World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2018
Abstract—A characteristic value of a certain geotechnical parameter results from an engineering a... more Abstract—A characteristic value of a certain geotechnical parameter results from an engineering assessment. Its selection has to be based on technical principles and standards of engineering practice. It has been shown that the results of engineering assessment of different authors for the same problem and input data are significantly dispersed. A survey was conducted in which participants had to estimate the force that causes a 10 cm displacement at the top of an axially in-situ compressed pile. 50 experts from all over the world took part in it. The lowest estimated force value was 42% and the highest was 135% of measured force resulting from a mentioned static pile load test. These extreme values result in significantly different technical solutions to the same engineering task. In case of selecting a characteristic value of a geotechnical parameter the importance of the influence of an engineering assessment can be reduced by using statistical methods. An informative annex of Eu...
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2018
Abstract—A characteristic value of a certain geotechnical parameter results from an engineering a... more Abstract—A characteristic value of a certain geotechnical parameter results from an engineering assessment. Its selection has to be based on technical principles and standards of engineering practice. It has been shown that the results of engineering assessment of different authors for the same problem and input data are significantly dispersed. A survey was conducted in which participants had to estimate the force that causes a 10 cm displacement at the top of an axially in-situ compressed pile. 50 experts from all over the world took part in it. The lowest estimated force value was 42% and the highest was 135% of measured force resulting from a mentioned static pile load test. These extreme values result in significantly different technical solutions to the same engineering task. In case of selecting a characteristic value of a geotechnical parameter the importance of the influence of an engineering assessment can be reduced by using statistical methods. An informative annex of Eu...
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