Volume 35, N. 3

September-December 2012

A Short Review on the Importance of Colonnades, Entablatures and

Technical Note

Volume 35, N. 3, September-December 2012 | DOWNLOAD PDF (2 downloads)

Abstract

Entablatures, colonnades and “fault-joints” have been found in many excavations of dam foundations, tunnels and quarries in basaltic rocks of southern Brazil, but frequently they were not formally identified as such, and the two first, only rarely. This lack of recognition led many times to misunderstanding of their importance to slope stability and foundation problems. This short note reviews their basic definitions and stresses the influence of their properly consideration in the development of geotechnical projects.

Keywords: Entablature, Colonnade, Basalt, Jointing, Columnar, Dam,


Submitted on March 01, 2009.
Final Acceptance on November 21, 2011.
Discussion open until April 30, 2013.
DOI: 10.28927/SR.353297