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Carlos OvalleDepartment of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering
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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. Unavailable
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. External link
Arenaldi Perisic, G., Ovalle, C., & Barrios, A. (2019). Compressibility and creep of a diatomaceous soil. Engineering Geology, 258, 105145 (13 pages). External link
Behlke, F., Ovalle, C., & Li, L. (2024, September). Experimental investigation of drainage and consolidation of tailings slurry in a co-disposal structure [Paper]. 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 16th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference (GeoMontreal 2024), Montréal, Qc, Canada (7 pages). External link
Cárdenas-Barrantes, M., & Ovalle, C. (2025). Effect of friction on the angle of repose of elongated particles. Powder Technology, 458, 120974 (8 pages). External link
Cárdenas-Barrantes, M., & Ovalle, C. (2025). Multiscale insights into Sliding Surface Liquefaction through DEM simulations. Computers and Geotechnics, 183, 107191 (11 pages). External link
Carrasco, S., Cantor, D., Ovalle, C., & Dubois, F. (2025). Particle shape distribution effects on the critical strength of granular materials. Computers and Geotechnics, 177, 12 pages. External link
Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2025). Sample size effects on the critical state shear strength of granular materials with varied gradation and the role of column-like local structures. Géotechnique, 75(1), 29-40. External link
Carrasco, S., Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2024, November). Effects of grain size and shape distributions on the critical strength of granular materials: a DEM study [Paper]. 17th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (PCSMGE 2024), La Serena, Chile. Unavailable
Cantor, D., Ovalle, C., & Émilien, A. (2024, September). Exploring the validity of a DEM inspired effective stress approach in wet polydisperse granular materials [Paper]. 2024 International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, Grenoble, France (2 pages). External link
Cantor, D., Azéma, É., & Ovalle, C. (2024). Failure of an effective stress approach in polydisperse wet granular materials. Physical Review Research, 6(2), 022008 (8 pages). External link
Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2024, February). Multi-Scale Study of Specimen Size Effect on Shear Strength of Polydisperse Granular Materials Using DEM [Paper]. Geo-Congress 2024, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. External link
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. Available
Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2023, September). Micromechanical effects of sample scale in size polydisperse granular materials under simple shear [Abstract]. 9th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM 2023), Erlangen, Germany. Unavailable
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). Available
Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2022). Packing properties and steady strength of cemented loose granular materials. Computers and Geotechnics, 141, 104550 (9 pages). Available
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. External link
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. External link
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. External link
Carrasco, S., Cantor, D., & Ovalle, C. (2023, September). Coupled effects of particle size and shape polydispersity on the mechanical behavior of granular media [Poster]. 9th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM 2023), Erlangen, Germany. Unavailable
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 (pp. 95-132). External link
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). External link
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. External link
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. Unavailable
Girumugisha, G., Ovalle, C., & Ouellet, S. (2024). Grading scalping and sample size effects on critical shear strength of mine waste rock through laboratory and in-situ testing. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 183, 105915 (12 pages). External link
Girumugisha, G., Ovalle, C., & Ouellet, S. (2024, February). Sample Size Effect on Shear Strength of Mine Waste Rock Using the Scalping Method [Paper]. Geo-Congress 2024, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. External link
Garcia-Torres, S., Ovalle, C., & Girumugisha, G. (2024, September). Stability assessment of end/push dumping mine waste rock piles in open-pit backfilling [Paper]. 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 16th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference (GeoMontreal 2024), Montréal, Qc, Canada. Unavailable
García-Torres, S., Behlke, F., Ovalle, C., & Ouellet, S. (2023, October). Effect of tailings migration on hydraulic conductivity of mine waste rock [Paper]. Annual conference of the Canadian Geotechnical Society (Geosaskatoon 2023), Saskatoon, Sask. (6 pages). Unavailable
Houbre, L., Boulanger-Martel, V., Ovalle, C., & Swarbrick, B. (2024, September). From risk to resilience : crafting guidelines for the safe construction of snow management piles on tailings storage facilities [Paper]. 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 16th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference (GeoMontreal 2024), Montréal, Qc, Canada (8 pages). External link
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. External link
Le, V. H., & Ovalle, C. (2024, September). Stability of filtered tailings storage facilities [Paper]. 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 16th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference (GeoMontreal 2024), Montréal, Qc, Canada. Unavailable
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 (pp. 207-210). External link
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. Unavailable
Majdani, K., Ovalle, C., & Aubertin, M. (2024, September). Slope stability of high waste rock piles based on 2D and 3D FEM simulation [Paper]. 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 16th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference (GeoMontreal 2024), Montréal, Qc, Canada (9 pages). External link
Maringue, J., Mendoza, L., Sáez, E., Yáñez, G., Montalva, G., Soto, V., Ayala, F., Perez-Estay, N., Figueroa, R., Sepúlveda, N., Gálvez, C., Ramírez, 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. External link
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. External link
Osses, R., Pineda, J., Ovalle, C., Linero, S., & Sáez, E. (2024). Scale and suction effects on compressibility and time-dependent deformation of mine waste rock material. Engineering Geology, 340, 107668 (15 pages). Available
Ovalle, C., Girumugisha, G., Cantor, D., & Ouellet, S. (2023, November). Size effects assessment of mine waste-rock shear strength combining numerical, laboratory and in situ approaches [Paper]. 3rd International Slope Stability in Mining Conference (SSIM 2023), Perth, Australia. External link
Ovalle, C., & Arenaldi-Perisic, G. (2021). Mechanical behaviour of undisturbed diatomaceous soil. Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 39(5), 623-630. External link
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. Unavailable
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. External link
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. Available
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). External link
Ovalle, C., Linero, S., Dano, C., Bard, E., Hicher, P.-Y., & Osses, R. (2020). Database rockfills [Dataset]. External link
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. External link
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. External link
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. External link
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). External link
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. Unavailable
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.. Unavailable
Ovalle, C. (2018). Role of particle breakage in primary and secondary compression of wet and dry sand. Geotechnique Letters, 8(2), 161-164. External link
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. Unavailable
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. External link
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. External link
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. External link
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.. Unavailable
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. External link
Ovalle, C., Frossard, E., Dano, C., Hu, W., Maïolino, 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. External link
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. External link
Ovalle, C. (2013). Contribution à l'étude de la rupture des grains dans les matériaux granulaires [Ph.D. Thesis, École Centrale de Nantes]. External link
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. Unavailable
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. Unavailable
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. External link
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. Unavailable
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. External link
Ovalle, C., Dano, C., & Hicher, P.-Y. (2013, September). Specific surface energy in crushable granular materials [Abstract]. ALERT Workshop 2013, Aussois, France. Unavailable
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. Unavailable
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. Unavailable
Quiroz-Rojo, P., Cantor, D., Renouf, M., Azéma, É., & Ovalle, C. (2025). Micro- and Macro-Mechanical Analysis of Rev in Sheared Polydisperse Granular Samples. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, 1480(1), 012076 (4 pages). External link
Quiroz-Rojo, P., Cantor, D., Renouf, M., Émilien, A., & Ovalle, C. (2024, September). Micro- and macro-mechanical analyses of rev in sheared granular samples [Paper]. 2024 International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, Grenoble, France. External link
Quiroz-Rojo, P., Ovalle, C., Girumugisha, G., Cantor, D., Azéma, É., & Renouf, M. (2024, November). Particle size effects on critical strength of granular soils through numerical and laboratory testing [Paper]. 17th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (PCSMGE 2024), La Serena, Chile (5 pages). External link
Quiroz-Rojo, P., Cantor, D., Renouf, M., Ovalle, C., & Azéma, É. (2024). Rev assessment of granular materials with varied grading based on macro- and micro-mechanical statistical data. ACTA Geotechnica, 14 pages. External link
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. External link
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. External link
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. External link
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. Unavailable
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. Unavailable
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. External link
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). External link
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.. External link
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. External link
