Bayesian updating of soil parameters for braced excavations using field observations

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 395-406

  Hsein Juang, C ^a,b   Luo, Zhe ^b   Atamturktur, Sez ^a   Huang, Hongwei ^c  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Braced excavation; Ground settlement; Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; Observational method; Wall deflection

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN UPDATING; BRACED EXCAVATIONS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; METROPOLIS-HASTINGS ALGORITHM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; WALL DEFLECTIONS;

ALGORITHMS; EXCAVATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

ALGORITHM; BACK ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEFLECTION; EXCAVATION; GROUND SETTLEMENT; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; WALL;

EID: 84874725493     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000782     Document Type: Article

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