Geocell is a tridimensional confinement structure used for soil reinforcement, which significantly improves the performance of foundation systems. Aiming at a more sustainable engineering project and promoting a correct destination of a residual material, an alternative to fill the geocell is through the use of precious gem processing waste. The performance of g...
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The main goal of this paper is to evaluate the chemical and mineralogical composition of a compacted residual clay soil with the addition of Portland cement and under different compaction conditions to observe and to understand the chemical and mineralogical changes that these structures undergo. Results of chemical and mineralogical composition of compacted spe...
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It is with great pleasure that I write this brief Editorial, on behalf of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society (SPG), at the invitation of the President of the Brazilian Association for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ABMS), Alexandre Gusmao, and of the President of the Commemorative Committee of the ABMS 70th anniversary, Waldemar Hachich. The comme...
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Seventy years is indeed a milestone to be celebrated, and certainly not just because it is a large round number. Those 70 years have been the stage for dozens and dozens of workshops, lectures, congresses, international conferences, thematic conferences, technical meetings, courses, and many more ABMS-promoted activities, including the most recent lives and webi...
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