Kriging based reliability and sensitivity analysis–Application to the stability of an earth dam

X Guo, D Dias - Computers and Geotechnics, 2020 - Elsevier
This article presents a Kriging-based probabilistic analysis of an earth dam. The dam failure
probability with respect to the sliding stability is investigated by considering the influence of …

Probabilistic stability analysis of an embankment dam considering soil spatial variability

X Guo, D Dias, Q Pan - Computers and Geotechnics, 2019 - Elsevier
A probabilistic stability analysis of an embankment dam taking into account soil spatial
variabilities is presented in this paper. The effective cohesion and friction angle of the …

Reliability analysis for monopile foundation of offshore wind turbine considering correlated wind and waves and spatially varying soils

Z Zhang, T Wang, Z Chen, J Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The monopile-supported offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are increasingly installed in more
challenging seabed environments, resulting that the reliability of the monopile foundation …

Reliability-based design optimization of offshore wind turbine support structures using analytical sensitivities and factorized uncertainty modeling

LES Stieng, M Muskulus - Wind Energy Science, 2020 - wes.copernicus.org
The need for cost-effective support structure designs for offshore wind turbines has led to
continued interest in the development of design optimization methods. So far, almost no …

Probabilistic bearing capacity prediction of square footings on 3D spatially varying cohesive soils

Y Li, GA Fenton, MA Hicks, N Xu - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
The bearing capacity of square and/or rectangular footings in geotechnical foundation
designs traditionally is determined based on experimental observations and/or deterministic …

Capacity assessment of offshore skirted foundations under HM combined loading using RFEM

M Selmi, T Kormi, A Hentati, NBH Ali - Computers and Geotechnics, 2019 - Elsevier
Skirted foundations are widely used in offshore applications to resist the large vertical-
horizontal-moment (VHM) loads likely to occur in deep water. Their ultimate capacity under …

Improved active learning probabilistic approach for the computation of failure probability

AK El Haj, AH Soubra - Structural Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a cost-effective probabilistic approach to be used in engineering
applications. The proposed approach consists of an improved Kriging-based method aiming …

Reliability-based settlement analysis of embankments over soft soils reinforced with T-shaped deep cement mixing piles

C Phutthananon, P Jongpradist, D Dias, X Guo… - Frontiers of Structural …, 2022 - Springer
This paper presents a reliability-based settlement analysis of T-shaped deep cement mixing
(TDM) pile-supported embankments over soft soils. The uncertainties of the mechanical …

Optimized active learning Kriging reliability based assessment of laterally loaded pile groups modeled using random finite element analysis

K Khorramian, AE Alhashmi, F Oudah - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents an optimization of the Active learning Kriging (AK) reliability assessment
of laterally loaded pile groups modeled using random nonlinear finite element (FE) where …

Efficient simulation of multivariate three-dimensional cross-correlated random fields conditioning on non-lattice measurement data

Z Yang, X Li, X Qi - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is challenging to simulate large-scale or fine-resolution multivariate three-dimensional
(3D) cross-correlated conditional random fields because of computational issues such as …