Economic design optimization of foundations

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1097-1105

  Wang, Yu ^a   Kulhawy, Fred H ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost estimates; Economic factors; Limit states; Optimization; Serviceability; Spread foundations

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FOUNDATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOILS;

COHESIONLESS SOILS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS; CONVENTIONAL DESIGNS; COST ESTIMATES; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; ECONOMIC DESIGN; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FOUNDATION DESIGN; FRICTION ANGLES; KEY PARAMETERS; LIMIT STATES; OPTIMIZATION PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION VARIABLES; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SERVICEABILITY; SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATE; SOIL PROPERTIES; SPREAD FOUNDATIONS; ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

OPTIMIZATION;

COHESIONLESS SOIL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; FOOTING; LIMIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 48449083136     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:8(1097)     Document Type: Article

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