Research Article

Application of Probabilistic Method to Stability Analysis of Gravity Dam Foundation over Multiple Sliding Planes

Table 6

Comparison of resultant instability probabilities calculated by MC and DPG method.

MethodDesign points (sliding plane B2-B3)Notes
/MPa

MC//3.6501.310 × 10−4The numbers of calculating performance function, , and the variation coefficient for , , when 95% confidence level is specified
DPG0.1070.0393.6641.244 × 10−4The numbers of calculating performance function, , with the step , for divided difference calculation