Abstract: The South American monsoon system (SAMS) life cycle plays an important role in the distribution and duration of the rainy season mainly over southwestern Amazonia, and the central west and southeast Brazil regions, affecting ...

Abstract: Artificial aggregates produced from mine waste geopolymeric binders were studied as a potential substrate for fixed-film wastewater-treatment processes (biofilm reactors). Waste geopolymeric artificial aggregates (WGA) of ...

Abstract: The atmospheric circulation features associated with rainfall variability during the main rainy period of the region of southern Northeast Brazil (sNEB) are determined through principal components analysis and cluster ...

Abstract: The predictive canal operation method (PCOM) provides optimal real-time control of irrigation canals with incorporation of current and forecasted demands. PCOM utilizes an efficient, nonlinear, optimal control algorithm ...

Abstract: The La Plata River basin is the second largest basin of South America after the Amazon basin, and it is located in an international area that occupies territories of Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia, areas ...

Abstract: This paper presents the study of the execution speed influence on displacements of soil-nailed structures with a vertical face in urban areas, intended as the basements of buildings. Fifteen structures in the Metropolitan ...

Abstract: The paper investigates the influence of backfill soil, foundation soil, and horizontal joint vertical compressibility on the magnitude of vertical loads developed in steel-reinforced soil concrete panel retaining walls at ...

Abstract: Roadside cross-drainage culverts have been found to affect vehicle accident injury levels. As a result, highway designers have commonly used three safety treatments to protect errant motorists from striking culvert openings. ...

Abstract: Since 1975, Samarco Mineração S.A. has been mining the iron ore deposits of the Germano Mine in the Quadrilátero Ferr

Abstract: Problems associated with horizontal loading in foundation structures often occur when the surface soil has particular characteristics like the unsaturated, porous, and collapsible soils that are very common in Brazil. In ...