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• Unconfined compressive strength of sand-fines mixtures treated with chemical grouts 

  Spagnoli, Giovanni; Seidl, W.; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Gómez Bonilla, Rodrigo Andrés; López López, José (CRC Press, 2021)
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  Ground improvement by grouting is one of the methods applicable to solve problems connected to foundations, open cut excavations and tunnelling. The improvement of soils is in terms of reduced permeability and increased ...
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  RocExs 2017 field trip: rockfall risk management in the Montserrat massif 

  Janeras Casanova, Marc; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Jara Salvador, José Antonio; Guinau, Marta; Aguasca Solé, Alberto; Blanch, Xabier; Paret, David; Ferré, Anna; Buxó, Pere (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2017)
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  This field trip has been devised as the closure of this sixth edition of the RocExs workshop, on the Wednesday May 24th. According to the purposes of this interdisciplinary meeting, most of the suggested topics for the ...
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  Los desprendimientos de rocas en la montaña de Montserrat. Un riesgo geológico relevante 

  Vilaplana Fernández, Joan Manuel; Royan, Manuel J.; Fontquerni, Sara; Janeras Casanova, Marc; Gonzalez Díaz, Marta (Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, 2016-07)
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• Creep effects on the thermo-hydro-mechanical responses of Callovo-Oxfordian claystone 

  Vu, Minh-Ngoc; Souley, Mountaka; Alonso, Matías; Vaunat, Jean; Gens Solé, Antonio; Plúa, Carlos; de Lesquen, Christophe; Armand, G. (Springer, 2021)
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  In France, a deep geological disposal for high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and intermediate level long life radioactive waste (IL-LLW) called Cigéo is planned to be constructed in a deep Callovo-Oxfordian claystone (COx) ...
• Geomechanics of shale repositories: mechanical behavior and modeling 

  Mánica Malcom, Miguel Ángel; Ruiz Restrepo, Daniel Felipe; Vaunat, Jean; Gens Solé, Antonio (John Wiley & sons, 2020)
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  This chapter presents an overview of modeling frameworks available within the theory of elastoplasticity and able to capture main features of shale behavior including: yield under compression, failure under deviatoric ...
• Excavation-induced instabilities 

  Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Carluccio, Gaia di (CRC Press, 2019)
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  The aim of this chapter is to show the capabilities of MPM to simulate geotechnical problems dealing with soil excavation. The stability of supported vertical excavation in elasto-plastic material is analyzed. Results are ...