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P K γH nx= x μ σ: Steps for hands-on reliability analysis involving correlated normals

This document contains an Excel spreadsheet for conducting reliability analyses of the overturning and sliding failure modes of a retaining wall using correlated normal random variables. The spreadsheet contains equations, mean and standard deviation values for soil parameters, and instructions for using the Solver tool to determine the reliability index and design point for each failure mode. Solver is used to find values for normalized random variables that minimize the performance function subject to the constraint that it is less than or equal to zero.

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P K γH nx= x μ σ: Steps for hands-on reliability analysis involving correlated normals

This document contains an Excel spreadsheet for conducting reliability analyses of the overturning and sliding failure modes of a retaining wall using correlated normal random variables. The spreadsheet contains equations, mean and standard deviation values for soil parameters, and instructions for using the Solver tool to determine the reliability index and design point for each failure mode. Solver is used to find values for normalized random variables that minimize the performance function subject to the constraint that it is less than or equal to zero.

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H

wall

24

10

90

'

(x*, in radians)

soil

18

0.4

1.8

x*

Ka

Boxed cells contain


equations

Pa

Force

Pav

34.5202

1.8

62.1363

100.8 0.93333 94.08

W2

57.6

1.6

192.9

nx=

( x )

'

ca

3.5

-2.449

20

-2.233

100

15

0.000

0.8

0.8

ca

'

92.16
248.4

PerFn1

PerFn2

###

2.491

55.812

Sliding mode

248.4

Soil: unit weight


angle of friction '

1
Pa= K a H 2
2

W2

Overturning
(1) Copy me
This initi
(2) Click To

Ctrl + Shift, then Enter

Steps for h

=SQRT(MMULT(TRANSPOSE(nx),MMULT(MINVERSE(crmat),nx
)))

Overturning mode
124.2

35

Arm Moment

W1

Pah

nx

Correlation matrix

1
Pa = K a H 2
2

0.3978 128.9

mean StDev

' 26.428
15.534
ca 100

0.1745 1.5708 0.4613 0.2711

(3) The relia


design p

Sliding Mod
(1) Copy me
(2) Click Too

90

W1

Adhesion ca

Stiff clay

Fig. 1. Reliability analysis of overturning failure mode and sliding mode, for correlated
normal random variables, using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

(3) Solution:
A separate

This workbook is provided by B. K. Low, author of "Reliability-based design applied to


retaining walls", Geotechnique, Vol. 55, No. 1, 63-75, 2005. The aim is to allow hands-on
experience and to enhance understanding of the reliability approach.

This Excel file is for hands-on reliability analysis of Figure 1 of the paper.
Steps for hands-on reliability analysis involving correlated normals
Overturning mode:
(1) Copy mean column (cells L3:L5), and paste onto x* column (cells K3:K5).
This initializes the x* values.
(2) Click Tools\Solver, with settings shown below as explained in the paper. Solve.

Need to select
Solver in
Tools\Add-Ins, if
using it for the
first time.

Screen capture of Solver

(3) The reliability index obtained by Solver is 2.491 (cell K15) for overturning mode. The
design point is defined by the solution values in the x* column (cells K3:K5).
Sliding Mode:
(1) Copy mean column (cells L3:L5), and paste onto x* column (cells K3:K5).
(2) Click Tools\Solver, change settings as shown below, then click Solve.

Screen capture of Solver

Select this
and change to:
$M$15 <= 0, where
$M$15 is selected by
clicking the PerFn2
cell.
Then
Solve.
(3) Solution: cells K3:K5, N3:N5, K15 and M15 will show values like those
in the
insert.
A separate Excel file provides the reliability-based design shown in Fig. 7 of the paper.

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