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<journal-id>2602-8484</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Figempa]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2602-8484</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Central de Ecuador ]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2602-84842016000200013</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29166/revfig.v1i2.862</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Estimación empírica de la resistencia a compresión simple a partir del ensayo de carga puntual en rocas anisótropas (esquistos y pizarras)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Empirical estimation of the uniaxial compressive strength from the point load test in anisotropic rocks (schists and shales)]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Burbano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Danny]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tania]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Central del Ecuador. Quito  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Central del Ecuador. Quito  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>13</fpage>
<lpage>16</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2602-84842016000200013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2602-84842016000200013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2602-84842016000200013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este trabajo se establecen nuevas correlaciones empíricas entre la resistencia a compresión simple (RCS) y el índice de carga puntual Is(50) en rocas anisótropas, en particular en esquistos y pizarras. Se han empleado datos de 2015 ensayos de carga puntual y 229 ensayos de resistencia a compresión uniaxial realizados en rocas anisótropas obtenidos en las diferentes etapas de estudio del proyecto hidroeléctrico Paute-Cardenillo, localizado en las estribaciones orientales de la cordillera de los Andes septentrionales (SE Ecuador). Se han identificado cinco litotipos de rocas anisótropas (esquistos y pizarras) para los que se han obtenido los valores medios de resistencia a compresión simple y del índice de carga puntual en función de su orientación con respecto a los planos de anisotropía. Finalmente, se comprueba que no existe una relación directa entre RCS y Is(50) por lo que no es fiable adoptar los modelos empíricos tradicionales de regresión lineal, que no tienen en cuenta el efecto de los planos de anisotropía en la resistencia de la roca. Por lo tanto, se proponen tres nuevas relaciones empíricas que permiten estimar la RCS a partir del Is(50) en rocas anisótropas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract . In this paper new empirical relationships are developed between uniaxial compressive strength and point load index Is(50) in anisotropic rocks, particularly in schists and shales. We have used data from 2015 point load tests and 229 uniaxial compressive strength tests performed in anisotropic rocks obtained during various stages of study of Paute-Cardenillo hydroelectric project, located in the eastern slopes of the northern Andes Cordillera (SE Ecuador). We have defined five anisotropic rocks types (schists and shales) for which the mean values of uniaxial compressive strength and point load index were obtained according to their orientation with respect to the planes of anisotropy. Finally, it is found that there is no direct relationship between uniaxial compressive strength and Is(50) so it is unreliable take traditional empirical linear regression models, which do not consider the effect of the planes of anisotropy in rock strength. Therefore, three new empirical relationships that estimate the uniaxial compressive strength from Is(50) in anisotropic rocks are proposed.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[anisotropía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ensayo de carga puntual]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[esquisto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mecánica de rocas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[resistencia a compresión uniaxial.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[anisotropy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[point load test]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[uniaxial compressive strength]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rock mechanics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[schists.]]></kwd>
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