Brazilian experience in the design and execution of foundations to support superstructures of distinct sorts goes way back to the early colonial period of the XVI century, a few years after the discovery of this land (Katinsky, 1994). Since then, the geotechnical technology related to such constructions has been considerably upgraded and expanded to new...
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View ArticleBrazilian geotechnics plays a key role in the pursuit of safer and environmentally sustainable tailings disposal solutions. From that perspective, this paper outlines the Brazilian academia and industry contributions to the geotechnics of mining tailings, highlighting the main aspects of some recent studies carried out by Brazilian research groups. Firs...
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