<p>This paper deals with probabilistic slope stability analyses of earth-fill dams. Hydraulic conductivity, unit weight, cohesion and internal friction angle of the soil are considered as random variables. Seepage flow through the dam body is solved by Monte ...

<p>purely deterministic approach in geotechnical engineering usually is chosen despite there is enough knowledge about the uncertainties and spatial variability of the soil parameters. The geotechnical design and recommendations are based on some field observations, ...

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”. ...

Evaluating the reliability of slopes against sliding failure is complicated by the fact that most slope soils are spatially variable. This means that instead of nice circular failure surfaces, slope failures tend to be more complex, following the weakest path ...

<p>The accuracy of model output increases with a decreasing support size of the input data, due to the increase of detail. This paper examines whether this is true for various spatial models developed for simulating rockfall. We analyze the effect of the support ...