EN 1990 "Eurocode: Basis of structural design" defines structural reliability as the ability of a structure to fulfil the specified requirements during the service life for which it has been designed; the notion covers safety, serviceability and durability. According to this definition reliability...

Safety in geotechnical design has evolved from experience and judgment using overall factor of safety approaches to design methods in modern codes of practice which apply partial factors to loads and to strength parameters or resistances. Explicit treatment of uncertainties using probabilistic...

Safety in geotechnical design has evolved from experience and judgment using overall factor of safety approaches to design methods in modern codes of practice which apply partial factors to loads and to strength parameters or resistances. Explicit treatment of uncertainties using probabilistic...