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Ladir Antonio DA Silva Junior1, Tatiana B Dos Santos2
1Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Av. Brasília, 1304, Baú, 35930-314 João Monlevade, MG, Brazil.
Abstract:
This article presents a study of the impacts caused by Fundão dam failure in buildings from Gesteira district, Barra Longa city, Brazil. The analyzed dataset was built using technical reports from surveys carried out in 152 buildings. Principal component analysis was capable of explain the interdependence of data variable and allowed conditions of understand the consequences and evidenced pathologies. Heavy vehicle traffic caused more damage (57% of buildings) to the studied buildings than the contact with the tailing mud (43% of buildings).
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