Effect of spatial variability of cross-correlated soil properties on bearing capacity of strip footing

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Cho, Sung Eun ^a   Park, Hyung Choon ^b  

^a Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Monte Carlo simulation; Probabilistic analysis; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AUTO-CORRELATION DISTANCE; AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-GAUSSIAN; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; RANDOM FIELD THEORY; RANDOM FIELDS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL PROPERTIES; STRIP FOOTING; UNCERTAINTY TREATMENT;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION DETECTORS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELDS;

BEARING CAPACITY;

AUTOCORRELATION; BEARING CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FOOTING; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 74549185004     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.791     Document Type: Article

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