Abstract: Reliability analysis is a core element in engineering design and can be performed with physical models (limit-state functions). Reliability analysis becomes computationally expensive when the dimensionality of input random ...

Abstract: A series of oedometer tests was performed on pure marine clay and sand–marine clay mixtures with various initial water contents in the clay matrix and sand fractions. The hydraulic conductivity was computed from the ...

Abstract: Landfills consisting of waste natural lumpy soils from open-pit mining are being deposited. The shear strength of excavated lumpy soils is important for designing the landfills. To this end, a series of oedometer and ...

Abstract: Reliability-based design (RBD) employs optimization to identify design variables that satisfy the reliability requirement. For many routine component design jobs that do not need optimization, however, RBD may not be ...

Abstract: Surrogate models have become increasingly essential for replacing simulation models in additive manufacturing (AM) process analysis and design, particularly for assessing the impact of microstructural variations and process ...

Abstract: A series of oedometer tests was performed on binary sand–bentonite mixtures considering both the effect of the sand mass fraction and the initial water content of the bentonite matrix. The experimental data reveal that the ...