Slope-stability analysis is one of the parameters in the design of road embankments that the designer must consider in order to ensure stable and safe construction. The technical standards recommend slopes to heights of 12 m, depending on the soil types and the topography. In the present work, the limit equilibrium methods (Fellenius, Bishop, Janbu, Morgensten-Price) and the finite element method are used to determine the safety factor of road embankments for different slopes flanking the road. Five embankment heights were simulated: 6 m, 12 m, 18 m, 24 m, and 30 m. The dataset compiled can be used for modeling embankments.

La modelación numérica se ha convertido hoy, en nuestros días, en una herramienta primordial en la caracterización del estado tenso-deformacional de diversos problemas de ingeniería; debido a la implementación computacional de formulaciones débiles de un sinnúmero de modelos matemáticos. El presente artículo hace referencia al proceso de calibración numérica, proponiendo un método práctico de calibración matemática, el cual se ha hecho nombrar como: calibración matemática simultáneamente, ya que se obtiene el Grado de Refinamiento Adecuado y el Tipo de Elemento Finito a emplear, como funciones biunívocas. Para la materialización de la técnica propuesta se ha empleado un terraplén de obra vial de doce metros de altura, donde es obtenido el Tipo de Elemento Finito y el Grado de Refinamiento Adecuado, que respondan con un criterio de aproximación deseado y se dejan planteadas las bases para la calibración plástica del modelo.

Masonry structures are widely used nowadays for their advantages like low-cost workmanship, efficiency and fast construction techniques. The compressive strength of the materials that compose masonry (block and mortar) is very important to the behavior of the system, but the tensile strength is even more significant for the standards and building codes. In this work, a dataset for indirect tensile tests of hollow concrete blocks is obtained. Splitting tests as described in ASTM C-1006-13 are applied. Two sets of blocks were tested, one with medium compressive strength and the other with high compressive strength. The first set was tested in three directions named A, B, and C; the second one was tested in two directions, A and B. The data was collected with a servo-hydraulic machine. The data is presented in tables and can be used by material researchers, as well as in numerical modeling.

The uniaxial compressive strength is a main parameter to be considered in design of masonry structures, particularly due to gravitational loads. This dataset collection comprises test on various masonry prisms made of hollow concrete blocks. These prisms are divided into three groups: prisms consisting of 2, 3, and 4 courses, respectively. All prisms underwent testing with mortar applied over the net area (fullshell) and on the lateral face (face-shell-bedding). Ten prisms were tested for each arrangement, meaning 10 prisms with 2 courses using full-shell placement, 10 with face-shell placement, and so forth for 3 and 4 course prisms. Two linear variable differential transformers (LVDTs) were added to every prism for displacement measurements. Load measurements were conducted by using an Instron machine for the prisms with two courses, a Tinius Olsen machine for those with three courses, and a loading frame for the four-course prisms. The presented dataset includes strain-stress curves that underwent analysis and filtering. These data hold sig