Error Analysis for Geotechnical Engineering.

Abstract

This report provides an introduction to practical techniques of error analysis for geotechnical engineering. The intended audience is the practicing geotechnical engineer with little background in probability or statistics. An analysis procedure is presented by which errors entering geotechnical calculations can be quantified and their effect on predictive accuracy evaluated. The approach involves three phases: (a) identification of potential sources of error; (b) assessment of the magnitude of each source; and (c) determination of the influence of each source on calculations. A companion report, provides related introductory material on the statistical analysis of geotechnical site-characterization data. Keywords: Engineering design; Geotechnical data; Sensitivity analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA186795

Entities

People

  • Gregory Baecher

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearing Capacity
  • Civil Engineering
  • Crystal Structure
  • Data Science
  • Engineers
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability Distributions
  • Regression Analysis
  • Risk Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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