Proceedings of the International Symposium on New Generation Design Codes for Geotechnical Engineering Practice - Taipei 2006 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, 2-3 November 2006 (World Scientific, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Communication of design risk within a transparent and rational framework is necessary in view of the increasing interest in code harmonization, public involvement in defining acceptable risk levels, and risk-sharing among client, consultant, insurer, and financier. Activities in code harmonization are particularly noteworthy. For the geotechnical engineering profession, there is added pressure for it to undergo a significant revamp because structural and geotechnical design are increasingly incompatible. The contributions in this volume tackle the important issues relating to new generation geotechnical design codes, in a bid to move geotechnical engineers forward together with the significant changes occurring at the global level
Cover13; -- Preface -- Committees13; -- Contents13; -- Keynote Lectures -- Limit states design based codes for geotechnical aspects of foundations in Canada -- Risk assessment in rock engineering -- Some movements toward establishing comprehensive structural design codes based on performance-based specification concept in Japan -- Development and implementation of Eurocode 7 -- Invited Lectures -- New trend toward performance-based design in the construction industry -- Risk analysis of lining structure in large-diameter shield tunnel -- Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures for performance-based design -- A preliminary study on load and resistance factors for foundation piles in Taiwan -- Evaluating probability of seismic landslide based on the Chi Chi's events, Taiwan -- Serviceability limit state reliability-based design -- Eurocode 7 for geotechnical design -- basic principles and implementation in the European member states --
- Session I: Code Concept and Harmonization -- The study and revision of the probabilistic seismic hazard map and dam safety code of Taiwan -- A simple reliability assessment of pile design: resolving some Hong Kong challenges -- Geotechnical standards in Hong Kong -- Implementation of Eurocode 7-1 geotechnical design in Germany -- Introduction to international joint study of reliability-based design for port and harbor structure -- Session II: Performance Oriented Geotechnical Analysis -- Effect of lateral cyclic load on axial capacity of pile group in loose sand -- Evaluation of design methods for large-diameter bored piles -- Engineering problems for performance-based design of earth structures -- Performance-oriented risk assessment and retrofitting strategy for electricity towers on slopes -- Session III: Geotechnical Reliability Analysis -- Equivalence between reliability and factor of safety -- Bearing capacity of open ended piles in port construction in Japan --
- Variance of soil parameters: some common misconceptions -- Reliability analysis of excavation-induced building damage -- Session IV: Geohazards -- The assessment and prediction of landslides and debris flows in Ta-Chia river after Taiwan Chi-Chi earthquake -- Predicting landslides probabilities along mountain road in Taiwan -- Optimal design of sand compaction pile based on liquefaction hazard analysis -- Verifications and physical interpretations of the discriminant model for evaluating liquefaction potential on SPT-N value -- Seismic performance-based design for canal embankment -- Session V: Engineering Practice and Chall