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Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering

Committee on Reliability Methods for Risk Mitigation in Geotechnical Engineering

Geotechnical Board

and

Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Washington, D.C.
1995
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1995. Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9476.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the panel responsible for this report were chosen for their special expertise and with regard for appropriate balance between government, industry, and academia.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

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SPONSORS: This project was sponsored by the following agencies: Department of the Army (Army Corps of Engineers–DACW39-92-M-7433), Department of Transportation (Federal Highway Administration), National Science Foundation–MSS-9203139, Department of Energy (Yucca Mountain Project Office). Support was also provided by: Defense Nuclear Agency, Department of the Air Force (Air Force Office of Scientific Research), Department of the Interior (Bureau of Mines and Bureau of Reclamation), Department of Transportation (Federal Transit Administration), Department of Energy (Office of the Superconducting Super Collider), Department of the Army (Defense Nuclear Agency), and Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Limited copies of this report are available from the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1995. Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9476.
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Committee on Reliability Methods for Risk Mitigation in Geotechnical Engineering

WILSON H. TANG (Chair),

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana

J. MICHAEL DUNCAN (Vice-Chair),

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

C. ALLIN CORNELL,

Stanford University, Stanford, California

WILLIAM S. GARDNER,

W.S. Gardner and Associates, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

EMILIO ROSENBLUETH,*

National Autonomous University of Mexico, Instituto de Ingenieria Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico

ROBERT L. SCHUSTER,

U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado

TIEN H. WU,

Ohio State University, Columbus

JAMES K. MITCHELL, (Ex-Officio),

University of California, Berkeley

* Deceased January 11, 1994

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Geotechnical Board

JAMES K. MITCHELL (Chair),

University of California, Berkeley

CLARENCE R. ALLEN

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

JOAN (JODIE) Z. BERNSTEIN

Waste Management, Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois

DAVID E. DANIEL

University of Texas at Austin

WILLIAM S. GARDNER,

W.S. Gardner and Associates, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

JAMES P. GOULD

Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, New York, New York

FRANCOIS E. HEUZE

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California

CHARLES C. LADD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

JAMES D. MURFF

Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, Texas

SHLOMO P. NEUMAN

The University of Arizona, Tucson

THOMAS D. O'ROURKE

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

REUBEN SAMUELS

Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York, New York

ROBERT L. SCHUSTER, U.S.

Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado

DON W. STEEPLES,

The University of Kansas, Lawrence

Staff

MAHADEVAN MANI, Director

PETER H. SMEALLIE, Director,

Geotechnical Board (until May 1994)

JENNIFER T. ESTEP, Administrative Assistant (until May 1994)

AMELIA B. MATHIS, Senior Secretary/ Project Assistant

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Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

H. M. (HUB) HUBBARD (Chair), President and Chief Executive Officer,

Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR), Honolulu, Hawaii

RICHARD MESERVE (Vice-Chair), Partner,

Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.

STEPHEN D. BAN, President,

Gas Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois

ROBERT D. BANKS, Program Director of Technology and Environment,

World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C.

ALLEN J. BARD, NAS, Professor,

Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin

BARBARA R. BARKOVICH, Partner,

Barkovich and Yap, Consultants, San Rafael, California

JAN BEYEA, Chief Scientist,

National Audubon Society, New York, New York

DAVID E. DANIEL, L.B. (Preach) Meaders Professor of Civil Engineering,

Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

LINDA C. DOLAN, Staff Environmental Engineer,

Martin Marietta Electronics and Missiles, Orlando, Florida

ROBERT L. HIRSCH, Senior Vice President,

General Atomics, Washington, D.C.

FRANCOIS E. HEUZE, Head,

Geotechnical Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California

CHARLES D. KOLSTAD, Professor,

Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara

JANE C. S. LONG, Staff Scientist,

Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California

SEYMOUR MEISEL, NAE, Vice President, Research (Retired),

Mobil R&D Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey

SHLOMO P. NEUMAN, NAE, Regents' Professor,

Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson

THOMAS O'ROURKE, NAE, Professor,

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

LAWRENCE T. PAPAY, NAE, Vice President & Manager of Research & Development,

Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, California

RUTH A. RECK, Director,

Global Climate Change Program, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

MARC H. ROSS, Professor,

Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

HAROLD H. SCHOBERT, Chairman,

Fuel Sciences Program, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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JOEL SPIRA, NAE, Chairman and Director of Research,

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Coopersburg, Pennsylvania

JON M. VEIGEL, President,

Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Liaison Members to the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

RICHARD A. CONWAY, NAE, Senior Corporate Fellow,

Union Carbide Corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia

TREVOR O. JONES, NAE, Chairman of the Board (Retired),

Libbey-Owens-Ford Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Staff

MAHADEVAN MANI, Director

SUSANNA CLARENDON, Administrative Assistant

THERON FEIST, Project Assistant

HELEN JOHNSON, Administrative Associate

GEORGE LALOS, Program Officer

AMELIA MATHIS, Project Assistant

WENDY ORR, Project Assistant

JILL WILSON, Program Officer

TRACY WILSON, Senior Program Officer

JAMES ZUCCHETTO, Senior Program Officer

NAS  

= Member, National Academy of Sciences

NAE  

= Member, National Academy of Engineering

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The members of the Committee on Reliability Methods for Risk Mitigation in Geotechnical Engineering wish to dedicate this report to the memory of their colleague and friend, Emilio Rosenblueth (1926–1994). Besides his contributions to the theory and practice of engineering, his wisdom, friendship, and humor will be dearly missed.

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List of Tables

 2-1

 

Overall Costs, Assuming Large and Small Plumes

 

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 2-2

 

Comparison of Uncertainties Between Exploration Programs at Brent B-G Platform in North Sea

 

23

 2-3

 

Design Strengths for Four Hypotheses on Soil Conditions

 

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 3-1

 

Factors for Obtaining Characteristic Value of Ultimate Bearing Resistance as Function of the Number of Load Tests

 

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 3-2

 

Partial Factors for Various Pile Types

 

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Values of Cumulative Distribution Function of the Standard Normal Variable

 

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