This is an investigative work by the authors, all of them former students and employees at Tecnosolo Ltd, the company founded by our late Professor Costa Nunes, to find and photograph the first tieback wall designed and built in 1957 by Tecnoloso under Prof Costa Nunes’ guidance.
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View ArticleThe foundry industry generates large amounts of residual byproducts, such as waste foundry sand (WFS). This high generation has motivated studies concerning the disposition of WFS, which in turn can be used for road subbases. Nevertheless, paving applications are still limited, especially regarding the behavior of WFS when added to a mixture of crushed ...
View ArticleThe improvement of sandy soils by incorporating new stabilizing agents in a physical and/or chemical process has become the subject of many studies in recent decades. In addition, the use of industrial wastes in this process can bring significant benefits to the environment and savings in natural resources. This work aims to evaluate the implications of...
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