Reliability-based design in geotechnical engineering : computations and applications /: computations and applications. ([2014?])
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- Book
- Title:
- Reliability-based design in geotechnical engineering : computations and applications /: computations and applications. ([2014?])
- Main Title:
- Reliability-based design in geotechnical engineering : computations and applications
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Kok-Kwang Phoon.
- Editors:
- Phoon, Kok-Kwang
- Contents:
- Cover -- Also available from Taylor & Francis -- Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Chapter 1 Numerical recipes for reliability analysis-a primer -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 General reliability problem -- 1.3 Modeling and simulation of stochastic data -- 1.4 Probabilistic solution procedures -- 1.5 Conclusions -- Appendix A- MATLAB codes -- Appendix B- Approximate closed-form solutions for (·) and -- 1 (·) -- Appendix C- Exact reliability solutions -- Appendix D- Second-order reliability method (SORM) -- References -- Chapter 2 Spatial variability and geotechnical reliability -- 2.1 Variability of soil properties -- 2.2 Second-moment soil profiles -- 2.3 Estimating autocovariance -- 2.4 Random fields -- 2.5 Concluding comments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Practical reliability approach using spreadsheet -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Reliability procedure in spreadsheet and expanding ellipsoidal perspective -- 3.3 Reliability-based design of an anchored wall -- 3.4 Practical probabilistic slope stability analysis based on reformulated Spencer equations -- 3.5 On the need for a positive definite correlation matrix -- 3.6 Finite element reliability analysis via response surface methodology -- 3.7 Limitations and flexibilities of object-oriented constrained optimization in spreadsheet -- 3.8 Summary -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 4 Monte Carlo simulation in reliability analysis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2Cover -- Also available from Taylor & Francis -- Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Chapter 1 Numerical recipes for reliability analysis-a primer -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 General reliability problem -- 1.3 Modeling and simulation of stochastic data -- 1.4 Probabilistic solution procedures -- 1.5 Conclusions -- Appendix A- MATLAB codes -- Appendix B- Approximate closed-form solutions for (·) and -- 1 (·) -- Appendix C- Exact reliability solutions -- Appendix D- Second-order reliability method (SORM) -- References -- Chapter 2 Spatial variability and geotechnical reliability -- 2.1 Variability of soil properties -- 2.2 Second-moment soil profiles -- 2.3 Estimating autocovariance -- 2.4 Random fields -- 2.5 Concluding comments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Practical reliability approach using spreadsheet -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Reliability procedure in spreadsheet and expanding ellipsoidal perspective -- 3.3 Reliability-based design of an anchored wall -- 3.4 Practical probabilistic slope stability analysis based on reformulated Spencer equations -- 3.5 On the need for a positive definite correlation matrix -- 3.6 Finite element reliability analysis via response surface methodology -- 3.7 Limitations and flexibilities of object-oriented constrained optimization in spreadsheet -- 3.8 Summary -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 4 Monte Carlo simulation in reliability analysis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Random number generation -- 4.3 Some methods to improve the efficiency of MCS -- 4.4 Final remarks -- Appendix: Mathematical proof of MCMC by Metropolis-Hastings algorithm -- References -- Chapter 5 Practical application of reliability-based design in decision-making -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Decision trees -- 5.3 Decision criteria -- 5.4 Reliability analysis -- 5.5 Model calibration -- 5.6 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Randomly heterogeneous soils under static and dynamic loads -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Representing the random spatial variability of soil properties -- 6.3 Analysis method -- 6.4 Understanding mechanisms and effects -- 6.5 Quantifying the effects of random soil heterogeneity -- 6.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Stochastic finite element methods in geotechnical engineering -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Representation of spatial variability -- 7.3 Polynomial chaos expansions -- 7.4 Intrusive SFE method for static problems -- 7.5 Non-intrusive SFE methods -- 7.6 Post-processing of the SFE results -- 7.7 Application examples -- 7.8 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Note -- References -- Chapter 8 Eurocode 7 and reliability-based design -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Eurocode program -- 8.3 Development of Eurocode 7 -- 8.4 Eurocode design requirements and the limit state design concept -- 8.5 Reliability-based designs and Eurocode design methods -- 8.6 Geotechnical risk and Geotechnical Categories -- 8.7 The partial factor method and geotechnical desig. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xii, 530 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 624.151
Rock mechanics
Soil mechanics
Reliability
Reliability
Rock mechanics
Soil mechanics
Géotechnique
Fiabilité
Constructions -- Calcul -- Informatique
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781482265811
1482265818
9780203934241
0203934245 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780415396301
0415396301 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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