Probability-Based Design of Reinforced Rock Slopes Using Coupled FORM and Monte Carlo Methods
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Low, Bak K.
Boon, Chia W.
Date Issued
November 6, 2023
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Springer Vienna
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Low, Bak K. and Boon, Chia W. 2023. "Probability-Based Design of Reinforced Rock Slopes Using Coupled FORM and Monte Carlo Methods."
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Final published version
Abstract
The efficiency of the first-order reliability method (FORM) and the accuracy of Monte Carlo simulations (MCS) are coupled in probability-based designs of reinforced rock slopes, including a Hong Kong slope with exfoliation joints. Load–resistance duality is demonstrated and resolved automatically in a foundation on rock with a discontinuity plane. Other examples include the lengthy Hoek and Bray deterministic vectorial procedure for comprehensive pentahedral blocks with external load and bolt force, which is made efficient and more succinct before extending it to probability-based design via MCS-enhanced FORM. The FORM–MCS–FORM design procedure is proposed for cases with multiple failure modes. For cases with a dominant single failure mode, the time-saving importance sampling (IS) and the fast second-order reliability method (SORM) can be used in lieu of MCS. Two cases of 3D reinforced blocks (pentahedral and tetrahedral, respectively) with the possibility of multiple sliding modes are investigated. In the case of the reinforced pentahedral block, direct MCS shows that there is only one dominant failure mode, for which the efficient method of importance sampling at the FORM design point provides fast verification of the revised design. In the case of the reinforced tetrahedral block, there are multiple failure modes contributing to the total failure probability, for which the proposed MCS-enhanced FORM procedure is demonstrated to be essential. Comparisons are made between Excel MCS and MATLAB MCS.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-023-03607-6
