brazil and other countries. The shear modulus and the damping ratio are two fundamental parameters for the study of this behavior. Determining these parameters for Speswhite kaolin clay is ...
View ArticleThe mechanical behavior of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a critical issue in environmental geotechnics, given the pollution and public health risks associated with slope failures. In Brazil, waste composition is expected to change due to the hierarchy of sustainable practices established by the National Solid Waste Policy, which aims to improve the rec...
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