FACTORS OF SAFETY AND RELIABILITY IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Simple reliability analyses, involving neither complex theory nor unfamiliar terms, can be used in routine geotechnical engineering practice. These simple reliability analyses require little effort beyond that involved in conventional geotechnical analyses. They provide a means of evaluating the combined effects of uncertainties in the parameters involved in the calculations, and they offer a useful supplement to conventional analyses. The additional parameters needed for the reliability analyses--standard deviations of the parameters--can be evaluated using the same amount of data and types of correlations that are widely used in geotechnical engineering practice. Example applications to stability and settlement problems illustrate the simplicity and practical usefulness of the method.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Duncan, J M
• Publication Date: 2000-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 307-316
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 126
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cantilevers; Consolidations; Failure; Footings; Geotechnical engineering; Probability theory; Reliability; Retaining walls; Safety factors; Sand; Settlement (Structures); Slope stability; Standard deviation; Uncertainty
• Uncontrolled Terms: Taylor series
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00794032
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: CMS-9700426, CMS-9358268
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 21 2000 12:00AM