Pedro Cacciari
B.Ing. (EM-UFOP), M.Sc. (USP), Ph.D. (USP)
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering
Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering
Research interests and affiliations
Research interests
- Rock mechanics
- Discrete fracture networks
- Discontinuous rock mass modeling (mining and civil)
- Stability of underground excavations
- Rock slope stability
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
- 1403 Rock mechanics
- 1002 Geotechnical engineering (including engineering geology)
- 2955 Numerical analysis
Publications
Recent publications
Journal article
Journal article
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Journal article
Consoli, N. C., Silva, J. P. S., Wagner, A. C., Carvalho, J. V. A., Baudet, B. A., Coop, M. R., Filho, H. C. S., Carvalho, I., de Sousa, G. M., & Cacciari, P. (2023). Critical state analysis of two compacted filtered iron ore tailings with different gradings and mineralogy at different stages of treatment. Acta Geotechnica, 18 pages.
Cacciari, P., & Futai, M. M. (2022). A practical method for estimating the volumetric intensity of non-persistent discontinuities on rock exposures. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 16 pages.
Silva, J. P. S., Cacciari, P., Jefferies, M., Ribeiro, L. F. M., & Assis, A. P. (2022). Behavioural analysis of iron ore tailings through critical state soil mechanics. Soils and Rocks, 45(2), 13 pages.
Silva, J. P. S., Cacciari, P., Ribeiro, L. F. M., & Jefferies, M. (2022). Influence of compaction on small-strain shear modulus of iron ore tailings. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering, 175(2), 247-260.
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Biography
2012 - 2019 | Researcher at University of São Paulo (Brazil)
2019 - 2022 | Specialist in rock mechanics at Vale (Brazil)
2022 – | Assistant professor (Polytechnique Montréal)
Education
- B.Eng. in geological engineering (Université Fédérale de Ouro Preto)
- M.Sc. in geotechnical engineering - rock mechanics (University of São Paulo)
- Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering - rock mechanics (University of São Paulo)
