Abstract: An extensive set of cone penetration tests (CPT) soundings are analyzed statistically to produce an a priori 1D stochastic soil model for use at other similar sites. The data were collected by the Norwegian Geotechnical ...

Abstract: Although considerable theory exists for the probabilistic treatment of soils, the ability to identify the nature of spatial stochastic soil variation is almost nonexistent. We all know that we could excavate an entire site ...

Abstract: The use of multidimensional random fields to model real engineering systems is gaining acceptance as personal computer systems become increasingly powerful. The accuracy of such models depends directly on the accuracy of ...

Abstract: The paper discusses finite element models for predicting the elastic settlement of a strip footing on a variable soil. The paper then goes on to compare results obtained in a probabilistic settlement analysis using a ...

Abstract: This paper brings together random field generation and finite-element techniques to model steady seepage through a three-dimensional (3D) soil domain in which the permeability is randomly distributed in space. The analyses ...

Abstract: The existence of large hydraulic gradients in regions of an earth dam where fine-grained soils are inadequately filtered can sometimes lead to internal erosion and piping failure. This paper investigates the stochastic ...

Abstract: By modeling soil as a three-dimensional spatially random medium, the reliability of shallow foundations against serviceability limit state failure, in the form of excessive settlement and/or differential settlement, can ...

Abstract: The traditional approach for estimating the exit gradient