The resistance of a rock mass is mainly related to the mechanical behavior of the discontinuities contained in it. When analyzing or designing rock slopes or tunnels, this behavior must be taken into consideration, which ...

One of the activities that has been insufficient studied and that is presented latently in the Yucatan Peninsula, is the karsticity of rocks and calcareous soils. A Karstic zone is one in which the limestone rocks are ...

The quality of a country infrastructure is reflected in its economy. Developed countries invest large amounts of money each year for the construction of new roads, optimizing time in moving goods and people. The roads must ...

During the last years on the state highway 49 El Temazcal - El limón at km 8+430 located in the municipality of Tzitzio Michoacán, there have been constant mass movements, being one of the biggest impacts on road infrastructure, ...

The origin and composition of the soil is essential to establish its mechanic behavior , in Mexico exist a great number of clay soils, its participation in the civil engineering is extremely important, now that its behavior ...

The debris flow are among the natural hazards more destructive of our planet, which represents one of the greatest threats life and property of the population. Each year these disasters causing numerous victims, injured ...

Installation and design for offshore wind energy require multiple disciplines. In the case of civil engineering and specifically for the geotechnical discipline, it is required to study the foundation systems. In the present ...

Rock behaviour in the subsoil involves stress changes due excavations among others factors that affecting physical and mechanical properties. Furthermore, if it is conjugate with the rock deterioration it will have rock ...

The movement of slopes or landslides is one of the phenomena that has drawn the most attention in the field of civil engineering due to the complexity involved in its analysis and its social and economic consequences. In ...

The development of a counrty is reflected in its infraestructure cuality, therefore population growth is prinsipally benefited by its communication roads because they made the travel time faster, which is clearly a benefit ...