This practical guide provides the best introduction to large deformation material point
method (MPM) simulations for geotechnical engineering. It provides the basic theory …

ABSTRACT A case study involving the assessment and re-design of an existing dyke,
founded on a layered soil, has compared deterministic analysis based on 5-percentile …

Due to a lack of large deformation dyke assessment models, primary failure mechanisms,
such as inner slope failure, are often used as a proxy to assess the probability of failure of a …

A reliability-based analysis framework, accounting for uncertainty arising from the spatial
variability of soil properties, has been validated for the controlled, well-instrumented slope …

An improved semi-analytical method for calculating the reliability of 3D slopes with spatially
varying shear strength parameters is proposed. The response of an existing semi-analytical …

Various simplified approaches are used to calculate the characteristic values of shear
strength properties, which have then been used in deterministic stability analyses of a dyke …

A 3D slope stability problem with spatially varying shear strength parameters has been
analysed using the 3D random finite element method. This method links random fields of the …

Background: Quantification of soil property spatial variations is an important step in any
reliability-based design. Little stochastic parameter information about the soil in Nasiriyah …

In an attempt to evaluate current models for the safety assessment of dykes on soft soils,
STOWA, the foundation for research on regional dykes in the Netherlands, launched and …

Vertical and horizontal scales of fluctuation are measures of spatial correlation and
variability in soils, and as such are extensively used in the modelling of soils in reliability …