Influence of parameters on the development of landslides in the Estrada de Ferro Vitória-Minas slopes

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i10.19300

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Slopes landslides; Landslides influencing parameters; Estrada de Ferro Vitória-Minas; Multivariate statistics; Principal component analysis.

Abstract

Landslides have been the object of extensive studies in the world, not only for their importance as active agents of modifications of relief forms, but also because can damages and losses to people and exposed structures, affecting various kinds of enterprises. This study had as objective the determination of influencing parameters on the development of landslides in the slopes aside of Estrada de Ferro Vitória-Minas (EFVM). EFVM is located in the southeastern region in Brazil and is an important railroad for the transportation of iron ore to the steel mills and for exportation, as well as for passenger transportation. The database used herein was collected from field work in EFVM, together with image processing and data in laboratory tests. The parameters selected to be evaluated were Atterberg limits, cohesion, friction angle, permeability and classification of soil in the slopes. Estimates were done on the volumes and areas of landslides that have already occurred in the slopes. Among the studied parameters, the results obtained for the Atteberg limits and soil cohesion were the most relevantly correlated with the field results, which is in accordance with other studies from literature. It is concluded that Atterberg limits are directly related to soil ruptures, and soil cohesion contributes to soil stabilization in slopes.

Author Biographies

Denise de Fátima Santos da Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Engenheira geóloga pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Mestre em Geotecnia pelo Núcleo de
Geotecnia da Escola de Minas. Atualmente é técnica do Centro de Pesquisas Professor Manoel Teixeira da
Costa e doutoranda no Instituto de Geociências na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

Rosyelle Cristina Corteletti, Vale S. A.

Engenheira de Minas e Geóloga com doutorado e mestrado em geotecnia (NUGEO/UFOP-Brasil/RWTH- Aachen-Alemanha). É professora de análise e avaliação de risco na pós-graduação em Geotecnia (NUGEO/UFOP).  Foi coordenadora de projetos de desenvolvimento da gestão de risco de Ouro Preto em parceria com a Defesa Civil de Ouro Preto. Consultora de Geotecnia, nas áreas de infra-estrutura de barragens de rejeitos, obras lineares, mineração e área urbanas. Atualmente é Engenheira Master na Vale.

Allan Erlikhman Medeiros Santos, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais

Engenheiro de Minas pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Mestre em engenharia mineral.
Atualmente é professor no Departamento de Minas e Construção Civil no Centro Federal de Educação
Tecnológica de Minas Gerais e Doutorando em Engenharia Mineral na Universidade Federal de Ouro
Preto.

Elaine Aparecida Santos da Silva, Consultora em Engenharia

Engenheira Ambiental pela UFOP, com pós-graduação em Engenharia de Segurança do Trabalho pelo Pitágoras. Trabalhou como Assistente Ambiental na Secretaria de Estado e Desenvolvimento Sustentável de Minas Gerais, SEMAD. Atualmente trabalha como consultora em engenharia e pesquisadora independente em tópicos relacionados principalmente à Engenharia Ambiental e Segurança do Trabalho.

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SILVA, D. de F. S. da .; CORTELETTI, R. C. .; SANTOS, A. E. M.; SILVA, E. A. S. da . Influence of parameters on the development of landslides in the Estrada de Ferro Vitória-Minas slopes . Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 10, p. e569101019300, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i10.19300. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/19300. Acesso em: 7 apr. 2025.

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