Abstract: Geotechnical design codes have been migrating toward reliability-based design (RBD) concepts. ISO 2394 identified the characterization of model uncertainty as one of the critical elements in the geotechnical RBD process. ...

Abstract: This paper uses finite-element formulation of the lower bound theorem to determine the bearing capacity of ring foundations on dense sand. The results are validated with the plasticity solutions, numerical analyses, ...

Abstract: A simplified numerical procedure to model a deep-penetration process, press-replace method (PRM), was used to simulate a cone penetration test (CPT) in undrained conditions with finite-element software. A detailed description ...

Abstract: With this special section issue, we hope to illustrate in which direction the research of nonprobabilistic research is moving. From the included papers, it is clear that nonprobabilistic and hybrid methods are highly ...

Abstract: The present paper deals with uncertainties related to modeling undrained shear strength of soft sensitive clays using finite-element effective stress–based soil models. Two effective stress soil models, the isotropic Soft ...

Abstract: Our modern life has grown to depend on many and nearly ubiquitous large complex engineering systems, such as tunnels, gas/oil pipelines, geotechnical infrastructures, etc. All of these are the backbones of our modern ...