Evaluating Soil Parameters Considering Probabilistic Back Analysis for Slope Failures
Publication: Geo-Congress 2022
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The hazard and increased risk associated with slope failures in the natural habitat are attributed to uncertainty in soil parameters. These soil parameters, that is, cohesion, internal friction angle, and shear modulus, are estimated using the back-analysis method. The method incorporates machine learning algorithms such as particle swarm optimization and support vector machine. However, to capture the uncertainties in the soil parameters, probabilistic analysis is required. This study implements support vector machine for estimating soil parameters as the function of displacement in the soil. The Bayesian method is used to account for uncertainty in soil parameters. The Noto Hanto earthquake in 2007 and the consequent slope failure at Noto Yuryo Road, Japan, is considered as the case study for the proposed model. The finite-element method is used to simulate this slope failure. The soil parameters are treated as random variables to account for uncertainties in these parameters. The predicted displacement is comparable with the measured displacement in the field, which validates the application of the proposed model. The proposed method can efficiently predict experiment soil parameters by capturing uncertainty in soil parameters through a probabilistic approach.
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