Geotechnical Safety and Risk IV

by Limin Zhang (Editor), Yu Wang (Editor), Gang Wang (Editor), Li Dianqing (Editor)

Overview

Geotechnical Safety and Risk IV contains the contributions presented at the 4th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (4th ISGSR, Hong Kong, 4-6 December 2013), which was organised under the auspices of the Geotechnical Safety Network (GEOSNet), TC304 on Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management and TC205 on Safety and Serviceability in Geotechnical Design of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). Geotechnical Safety and Risk IV covers six themes:

(1) Geotechnical uncertainty and variability

(2) Geohazards such as landslides, earthquakes and climate changes

(3) Reliability and risk analysis

(4) Reliability-based design and limit-state design in geotechnical engineering

(5) Risk assessment and management in geotechnical engineering and infrastructural projects, and

(6) Practical applications.

Geotechnical Safety and Risk IV is an excellent source of reference on the latest developments and practices of geotechnical risk and safety, and will proof to be invaluable for civil engineers (particularly geotechnical engineers), geologists, and natural hazards reduction agencies.

ISGSR IV is a continuation of a series of symposiums and workshops on geotechnical risk and reliability, starting with LSD2000 (Melbourne, Australia), IWS2002 (Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan), LSD2003 (Cambridge, USA), Georisk2004 (Bangalore, India), Taipei2006 (Taipei, Taiwan), 1st ISGSR (Shanghai, China, 2007), 2nd ISGSR (Gifu, Japan, 2009) and 3rd ISGSR (Munich, Germany, 2011).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138001633
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/15/2013
Pages:	598
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Limin Zhang, Gang Wang both of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR.

Table of Contents

1 Wilson Tang lecture: An homage to Wilson Tang: Reliability and risk in geotechnical practice-how Wilson led the way; 2. Keynote lectures: Advances in geotechnical risk and reliability for offshore applications; Homogenization of geomaterials using the random finite element method; Selecting optimal probability models for geotechnical reliability analysis; Robust design of geotechnical systems-a new design perspective; Integrated geo risk management: Crossing boundaries; Is landslide risk quantifiable and manageable? 3 Geotechnical uncertainty and variability; 4 Influence of spatial variability on geotechnical design decisions; 5 Geohazards; 6 Reliability and risk analysis; 7 Reliability- and risk-based monitoring and site investigation; 8 Performance evolution and risk assessment of high slopes in hydropower engineering in China; 9 Reliability-based design and limit state design in geotechnical engineering; 10 Risk assessment and management in geotechnical engineering and infrastructural projects 11 Geotechnical applications and case studies