Keyword Index
- Acceptable risk, 67
- Accidental actions, 29
- Activity, 149
- Analyses, 685
- Angle of internal friction, 249
- Ant colony, 297
- Automated engineering, 605
- Axial compression, 85
- Bacterial foraging optimization algorithm, 307
- Bayesian networks, 651
- Bearing capacity, 225,
323,
333,
463
- Bearing resistance, 199,
401
- Building stiffness, 117
- CFRD, 669
- CFSGD, 669
- Calibration domain, 85
- Characteristic value, 419,
427
- Code, 497
- Code calibration, 587
- Cohesion, 471
- Collapsing soil, 135,
685
- Combination factors, 549
- Compacted soil, 249
- Concrete retaining wall, 297
- Cone penetrometer test, 435
- Confidence, 537
- Consequence, 173
- Construction, 231
- Consulting, 685
- Crest overflow, 597
- Cyclic triaxial system, 281
- DEM analysis, 369
- Dam, 209
- Dams, 597
- Data management, 605
- Databases, 47
- Debris flow, 165
- Deep foundation, 435
- Design, 231,
393
- Design examples, 537
- Design value, 549
- Dewatering, 625
- Dike, 577
- Dikes, 597
- Discontinuity, 149
- Distribution law, 249
- Dolomite, 269,
635
- Draw down, 625
- Drilled shafts, 85
- Dynamic-viscous model, 181
- Earth structure, 239
- Earth works, 643
- Earthquake, 333
- Economic valuation, 173
- Education, 297
- Embankment, 315
- Erosion, 567
- Eurocode, 323
- Eurocode 7, 419,
455,
463,
481,
489,
537
- Eurocode design concept, 519
- Eurocodes, 29
- Excavation, 625,
651
- FEM analysis, 359
- FORM design point method, 85
- Failure, 315,
685
- Failure modes, 577
- Falling rock protection barriers, 157
- Filter, 677
- Final lining loads, 409
- Finite element method, 341
- Flood defenses, 67
- Flood embankments, 567
- Flood risk, 577
- Footing, 333
- Foundation, 549
- Foundation depth, 117
- Foundation–subsoil interaction, 3
- Foundations settlements, 249
- Friction, 471
- Fuzzy inference system (FIS), 349
- Fuzzy sets, 349
- GIS, 165,
173,
217
- Geo-Impuls, 191
- Geognostic map, 275
- Geohazard, 217
- Geological and geotechnical models, 3
- Geological investigation, 559
- Geosynthetics, 597
- Geotechnical, 217
- Geotechnical hazards, 661
- Geotechnical category, 497
- Geotechnical design, 11,
501,
527
- Geotechnical failure, 191
- Geotechnics, 165,
393
- Grain size distribution, 239
- Ground Model, 217
- Groundwater, 677
- Groundwater lowering, 625
- Hasofer-Lind, 385
- Hasofer-Lind method, 199
- Hazard, 157,
497
- Heterogeneity, 107
- Hydraulic heave, 677
- Hydraulics, 315
- Inclination factor, 377
- Indicator-based vulnerability models, 141
- Information management, 289
- Infrastructure, 191,
635
- Internal erosion, 239
- Irrigation channel, 359
- Laboratory test, 427,
677
- Landslide, 173,
275
- Landslides, 165
- Laser, 559
- Length-effect, 67
- Length-effects, 587
- Levee breach, 613
- Limit state design, 47,
455
- Limit states, 537
- Limit states design, 445
- Lined rock cavern (LRC), 349
- Liquefaction, 125,
359
- Load and resistance factor design, 435,
445
- Load and resistance factors, 445
- Loess, 135
- LRFD, 47,
67,
85
- Mapping, 559
- Matrix, 149
- Meta-Flysch, 669
- Method of ultimate elements, 249
- Meyerhof’s bearing capacity equation, 377
- Mill tailings, 275
- Mitigation methods, 125
- Model factor, 401
- Modulus of deformation, 249
- Monitoring, 209,
289,
643
- Monte Carlo simulation, 377,
409
- Monte Carlo simulations, 481
- MRFD, 85
- Multi-anchor walls, 445
- North Pearl River levee system, 613
- Numerical modelling, 157
- Numerical simulation, 125
- Offshore, 217
- Oil sands, 281
- Optimization, 297
- Organisation, 643
- Overtopping, 597
- Partial factor, 489
- Partial factors, 409
- Partial safety factor, 199
- Pavia workshop, 537
- Performance based design, 519
- Pile, 481
- Pile foundation, 323
- Piping, 567,
587
- Point estimate method 341
- Predict, 661
- Probabilistic analysis, 225
- Probabilistic calibration, 181
- Probabilistic design, 249
- Probabilistic methods, 199
- Probability of failure, 67,
249,
275
- Profession prestige, 3
- Rainfall, 107
- Random field, 11
- Random set theory, 341
- Random variables, 249
- Reinforced concrete, 307
- Reinforced soil, 231
- Reinforced soil walls, 445
- Relative density, 281
- Reliability, 29,
107,
377,
393,
455,
527,
567
- Reliability analyses 401
- Reliability analysis, 323,
409,
435,
445,
463,
519,
577
- Reliability based design (RBD), 11,
359,
369,
481,
489
- Reliability code calibration, 85
- Resistance factors, 47
- Retaining structures, 455
- Retaining walls, 307
- Risk, 29,
497,
651
- Risk acceptance, 37
- Risk analysis, 173,
181,
613
- Risk evaluation, 259
- Risk management, 3,
191,
259,
269,
275,
559,
625,
635,
643,
685
- Risk minimization, 289
- Risk reduction, 217
- River, 567
- Robustness, 393
- Rock burst, 661
- Rockfall, 165,
149,
369
- Rockfill, 669
- Safety, 29,
385,
501,
527,
677
- Safety factor, 471
- Safety factors, 323,
527
- Sand-gravel fill, 669
- Seepage, 559
- Sensitivity analysis, 307
- Serviceability limit state, 385
- Shallow foundation, 199,
333,
377,
385
- Shallow foundations, 47,
225,
463
- Sheet pile quay wall, 549
- Shrinkage-swelling, 117
- Sinkhole, 635
- Site investigation, 3,
209,
231,
427
- Slope, 149,
471
- Slope failure, 209
- Slope stability, 107
- Slow slope movements, 181
- Socio-economic vulnerability, 141
- Soil structure interaction, 117
- Soil cushion, 249
- Soil design and ultimate strengths, 249
- Soil liquefaction, 281
- Spatial planning, 605
- Spatial variability, 239
- Spread foundation, 401
- Stability, 471
- Stability analysis, 605
- Standard, 427,
549
- Standards, 269,
527
- Statistical analysis, 11,
315,
427
- Statistics, 419
- Strategic planning, 259
- Strip footings, 225
- Structural design, 29
- Structural design process, 519
- Study cases, 605
- Swarm intelligence, 297
- System complexity and connectivity, 259
- Ultimate limit state, 385
- Uncertainties, 67
- Uncertainty evaluation, 47
- Unconfined compression test, 135
- Under-seepage, 587
- Underground gas storage (UGS), 349
- Uniform quantile method, 85
- Unit cohesion, 249
- Unsaturated soil, 107
- Uplift, 559
- Warning levels, 643
- Water pressures, 501
- Web-based software, 289
- Worked examples, 419