Probabilistic analysis of underground rock excavations using response surface method and SORM

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1008-1021

  Lü, Qing ^a,b   Low, Bak Kong ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

FORM; Probability; Response surface; SORM; Tunnel; Underground excavation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CIRCULAR TUNNELS; CONVERGENCE CRITERION; CROSS-TERMS; DESIGN POINTS; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FIRST-ORDER; FORM; FRICTION ANGLES; HIGHWAY TUNNEL; HOEK-BROWN; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; LIMIT STATE; MOHR-COULOMB; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS; PLASTIC ZONES; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; QUADRATIC POLYNOMIAL; RESPONSE SURFACE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; ROCK EXCAVATION; SECOND-ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS; SORM; SUPPORT PRESSURE; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION; YIELD CRITERIA;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCAVATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SHEAR STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUNNELS;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCAVATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; TUNNEL;

EID: 80052933130     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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