Print Email Facebook Twitter Calibration of Partial Factors for Basal Reinforced Piled Embankments Title Calibration of Partial Factors for Basal Reinforced Piled Embankments Author Van Duijnen, P.G. Schweckendiek, T. Calle, E.O.F. Van Eekelen, S.J.M. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2015-10-16 Abstract In the Netherlands, the design guideline for basal reinforced piled embankments has been revised (CUR226:2015) adopting a new analytical design model (The Concentric Arches (CA) model, Van Eekelen et al., 2013; 2015). The CA model provides geosynthetic reinforcement (GR) strains which were compared with laboratory and in situ measurements (Van Eekelen et al., 2015). The corresponding discrepancies between the measured values and the values calculated with the new model have been assessed statistically in order to obtain model error statistics as suggested in Eurocode: basis of design (NEN, 2011). Monte Carlo (MC) simulations were carried out to obtain model, material and load factors using several reference cases, in order to calibrate the semi-probabilistic design approach for the revised Dutch Design guideline for Piled Embankments (CUR226, 2015). This paper discusses both the assessment of the model error as well as the calibration of the partial factors, including the lessons learnt. Subject Monte Carlo (MC) analysespartial factorspiled embankmentsmodel errorcode calibrationgeosynthetics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8063baaf-ab11-41f7-a0e5-052d93427aa5 Publisher IOS Press Source https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-580-7-431 Source Geotechnical Risk and Safety V; 5th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk; Rotterdam (The Netherlands), 13-16 Oct. 2015 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2015 The authors and IOS Press.This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the termsof the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License. Files PDF STAL9781614995807-0431.pdf 909.11 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8063baaf-ab11-41f7-a0e5-052d93427aa5/datastream/OBJ/view