Geotechnical engineering is subject to large uncertainties compared to other areas of civil engineering. The description of soil properties for the design and assessment of geotechnical structures is based on a limited number of site investigations, while the spatial variability of properties is usually large. Therefore, it is not surprising that reliability and risk approaches have undergone a rapid development in science during the last decades, but also the number of applications in practical projects is increasing. Moreover, together with the next generation Eurocodes, guidelines for reliability-oriented design of geotechnical structures are being developed.
This course is part of the module "Reliability assessment for civil engineering structures" in the master’s program “Engineering of Hydro-Environmental Extremes” and provides digital and interactive learning modules for the contents presented there.
- Dozent/in: Olaf Bublitz
- Dozent/in: Andra Milena Ebener
- Dozent/in: Kerstin Lesny
- Dozent/in: Sandra Sziburies