Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (1995) / Chapter Skim
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1. Introduction
1. Introduction
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In the early 1970s, when probability theory was first introduced into geotechnical engineering, many geotechnical engineers expected it would cause widespread change in geotechnical engineering practice. At the time, the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers established its Committee on Reliability and Probability Concepts in Geotechnical Engineering Design.
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While probabilistic methods have been introduced into some areas of practice by innovative engineers and prescribed by some perceptive owners and planners, the vision articulated in the proceedings of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute workshop has generally gone unfulfilled. Most areas of geotechnical engineering practice have not been influenced to any perceptible degree by probabilistic methods, and many geotechnical engineers remain skeptical of the value of probabilistic methods as applied to geotechnical engineering problems.
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The report focuses primarily upon the potential use of probabilistic methods in mainstream geotechnical engineering while drawing upon applications to a range of problems, including problems beyond the mainstream, to illustrate potential benefits from application of such approaches. The committee decided to include a substantive appendix, "Appendix C: Basic Concepts of Probability and Reliability," because of a concern that such brief introductory materials are not available in the literature in a single place.
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Journal of Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, American Society of Civil Engineers 91(SM4~: i - 0. Einstein, H.H.
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