Effects of random heterogeneity of soil properties on bearing capacity

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 324-341

  Popescu, Radu ^a   Deodatis, George ^b   Nobahar, Arash ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c C CORE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Fragility curves; Heterogeneous soils; Monte Carlo simulations; Nominal values; Spatial variability of soil properties; Stochastic fields

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SHEAR STRENGTH;

HETEROGENOUS SOILS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL PROPERTIES; STOCHASTIC FIELDS;

SOILS;

EID: 25444495709     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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