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2023 (4)
- Reid, D., Fourie, A., Ayala, J. L., Dickinson, S., Ochoa-Cornejo, F., Fanni, R., Garfias, J., Viana da Fonseca, A., Ghafghazi, M., Ovalle, C., Riemer, M., Rismanchian, A., Olivera, R., Suazo, G., & Torres-Cruz, L. A. (2023). Results of a critical state line testing round robin programme. Géotechnique, 73(1), 89-90.
- Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2023). Sample size effects on the critical state shear strength of granular materials with varied gradation and the role of column-like local structures. Géotechnique, 42 pages.
- Carrasco, S., Cantor, D., Ovalle, C., & Quiroz-Rojo, P. (2023). Shear strength of angular granular materials with size and shape polydispersity. Open Geomechanics, 4, 1-14.
- Ovalle, C., Girumugisha, G., Cantor, D., & Ouellet, S. (2023, November). Size effects on critical shear strength of mine waste rock material [Presentation]. In 3rd International Slope Stability in Mining Conference, Perth, Australie.
2022 (6)
- Carrasco, S., Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2022). Effects of particle size-shape correlations on steady shear strength of granular materials: The case of particle elongation. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 46(5), 979-1000.
- Carrasco, S., Quiroz-Rojo, P., Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2022, August). Effets de la corrélation entre les tailles et les formes des grains sur la résistance au cisaillement des matériaux granulaires [Paper]. 25ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Nantes, France.
- Maringue, J., Mendoza, L., Saez, E., Yanez, G., Montalva, G., Soto, V., Ayala, F., Perez-Estay, N., Figueroa, R., Sepulveda, N., Galvez, C., Ramirez, P., & Ovalle, C. (2022). Geological and geotechnical investigation of the seismic ground response characteristics in some urban and suburban sites in Chile exposed to large seismic threats. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 20(10), 4895-4918.
- Cantor, D., Ovalle, C., & Azéma, É. (2022). Microstructural origins of crushing strength for inherently anisotropic brittle materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 238, 111399 (12 pages).
- Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2022). Packing properties and steady strength of cemented loose granular materials. Computers and Geotechnics, 141, 104550 (9 pages).
- Majdanishabestari, K., Girumugisha, G., Ovalle, C., Aubertin, M., & Saez, E. (2022, October). Slope stability and safety distance for mine waste rock piles built by end/push dumping [Paper]. 75th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoCalgary 2022), Calgary, Alberta, CA.
2021 (9)
- Vuilloz, T., Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2021, July). DEM modeling of segregation and stratification in pouring heaps of bidispersed mixtures of rounded particles [Paper]. 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (Powders & Grains 2021). Published in EPJ Web of Conferences, 249.
- Valencia-Galindo, M., Sáez, E., Ovalle, C., & Ruz, F. (2021). Evaluation of the effectiveness of a soil treatment using calcium carbonate precipitation from cultivated and lyophilized bacteria in soil's compaction water. Buildings, 11(11).
- Ouellet, S., Chapuis, S., & Ovalle, C. (2021, June). Le projet de co-déposition dans la fosse Canadian Malartic [Presentation]. In Symposium Rouyn-Noranda 2021 sur l'environnement et les mines, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, Québec.
- Ovalle, C., & Arenaldi-Perisic, G. (2021). Mechanical behaviour of undisturbed diatomaceous soil. Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 39(5), 623-630.
- Huillca, Y., Silva, M., Ovalle, C., Quezada, J. C., Carrasco, S., & Villavicencio, G. E. (2021). Modelling size effect on rock aggregates strength using a DEM bonded-cell model. ACTA Geotechnica, 16(3), 699-709.
- Reid, D., Fourie, A., Ayala, J. L., Dickinson, S., Ochoa-Cornejo, F., Fanni, R., Garfias, J., Da Fonseca, A. V., Ghafghazi, M., Ovalle, C., Riemer, M., Rismanchian, A., Olivera, R., & Suazo, G. (2021). Results of a critical state line testing round robin programme. Géotechnique, 71(7), 616-630.
- Cantor, D., Ovalle, C., & Azéma, É. (2021, July). Strength and energy consumption of inherently anisotropic rocks at failure [Paper]. 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (Powders & Grains 2021). Published in EPJ Web of Conferences, 249.
- Osses, R., Majdanishabestari, K., Ovalle, C., & Pineda, J. (2021). Testing and modelling total suction effects on compressibility and creep of crushable granular material. Soils and Foundations, 61(6), 1581-1596.
- Aubertin, M., Maknoon, M., & Ovalle, C. (2021). Waste rock pile design considerations to promote geotechnical and geochemical stability. Canadian Geotechnique - The CGS Magazine, 2(3), 44-47.
2020 (3)
- Ovalle, C., Linero, S., Dano, C., Bard, E., Hicher, P.-Y., & Osses, R. (2020). Data compilation from large drained compression triaxial tests on coarse crushable rockfill materials. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(9), 06020013 (7 pages).
- Ovalle, C., & Dano, C. (2020). Effects of particle size-strength and particle size-shape correlations on parallel grading scaling. Geotechnique Letters, 10(2), 191-197.
- Ovalle, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2020). Modeling the effect of wetting on the mechanical behavior of crushable granular materials. Geoscience Frontiers, 11(2), 487-494.
2019 (8)
- Salas, F., Sáez, E., Ovalle, C., & Fernández, J. M. (2019). Análisis dinámico de una excavación profunda contenida mediante pilotes anclados en la grava de Santiago. [Dynamic analysis of a deep excavation supported by anchored piles in Santiago gravel]. Obras y proyectos (25), 76-82.
- Arenaldi, G., Ovalle, C., & Barrios, A. (2019). Compresibilidad y propiedades dinámicas de suelos diatomáceos de Mejillones. [Compressibility and dynamic properties of diatomaceous soils of Mejillones]. Obras y proyectos (25), 6-14.
- Arenaldi Perisic, G., Ovalle, C., & Barrios, A. (2019). Compressibility and creep of a diatomaceous soil. Engineering Geology, 258, 105145 (13 pages).
- Ovalle, C., Arenaldi, G., & Barrios, A. (2019, November). Compressibility and dynamic properties of diatomaceous soils from Mejillones, Chile [Paper]. 16th Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Cancun, Mexico.
- Osses, R., Ovalle, C., Pineda, J., & Barrios, P. (2019). Efecto de la saturación parcial en la compresibilidad de arenas con rotura de partículas. [Effect of partial saturation on the compressibility of crushable sands]. Obras y proyectos (25), 15-21.
- Valencia-Galindo, M., Nazar-Soto, R., Sáez-Robert, E., & Ovalle, C. (2019, June). Exploration of a new methodology for the application of MICP in soils [Poster]. Engineering Mechanics Institute and GeoInstitute Specialty Conference (EMI 2019), Pasadena, Calif..
- Osses, R., Pineda, J. A., Ovalle, C., Linero, S., & Fityus, S. (2019, August). Particle size effects on the water retention properties of colluvial sediments [Paper]. 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils (AP-UNSAT 2019), Nagoya, Japan. Published in Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 7(2).
- Osses, R., Ovalle, C., Pineda, J., Linero, S., & Fityus, S. (2019, September). Suction effects on the compressibility and creep of crushable sands [Paper]. 72nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference (Geo St. John's 2019), St. John, Newfoundland and Labrador.
2018 (3)
- Dano, C., Ovalle, C., Yin, Z.-Y., Daouadji, A., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2018). Behavior of Granular Materials Affected by Grain Breakage. In Advances in Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Couplings in Geo-Environmental Mechanics (95-132).
- Edwards, S., Aron, F., Cembrano, J., Crempien, J., Gardner, J., Nazar, R., Ovalle, C., & Santibáñez, I. (2018, May). Exposure of Chilean Tailings to Earthquake Hazards from Potentially Seismogenic Crustal Faults [Abstract]. 2018 Seismology of the Americas Meeting, Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission, Miami, Florida. Published in Seismological Research Letters, 89(2B).
- Ovalle, C. (2018). Role of particle breakage in primary and secondary compression of wet and dry sand. Geotechnique Letters, 8(2), 161-164.
2017 (4)
- Urbano, S., Puma, D., Sáez, E., & Ovalle, C. (2017, July). Numerical Modeling of the Monotonic Performance and Cyclic of Thickened Tailings in A Wide Range of Deformation [Paper]. 4th International Seminar on Tailings Management (Tailings 2017), Santiago, Chile.
- Urbano, S., Puma, D., Sáez, E., & Ovalle, C. (2017, September). Seismic stability analysis of a large thickened tailings deposit [Paper]. 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE 2017), Seoul, Korea.
- Wang, D., Sánchez, M., Sáez, E., Ovalle, C., & Briaud, J.-L. (2017, November). Study of a natural unsaturated clay and its effect on railroads [Paper]. 2nd Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils (PanAm-UNSAT 2017), Dallas, Texas.
- Ovalle, C., Sanz, F., & Sáez, E. (2017, March). Testing and modeling coarse rockfills [Abstract]. Conference of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI 2017), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2016 (1)
- Ovalle, C., Voivret, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P. Y. (2016). Population balance in confined comminution using a physical based probabilistic approach for polydisperse granular materials. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 40(17), 2383-2397.
2015 (5)
- Ovalle, C., Bard, E., Dano, C., Hicher, P.-Y., Dorador, L., Campaña, J., Palma, C., & Acuña, G. (2015, November). A Review of Large Triaxial Tests on Coarse Rockfill Samples [Paper]. 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Ovalle, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2015, November). Compressibility and Creep in Dry and Wet Crushable Sand [Paper]. 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Osses, R., & Ovalle, C. (2015, May). Effects of humidity and time in crushable granular materials [Abstract]. Conference of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI 2018), Cambridge, Mass..
- Ovalle, C., Dano, C., Hicher, P.-Y., & Cisternas, M. (2015). Experimental framework for evaluating the mechanical behavior of dry and wet crushable granular materials based on the particle breakage ratio.
- Ovalle, C., Voivret, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2015, June). On particle crushing probability in confined comminution [Abstract]. Conference of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI 2015), Palo Alto, Calif..
2014 (2)
- Ovalle, C., Dano, C., Hicher, P.-Y., & Cisternas, M. (2014, May). Effects of Flooding on Crushable Sand [Paper]. International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials (IWBDG 2014), Hong Kong, China.
- Ovalle, C., Frossard, E., Dano, C., Hu, W., Maiolino, S., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2014). The effect of size on the strength of coarse rock aggregates and large rockfill samples through experimental data. Acta Mechanica, 225(8), 2199-2216.
2013 (8)
- Ovalle, C., Voivret, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2013, July). A probabilistic approach of confined comminution in polydisperse granular materials [Paper]. 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media (POWDERS AND GRAINS 2013), Sydney, Australia.
- Ovalle, C. (2013). Contribution à l'étude de la rupture des grains dans les matériaux granulaires [Ph.D. Thesis, École Centrale de Nantes].
- Ovalle, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2013, August). Effects of flooding on crushable granular materials [Abstract]. Conference of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI 2013), Evanston, IL.
- Frossard, E., Ovalle, C., Dano, C., Hicher, P.-Y., Maiolino, S., & Hu, W. (2013, September). Effets d'échelle dans la résistance au cisaillement des remblais granulaires et dans la stabilité de grands ouvrages en enrochements [Size effects due to grain crushing in rockfills shear strength]. [Paper]. 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, France.
- Ovalle, C. (2013, May). Effets de l'eau et du temps sur le comportement des matériaux granulaires avec des ruptures des grains [Paper]. 31e Rencontres universitaires de l'AUGC, Cachan, France.
- Ovalle, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2013). Experimental Data Highlighting the Role of Surface Fracture Energy in Quasi-Static Confined Comminution. International Journal of Fracture, 182(1), 123-130.
- Li, G., Ovalle, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2013). Influence of Grain Size Distribution on Critical State of Granular Materials. In Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials (207-210).
- Ovalle, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2013, September). Specific surface energy in crushable granular materials [Abstract]. ALERT Workshop 2013, Aussois, France.
2012 (3)
- Li, G., Dano, C., Ovalle, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2012, July). Influence of the grain size distribution on critical state of granular materials [Abstract]. 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Graz, Austria.
- Ovalle, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2012, August). On the plastic work of crushable soils under compression [Paper]. International Conference on Geomechanics and Engineering (ICGE 2012), Seoul, Korea.
- Frossard, E., Ovalle, C., Hu, W., Dano, C., Hicher, P.-Y., & Maiolino, S. (2012, July). Size effects due to grain crushing in rockfills: theoretical predictions and experimental validation [Abstract]. 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Graz, Austria.
2011 (1)
- Ovalle, C., & Dano, C. (2011, April). A model of confined comminution for granular materials [Paper]. 2nd International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics (ComGeo II), Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia.