Risk Management for Geotechnical Engineering - Hazard, Risks and Consequences

This covers the application of risk management for soil and rock engineering projects, and the preparation of reliable designs that account for uncertainty. It discusses qualitative risk assessments based on experience and judgment, as well as quantitative risk analysis using probabilistic methods and decision analysis to optimize designs.

List of contents

1. Uncertainty and Risk in Geotechnical Engineering. 2. Capacity and Demand - Factor of Safety, Probability of Failure. 3. Structure of Risk Management Programs. 4. Risk Analysis. 5. Risk Evaluation and Acceptance. 6. Event Trees - Structure of Risk Events. 7. Decision Analysis. 8. Reliability Design of Geotechnical Structures. 9. Professional Liability Insurance (PLI) for Geotechnical Engineering. 10. Legal Principles Underlying Risk Management.

About the author

Duncan C. Wyllie is Principal at Wyllie & Norrish Rock Engineers, Vancouver, Canada. He has over fifty years of experience in applied rock engineering and his other books include Rock Slope Engineering, Rock Fall Engineering, and Foundations on Rock, also published by CRC Press.

Summary

This covers the application of risk management for soil and rock engineering projects, and the preparation of reliable designs that account for uncertainty. It discusses qualitative risk assessments based on experience and judgment, as well as quantitative risk analysis using probabilistic methods and decision analysis to optimize designs.

Product details

• Authors: Duncan C. Wyllie, Duncan C. (Wyllie & Norrish Rock Engineers Wyllie, Wyllie Duncan C.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2023
• EAN: 9781032222660
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222266-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Surveying, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Soil & Rock, Surveying, Surveying, quantity surveying, Soil & rock mechanics, Soil and rock mechanics