Optimum design of cantilever retaining walls using target reliability approach

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 240-252

  Sivakumar Babu, G L ^a   Basha, B Munwar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Cantilevers; Design; Failure models; Optimization; Retaining walls; Sensitivity analysis; Structural safety

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MACHINE DESIGN; NANOCANTILEVERS; OPTIMIZATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANTILEVER RETAINING WALLS; CANTILEVERS; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; FAILURE MODEL; FOUNDATION SOIL PROPERTIES; RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL SAFETY;

RETAINING WALLS;

DESIGN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RETAINING WALL;

EID: 48049092344     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2008)8:4(240)     Document Type: Article

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