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Analyzing Uncertainty in Civil Engineering

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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.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 engineering model, the data, the soil-construction-interaction and the model assumptions is required. Usually, the uncertainties in initial and boundary conditions are abundant. Current engineering practice often leaves these issues aside, despite the fact that new scientific tools have been developed in the past decades that allow a rational description of uncertainties of all kinds, from model uncertainty to data uncertainty. It is the aim of this volume to have a critical look at current engineering risk concepts in order to raise awareness of uncertainty in numerical computations, shortcomings of a strictly probabilistic safety concept, geotechnical models of failure mechanisms and their implications for construction management, execution, and the juristic question of responsibility. In addition, a number of the new procedures for modelling uncertainty are explained. The book is a result of a collaborate effort of mathematicians, engineers and construction managers who met regularly in a post graduate seminar at the University of Innsbruck during the past years.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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Penerbit

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer., 2005

Deskripsi Fisik

IX, 242 p.online resource.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9783540268475

Klasifikasi

658.56

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

1st ed.

Subjek

Statistics .
Quality control.
Reliability.
Industrial safety.
Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.
Probabilities.
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.
Geotechnical engineering.
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.
Engineering geology.
Engineering—Geology.
Foundations.
Hydraulics.
Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.
Mechanics.
Mechanics, Applied.
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Wolfgang Fellin, Heimo Lessmann, Michael Oberguggenberger, Robert Vieider.

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