Scale of fluctuation for spatially varying soils: estimation methods and values

B Cami, S Javankhoshdel, KK Phoon… - ASCE-ASME Journal of …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Spatial variability is one of the major sources of uncertainty in geotechnical applications.
This variability is characterized customarily by the scale of fluctuation. Scale of fluctuation …

Benchmark examples for data-driven site characterisation

KK Phoon, T Shuku, J Ching… - Georisk: Assessment and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Decision making in geotechnical engineering is always related to a project carried out at a
specific site. It is natural for data-driven site characterization (DDSC) to attract the most …

Spatiotemporal interpolation of surface chloride content for marine RC structures based on non-uniform spatiotemporal Kriging interpolation method

R Wu, J **a, K Chen, J Chen, Q Liu, W ** - Structural Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
Chloride-induced corrosion of marine reinforced concrete structures involves numerous
uncertainties related to environmental exposure zone. The exposure zone is strongly …

Effects of spatial autocorrelation structure for friction angle on the runout distance in heterogeneous sand collapse

G Ma, M Rezania, MM Nezhad - Transportation Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a stochastic method for analyzing the runout distance of sand collapse
considering the spatial variability of shear strength, in which random field theory and …

Bayesian identification and model comparison for random property fields derived from material microstructure

D Savvas, I Papaioannou, G Stefanou - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper provides a Bayesian framework for determining the spatial variability of the
apparent material properties of two-phase composites. Bayesian analysis is applied to learn …

Vertical spatial correlation length based on standard penetration tests

EA Oguz, N Huvaj, DV Griffiths - Marine Georesources & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The spatial correlation length (SCL), or the scale of fluctuation, is a parameter for describing
the spatial variability of soil and one of the important parameters used in random field theory …

[HTML][HTML] Determining of the joint roughness coefficient (JRC) of rock discontinuities based on the theory of random fields

E Gravanis, L Pantelidis - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This work intends to embed the estimation of the joint roughness coefficient (JRC) in the
framework of random fields. The random field method is a probabilistic approach which …

Accounting for uncertainty and variability in geotechnical characterization of offshore sites

F Nadim - Geotechnical safety and risk V, 2015 - ebooks.iospress.nl
This paper presents an overview on how uncertainty and variability of mechanical soil
properties are dealt with in offshore site investigation and presents some ideas for utilizing …

Modified matrix decomposition method for generating multivariate three-dimensional cross-correlated random fields

N Tian, J Chen, Z Wang, K Tian, J Huang - Arabian Journal for Science …, 2023 - Springer
It is essential to generate multivariate three-dimensional cross-correlated random fields
since the spatial variability of geomaterials has a great influence on the failure mechanism …

Enhancing the accuracy of the scale of fluctuation estimating for tunnel surrounding rock mass properties

L Chen, Z Wang, X Li, L Gao - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The scale of fluctuation (SOF) is used to evaluate the correlation between two locations of
geotechnical parameter, which is important for mineral exploration and engineering …