DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES
May 1, 1999

Discussions and Closure: Slope Failures in Tertiary Expansive OC Clays

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Robert W. Day, Fellow, ASCE
Chf. Engr., American Geotechnical, 5764 Pacific Ctr. Blvd., Ste. 112, San Diego, CA 92121.
Claudio F. Mahler
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., COPPE, Fed. Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, PB 68506, 21945-970—Rio de Janeiro/RJ.
Gilberto F. Alexandre
Engr., MSc Student, COPPE, Fed. Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, PB 68506, 21945-970—Rio de Janeiro/RJ.
J. A. R. Ortigao
Assoc. Prof., Fed. Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rua Benjamin Batista 173, 22461-120 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
T. R. R. Loures
Proj. Engr., Devsa Desenvolvimento Rodoviário SA, São Paulo, Brazil.
C. Nogueira
Geotech. Engr., São Paulo, Brazil.
L. S. Alves
Soils Engr., Insiutek Ltd., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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