The calculated response from a numerical model will deviate from the measured one given
the presence of modelling idealizations and real world construction effects. This deviation …

Risk and Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering was originally conceived as an update to
our 2008 Taylor & Francis book Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering …

The story of statistics in geotechnical engineering can be traced to Lumb's classical
Canadian Geotechnical Journal paper on “The Variability of Natural Soils” published in …

Abstract The Simplified Method as reported in AASHTO and Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) manuals has been demonstrated to give poor predictions of unfactored …

Model Uncertainties in Foundation Design is unique in the compilation of the largest and the
most diverse load test databases to date, covering many foundation types (shallow …

Geotechnical data used for reliability-based design (RBD) and load and resistance factor
design (LRFD) calibration can be parsed into subgroups based on material type, location …

In an earlier paper, the writers proposed modifications to the AASHTO simplified method to
address shortcomings in the method and to improve reinforcement load predictions for walls …

The paper describes the results and lessons learned using a FEM model to simulate
quantitative performance features of the Minnow Creek steel-strip reinforced soil wall …

A mechanically stabilized earth wall with steel strip soil reinforcement was built and
instrumented by the Public Works Research Institute of Japan. Measured reinforcement …

ABSTRACT A general closed-form solution for the true probability of failure of a simple limit
state function with one load term and one resistance term is derived. The formulation …