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Reliability analysis and reliability-based design of monolithic vertical wall breakwaters are considered. Probabilistic models of the most important failure modes, sliding failure, failure of the foundation and overturning failure are described. Relevant design variables are identified and reliability-based optimization problems are formulated. Results from an illustrative example are given.
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- Failure Mode
- Significant Wave Height
- Limit State Function
- Undrained Shear Strength
- First Order Reliability Method
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Sørensen, J.D., Burcharth, H.F., Christiani, E. (1995). Reliability Analysis and Optimal Design of Monolithic Vertical Wall Breakwaters. In: Rackwitz, R., Augusti, G., Borri, A. (eds) Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34866-7_27
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