P. Durand
University of Seville
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International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics | 2000
J.L. Justo; P. Durand
Creep settlements are the main cause of deterioration of road pavement and impervious elements of dams, and therefore a method to calculate them is needed. Viscoelastic models (e.g. the standard linear solid) have been chosen to represent the creep of granular materials (Figure 1). Finite element calculations show that quasi-oedometric conditions exist near the centre of embankments. Explicit expressions for one-dimensional viscoelastic settlements of an embankment during and after construction have been obtained for any loading law and drawn for a linear load. The three viscoelastic parameters, Eo, Rc and Tr can be determined through laboratory or field testing, and the results can be adjusted by using settlement records. Good agreement has been found between measured and calculated settlements at several dams. Copyright
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | 2018
J.L. Justo; Antonio Morales-Esteban; E. Justo; Francisco A. Jiménez-Cantizano; P. Durand; Manuel Vázquez-Boza
The Aznalcóllar tailings dam failure moved the Spanish authorities to pay attention to tailings deposits. The Almagrera tailings dam holds one of the largest mining waste deposits in Andalucía. The dry closure of this dam has been detailed in this manuscript. Some serious difficulties had to be solved. Firstly, the dam had undergone up to five raisings before the closure operations started, and this process had not been properly documented. Secondly, the reservoir water was contaminated by the toxic tailings placed several metres below and, due to the high acidity of this water, the geotechnical characterization of the tailings deposit has been really challenging. Thirdly, the definition of the model itself has been a complex task due to the consideration of many phases and different hypotheses. In the finite element calculation, a constitutive model of perfect non-associated plasticity has been used for the dam and a soft soil creep model for the tailings. Next, it has been decided to decontaminate a closed mine by placing its abandoned material—Las Viñas fill—on top of the tailings deposit inside the reservoir. This operation generated important settlements on the tailings deposit. These settlements had to be accelerated by placing drainage wells to avoid the cracking of the final cap. The safety factor during the dry closure operations under dynamic loading was insufficient and a compacted rockfill reinforcement had to be laid on the downstream slope of the dam. Very few papers describe a successful dry closure of a tailings dam as is done here.ResumeLa rupture du barrage de stériles d’Aznalcóllar a poussé les autorités espagnoles à prêter attention aux dépôts de résidus. Le barrage de stériles d’Almagrera abrite l’un des plus importants dépôts de déchets miniers d’Andalousie. La fermeture à sec de ce barrage est présentée dans ce manuscrit. Certaines difficultés sérieuses ont dû être résolues. Premièrement, le barrage avait connu jusqu’à cinq surélévations avant le début des opérations de fermeture et ce processus n’avait pas été correctement documenté. Deuxièmement, l’eau du réservoir a été contaminée par les résidus toxiques placés plusieurs mètres plus bas et, en raison de la forte acidité de cette eau, la caractérisation géotechnique du gisement de résidus a été très difficile. Troisièmement, la définition du modèle lui-même a été une tâche complexe en raison de la prise en compte de nombreuses phases et d’hypothèses différentes. Dans le calcul par des éléments finis (EF), un modèle constitutif de plasticité parfaite non associée a été introduit pour le barrage et un modèle visqueux pour les déchets miniers. Ensuite, il a été décidé de décontaminer une mine à proximité—Las Viñas—en plaçant son matériau abandonné au-dessus du dépôt de résidus à l’intérieur du réservoir. Cette opération a généré d’importants tassements sur le dépôt de résidus. Ces tassements ont dû être accélérés en plaçant des puits de drainage pour éviter la fissuration de la couverture finale. Le coefficient de sécurité (CS) à la fin des opérations de fermeture à sec sous chargement dynamique était insuffisant et des renforts d’enrochement compactés devaient être posés sur la pente aval. Pas beaucoup d’articles décrivent une fermeture à sec réussie d’un barrage de stériles comme cela est. fait ici.
Archive | 2012
P. Durand; M Vázquez; J.L. Justo
The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) of collapsing silty clay is studied, both with and without addition of cement and fly ash from coal combustion. Collapse (decrease in volume upon wetting) is a major cause of damage to buildings and routes of communication founded on low-density soils. The material analysed is a mixture of sand, silt and clay, collected from the Guadalquivir basin in the province of Seville (Spain). In this paper, the characteristic curves of the collapsing silty clay with 2% by weight of cement or fly ash are studied through pressure membrane and vacuum desiccator techniques. The results are analysed with the model developed by Fredlund & Xing (1994).
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences | 2006
J.L. Justo; E. Justo; P. Durand; José Miguel Azañón
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering | 2010
J.L. Justo; E. Justo; José Miguel Azañón; P. Durand; A. Morales
Engineering Geology | 2008
J.L. Justo; José Miguel Azañón; A. Azor; J. Saura; P. Durand; M. Villalobos; A. Morales; E. Justo
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering | 2015
Antonio Morales-Esteban; J.L. Justo; Jorge Reyes; J. Miguel Azañón; P. Durand; Francisco Martínez-Álvarez
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences | 2009
J.L. Justo; E. Justo; P. Durand; José Miguel Azañón
Geotextiles and Geomembranes | 2017
E.M. Da Silva; J.L. Justo; P. Durand; E. Justo; Manuel Vázquez-Boza
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering | 2016
J.L. Justo; José L. Arcos; E. Justo; Rafael Gil; Manuel Vázquez-Boza; Francisco Martín; P. Durand