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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...