Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering : Computations and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780415396301 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 544 str.

Opis

Reliability-based design is an engineering methodology which can ensure self-consistency in both physical and probabilistic terms. This book presents practical computational methods in steps that can be followed by practitioners and students. It also provi

Spis treści

1. Numerical recipes for reliability analysis – a primer  2. Spatial variability and geotechnical reliability  3. Practical reliability approach using spreadsheet  4. Monte Carlo simulation in reliability analysis  5. Practical application of reliability-based design in decision making  6. Randomly heterogeneous soils under static and dynamic loads  7. Stochastic finite element methods in geotechnical engineering  8. Eurocode 7 and reliability-based design  9. Serviceability limit state reliability-based design  10. Reliability verification using pile load tests  11. Reliability analysis of slopes  12. Application to levees and hydraulic structures  13. Reliability analysis of liquefaction potential of soils using Standard Penetration Test

O autorze

Kok-Kwang Phoon is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, and Chair of the Technical Committee on Risk Assessment and Management of the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.