[EN] This case study presents the engineering approach conducted for stabilizing a landslide that occurred at "El Portalet" Pass in the Central Spanish Pyrenees activated due to the construction of a parking lot. Unlike ...
González Canales, Juan Luis(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-01-17)
[EN] The aim of this paper is to analyze the stability of a concrete dam in Sweden, obtaining its failure probability for different scenarios. Dams are structures that require a high level of safety, because its failure ...
Devesa Peiró, Francisco(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-06-04)
[EN] This project is based on a geological geothecnical study of a possible landfill in the Quebrada of Solahuayco zone in Quito, Ecuador. This work is motivated by a tunnel construction which will cross the capital from ...
Portoles, J.M.; Romero, Manuel L.; Bonet Senach, José Luís; Filippou, F.C.(Elsevier, 2011-04)
The paper describes 37 tests conducted on slender circular tubular columns filled with normal and high strength concrete subjected to eccentric axial load. The test parameters were the nominal strength of concrete (30, 70 ...
Romero Pérez, Lucia; Trénor Gomis, Beatriz Ana; Ferrero De Loma-Osorio, José María; Starmer, C. Frank(Public Library of Science, 2013-11)
The distribution of cellular source-sink relationships plays an important role in cardiac propagation. It can lead to conduction slowing and block as well as wave fractionation. It is of great interest to unravel the ...
[EN] Homogeneous earth dams that are waterproofed with geomembranes are a suitable option for storing water and other sorts of liquids, like leachates from landfills. Such dams do not require complicated engineering technical ...