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Mar 28, 2013
Accounting For Certainty
Publication: Foundation Engineering in the Face of Uncertainty: Honoring Fred H. Kulhawy
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Probability is not a means of accommodating ignorance. Rather, it is the rational language of the uncertainty of nature. As examples, this paper demonstrates how the standard deterministic (Boussinesq) formulation for the bearing capacity of footings in geotechnical engineering is but a special case of a more general probabilistic solution. Of greater importance, three-dimensional slope stability analysis is introduced from probabilistic arguments.
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Foundation Engineering in the Face of Uncertainty: Honoring Fred H. Kulhawy
Pages: 225 - 231
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Mar 28, 2013
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Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 4440 Exeter Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228. E-mail: [email protected]
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