TY - GEN
T1 - Reliability-based design of earth-fill dams considering spatial distribution of strength parameters
AU - Nishimura, S.
AU - Murakami, A.
AU - Matsuura, K.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A reliability-based design for the improvement of earth-fill dams is created in this study, and the effect of the improvement of the embankment is evaluated for the safety of the embankment against earthquakes. An inclined core is considered here as the means of improvement for the earth-fill embankment. To evaluate the stability of earth-fill dams, the elasto-viscoplastic finite element method (EVP-FEM) is used. Then, combining the Monte Carlo method with the EVP-FEM, the expected damage costs are calculated. Finally, the effect of this improvement is evaluated by comparing the total costs before and after the restoration of the embankment.
AB - A reliability-based design for the improvement of earth-fill dams is created in this study, and the effect of the improvement of the embankment is evaluated for the safety of the embankment against earthquakes. An inclined core is considered here as the means of improvement for the earth-fill embankment. To evaluate the stability of earth-fill dams, the elasto-viscoplastic finite element method (EVP-FEM) is used. Then, combining the Monte Carlo method with the EVP-FEM, the expected damage costs are calculated. Finally, the effect of this improvement is evaluated by comparing the total costs before and after the restoration of the embankment.
KW - Geostatistics
KW - Monte Carlo method
KW - Reliability-based design
KW - Spatial variability
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869764245
SN - 9781622761760
T3 - 12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008
SP - 1827
EP - 1835
BT - 12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008
T2 - 12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008
Y2 - 1 October 2008 through 6 October 2008
ER -