1st Edition
Risk Management for Geotechnical Engineering Hazard, Risks and Consequences
1. Uncertainty and Risk in Geotechnical Engineering.
2. Capacity and Demand - Factor of Safety, Probability of Failure.
3. Structure of Risk Management Programs.
4. Risk Analysis.
5. Risk Evaluation and Acceptance.
6. Event Trees - Structure of Risk Events.
7. Decision Analysis.
8. Reliability Design of Geotechnical Structures.
9. Professional Liability Insurance (PLI) for Geotechnical Engineering.
10. Legal Principles Underlying Risk Management.
Biography
Duncan C. Wyllie is Principal at Wyllie & Norrish Rock Engineers, Vancouver, Canada. He has over fifty years of experience in applied rock engineering and his other books include Rock Slope Engineering, Rock Fall Engineering, and Foundations on Rock, also published by CRC Press.
