Analyzing Uncertainty in Civil Engineering

252 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Assessment of characteristic shear strength parameters of soil and its implication in geotechnical design.- Ambiguity of safety definition in geotechnical models.- The fuzziness and sensitivity of failure probabilities.- The mathematics of uncertainty: models, methods and interpretations.- Multi-parameter models: rules and computational methods for combining uncertainties.- Sensitivity analysis.- Difficulties related to numerical predictions of deformations.- FE ultimate load analyses of pile-supported pipelines - tackling uncertainty in a real design problem.- The Implications of Geotechnical Model Uncertainty for Construction Management.- Fuzzy, probabilistic and stochastic modelling of an elastically bedded beam.- Queueing models with fuzzy data in construction management.- Fuzzy models in geotechnical engineering and construction management.

• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Bauingenieur-, Vermessungs- und Bauwesen Hochbau und Baustoffe Sicherheitssysteme und Brandmeldeanlagen
• ISBN: 9783642060786
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.10.2010
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: Robert Vieider, Heimo Lessmann, Wolfgang Fellin, Michael Oberguggenberger