Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering
Computations and Applications
Edited by Kok-Kwang Phoon
Computations and Applications
Edited by Kok-Kwang Phoon
| New Book |
About the Title
Reliability-based design is the only engineering methodology currently
available which can ensure self-consistency in both physical and
probabilistic terms. It is also uniquely compatible with the theoretical basis
underlying other disciplines such as structural design. It is especially
relevant as geotechnical design becomes subject to increasing codification
and to code harmonization across national boundaries and material types.
Already some codes of practice describe the principles and requirements for
safety, serviceability, and durability of structures in reliability terms.
This book presents practical computational methods in concrete steps that
can be followed by practitioners and students. It also provides geotechnical
examples illustrating reliability analysis and design. It aims to encourage
geotechnical engineers to apply reliability-based design in a realistic
context that recognises the complex variabilities in geomaterials and model
uncertainties arising from a profession steeped in empiricism. By focusing
on learning through computations and examples, this book serves as a
valuable reference for engineers and a resource for students.
Contents
Product Details
Hardback: 532 pp
Publisher: 25/04/08, Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 978-0-415-39630-1
Product Dimensions: 160 x 240 mm
Reliability-based design is the only engineering methodology currently
available which can ensure self-consistency in both physical and
probabilistic terms. It is also uniquely compatible with the theoretical basis
underlying other disciplines such as structural design. It is especially
relevant as geotechnical design becomes subject to increasing codification
and to code harmonization across national boundaries and material types.
Already some codes of practice describe the principles and requirements for
safety, serviceability, and durability of structures in reliability terms.
This book presents practical computational methods in concrete steps that
can be followed by practitioners and students. It also provides geotechnical
examples illustrating reliability analysis and design. It aims to encourage
geotechnical engineers to apply reliability-based design in a realistic
context that recognises the complex variabilities in geomaterials and model
uncertainties arising from a profession steeped in empiricism. By focusing
on learning through computations and examples, this book serves as a
valuable reference for engineers and a resource for students.
Contents
 | Numerical recipes for reliability analysis – a primer | |
| Spatial variability and geotechnical reliability | |
| Practical reliability approach using spreadsheet | |
| Monte Carlo simulation in reliability analysis | |
| Practical application of reliability-based design in decision making | |
| Randomly heterogeneous soils under static and dynamic loads | |
| Stochastic finite element methods in geotechnical engineering | |
| Eurocode 7 and reliability-based design | |
| Serviceability limit state reliability-based design | |
| Reliability verification using pile load tests | |
| Reliability analysis of slopes | |
| Application to levees and hydraulic structures | |
| Reliability analysis of liquefaction potential of soils using Standard | |
| Penetration Test |
Product Details
Hardback: 532 pp
Publisher: 25/04/08, Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 978-0-415-39630-1
Product Dimensions: 160 x 240 mm
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