The bentonite analyzed comes from Cerro Mocho, district of Ignacio Escudero, province of Sullana, whose UTM coordinates are 9468762 (N) and 508203.00 (E), zone 17; corresponding to quadrangle 10b of the national geological map.  The expansive soils constitute a recurrent problem from the geotechnical point of view for the structures that are built on them; due to their composition rich in montmorillonite {Ca0.2(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2.xH2O}, which belongs to the smectite group; bentonites, when in contact with water, react increasing their volume, being representative of the most expansive clays; their use as experimental material for the simulation of this type of complex soils is ideal; it is therefore important an analysis that involves the knowledge of their physical and chemical properties and their mineralogical composition that influences this expansive behavior. The procedur...

The teaching-learning processes nowadays require pedagogical supports that allow the teacher to generate a space of real interaction from the classroom, for the student with his career; the training of professionals in earth sciences or engineering, must be accompanied by the teaching of computer programming, using high-level languages, free download and open source, as a resource applied to the solution of specific problems, presented in the stability of slopes. Here is shown a Python application to calculate and plot the factor of safety of a slope, through a Graphical User Interface (GUI), inserting: libraries, variables, functions and widgets of this language. The safety factor obtained by the application is 1.26, which coincides with that obtained by the manual procedure, the coordinate that plots the safety factor (Fs), to determine its sensitivity, as a function of the reciprocal ...

Esta investigación se centra en la utilidad del yeso de Mórrope como un agregado para estabilizar los suelos arcillosos expansivos. Se añadieron diferentes cantidades de yeso de Mórrope en forma proporcional y porcentual en contenido de bentonita. El diseño de la presente investigación es experimental de subtipo cuasi experimental con grupo de control y es causal. El yacimiento del yeso utilizado se ubica geocronológicamente en la era cenozoica, sistema cuaternario pleistoceno marino, serie reciente, dentro de una zona de llanura o planicie aluvial. La composición mineralógica del yeso calcinado de Mórrope arrojó: anhidrita 56,16%, bassanita 41,03% y yeso 2,81%; y la de bentonita: una composición predominante de 37,78% de montmorillonita con agregados cristalinos laminares desde 2 a 10 μm en promedio. Se consiguieron reducciones importantes con la adición del yeso de Mórro...