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 …

Seepage failure of high earth-rockfill dams have devastating consequences, and its safety
analysis is of great importance in the design phase. However, the highest safety standards …

This paper proposes a multiple response-surface method for slope reliability analysis
considering spatially variable soil properties. The scales of fluctuation of soil shear strength …

This practical guide provides the best introduction to large deformation material point
method (MPM) simulations for geotechnical engineering. It provides the basic theory …

Describing how soil properties vary spatially is of particular importance in stochastic
analyses of geotechnical problems, because spatial variability has a significant influence on …

This paper studies the reliability of infinite slopes in the presence of spatially variable shear
strength parameters that increase linearly with depth. The mean trend of the shear strength …

Gaussian (normal) distribution is a basic continuous probability distribution in statistics, it
plays a substantial role in scientific and engineering problems that related to stochastic …

BioGrout is a new soil improvement method based on microbiologically induced
precipitation of calcium carbonate. Bacteria, which are able to convert urea into ammonium …

The influence of heterogeneity of undrained shear strength on the performance of a long
slope cut in clay is investigated. Random field theory is used to model the heterogeneity and …