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http://dx.doi.org/10.5389/KSAE.2011.53.6.001

Probabilistic Analysis of Vertical Drains using Hasofer-Lind Reliability Index  

Kim, Seong-Pil (한국농어촌공사 농어촌연구원)
Heo, Joon (한국농어촌공사 농어촌연구원)
Bong, Tae-Ho (서울대학교 생태조경.지역시스템공학부 대학원)
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Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers / v.53, no.6, 2011 , pp. 1-6 More about this Journal
Abstract
The conventional factor of safety as used in geotechnical engineering does not reflect the degree of uncertainty of the relevant parameters. Then in the geotechnical engineering, there have been efforts to reflect the uncertainties of the geotechnical properties through probabilistic analysis. In this study, a practical method for probabilistic analysis using the Hasofer-Lind reliability index is introduced. The method is based on the perspective of an ellipsoid that just touches the failure surface in the original space of the variables. The method is applied to prefabricated vertical drains (PVD) and compared with the result of Monte Carlo Simulation method.
Keywords
Probabilistic analysis; PVD; Reliability index; Monte Carlo Simulation;
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