Undrained stability of braced excavations in clay considering the nonstationary random field of undrained shear strength

Abstract The basal heave stability of supported excavations is an essential problem in geotechnical engineering.This paper considers the probabilistic analysis of basal heave SOAP 3IN 1 COCONUT LEMON stability of supported excavations with spatially random soils by employing the random adaptive finite element limit analysis and Monte Carlo simulations to simulate all possible outcomes under parametric uncertainty.The effect of soil strength variability is investigated for various parameters, including the width and depth of the excavation ratio, strength gradient factor, and vertical correlation length.Probabilistic basal stability results have also been employed to determine the probability of design failure for a practical range of deterministic factors Hoover HMN7182XK/1 70cm Frost Free American Fridge Freezer Stainless Steel of safety.

Considering probabilistic failure analysis, the more complete failure patterns caused by the various vertical correlation length would decrease the probability of design failure.There are different tendencies between the probability of design failure at the same safety factor with various vertical correlation lengths.These results can be of great interest to engineering practitioners in the design process of excavation problems.

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