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Probabilistic Seismic Slope Stability Design

dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Jesse
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Engineering Mathematics & Internetworkingen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerDr. Craig Lakeen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. William Phillipsen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Guy Kemberen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Farzaneh Naghibien_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Gordon Fentonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-28T12:30:07Z
dc.date.available2016-04-28T12:30:07Z
dc.date.defence2016-04-22
dc.date.issued2016-04-28T12:30:07Z
dc.description.abstractDeterministic 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.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/71519
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRFEMen_US
dc.subjectSeismicen_US
dc.subjectProbabilistic analysisen_US
dc.subjectDesign Chartsen_US
dc.subjectSlope stabilityen_US
dc.subjectSpatial variabilityen_US
dc.subjectCohesive-frictionalen_US
dc.titleProbabilistic Seismic Slope Stability Designen_US

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