Reliability analysis of a hydraulic fill with respect to liquefaction and breaching

Reliability analysis of a hydraulic fill with respect to liquefaction and breaching

Schweckendiek, T.
Van den Ham, G.A.
De Groot, M.B.
De Gijt, J.G.
Hudig, P.
Brassinga, H.E.

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Hydraulic Engineering

2009-06-15

A recently reclaimed site in the Port of Rotterdam will serve as location and foundation of an LNG terminal. LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) is recognized as hazardous material and underlies strict safety requirements. As part of the safety assessment of the entire installation, a specific analysis had to be carried out concerning the geotechnical aspects. The paper describes the probabilistic approach that was chosen to verify the required level of safety of the hydraulic sand fill regarding (static) liquefaction, slope failure and breaching processes. Several reliability analyses using the respective physical process models were carried out and the results combined using a fault tree or scenario approach, leading to upper bounds of the failure probability.

reliability
liquefaction
hydraulic fill
slope stability
breaching

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Taylor and Francis

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Geotechnical risk and safety : proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety & Risk, Gifu, Japan, 11-12 June, 2009 ; post-print version

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(c) 2009 Schweckendiek, T.; Van den Ham, G.A.; De Groot, M.B.; De Gijt, J.G.; Hudig, P.; Brassinga, H.E.