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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
TC304 - RISK
ENGINEERING PRACTICE OF RISK ASSESSMENT AND
MANAGEMENT
Date: May 18, 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Kok-Kwang Phoon and Jianye Ching
Chair:
Kok-Kwang Phoon
Vice-Chair:
Gordon Fenton
Secretary:
Jianye Ching
1.
Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members?
NO
2.
Are any TC members not responsive?
NO
We have no current concerns about our TC membership.
3.
Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date?
NO
4.
Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Past activities
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Special TC304/GEOSNET session in 17
th
Southeast Asian
Geotechnical Conference (17
th
SEAGC, 10-13 May 2010,
Taipei, Taiwan)
Organizers: J Ching, JR Chen & KK Phoon
Contributions:
Y. Honjo et al., level III reliability based design by
response surfaces: an embankment & level III reliability
based design by response surfaces: pad foundation
J.H. Park et al., resistance factors calibration for driven
steel pipe piles using static load tests database
M. Shirato et al., LRFD for the structural design of piles in
grouped-pile foundations
K.-H. Yang & J. Ching, reliability-based design for external
stability of narrow mechanically stabilized earth wall
T. Schweckendiek & E.O.F. Calle, a factor of safety for
geotechnical characterization
B. K. Low, slope reliability analysis: some insights and
guidance for practitioners
Z. Cao et al., probabilistic failure analysis of James Bay
Dyke
S.-H. Wu et al., spatial variability impact on reliability-
based design for basal heave in an excavation
A.M. Santoso et al., flow of water through spatially
heterogeneous soil
J. Ching et al., reliability of slopes with weak seams
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International Symposium on Forensic Geotechnical Engineer-
ing (14-15 Dec 2010, Mumbai, India)
Supported by TC304
Collaborate with TC302 (Forensic Geotechnical Engineering)
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3
rd
International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for
Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (GEDMAR 2011, 4-6
May 2011, Semarang, Indonesia)
Supported by TC304
Collaborate with TC202, TC203, TC211, TC213, TC302 and
TC303
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Special TC304 session in 14
th
Asian Regional Conference on
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (14ARC, 23-
27 May 2011, Hong Kong)
Organizers: Limin Zhang and Yu Wang
Contributions:
J. Ching, model uncertainties for basal heave stability of
excavations in clays
K. Kishor, investigation and monitoring of historical land-
slides in a part of Himalaya
D.Q. Li, stochastic response surface method applied to
reliability analysis of slope stability
Y. Wang, probabilistic failure analysis of the Shek Kip Mei
landslide in Hong Kong
K.K. Phoon, probability models for SWCC and hydraulic
conductivity
L.M. Zhang, assessment of risks of soil deposits formed
during Wenchuan earthquake
S. Nishimura, spatial distributions of strength of a river dike
based on synthesis of sounding tests and surface wave
method
T. Hui & K. Ho, review of risk tolerability criteria for
quantitative risk assessment
Ongoing activities
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3
rd
International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and
Risk (3
rd
ISGSR, 2-3 June 2011, Munich, Germany). Sup-
ported by TC304
Keynote lecture by KK Phoon, J Ching & JR Chen on
"How Reliable Are Reliability-Based Multiple Factor Code
Formats?"
Joint TC304/TC205 panel on "The basis for partial factors -
probability or experience?"
Short course on "Reliability Analysis and Design in
Geotechnical Engineering", 1 June 2011, Munich, Germany
(Instructors: KK Phoon)
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Georisk 2011, ASCE (26-28 June 2011, Atlanta, USA)
Joint Committee Meeting between Geo-Institute Technical
Committee on Risk Assessment and Management (GI-
RAM) and ISSMGE TC304, 26 June 2011.
Keynote lecturers from TC304:
John Christian & Greg Baecher "Unresolved Problems in
Geotechnical Risk and Reliability"
Suzanne Lacasse & Farrokh Nadim "Learning to Live
with Geohazards: From Research to Practice"
Sessions organizers from TC304:
Quantitative risk analysis for embankments, dams and
slopes (organiser: Limin Zhang)
72 Probabilistic slope stability analysis of a 300 m high
embankment dam, by Qun Chen, Sichuan Univer-
sity and Li-Ying Chang, Sichuan University.
73 Identification of hazardous loose landslide deposits
and scars formed during the 2008 Wenchuan earth-
quake, by H.F. Zhao, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology and Limin Zhang, Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology.
132 Bounding the Probability of Failure for Levee Sys-
tems, by Justin Hollenback, University of California
Berkeley and Robb Moss, California Polytechnic
State University.
150 Breaching of Changkai Levee in June 2010 in
Jiangxi Province, China, by Ming Peng, Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology and Limin
Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology.
177 Distinct Element Modelling for High Rock Slopes
in Static and Dynamic Conditions: A Case Study, by
Ganesh W. Rathod, Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi, A.K. Shrivastava, Delhi Technological
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