FACTOR OF SAFETY AND RELIABILITY IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE

Discussion of an earlier paper with the aforementioned title by J.M. Duncan, published in this journal (Volume 126, Number 4, April 2000) is presented. The discussors (9 separate entries in all), commenting on a paper that highlights the importance of the variability of soil properties in geotechnical calculations, are generally supportive of the original author's work, and make a number of observations and remarks intended to enhance this work. The discussions are followed by closure from the author.