1st Edition

Geotechnical Risk and Safety Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (IS-Gifu 2009) 11-12 June, 2009, Gifu, Japan - IS-Gifu2009

Edited By Yusuke Honjo, Makoto Suzuki, Takashi Hara, Feng Zhang Copyright 2009

    Communication of risks within a transparent and accountable framework is essential in view of increasing mobility and the complexity of the modern society and the field of geotechnical engineering does not form an exception. As a result, modern risk assessment and management are required in all aspects of geotechnical issues, such as planning, design, construction of geotechnical structures, mitigation of geo-hazards, management of large construction projects, maintenance of structures and life-cycle cost evaluation. This volume discusses: 1. Evaluation and control of uncertainties through investigation, design and construction of geotechnical structures; 2. Performance-based specifications, reliability based design and limit state design of geotechnical structures, and design code developments; 3. Risk assessment and management of geo-hazards, such as landslides, earthquakes, debris flow, etc.; 4. Risk management issues concerning large geotechnical construction projects; 5. Repair and maintenance strategies of geotechnical structures. Intended for researchers and practitioners in geotechnical, geological, infrastructure and construction engineering.

    Wilson Tang lecture

    Reliability of geotechnical predictions

    Keynote lectures

    • Risk assessment and management for geohazards
    • Risk management and its application in mountainous highway construction
    • Recent revision of Japanese Technical Standard for Port and Harbor Facilities based, on a performance based design concept

    Special lecture

    • Interaction between Eurocode 7 – Geotechnical design and Eurocode 8 – Design for earthquake resistance of geotechnical structures

    Special sessions

    • Reliability benchmarking
    • Reliability analysis of a benchmark problem for 1-D consolidation
    • Study on determination of partial factors for geotechnical structure design
    • Reliability analyses of rock slope stability
    • Reliability analysis of a benchmark problem for slope stability
    • Geotechnical code drafting based on limit state design and performance based design concepts
    • Developing LRFD design specifications for bridge shallow foundations
    • Limit States Design concepts for reinforced soil walls in North America
    • Loss of static equilibrium of a structure – Definition and verification of limit state EQU
    • Geotechnical criteria for serviceability limit state of horizontally loaded deep foundations
    • Reliability-based code calibration of piles based on incomplete proof load tests
    • Sensitivity analysis of design variables for caisson type quay wall
    • Evaluating the reliability of a levee against seepage flow
    • Determination of partial factors for the verification of the bearing capacity of shallow foundations under open channels
    • Application of concept in ‘Geo-code21’ to earth structures
    • Limit state design example – Cut slope design
    • Probabilistic charts for shallow foundation settlements on granular soil
    • Resistance factor calibration based on FORM for driven steel pipe piles in Korea
    • An evaluation of the reliability of vertically loaded shallow foundations and grouped-pile foundations
    • Study on rational ground parameter evaluation methods for the design and construction of large earth-retaining wall
    • System reliability of slopes for circular slip surfaces
    • Correlation of horizontal subgrade reaction models for estimating resistance of piles perpendicular to pile axis
    • Risk management in geotechnical engineering
    • The long and big tunnel fire evacuation simulation based on an acceptable level of risk and EXODUS software
    • Risk based decision support system for the pumping process in contaminated, groundwater remediation
    • A risk evaluation method of countermeasure for slope failure and rockfall with account of initial investment
    • Risk assessment on the construction of interchange station of Shanghai metro system
    • Challenges in multi-hazard risk assessment and management: Geohazard chain
    • in Beichuan Town caused by GreatWenchuan earthquake

    General sessions

    Design method (1)

    • A study of the new design method of irrigation ponds using sheet materials
    • Research on key technique of double-arch tunnel passing through water-eroded groove
    • Safety measures by utilizing the old ridge road and potential risks of land near the old river alignments
    • Bearing capacity of rigid strip footings on frictional soils under eccentric and inclined loads

    Uncertainty

    • Reliability analysis of slope stability by advanced simulation with spreadsheet
    • Optimal moving window width in conjunction with intraclass correlation coefficient for identification of soil layer boundaries
    • Soil variability calculated from CPT data
    • Reducing uncertainties in undrained shear strengths
    • A case study on settlement prediction by spatial-temporal random process

    Construction risk management

    • Reliability analysis of a hydraulic fill slope with respect to liquefaction and breaching
    • A case study of the geological risk management in mountain tunneling
    • Guideline for monitoring and quality control at deep excavations
    • A study on the empirical determination procedure of ground strength for seismic performance evaluation of road embankments
    • Geo Risk Scan – Getting grips on geotechnical risks
    • Reduction of landslide risk in substituting road of Germi-Chay dam

    Risk assessment

    • Probabilistic risk estimation for geohazards: A simulation approach
    • A research project for deterministic landslide risk assessment in Southern Italy: Methodological approach and preliminary results
    • Reliability-based performance evaluation for reinforced railway embankments in the static loading condition
    • Maximum likelihood analysis of case histories for probability of liquefaction
    • Suggestions for implementing geotechnical risk management

    Design method (2)

    • Framework for evaluation of probability of failure of soil nail system
    • Reliability analysis of embankment dams using Bayesian network
    • Identification and characterization of liquefaction risks for high-speed railways in Portugal
    • Field characterization of patterns of random crack networks on vertical and horizontal soil surfaces
    • Stochastic methods for safety assessment of a European pilot site: Scheldt

    A report by JGS chapter of TC23 limit state design in geotechnical engineering practice

    • Code calibration in reliability based design level I verification format for geotechnical structures

     

    Biography

    Yusuke Honjo, Makoto Suzuki, Takashi Hara, Feng Zhang