Sampling Efficiency in Spatially Varying Soils for Slope Stability Assessment

Figure 9

Simulation results in the second phase of example 1 (based on  = 1.0 m and 300 realisations per Monte Carlo simulation, first phase CPT location fixed at , second phase CPT location ): (a–b)  = 6 m; (c–d)  = 10 m; (e–f)  = 14 m. (a) PDF of realised factor of safety. (b) Example realisation and CPT. (c) PDF of realised factor of safety. (d) Example realisation and CPT. (e) PDF of realised factor of safety. (f) Example realisation and CPT.

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