Geotechnical risk and safety : proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk, Gifu, Japan, 11-12 June 2009

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