The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of porosity and void size on equivalent geotechnical engineering properties. The paper uses random field theory to generate models of geomaterials containing spatially random voids with controlled porosity ...

The classical problem of a beam on an elastic foundation (BOEF) has long been of practical interest to geotechnical engineers, because it provides a framework for computing deflections, not only of foundations, but also of vertically oriented laterally loaded ...

Reliability tools have been applied to slope stability analysis more than<br>any other geotechnical application on account of the readily understood oncept of “probability of failure” as an alternative or complement to the traditional “factor of safety”. ...

This paper describes random finite element analyses of anisotropic 2-D undrained clay slopes with randomly distributed shear strength. The analyses take into account the rotational orientation of the principle axes of anisotropy that might be observed in natural ...