dc.contributor.author | Burgess, Jesse | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-28T12:30:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-28T12:30:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-04-28T12:30:07Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/71519 | |
dc.description.abstract | Deterministic slope stability design charts for cohesive-frictional (c-φ) soils have been used by geotechnical engineers to examine the effects of earthquakes on slopes by identifying the critical seismic loading which brings the slope to a state of limit equilibrium. However, seismic slope stability design charts have yet to be extended to probabilistic analysis. In this study, the seismic stability of slopes, modeled using a two-dimensional spatially random c-φ soil, is studied using finite element analysis. Probabilistic analyses of seismically loaded slopes are performed by Monte Carlo simulations using the Random Finite Element Method (RFEM). A series of new slope stability design charts are provided that consider the influence of the spatial variability of soil for seismically loaded slopes with φ = 20°. The charts may be used in the safe design of slopes subject to seismic loading, providing estimates of the probability of slope failure without requiring computer simulations. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | RFEM | en_US |
dc.subject | Seismic | en_US |
dc.subject | Probabilistic analysis | en_US |
dc.subject | Design Charts | en_US |
dc.subject | Slope stability | en_US |
dc.subject | Spatial variability | en_US |
dc.subject | Cohesive-frictional | en_US |
dc.title | Probabilistic Seismic Slope Stability Design | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2016-04-22 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Engineering Mathematics & Internetworking | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. Craig Lake | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. William Phillips | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Guy Kember | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Farzaneh Naghibi | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Gordon Fenton | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |