Modeling only constitutes one aspect of decision making. The prevailing limitation of
applying modeling to practice is the absence of explicit consideration of uncertainties. This …

Spatial variability of soil properties was rarely taken into account directly in traditional slope
stability analyses, rather some “average” or suitably “pessimistic” properties are assumed to …

Abstract The Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) is one of the most important areas for
landslide prevention and mitigation in China. Rational reliability analysis of reservoir slope …

Abstract The Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) is one of the most important landslide-
prone regions in China, and rational stability evaluation of reservoir slopes in it is of great …

Slope failures lead to catastrophic consequences in numerous countries and thus the
stability assessment for slopes is of high interest in geotechnical and geological engineering …

Earth dams are widespread throughout the world and their safety has gained increasing
concern from geotechnical engineering societies. Although probabilistic stability analysis …

This study investigates the coupled effect of the soil spatial variations and the disturbance of
ground surface on the existing tunnel using random finite difference method (RFDM). The …

This paper proposes a multiple response-surface method for slope reliability analysis
considering spatially variable soil properties. The scales of fluctuation of soil shear strength …

Recently, the random field finite element method (RF-FEM) has attracted significantly
increasing attention in the field of geotechnical engineering, especially for the purpose of …

Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) provides a conceptually simple and robust method to
evaluate the system reliability of slope stability, particularly in spatially variable soils …