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http://dx.doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2012.22.2.086

Comparative Study on the Applicability of Point Estimate Methods in Combination with Numerical Analysis for the Probabilistic Reliability Assessment of Underground Structures  

Park, Do-Hyun (KIGAM)
Kim, Hyung-Mok (KIGAM)
Ryu, Dong-Woo (KIGAM)
Choi, Byung-Hee (KIGAM)
Han, Kong-Chang (KIGAM)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.22, no.2, 2012 , pp. 86-92 More about this Journal
Abstract
Point estimate method has a less accuracy than Monte Carlo simulation that is usually considered as an exact probabilistic method, but this method still remains popular in probability-based reliability assessment in geotechnical and rock engineering, because it significantly reduce the number of sampling points and produces the statistical moments of a performance function in a reasonable accuracy. In the present study, we investigated the accuracy and applicability of point estimate methods proposed by Rosenblueth and Zhou & Nowak by comparing the results of these two methods with those of Monte Carlo simulations. The comparison was carried out for the problem of a lined circular tunnel in an elastic medium where an closed-form analytical solution is given. The comparison results showed that despite the non-linearity of the analytical solution, the statistical moments calculated by the point estimate methods and the Monte Carlo simulations agreed well with an average error of roughly 1-2%. This average error demonstrates the applicability of the two point estimate methods for the probabilistic reliability assessment of underground structures in combination with numerical analysis.
Keywords
Point estimate method; Probabilistic method; Reliability assessment; Probability of failure; Underground structure;
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