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Geomechanics and Engineering Volume 34, Number 6, September25 2023 , pages 597-609 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2023.34.6.597 |
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Probabilistic optimization of nailing system for soil walls in uncertain condition |
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Mitra Jafarbeglou and Farzin Kalantary
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| Abstract | ||
| One of the applicable methods for the stabilization of soil walls is the nailing system which consists of tensile struts. The stability and safety of soil nail wall systems are influenced by the geometrical parameters of the nailing system. Generally, the determination of nailing parameters in order to achieve optimal performance of the nailing system for the safety of soil walls is defined in the framework of optimization problems. Also, according to the various uncertainty in the mechanical parameters of soil structures, it is necessary to evaluate the reliability of the system as a probabilistic problem. In this paper, the optimal design of the nailing system is carried out in deterministic and probabilistic cases using meta-heuristic and reliability-based design optimization methods. The colliding body optimization algorithm and first-order reliability method are used for optimization and reliability analysis problems, respectively. The objective function is defined based on the total cost of nails and safety factors and reliability index are selected as constraints. The mechanical properties of the nailing system are selected as design variables and the mechanical properties of the soil are selected as random variables. The results show that the reliability of the optimally designed soil nail system is very sensitive to uncertainty in soil mechanical parameters. Also, the design results are affected by uncertainties in soil mechanical parameters due to the values of safety factors. Reliability-based design optimization results show that a nailing system can be designed for the expected level of reliability and failure probability. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| nailing system; optimization; reliability; uncertainty | ||
| Address | ||
| Mitra Jafarbeglou: Department of civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Centeral Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Farzin Kalantary: Faculty of Civil Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran | ||