• Installation of Geosynthetics at the Cerro do Lobo Tailings Storage Facility 

  Barroso, M. P.; Manso, J.; Brito, A.; Marcelino, J.; Galrão, R.; Oliveira, M. (VERTCOM, 2025-09-15)

  The Cerro do Lobo Tailings Storage Facility is part of the Neves-Corvo Mine, located in Portugal. The mine is operated by Somincor, a Portuguese company and a subsidiary of Lundin Mining Corporation. The mine has been in ...
• Characterisation and diagnosis of timber floor of the Ajuda National Palace in Lisbon 

  Fontul, S.; Mota, R.; Pereira, M. M.; Cruz, H.; Matias, L.; Duarte, S.; Mera Marques, A. (IEEE, 2025-07)

  This paper presents a case study of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) application for multidisciplinary diagnostic of timber floor of Ajuda National Palace (ANP), which was the official royal house in the second half of the ...
• Construction of the Southern Expansion of the Cerro do Lobo Waste Facility 

  Manso, J.; Brito, A.; Barroso, M. P.; Marcelino, J.; Galrão, R.; Oliveira, M. (LNEC, 2025-04-16)

  Neves-Corvo is a copper-zinc mine producing copper, zinc and lead concentrates. The mine is owned and operated by Lundin Mining's Portuguese subsidiary SOMINCOR. Lundin Mining acquired Neves-Corvo through the merger with ...
• Installation of geosynthetics at the Cerro do Lobo Tailings Storage Facility 

  Barroso, M. P.; Manso, J.; Brito, A.; Marcelino, J.; Galrão, R.; Oliveira, M. (Vertcom, 2025-09-18)

  The Cerro do Lobo Tailings Storage Facility is part of the Neves-Corvo Mine, located in Portugal. The mine is operated by Somincor, a Portuguese company and a subsidiary of Lundin Mining Corporation. The mine has been in ...
• Experiments on suffusion of coarse soils from an ageing British dam 

  Santos, R. N. C.; Benamar, A. (Scielo, 2024)

  This study presents a laboratory investigation on the susceptibility of suffusion in soil samples collected from a very old earth dam. The dam, rebuilt around 1800, is composed of two earth fills and lacks a clay core or ...
• Projeto VET4Hydro – Parceria de formação para a hidroenergia 

  Santos, R. N. C.; Fernandes, J. N.; Dias, I. M. (APRH, 2025)

  Neste resumo apresenta-se o Projeto Vocational Education and Training Partnership for Hydropower (VET4Hydro), financiado pelo programa ERASMUS+ da União Europeia. Tem como principais objetivos (i) desenvolver as competências ...
• APPLICATION OF A COST-EFFECTIVE IN-PLACE INCLINOMETER SYSTEM ON A ZONED EARTH DAM 

  Santos, R. N. C.; Palma,J.; Marcelino, J.; Marques, N. (LNEC, 2025-04)

  Monitoring in embankment dams is crucial for ensuring structural integrity and preventing potential failures. Traditional inclinometer data collection methods are time-consuming, labour-intensive, and lack support for ...
• Experimental LINCS Dam for Low-Cost Monitoring 

  Santos, R. N. C.; Marques, N.; Manso, J.; Marcelino, J. (Springer, 2025-09)

  This work presents LINCS-Dams, a cost-effective proto-type for dynamic monitoring of embankment dams. The experimen-tal setup uses affordable sensors, including micro-electromechanical sys-tem (MEMS) in-place inclinometers ...
• Barreiras verticais de solo e bentonite para controlo da contaminação e da intrusão salina no subsolo. Desenvolvimentos sobre a compatibilidade química com o meio e o transporte dos contaminantes 

  Roque, A. J. (2024-08)

  O Programa de Investigação e o Programa de Pós-Graduação apresentados neste documento focam se na utilização das barreiras verticais de solo e bentonite como instrumento de prevenção e de mitigação da contaminação no subsolo ...
• Conceitos e princípios da geotecnia ambiental aplicados na recuperação do passivo ambiental de São Pedro da Cova 

  Roque, A. J.; Monteiro, V.; Coelho, M. J. (Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia, 2025-08-01)

  Com o objetivo de proceder à recuperação paisagística de uma área com topografia muito irregular, maioritariamente escavada nas escombreiras da antiga mina de carvão de São Pedro da Cova, em Gondomar, e à sua futura ...
• Yielding of Rockfill under Relative Humidity Control 

  Manso, J.; Marcelino, J.; Caldeira, L. (ASCE Library | International Journal of Geomechanics, 2025-02)

  This paper presents a fundamental study on the evolution of particle breakage during triaxial compression tests, focusing on the effect of total suction. This analysis was based on triaxial compression tests, performed ...
• Southern Expansion of the Cerro do Lobo Waste Facility. Mechanical Characterization of Soil-rockfill Mixtures 

  Brito, A.; Manso, J.; Marcelino, J.; Galrão, R.; Oliveira, M. (LNEC, 2025-04)

  The Southern Expansion of the Cerro do Lobo Waste Facility, inserted in the Neves-Corvo Copper and Zinc Mining Concession, is located in Baixo Alentejo, district of Beja, covering the municipalities of Castro Verde and ...
• Implementation of subloading constitutive models in Material Point Methods 

  Pereira, C. (2016)

  This document describes the work developed in the short term scientific mission, STSM, of the COST TU1202, entitled Implementation of subloading constitutive models in material point methods, hosted by Dr. Phil Vardon, in ...
• Albufeiras na Ilha da Madeira: (imprescindível) impermeabilização com geossintéticos 

  Barroso, M. P.; Caldeira, L.; Ferreira, P.; França, P.; Maligno, C. (Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia, 2024-02)

  Na ilha da Madeira, existem vários reservatórios de água para diferentes fins, entre eles as albufeiras das barragens de Pico da Urze e da Portela. Estas infraestruturas têm em comum a particularidade de as características ...
• A Durabilidade dos geossintéticos: Estigma ou fator de sustentabilidade 

  Lopes, M. G.; Barroso, M. P. (Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia, 2024-02)

  Este artigo pretende mostrar que, paralelamente ao sucesso da utilização dos geossintéticos em inúmeras aplicações, estes tiveram sempre de superar grandes desafios/estigmas para se impor no mercado, muitos deles relacionados ...
• Designing a pre-load embankment for the construction of a stage over a sanitary landfill founded in soft soils 

  Brito, A.; Carreto, J. (CRC Press, 2024-08)

  For World Youth Day event in 2023 (JMJ), the organizing committee selected an area in Parque das Nações that met the imposed requirements, notably in terms of area (for 1 million spectators) and proximity to the Lisbon ...
• Test conditions influence on thermal conductivity and contact conductance of sand at transient state 

  Aljundi, K.; Pereira, C.; Vieira, A.; Maranha, J. R.; Lapa, J.; Cardoso, R. (Elsevier, 2024)

  The proper assessment of soil thermal properties, such as thermal conductivity, assumes a particular relevance for the design of Ground Source Heat Pump systems, as it determines the heat transfer and the energy efficiency ...
• The practice of testing ground nails 

  Carvalho, M. R. (Proceedings of the XVIII ECSMGE 2024, 2024-08-27)

  The soil nailing construction technique is often used to stabilise a ground mass by installing reinforcing elements (nails). The European Standard EN 14490:2010 defines general principles for execution, supervision, testing ...
• Challenges in assessing the hydrogeological impact of underground structures in urban renewal projects 

  Ramos, R.; Jeremias, T.; Caldeira, L. (CRC Press, 2024-08)

  Lisbon's urban renewal projects have led to an increase in the construction of underground structures such as basements and tunnels. As riverfront areas are prone to flooding, since 2010 the City Council has made it ...
• Métodos de ensaio para verificação da carga instalada em ancoragens de serviço 

  Carvalho, M. R.; Juvêncio, E. (18CNG, 2023-05-14)

  As ancoragens no terreno em estruturas de contenção, apresentam-se como “obras vivas”, carecendo de inspeção e de manutenção periódicas. A carga nas ancoragens pode variar com o tempo, nomeadamente para valores inferiores ...

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