Reliability analysis of earth dams sliding mechanism by stochastic finite element method based on construction data

Philippe Bressolette (1) , A Mouyeaux (2) , C. Carvajal (3) , Claude Bacconnet (4) , L. Peyras (5) , P. Breul (4)

1 IP - Institut Pascal
2 IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture
3 RECOVER - Risques, Ecosystèmes, Vulnérabilité, Environnement, Résilience
4 UBP - Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2
5 UR OHAX - Ouvrages hydrauliques et hydrologie

Hydraulic works are risky civil engineering structures and deterministic methods are traditionally used to evaluate their stability. A complete probabilistic approach has been developed to evaluate the structural stability of earth dams based on construction data, involving the spatial variability of the hydraulic and mechanical properties of the dam as it was constructed.

Domaines: Génie civil; Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Philippe Bressolette, A Mouyeaux, C. Carvajal, Claude Bacconnet, L. Peyras, et al.. Reliability analysis of earth dams sliding mechanism by stochastic finite element method based on construction data. The 12th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2017), Christian Bucher, Bruce R. Ellingwood, Dan M. Frangopol (Editors), Aug 2017, Vienne, Austria. ⟨hal-01657833⟩