THE IMPORTANCE OF DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTIES IN FOUNDATION ANALYSIS

This paper discusses, with the help of case studies, the results obtained with and without accounting for the uncertainties in foundation analysis. Tools that have been found easy to use to account for uncertainties and to evaluate their effect on the calculated performance are briefly mentioned. The paper looks at the reasons why the methods are not more widely used in practice and makes recommendations on when and how to use the approach.

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• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

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  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Lacasse, S
• Conference:
  • Twelfth European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Proceedings)
  • Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Date: 1999-6-7 to 1999-6-10
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 385-392

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Failure analysis; Foundation engineering; Foundation soils; Risk analysis; Safety; Statistical reliability
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00778772
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9058090477
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 28 1999 12:00AM