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
Conference paper
Journal article
Journal article
Journal article
Cacciari, P., Figueiredo, L. T., Gontijo, A., & Ribas, G. (2024, April). Analyzing the strength of fractured and anisotropic rock masses : a comparative study of synthetic models and empirical approaches [Presentation]. In Slope Stability 2024, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (12 pages).
Consoli, N. C., Carvalho, J. V. A., Wagner, A. C., Filho, H. C. S., Carvalho, I., Cacciari, P., & Silva, J. P. S. (2024). Determination of critical state line (CSL) for silty-sandy iron ore tailings subjected to low-high confining pressures. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 16(5), 1684-1695.
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.
Wagner, A. C., Silva, J. P. S., Carvalho, J. V. A., Rissoli, A. L. C., Cacciari, P., Chaves, H. M., Filho, H. C. S., & Consoli, N. C. (2023). Mechanical behavior of iron ore tailings under standard compression and extension triaxial stress paths. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15(7), 1883-1894.
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Biography
2010 - 2012 | Eng. at Campbell Scientific Inc.
2012 - 2019 | Researcher at University of São Paulo (Brazil)
2019 - 2022 | Specialist in rock mechanics at Vale (Brazil)
2022 – | Assistant professor (Polytechnique Montréal)
Teaching
GML6002 - Mécanique des Roches II
GLQ3415 - Géomécanique
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)
Supervision at Polytechnique
IN PROGRESS
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Ph.D. (1)
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Gabriel , Galdino. Stability of stope hanging wall in discontinuous rock masses: influence of backfilling on stability conditions.
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