Effect of spatial variability of soil properties in permanent seismic displacements of road slopes
Abstract
Geotechnical engineering design includes a great deal of uncertainty because of the natural heterogeneity of soils and the limited extend of in-situ geotechnical investigation. The assumption that soil consists of layers with some average values for soil parameters of each layer does not offer a realistic representation of the actual conditions. Therefore, there is a need to use stochastic methods for the analysis of the stability of slopes in order to incorporate as many as possible types of uncertainty, including the spatial variability of soil properties. The uncertainties associated with the determination of the mechanical properties of the slopes and the intensity of the seismic excitation, make such probabilistic calculation methods very attractive. As opposed to deterministic methods, probabilistic methods allow the selection of an acceptable risk level based on the specifications of each project.The parameters of shear strength may vary from point to point even in the same soil ...
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