| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L01534/01 |
| Title: |
IMI GEOTECHNICAL INNOVATION THROUGH OBSERVATION |
| Principal Investigator: |
Muir Wood, Professor D |
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Civil Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Bristol |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 March 1997 |
Ends: |
28 February 1999 |
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85,784
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| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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The Observation Method that is applied in geotechnical engineering in order to accommodate the major geotechnical uncertainties that become progressively less uncertain as a project progresses is a particular case of a more general class of design for uncertainty. The present proposal represents a merger of three technologies: process modelling, uncertainty analysis and geomechanics. The successful use of the Observational Method requires constraints both on the ductility of the geotechnical processes that are to be anticipated and observed, and on the robustness of the organisational structures that must be in place in order to be able to receive and respond to these observations. A model will be developed of the roles and activities that make up the design process: this will be applied to the Observational Method of geotechnical design.As information becomes available during a project, the probabilities of the various anticipated geotechnical possibilities change and the degree of risk and uncertainty associated with the project reduces. The development of knowledge through recent and ongoing geotechnical projects will be studied and the nature of the design responses analysed. The clear benefit of understanding the changing cost:probability profile will be explored.
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http://www.bris.ac.uk |