Reliability-based geotechnical design of geothermal foundations

Lei Wang, Nicholas Smith, Sara Khoshnevisan, Zhe Luo, Hsein Juang

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Abstract

In recent years, there are applications of geothermal foundation for near surface geothermal energy utilization in geotechnical engineering. However, significant uncertainties exist in design of such foundations and affect the thermal-mechanical behaviors. To consider these uncertainties explicitly, it is desirable to develop a reliability-based design methodology for geothermal foundations by quantifying the uncertainties in thermal-mechanical soil-structure interaction of the geothermal foundation design. In this paper, the deterministic analysis for geothermal foundation is performed using a numerical model. A series of advanced moment methods are used for assessing the probability of exceedance in terms of both factor of safety and displacement requirements of geothermal foundations by combining the reliability method with the deterministic numerical model. A case study for a geothermal foundation design is presented to demonstrate the significance of the proposed framework for reliability-based design of geothermal foundations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGeotechnical Special Publication
EditorsThomas L. Brandon, Richard J. Valentine
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages124-132
Number of pages9
EditionGSP 280
ISBN (Electronic)9780784480472
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
EventGeotechnical Frontiers 2017 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 12 Mar 201715 Mar 2017

Publication series

NameGeotechnical Special Publication
NumberGSP 280
Volume0
ISSN (Print)0895-0563

Conference

ConferenceGeotechnical Frontiers 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period12/03/1715/03/17

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