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Varkey, D. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), van den Eijnden, A.P. (author)
The stability of six regional dyke cross-sections in the Netherlands was re-assessed using the random finite element method (RFEM), which explicitly accounts for the spatial variability of strength parameters. The RFEM assessments of the cross-sections were shown to result in significantly narrower response distributions than those obtained...
conference paper 2023
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Zander, F. (author)
Organic matter plays a major role in global ecosystems and has several functions in terrestrial and marine environments. As organic matter impacts, among others, the rheological behaviour and settling rates of mineral sediment particles, it is of great relevance to the definition and maintenance of the nautical depth in ports and waterways. The...
doctoral thesis 2022
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Li, Yajun (author), Li, Jianguang (author), Xu, Nengxiong (author), Fenton, Gordon A. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)
Correlation length or scale of fluctuation (SOF) is often used as a primary parameter in defining the spatial correlation characteristics of varying soil properties. However, geotechnical site investigations are rather limited so that proper determination of correlation length is not always possible. The concept of a worst-case correlation...
journal article 2022
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Zander, F. (author), Groengroeft, A. (author), Eschenbach, A. (author), Heimovaara, T.J. (author), Gebert, J. (author)
Anaerobic sediment organic matter decay generates methane, delays sediment consolidation, reduces sediment density, viscosity and shear strength, all impacting the sediment rheological parameters and the navigable depth. This study quantifies the share of anaerobically and aerobically degradable sediment organic matter (SOM) in a depth...
journal article 2022
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Varkey, D. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author)
This paper investigates the influence of three forms of uncertainty on the probabilistic stability of an idealised 3D embankment slope. These are: 1D spatial variability in the external geometry of the slope along its length, 2D spatial variability in the depth of the boundary between the embankment material and the foundation layer, and 3D...
journal article 2022
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Meza Ramos, P.N. (author), Lammen, Hans (author), Cruz, Carmen (author), Heimovaara, T.J. (author), Gebert, J. (author)
In-situ aeration of landfills accelerates biodegradation of waste organic matter and hence advances waste stabilization. The spatial outreach of aeration greatly affects stabilization efficiency. This study analyzed the spatial variability of gas composition and flow in 230 wells spread over four compartments of a Dutch landfill which is...
journal article 2022
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Remmerswaal, G. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)
Due to a lack of large deformation dyke assessment models, primary failure mechanisms, such as inner slope failure, are often used as a proxy to assess the probability of failure of a dyke. However, a dyke continues to fulfil its main function unless, or until, flooding occurs. The Random Material Point Method (RMPM) is used here to investigate...
journal article 2021
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Hicks, M.A. (author), Varkey, D. (author), van den Eijnden, A.P. (author), de Gast, T. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author)
A case study involving the assessment and re-design of an existing dyke, founded on a layered soil, has compared deterministic analysis based on 5-percentile property values and a reliability-based random finite element analysis consistent with the requirements of Eurocode 7. The results show that a consideration of the spatial nature of soil...
journal article 2019
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Remmers, J. (author), Reale, C. (author), Pisano, F. (author), Raymackers, Sylvie (author), Gavin, Kenneth (author)
This study presents a probabilistic analyses of suction bucket installation in cohesionless soils. The spatial variability of soil properties is quantified using a representative survey dataset from practice. Vertical random field modelling is used to model cone resistance variability and probability density functions are fitted using drained...
journal article 2019
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Duvvuru Mohan, V.K. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)
Bayesian networks are proposed as a tool to integrate reliability and influential variables relating to the slope stability of an idealized embankment. The site investigation (extent) and slope geometry, as well as the material properties and their spatial variability, are considered within a Bayesian network. The random finite element method ...
conference paper 2019
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Varkey, D. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author)
An improved method for the reliability analysis of 3D slopes has been proposed based on the semi-analytical method of Vanmarcke (1977). Comparing the predicted responses of an idealised 3D slope obtained by the more general, albeit computationally intensive, random finite element method (RFEM), and the original semi-analytical method showed that...
conference paper 2019
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de Gast, T. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)
Measuring soil variability has many challenges. One of the challenges is soil deformation, which can change the spatial correlation structure arising from the original geological processes. In particular, this is important in the assessment of existing structures. In this paper, the effect of existing structures on the horizontal spatial...
conference paper 2019
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Liu, K. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)
A data assimilation framework, utilising measurements of pore water pressure to sequentially improve the estimation of soil hydraulic parameters and, in turn, the prediction of slope stability, is proposed. Its effectiveness is demonstrated for an idealised numerical example involving the spatial variability of saturated hydraulic...
journal article 2018
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Prendergast, L.J. (author), Reale, C. (author), Gavin, Kenneth (author)
The trend for development in the offshore wind sector is towards larger turbines in deeper water. This results in higher wind and wave loads on these dynamically sensitive structures. Monopiles are the preferred foundation solution for offshore wind structures and have a typical expected design life of 20 years. These foundations have strict...
journal article 2018
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Liu, K. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Arnold, P. (author)
The stability of most earth embankments is strongly influenced by the water content of the soil. The water content directly influences the suction or pore pressure in the soil, as well as the mass of material, thereby affecting the stress state and strength, and leading to changes in the stability. These aspects are coupled by the so-called soil...
journal article 2017
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Li, Y. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author)
A method of combining 3D Kriging for geotechnical sampling schemes with an existing random field generator is presented and validated. Conditional random fields of soil heterogeneity are then linked with finite elements, within a Monte Carlo framework, to investigate optimum sampling locations and the cost-effective design of a slope. The...
journal article 2016
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Vardon, P.J. (author), Liu, K. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)
The determination of slope stability for existing slopes is challenging, partly due to the spatial variability of soils. Reliability-based design can incorporate uncertainties and yield probabilities of slope failure. Field measurements can be utilised to constrain probabilistic analyses, thereby reducing uncertainties and generally reducing...
journal article 2016
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Dong, J. (author), Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author), Ochsner, Tyson E. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author)
This study addresses two critical barriers to the use of Passive Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) for large-scale, high-resolution monitoring of soil moisture. In recent research, a particle batch smoother (PBS) was developed to assimilate sequences of temperature data at two depths into Hydrus-1D to estimate soil moisture as well as...
journal article 2016
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Schöbi, R. (author), Sudret, B. (author)
In geotechnical applications, mechanical properties of soil vary spatially within the soil mass and they are often represented by random fields. When data at certain locations of the soil mass are available, conditional random fields may be used to incorporate them. In this paper, we combine conditional random fields with sparse polynomial chaos...
conference paper 2015
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Nishimura, S-I. (author), Shibata, T. (author), Shuku, T. (author)
The spatial distribution of the strength inside an earth-fill dam is identified by sounding tests. In this research, the Swedish Weight Sounding (SWS) test is employed, and the spatially high-density test is possible to identify the spatial correlation structure by the SWS. The correlation structure of an earth-fill could be identified...
conference paper 2015
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