The Management Of Advanced Numerical Modelling In Geotechnical Engineering Ciria C 791 Anthony S Obrien by Anthony S O’brien, Mott Macdonald, Kelvin G Higgins 9780860178965, 086017896X instant download after payment.

Numerical modelling is now routinely carried out in geotechnical engineering. Producing a numerical
model is not straightforward and if not used properly can be dangerous. However, if used with skill and
care there can be enormous benefits.
This guide has been written for those who commission and manage numerical modelling, not specifically
those who undertake it. The aim is to provide a framework for those who oversee the process, provide
the information needed for this task and use the results of the numerical modelling.
Providing accurate information for those building and running a model is essential, without it the results
obtained could be misleading. This guide aims to outline the information that the project manager (PM)
needs to assemble, and the processes that need to be put in place for a successful outcome: the ‘ten steps
to better numerical modelling’.
This guide sets out to explain that, however simple the engineering challenge might be, numerical
modelling is an intrinsically complex process. Those commissioning or managing it should understand
what is required in order that they can provide those responsible for producing the model (building,
running, checking and reporting) with the information that they require and with sufficient time to do
the modelling. A means of assessing the importance of the outputs from the model for supporting design
decisions is defined as the ‘application category’.
This publication starts by explaining, in broad terms, what numerical modelling is (Chapter 2). It does
not suggest that numerical modelling should be used in favour of traditional methods of analysis because
they have successfully been used for many years by engineers and, in many instances, they are still
appropriate (Chapter 3). However, numerical modelling has become an important tool in an engineers’
toolkit. It has many benefits but there are risks. In 2004, during construction, there was a collapse of a
section of the Nicoll Highway in Singapore.
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