Analyzing Uncertainty in Civil Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fellin, Wolfgang (Editor), Lessmann, Heimo (Editor), Oberguggenberger, Michael (Editor), Vieider, Robert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Geotechnical engineering.; Probabilities.; Statistics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.

This volume addresses the issue of uncertainty in civil engineering from design to construction. Failures do occur in practice. Attributing them to a residual system risk or a faulty execution of the project does not properly cover the range of causes. A closer scrutiny of the adopted design, the en...

Table of Contents:

• Assessment of characteristic shear strength parameters of soil and its implication in geotechnical design
• Ambiguity of safety definition in geotechnical models
• The fuzziness and sensitivity of failure probabilities
• The mathematics of uncertainty: models, methods and interpretations
• Multi-parameter models: rules and computational methods for combining uncertainties
• Sensitivity analysis
• Difficulties related to numerical predictions of deformations
• FE ultimate load analyses of pile-supported pipelines - tackling uncertainty in a real design problem
• The Implications of Geotechnical Model Uncertainty for Construction Management
• Fuzzy, probabilistic and stochastic modelling of an elastically bedded beam
• Queueing models with fuzzy data in construction management
• Fuzzy models in geotechnical engineering and construction management.