Spatial variability of soil properties was rarely taken into account directly in traditional slope
stability analyses, rather some “average” or suitably “pessimistic” properties are assumed to …

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 …

Fragility functions and demand hazard curves are important metrics for assessing the
seismic damage and risk of an engineering system. This study aims at conducting seismic …

Rainfall infiltration poses a disastrous threat to the slope stability in many regions around the
world. This paper proposes an extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost)-based stochastic …

The probability distributions of soil parameters can be updated with limited site-specific
information via probabilistic back analyses. The updated probability distributions can be …

In-situ and/or laboratory test data, monitoring data and other site-specific information are a
common basis for assessing geotechnical performance. This information enables one to …

This study aimed to investigate the stability of multi-stage drained and undrained slopes
considering the spatial variability in soil properties. A bivariate random field was adopted to …

Soils often exhibit spatial variability with nonstationarity, which has not yet been studied in
the context of postfailure analysis of slopes. In this study, the random material point method …

At present, there are two problems in 3D slope reliability analysis:(1) the slope stability
analysis method;(2) how to effectively extend the reliability analysis method from 2D to 3D …

Site investigation through boreholes, such as vane shear tests or cone penetration tests,
provides an effective means to assess the performance of geotechnical sites. Boreholes …