Bøger af Osires de Medeiros Melo Neto

Currently, one of the main challenges of civil construction is to minimize the demand for natural resources and implementation and maintenance costs. Thus, the growing awareness of sustainable construction has raised the trend for recycling or reusing solid waste in construction. The effort of the construction industry towards more circular products is still being evaluated in terms of its environmental impacts. Circular Economy initiatives should be examined on a case-by-case basis; and in the construction context, a composite approach that can identify and assess the impacts of increased circularity of construction waste on the environment should be adopted. The life cycle of a structure includes the processes of extraction, production, transportation, construction, operation, and maintenance. Within a circular approach, the cradle to cradle cycle is analyzed, and the analysis of the treatment and final disposal stages of the waste generated gains greater importance.

The understanding of soil mechanics comprises several studies in engineering, from soil constitution to the bearing capacity of this soil in foundation, dam, and sidewalk designs. The need to understand the behavior of this material requires practice in solving questions. For this understanding, solved questions serve as a basis to clarify the knowledge acquired in theoretical study. Therefore, this study seeks, through books and didactic materials, to present questions about soil mechanics with their respective answers, aiming to help teachers of this subject and students who wish to deepen their knowledge in a practical way.