Reliability Studies of Slope Stability: Effect of various approaches to derive distributions of soil properties in reliability studies of slope stability

In the past few decades, the use of Bayes' theorem in geotechnical engineering has increased significantly. A good amount of work is done on implementing this theorem for improving the knowledge on soil properties, identification of soil strata, and quantifying different uncertainties involved in predicting soil properties. However, the results...

Probabilistic analysis of slope stability in spatially variable soils using Monte Carlo simulation

Soil properties are spatially variable due to the natural deposition process. Because of this inherent spatial variability, a slope can actually fail along any potential slip surface. A single value of Factor of safety cannot account for this variation dominated the slope stability problem. Probabilistic analysis considering the spatial...

Stability Analysis of Geotextile-reinforced Slope Based on Japan Earthquake in 2011: Yuriage, Natori City Case

The use of geotextile for slope strengthening was proven based on the investigation and report by Kuwano, Miyata, and Koseki (2014). Therefore, this research examines the impact of geotextile application on slope stability in newly-elevated area in Yuriage, Natori City, Japan. This project discussed the analysis of geotextile-reinforced slope by...

An Uncertainty Framework for Improbable Slope Failure

Soil properties used to determine the stability of soil structures are variable in nature. Uncertainty in soil can be attributed to its inherent variability, as well as sources of error encountered while estimating the magnitude of its properties. The modelling of these uncertainties will produce more meaningful solutions when evaluating...