Geotechnical Risk and Safety : Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (IS-Gifu 2009) 11-12 June, 2009, Gifu, J (Hardcover)

Wilson Tang lecture

Reliability of geotechnical predictions

Keynote lectures

• Risk assessment and management for geohazards
• Risk management and its application in mountainous highway construction
• Recent revision of Japanese Technical Standard for Port and Harbor Facilities based, on a performance based design concept

Special lecture

• Interaction between Eurocode 7 ? Geotechnical design and Eurocode 8 ? Design for earthquake resistance of geotechnical structures

Special sessions

• Reliability benchmarking
• Reliability analysis of a benchmark problem for 1-D consolidation
• Study on determination of partial factors for geotechnical structure design
• Reliability analyses of rock slope stability
• Reliability analysis of a benchmark problem for slope stability
• Geotechnical code drafting based on limit state design and performance based design concepts
• Developing LRFD design specifications for bridge shallow foundations
• Limit States Design concepts for reinforced soil walls in North America
• Loss of static equilibrium of a structure ? Definition and verification of limit state EQU
• Geotechnical criteria for serviceability limit state of horizontally loaded deep foundations
• Reliability-based code calibration of piles based on incomplete proof load tests
• Sensitivity analysis of design variables for caisson type quay wall
• Evaluating the reliability of a levee against seepage flow
• Determination of partial factors for the verification of the bearing capacity of shallow foundations under open channels
• Application of concept in ‘Geo-code21’ to earth structures
• Limit state design example ? Cut slope design
• Probabilistic charts for shallow foundation settlements on granular soil
• Resistance factor calibration based on FORM for driven steel pipe piles in Korea
• An evaluation of the reliability of vertically loaded shallow foundations and grouped-pile foundations
• Study on rational ground parameter evaluation methods for the design and construction of large earth-retaining wall
• System reliability of slopes for circular slip surfaces
• Correlation of horizontal subgrade reaction models for estimating resistance of piles perpendicular to pile axis
• Risk management in geotechnical engineering
• The long and big tunnel fire evacuation simulation based on an acceptable level of risk and EXODUS software
• Risk based decision support system for the pumping process in contaminated, groundwater remediation
• A risk evaluation method of countermeasure for slope failure and rockfall with account of initial investment
• Risk assessment on the construction of interchange station of Shanghai metro system
• Challenges in multi-hazard risk assessment and management: Geohazard chain
• in Beichuan Town caused by GreatWenchuan earthquake

General sessions

Design method (1)

• A study of the new design method of irrigation ponds using sheet materials
• Research on key technique of double-arch tunnel passing through water-eroded groove
• Safety measures by utilizing the old ridge road and potential risks of land near the old river alignments
• Bearing capacity of rigid strip footings on frictional soils under eccentric and inclined loads

Uncertainty

• Reliability analysis of slope stability by advanced simulation with spreadsheet
• Optimal moving window width in conjunction with intraclass correlation coefficient for identification of soil layer boundaries
• Soil variability calculated from CPT data
• Reducing uncertainties in undrained shear strengths
• A case study on settlement prediction by spatial-temporal random process

Construction risk management

• Reliability analysis of a hydraulic fill slope with respect to liquefaction and breaching
• A case study of the geological risk management in mountain tunneling
• Guideline for monitoring and quality control at deep excavations
• A study on the empirical determination procedure of ground strength for seismic performance evaluation of road embankments
• Geo Risk Scan ? Getting grips on geotechnical risks
• Reduction of landslide risk in substituting road of Germi-Chay dam

Risk assessment

• Probabilistic risk estimation for geohazards: A simulation approach
• A research project for deterministic landslide risk assessment in Southern Italy: Methodological approach and preliminary results
• Reliability-based performance evaluation for reinforced railway embankments in the static loading condition
• Maximum likelihood analysis of case histories for probability of liquefaction
• Suggestions for implementing geotechnical risk management

Design method (2)

• Framework for evaluation of probability of failure of soil nail system
• Reliability analysis of embankment dams using Bayesian network
• Identification and characterization of liquefaction risks for high-speed railways in Portugal
• Field characterization of patterns of random crack networks on vertical and horizontal soil surfaces
• Stochastic methods for safety assessment of a European pilot site: Scheldt

A report by JGS chapter of TC23 limit state design in geotechnical engineering practice

• Code calibration in reliability based design level I verification format for geotechnical structures