caa a22 4500 469043083 CHVBK 20180323132816.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00880705 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00880705 Oliphant J. Department of Civil and Offshore Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Riccarton, Edinburgh, UK aut Controlling the safety of geotechnical structures: a proposed approach [Elektronische Daten] [J. Oliphant] Summary: This paper considers the safety of geotechnical structures using various design philosophies which include the global safety method and a number of limit state design methods. The methods are considered individually and their treatment of uncertainties of design briefly discussed in terms of parameter and system uncertainty. Each method is not designed to produce a definitive measure of safety, but should be viewed as an aid in the process of controlling or managing safety. Crucial to all design methods is the idea of a design parameter. However, in certain instances it is often not clear whether a design parameter should be an upper or lower bound on its possible value. A proposed limit state design method for overcoming this problem is outlined, based on putting bounds on parameters. An example of a reinforced concrete cantilever retaining wall is used to demonstrate its advantages over current methods. The proposed method offers a more rational approach to the design of retaining structures. Chapman & Hall, 1992 Geotechnical design nationallicence limit state design nationallicence partial safety factors nationallicence global safety factor nationallicence retaining structures nationallicence Geotechnical & Geological Engineering Kluwer Academic Publishers 10/4(1992-12-01), 273-289 0960-3182 10:4<273 1992 10 10706 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00880705 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00880705 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Oliphant J. Department of Civil and Offshore Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Riccarton, Edinburgh, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Geotechnical & Geological Engineering Kluwer Academic Publishers 10/4(1992-12-01), 273-289 0960-3182 10:4<273 1992 10 10706 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer