Reliability based underseepage analysis in levees using monte carlo simulation

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 211 GSP, 2011, Pages 2978-2987

  Polanco, Lourdes ^a   Rice, John ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo method; Seepage; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; EROSION PROCESS; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIRST ORDER SECOND MOMENT; INPUT VARIABLES; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); RELIABILITY APPROACH; RELIABILITY METHODS; SEEPAGE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SUB-SURFACE GEOMETRIES; U.S. ARMY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LEVEES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; SAFETY FACTOR; SEEPAGE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79956364592     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41165(397)305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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