Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering

Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering is an innovative resource that offers new analytical techniques for the reliability-based design and increasing sophistication of buildings and bridges. Introducing new methods for risk assessment in geotechnical engineering, the content enables engineers to create a better model for analyzing the properties and possible failure of a slope, mine shaft, foundation, embankment, or surface soil. The book is intended to allow engineers to perform better and more efficient modeling of the spatially variable nature of soil and rock in the real world, leading leads to safer designs. The book offers nine examples of the method in practice, utilizing the included software to demonstrate its use in the evaluation and design stages. 480pp

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Theory.
• 1. Review of Probability Theory.
• 2. Discrete Random Processes.
• 3. Random Fields.
• 4. Best Estimates, Excursions, and Averages.
• 5. Estimation.
• 6. Simulation.
• 7. Reliability-Based Design.
• Part 2: Practice.
• 8. Groundwater Modeling.
• 9. Flow Through Earth Dams.
• 10. Settlement of Shallow Foundations.
• 11. Bearing Capacity.
• 12. Deep Foundations.
• 13. Slope Stability.
• 14. Earth Pressure.
• 15. Mine Pillar Capacity.
• 16. Liquefaction.