... Reservoir Characterization Rock mechanics Investigation Serrano exploratory gallery reservoir geomechanics correlation discontinuity classification borehole investigation Upstream Oil & Gas dam site bearing capacity bakhtiary dam site foundation hydropower plant project rock...

...: where, 3.2 Método de Serrano et al. (2000) Serrano and Olalla (1994) presented a method for the calcula- tion of the bearing capacity of foundations in jointed rocks also based in the HB failure criterion that can be applied in more complex situations like the case of eccentric loads and foun- dations...

... criterion. This was previously done by the authors (Serrano et al, 2007, 2010) for some basic assumptions. The method is valid for materials that may have either a linear or non-linear strength criterion (any parabolic or Hoek-Brown), a non-horizontal surface and an earth-wall friction angle. It considers...

... normalised height dilatancy angle failure plane earth pressure Serrano agglomerate strength law constant dilatancy passive earth pressure coefficient Strength Criterion variation earth pressure coefficient normalised wall height ABSTRACT This paper studies the pressures...

... strength Proportion failure surface slope stability Reservoir Characterization Upstream Oil & Gas calculation residual strength peak strength stability microelement gradient heterogeneous material Serrano safety factor microelement 1 homogeneous slope macroelement strength...

... criterion Serrano MPa abutment rock foundation safety factor Upstream Oil & Gas Rock mechanics gravity concrete dam rock mass dam body geotechnical parameter jointed rock foundation principal stress roodbar lorestan dam allowable bearing capacity bearing capacity compression...

... depending on the spacing of discontinuities, in a manner similar to the one suggested by Hoek (1983) for solving the stability problems on rock and the elastic-plastic behavior in tunnel opening operations. Figure 2 shows how the criterion is extended to be used in the design of shallow foundations (Serrano...