Slope Stability And Reliability Analysis

Author : Y. M. Cheng
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ISBN 13 : 9781536129366
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slope Stability and Reliability Analysis written by Y. M. Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Slope stability analysis methods -- Advanced topics in slope stability analysis -- Three-dimensional slope stability analysis -- Reliability slope stability analysis

Author : Sukhdeep Singh
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantile-based Reliability Analysis and Design in Slope Stability written by Sukhdeep Singh and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study and analysis of slopes are essential for understanding their performance and, in particular, their stability, reliability, and deformations. Traditional slope stability analysis involves predicting the location of the critical slip surface for a given slope and computing a safety factor at that location, which belongs to the deterministic frame. It is found that multiple sources of uncertainties often exist in the evaluation of slope stability. When assessing the stability of slopes in the face of risks, it is desirable, and sometimes necessary, to adopt reliability-based approaches that consider these uncertainties explicitly. The thesis develops an efficient methodology of soil modeling using maximum entropy based quantile distribution constrained by probability weighted moments, conducts field vane shear soil testing in the Nipigon river area and establishes the soil strength models. The research proposes a new reliability-based method to study the stability of the Nipigon river slope and carries out a reliability-based design of slopes by combining quantile-based reliability and multi-objective optimization. In general, the probability distribution describes the randomness of soil parameters collected empirically or tested by the few numbers of collected soil samples. However, the substantial effect of sample size on the estimation of random properties of the soil strength requires an extensive data to explore uncertainties, which is uneconomical and sometimes impossible to obtain. This study aims to consolidate recent advancement in probabilistic characterization and develops an inverse cumulative distribution function (ICDF) or quantile distribution, for direct quantification of the actual variability of various soil samples. Based on the analysis, a framework is developed that streamlines the formulation of probability weighted moments (PWM), and maximum entropy (MaxEnt) based distribution function for various soil properties when estimated using different field or laboratory tests, leading to a reliable procedure for applications of the proposed framework to different site characterization problems. Examples are provided to illustrate the implementation and step-by-step procedures of the proposed framework. This research further extends the reliability approach for slope stability problems and utilizes the first-order reliability method (FORM) with quantiles for improving the efficiency of the FORM with relatively small samples. Reliability analysis is combined with deterministic slope stability analysis and implemented using an efficient algorithm. The analysis is validated through comparison with other reliability methods and used to explore the effect of variability of the soil properties on slope system. It is found that, when variability of soil properties is defined by assuming a conventional distribution, the variance of factor of safety is overestimated or underestimated. The approach not only provides sufficiently accurate reliability estimates of slope stability but also significantly improves the computational efficiency of soil slope design in comparison with conventional design methods.

Author : J. Michael Duncan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118651650
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soil Strength and Slope Stability written by J. Michael Duncan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to the critical issue of slope stability and safety Soil Strength and Slope Stability, Second Edition presents the latest thinking and techniques in the assessment of natural and man-made slopes, and the factors that cause them to survive or crumble. Using clear, concise language and practical examples, the book explains the practical aspects of geotechnical engineering as applied to slopes and embankments. The new second edition includes a thorough discussion on the use of analysis software, providing the background to understand what the software is doing, along with several methods of manual analysis that allow readers to verify software results. The book also includes a new case study about Hurricane Katrina failures at 17th Street and London Avenue Canal, plus additional case studies that frame the principles and techniques described. Slope stability is a critical element of geotechnical engineering, involved in virtually every civil engineering project, especially highway development. Soil Strength and Slope Stability fills the gap in industry literature by providing practical information on the subject without including extraneous theory that may distract from the application. This balanced approach provides clear guidance for professionals in the field, while remaining comprehensive enough for use as a graduate-level text. Topics include: Mechanics of soil and limit equilibrium procedures Analyzing slope stability, rapid drawdown, and partial consolidation Safety, reliability, and stability analyses Reinforced slopes, stabilization, and repair The book also describes examples and causes of slope failure and stability conditions for analysis, and includes an appendix of slope stability charts. Given how vital slope stability is to public safety, a comprehensive resource for analysis and practical action is a valuable tool. Soil Strength and Slope Stability is the definitive guide to the subject, proving useful both in the classroom and in the field.

Author : Lulu Zhang
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 131535117X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rainfall-Induced Soil Slope Failure written by Lulu Zhang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rainfall-induced landslides are common around the world. With global climate change, their frequency is increasing and the consequences are becoming greater. Previous studies assess them mostly from the perspective of a single discipline—correlating landslides with rainstorms, geomorphology and hydrology in order to establish a threshold prediction value for rainfall-induced landslides; analyzing the slope’s stability using a geomechanical approach; or assessing the risk from field records. Rainfall Induced Soil Slope Failure: Stability Analysis and Probabilistic Assessment integrates probabilistic approaches with the geotechnical modeling of slope failures under rainfall conditions with unsaturated soil. It covers theoretical models of rainfall infiltration and stability analysis, reliability analysis based on coupled hydro-mechanical modelling, stability of slopes with cracks, gravels and spatial heterogenous soils, and probabilistic model calibration based on measurement. It focuses on the uncertainties involved with rainfall-induced landslides and presents state-of-the art techniques and methods which characterize the uncertainties and quantify the probabilities and risk of rainfall-induced landslide hazards. Additionally, the authors cover: The failure mechanisms of rainfall-induced slope failure Commonly used infiltration and stability methods The infiltration and stability of natural soil slopes with cracks and colluvium materials Stability evaluation methods based on probabilistic approaches The effect of spatial variability on unsaturated soil slopes and more

Author : Robin Chowdhury
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203864204
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geotechnical Slope Analysis written by Robin Chowdhury and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-11-18 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freshly updated and extended version of Slope Analysis (Chowdhury, Elsevier, 1978). This reference book gives a complete overview of the developments in slope engineering in the last 30 years. Its multi-disciplinary, critical approach and the chapters devoted to seismic effects and probabilistic approaches and reliability analyses, reflect the distinctive style of the original. Subjects discussed are: the understanding of slope performance, mechanisms of instability, requirements for modeling and analysis, and new techniques for observation and modeling. Special attention is paid to the relation with the increasing frequency and consequences of natural and man-made hazards. Strategies and methods for assessing landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk are also explored. Moreover, the relevance of geotechnical analysis of slopes in the context of climate change scenarios is discussed. All theory is supported by numerous examples. ''...A wonderful book on Slope Stability....recommended as a refernence book to those who are associated with the geotechnical engineering profession (undergraduates, post graduates and consulting engineers)...'' Prof. Devendra Narain Singh, Indian Inst. of Technology, Mumbai, India ''I have yet to see a book that excels the range and depth of Geotechnical Slope Analysis... I have failed to find a topic which is not covered and that makes the book almost a single window outlet for the whole range of readership from students to experts and from theoreticians to practicing engineers...'' Prof. R.K. Bhandari, New Delhi, India

Author : Y. M. Cheng
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536129359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slope Stability and Reliability Analysis written by Y. M. Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slope stability is always a very important topic in many developed and highly congested cities, particularly for many cities in China where slope failures have killed many people with significant loss of properties. The author has also participated in different types of slope stability research and consultancy works in different countries, and has published two books entitled Soil Slope stability analysis and stabilization new methods and insights and Frontier in civil engineering, vol.1, Stability analysis of geotechnical structures which are well favoured by many students, engineers and researchers. The author also frequently receives email about the details of the more innovative slope stability analysis methods, stabilization and monitoring system, as well as the procedures in the numerical implementation of some of the stability analysis methods. In views of the various improvements in the theory of slope stability analysis over the years, the author would like to write a new book on slope stability analysis and slope reliability analysis, and the new materials will be useful to both students, engineers as well as researchers. In this book, different methods of slope stability analysis will be discussed in a broad sense. Following that, the limit equilibrium and finite element methods will be discussed in more details, as these two methods are the methods commonly used for practical works. Detailed procedures for limit equilibrium analysis will be provided to aid the students in learning, while the program SLOPE2000 will be introduced for the solution of more complicated problems. Some interesting engineering cases will be illustrated in this book. The author will also try to introduce the use of distinct element slope stability method, which is a technique still far from practical applications, but it does offer some insights which are not possible with the other methods. Following that, the author will introduce the importance of reliability slope stability analysis, which is an important issue for cities with complicated ground conditions and high water table. Due to the intensive computation required for reliability analysis, the author has proposed many improvements to various reliability assessment methods in order to maintain a balance between accuracy and time of computation. The central core of SLOPE 2000 and SLOPE 3D for two-dimensional and three-dimensional slope stability analysis as introduced in this book are developed mainly by the author, while there are many research personnel who have helped in various works associated with the research works. The authors would like to thank Yip C.J., Wei W.B., Li N., Li L. Li D.Z. and Liu L.L. for the helps in preparing parts of the works and the preparation of some of the figures in this book.

Author : 杨琳
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monte Carlo Simulation Method for Reliability Analysis of Slope Stability written by 杨琳 and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gregory B. Baecher
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470871253
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reliability and Statistics in Geotechnical Engineering written by Gregory B. Baecher and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-08-19 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk and reliability analysis is an area of growing importance in geotechnical engineering, where many variables have to be considered. Statistics, reliability modeling and engineering judgement are employed together to develop risk and decision analyses for civil engineering systems. The resulting engineering models are used to make probabilistic predictions, which are applied to geotechnical problems. Reliability & Statistics in Geotechnical Engineering comprehensively covers the subject of risk and reliability in both practical and research terms * Includes extensive use of case studies * Presents topics not covered elsewhere--spatial variability and stochastic properties of geological materials * No comparable texts available Practicing engineers will find this an essential resource as will graduates in geotechnical engineering programmes.

Author : Bak Kong Low
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000472566
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reliability-Based Design in Soil and Rock Engineering written by Bak Kong Low and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains probabilistic analyses and reliability-based designs (RBDs) for the enhancement of Eurocode 7 (EC7) and load and resistance factor design (LRFD) methods. An intuitive perspective and efficient computational procedure for the first-order reliability method (FORM, which includes the Hasofer–Lind reliability index) is explained, together with discussions on the similarities and differences between the design point of EC7/LRFD and RBD-via-FORM. Probability-based designs with respect to the ultimate and serviceability limit states are demonstrated for soil and rock engineering, including shallow and deep foundations, earth-retaining structures, soil slopes, 2D rock slopes with discontinuities, 3D rock slopes with wedge mechanisms, and underground rock excavations. Renowned cases in soil and rock engineering are analyzed both deterministically and probabilistically, and comparisons are made with other probabilistic methods. This book is ideal for practitioners, graduate students and researchers and all who want to deepen their understanding of geotechnical RBD accounting for uncertainty and overcome some limitations and potential pitfalls of the evolving LRFD and EC7. Solutions for the book’s examples are available online and are helpful to acquire a hands-on appreciation: https://www.routledge.com/9780367631390.

Author : Zijun Cao
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662529149
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Probabilistic Approaches for Geotechnical Site Characterization and Slope Stability Analysis written by Zijun Cao and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to revisit geotechnical site characterization from a probabilistic point of view and provide rational tools to probabilistically characterize geotechnical properties and underground stratigraphy using limited information obtained from a specific site. This book not only provides new probabilistic approaches for geotechnical site characterization and slope stability analysis, but also tackles the difficulties in practical implementation of these approaches. In addition, this book also develops efficient Monte Carlo simulation approaches for slope stability analysis and implements these approaches in a commonly available spreadsheet environment. These approaches and the software package are readily available to geotechnical practitioners and alleviate them from reliability computational algorithms. The readers will find useful information for a non-specialist to determine project-specific statistics of geotechnical properties and to perform probabilistic analysis of slope stability.