Browsing by Author "Yerro Colom, Alba"

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    • Anàlisi dels moviments superficials de l’àrea de Súria per mitjà d’Interferometria Diferencial SAR (DINSAR) 

      Yerro Colom, Alba (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2008-12-12)
      Minor thesis
      Open Access
      En aquesta tesina es realitza un estudi de moviments superficials mitjançant la tècnica d’interferometria radar (DInSAR) a la zona del poble de Súria. És una àrea on la possibilitat d’observar deformacions del terreny ...

    • Internal progressive failure in deep-seated landslides 

      Yerro Colom, Alba; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (2015-11)
      Article
      Open Access
      Except for simple sliding motions, the stability of a slope does not depend only on the resistance of the basal failure surface. It is affected by the internal distortion of the moving mass, which plays an important role ...

    • Mathematical modelling of slopes 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Yerro Colom, Alba (Elsevier, 2014)
      Article
      Open Access
      The paper discusses first the effect of rainfall on the stability of slopes and it focusses on the role of permeability. Existing or induced discontinuities are shown to have a remarkable effect on the slope safety. Also, ...

    • Modelling large deformation problems in unsaturated soils 

      Yerro Colom, Alba; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè (E3S Web of Conferences, 2016)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Applications of unsaturated soil mechanics often involve large deformations and displacements. This is the case of collapse behaviour of low density soils or the unrestrained swelling of expansive clays. Rain induced ...

    • Modelling progressive failure with MPM 

      Yerro Colom, Alba; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè (CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2014)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      In this work, the progressive failure phenomenon is studied using the Material Point Method (MPM). MPM is categorized as a method in between the classical Finite Element Method (FEM) and the truly particle methods. It is ...

    • Modelling the initiation and run-out of rainfall-induced slope instability 

      Yerro Colom, Alba; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè (2016)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Rain induced instabilities are a common geotechnical problem specially in partially saturated soils. A large number of steep, natural or cut slopes remain stable for a long time and then fail during heavy rainstorms or ...

    • MPM modelling of landslides in brittle and unsaturated soils 

      Yerro Colom, Alba (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-11-10)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      Landslides and slope instabilities represent one of the most important problems in geotechnics causing significant damages around the world every year. Understanding the mechanics of the whole process is of particular ...

    • Novel procedure to validate MPM results by means of PIV measurements 

      Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Alvarado Bueno, Mauricio; Parera Morales, Ferran; Yerro Colom, Alba (2017-02)
      Article
      Open Access
      The Particle Image Velocimetry is a powerful non-invasive technique to analyse displacements in experimental tests. Displacement increments elapsed between the capture of two digital images are commonly measured on points ...

    • Recent developments of the Material Point Method for the simulation of landslides 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Yerro Colom, Alba; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè (2015-09)
      Article
      Open Access
      The paper describes first the theoretical framework of a "single layer" three phase material. The formulation is general and particular cases are dry and fully saturated soils. The formulation and discretization of the ...

    • Run-out of landslides in brittle soils 

      Yerro Colom, Alba; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè (2016-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      One of the factors causing the acceleration of landslides is the loss of strength of the soil involved in the potential unstable mechanism. The travelled distance and the landslide velocity, a key factor in risk analysis, ...

    • Run-out of landslides in brittle soils: an MPM anlysis 

      Yerro Colom, Alba; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè (CRC Press, 2014)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      In this paper a slope stability problem due to an increase of the pore pressure is analysed by means of the material point method (MPM). A strain softening model is implemented and the progressive failure is examined in ...

    • Solving hydro-mechanical problems with the material point method 

      Yerro Colom, Alba (IOS Press, 2011)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      This paper presents the ongoing work aimed at developing the material point method (MPM) to solve geomechanical problems. Although MPM is usually classified as a mesh-free method, it might rather be classified as a method ...

    • The material point method for unsaturated soils 

      Yerro Colom, Alba; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè (Thomas Telford, 2015-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      The paper describes a three-phase single-point material point method formulation of coupled flow (water and air) for hydro-mechanical analysis of geotechnical problems involving unsaturated soils. The governing balance and ...

    • The Material Point Method: a promising computational tool in Geotechnics 

      Yerro Colom, Alba; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè (2013)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      In recent years, the Material Point Method (MPM) has been applied to a number of geotechnical problems and has been extended to solve coupled flow-deformation problems. The dynamic formulation and the dual description of ...

    • Trends in large-deformation analysis of landslide mass movements with particular emphasis on the material point method 

      Soga, Kenichi; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Yerro Colom, Alba; Kumar, K.; Bandara, S. (Thomas Telford, 2016-03)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Traditional geotechnical analyses for landslides involve failure prediction (i.e. onset of failure) and the design of structures that can safely withstand the applied loads. The analyses provide limited information on the ...

    • Variant de Verges 

      Yerro Colom, Alba (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-05-30)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      El present Projecte Final de Carrera té per objecte justificar la necessitat de la construcció de la variant en el terme municipal de Verges (del Baix Empordà), realitzar un estudi d’alternatives i finalment desenvolupar ...