The application of statistics to civil engineering design is a new and developing field, and the growing acceptance of limit state design is encouraging the use of probability theory for determining values. A further development is the use of the reliability index in geotechnical design, now becoming recognised as a powerful alternative to the use of partial safety factors. This book presents a straightforward summary of the most important aspects of statistics and probability theory that are relevant in civil engineering, particularly in the field of soil mechanics.
- ISBN10 000383154X
- ISBN13 9780003831542
- Publish Date 23 March 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 April 1995
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Collins
- Edition Illustrated edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English