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Impact of Broken Conductors

Impacto en Rotura de Conductores

Project - North America

El grupo de mecánica computacional de SRK Argentina emprendió un análisis en profundidad del impacto de rotura de conductores en líneas de transmisión.

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Quantifying Uncertainty in the Open Pit Slope Design

Esteban Hormazábal - November 2023

Publication - Published Paper

This paper revisits the problem of fitting a Hoek-Brown shear failure envelope to laboratory data, proposing a methodology that accounts result from unconfined compression strength tests to characterize intact rock units and direct shear tests to characterize joints shear strengh

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Geotechnical Characterization Guidelines for Underground Mining Projects

Andrea Russo, Esteban Hormazábal - November 2023

Publication - Published Paper

The purpose of this work is to present a guideline for the geotechnical characterization of underground mines, providing recommendations regarding the amount of basic information or studies required in accordance with the different stages of engineering.

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Criteria for the Definition and Characterization of Geotechnical Units in a Rock Mass

Andrea Russo, Catalina Ramírez - November 2023

Publication - Published Paper

The purpose of this work is to introduce the concept of geotechnical zones, as an alternative to mineral zones, which are defined on the basis of the degree of weathering and the geotechnical quality of the rock mass.

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SRK’s Alejo Sfriso Named South American VP of ISSMGE

 Press Release

SRK Consulting is pleased to announce that SRK Argentina’s general manager, Dr. Alejo Sfriso, has been named the new vice president of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) for South America. Alejo’s tenure as vice president will commence in September 2017.

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Improving Slope Stability Analysis: The Role of Calibrated 3D Numerical Models

 Event - Belo Horizonte, Brazil

This article aims to present the developed calculation used for conducting calibration models. It relies on the implementation of local 3D models, which have served as a foundation for comprehending the diverse range of parameters and their influence through back analysis development for a failure that occurred in past.

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