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A Study to Develop a Practical Probabilistic Slope Stability Analysis Method  

김형배 (한국도로공사 도로연구소)
이승호 (상지대학교 토목공학과)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.18, no.5, 2002 , pp. 271-280 More about this Journal
Abstract
A probabilistic approach to identify the effects of uncertainties of soil strength parameters on searching a critical slip surface with the lowest reliability is introduced. In general construction field, it is impossible for the engineer to always gather a variety of statistical information of soil strength parameters for which lots of laboratory and in-situ soil testing are required and to use it with enough statistical knowledge. Thus, in order that the engineer may easily understand the probabilistic concept for the slope stability analysis, this study proposes a combined procedure to incorporate the engineering probabilistic tools into the existing deterministic slope stability analysis methods. Using UTEXAS 3, a slope stability analysis computer program developed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. COE), this study provides the results of this probabilistic slope stability analysis in terms of probability of failure or reliability index. This probabilistic method f3r slope stability analysis appears to yield more comprehensive results of slope reliability than does existing deterministic methods with safety factors alone.
Keywords
Factor of safety; Probabilistic theory; Reliability index; Slope stability analysis;
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