Geotechnical engineering in Mexican tailings dams

Raul Vicente Orozco

In the proceedings of: GEO2011: 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical Engineering

Session: Embankments and Dams

ABSTRACT: Geotechnical engineering has a great influence in the planning, project development, construction, supervision, quality control, operation, conservation and closing of the Mexican tailings dams, in order to achieve environmental safety, economically, maximum stability of the embankments and the best resistance to liquefaction due to an earthquake or explosion, the piping, erosion, and overtopping of the crown container curtain, as well as other geotechnical aspects included in the official Mexican codes.

RESUMEN: Se insiste en la influencia que la ingeniería geotécnica ha tenido en la planificación, el proyecto, la construcción, la supervisión, el control de calidad, la operación, la conservación y el cierre de las presas de jales mexicanas, para lograr su seguridad con economía, la máxima estabilidad de taludes y la mejor resistencia a la licuación por sismo o explosión, la tubificación, la erosión y el derrame sobre la corona de la cortina contenedora, tomando en cuenta siempre el medio ambiente. Se presentan algunas propiedades y conceptos fundamentales especialmente para las cortinas contenedoras, así como otros aspectos geotécnicos incluidos en las normas oficiales mexicanas.

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Raul Vicente Orozco (2011) Geotechnical engineering in Mexican tailings dams in GEO2011. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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