... or other major cities. These highways need to traverse the Serra do Mar mountain range, one of the most remarkable relief features of Brazil's southeastern coast. And because the coatal cities are close to the sea level, and the State capital and other major cities are beyond the Serra do Mar...

... Abstract The instability of rock slopes along highways is a major concern as it may result in economic losses, increase in maintenance cost and even fatalities. The BR-471 Highway is one of the most important roads in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It connects the main agricultural areas...

... factors for mode I were evaluated in order to determine whether there is a possibility of failure in the rock mass by tensile stresses or by propagation of fractures. production logging production control brazil simulation production monitoring fracture rock mechanic reservoir surveillance...

... recovery figure overbreak dilution metals & mining pillar brazil breccia dimension strength footwall Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development Fontoura, Rocca & Pavón Mendoza (Eds) © 2020 ISRM, ISBN 978-0-367-42284-4 Using numerical model as a tool to predict...

... occurring on Tamanduá mine, located on Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais state, Southeast Brazil. 1 Introduction Due to the mostly elastic behavior or rocks, linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) theory is an appropriate framework to predict its response to crack growth. Based on the LEFM theory...

... Abstract Gneiss can be easily found in several urban areas of the Zona da Mata region, in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Among the various types of gneiss rocks, the granite- gneiss of Andrelândia Group, Juiz de Fora Complex occurs in much of this region and is strongly...

... the bench failures (Wesseloo & Read, 2010). discontinuity bieniawski standard australia intervention operational safety compressive strength quantitative hazard assessment system brazil minas gerais uniaxial compressive strength classification inclination upstream oil & gas...

... Gerais state, Brazil, in order to allow its geomechanical characterization. The methodology followed the standards suggested by ISRM. Characterization tests were performed for physical indexes (porosity, specific mass and absorption capacity) and wave propagation velocity. Mechanical tests comprise Point...

... (Brazil) which has been historically affected by mass movements and rockfalls. This work details the risk analysis regarding the users of the highway presented by Castilho et al. (2018) combining RHRS risk assessment (Budetta 2004) with computer simulations of rockfall trajectories. The RocFall® software...

... Abstract The Serra do Mar mountain range is one of the most remarkable geological and geomorphological features of Brazil’s southeastern coast, with more than 1.500 km length. In the northern coast of São Paulo State, between the cities of São Sebastião and Caraguatatuba, the Serra do Mar...

... Abstract This study aims to analyze the effects of soil-structure interaction (SSI) in a building with shallow foundations in rocky mass, located in the city of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil, and that had their settlements monitored by means of field instrumentation in four stages of its...

... was done in terms of deformations recorded during seventeen years of dam operation by multiple rod extensometers. Dona Francisca HPP dam was built in 2000, on the Jacuí River, in the central region of the Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The geological and geotechnical conditions of the foundation...

... fracturing tests to determine the in situ stresses in the area of implantation of the Cachoeira underground mine, located in the city of Caetitè-BA Brazil. 1.1 Geological context The rocks in the area of the Cachoeira Mine were described by Brito, Raposo e Matos (1984) and by Cruz Et al (2007), so...

... international congress sheet fracture granite reservoir geomechanics strength weathered shear joint shear strength dam foundation basalt discontinuity Montreal rock mechanics isrm13 Reservoir Characterization sheet joint Brazilian Dam Foundation sadowski fracture Brazil foundation 866...

...: amcta@petrobras.com.br) P. V. M. Costa MODECOM-Technology in Geomechanics and Computer Modeling Institute Genesis 225 Marques de São Vicente St.- Gavea Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil 22451-041 C. S. Amaral & E. Poiate Jr Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. R&D Center Cidade Universitária Q7. Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil...

..., the offshore application in deep and ultra-deep water. Modeling & Simulation Upstream Oil & Gas Reservoir Characterization salt dome Santos basin rock salt cavern application structural geology Thickness natural gas Rio de Janeiro Brazil minimum pressure salt cavern tachyhydrite...

... and rough pile excavated in soft sandstone of the Botucatu Formation, South Brazil. The results from the load tests were compared with the results of the numerical simulations using the program of finite elements PLAXIS and the results of 73 in situ load test collected in the literature. 1 INTRODUCTION...

... ABSTRACT: The first topic of the paper describes the "in-situ" directional (3-D) hydraulic conductivity tests performed to evaluate the permeability tensor of the metapellites in the abuttment of Pirapora Dam, Brazil. Polar diagrams are used in the analysis and data relative to direction...

... Reservoir Characterization Fluid Dynamics pressure transient testing principal direction fran hydraulic test pressure transient analysis Upstream Oil & Gas Hsieh fractured rock flow in porous media trajectory rrethod tensor porto primavera dam type curve rock mass Brazil...

...MULTI.STAGE DIRECT SHEAR TESTS IN SITU ON SCHIST FOR SLOPE STABILITY STUDIES (CAUE MINE, ITABIRA, BRAZIL) Essais de cisaillement in situ et a plusieurs niveaux executes sur un schiste pour des etudes de stabilite de talus (Mine de Caue, Itabira, Bresil) In mehreren Laststufen durchgefOhrter...