Risk, Reliability and Sustainable Remediation in the Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering

1st Edition - March 22, 2022
Editors: Thendiyath Roshni, Pijush Samui, Dieu Tien Bui, Dookie Kim, Rahman Khatibi
Language: English
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Risk, Reliability and Sustainable Remediation in the Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering illustrates the concepts of risk, reliability analysis, its estimation, and the decisions leading to sustainable development in the field of civil and environmental engineering. The book provides key ideas on risks in performance failure and structural failures of all processes involved in civil and environmental systems, evaluates reliability, and discusses the implications of measurable indicators of sustainability in important aspects of multitude of civil engineering projects. It will help practitioners become familiar with tolerances in design parameters, uncertainties in the environment, and applications in civil and environmental systems.

Furthermore, the book emphasizes the importance of risks involved in design and planning stages and covers reliability techniques to discover and remove the potential failures to achieve a sustainable development.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
List of contributors
Chapter 1. A basic framework to integrate sustainability, reliability, and risk—a critical review
1. Introduction
2. Critical insight into the structure of science
3. Governance
4. Goal orientation overarching organizations
5. Decision-making—3rd dimension of BSF
6. Discussions
7. Conclusion
8. Appendix—framing scientific concepts
Chapter 2. Principal component analysis of precipitation variability at Kallada River basin
1. Introduction
2. Study area and dataset
3. Methodology
4. Results and discussion
5. Conclusions
Chapter 3. Healthcare waste management in Bangladesh: practices and future pathways
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical framework
3. Research design and methods of data collection
4. Results and discussion
5. Future ways to improve HCWM
6. Conclusion
Chapter 4. Seismic risk for vernacular building classes in the fertile Indus Ganga alluvial plains at the foothills of the Himalayas, India
1. Introduction
2. Seismic demand
3. Population exposure and building inventory
4. Fragility functions
5. Results and discussion
6. Conclusion
Chapter 5. Comparative study between normal reinforced concrete and bamboo reinforced concrete
1. Introduction
2. Methodology and materials
3. Experimentation
4. Results
5. Conclusion
Chapter 6. The power of the GP-ARX model in CO2 emission forecasting
1. Introduction
2. Materials and method
3. Empirical results
4. Conclusion
Chapter 7. Integrated sustainability impact assessment of trickling filter
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Results and discussion
4. Conclusion
5. Annexure A
Chapter 8. Critical soil erosion prone areas identification and effect of climate change in soil erosion prioritization of Kosi river basin
1. Introduction
2. Study area and data description
3. Methodology
4. Results and discussions
5. Conclusions
Chapter 9. Adaptive Kriging Monte Carlo Simulations for cost-effective flexible pavement designs
1. Introduction
2. Numerical examples
3. Cost-effective flexible pavement structures
4. Conclusions
Chapter 10. Aggregating risks from aquifer contamination and subsidence by inclusive multiple modeling practices
1. Introduction
2. Study area
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion
Appendix I
Chapter 11. Mapping and aggregating groundwater quality indices for aquifer management using Inclusive Multiple Modeling practices
1. Introduction
2. Study area and data availability
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Appendix I
Chapter 12. Liquefaction hazard mitigation using computational model considering sustainable development
1. Introduction
2. Study area and data collection
3. Theoretical details of empirical and computational model
4. Advanced first order second moment reliability method
5. Data processing and analysis
6. Results and discussion
7. Conclusion and summary
Chapter 13. Probabilistic risk factor–based approach for sustainable design of retaining structures
1. Introduction
2. Articulation of probabilistic risk factor
3. Cantilever retaining wall
4. Gravity retaining wall
5. Conclusion
Chapter 14. Blast-induced flyrock: risk evaluation and management
1. Introduction
2. Flyrock definition and causes
3. Brief analysis of data in literature
4. Impact of geology on flyrock and associated risk
5. Models for flyrock distance prediction
6. Use of intelligent techniques in flyrock prediction
7. Flyrock risk and management measures
8. Maturity model for flyrock risk assessment
9. Need for future research
10. Conclusions
Chapter 15. The importance of environmental sustainability in construction
1. Introduction
2. Environmental issues, their causes, and sustainability
3. The role of engineers in sustainable development
4. Conclusions
Chapter 16. Rock mass classification for the assessment of blastability in tropically weathered igneous rocks
1. Introduction
2. Literature review
3. Blastability index
4. Comparative function based RMC for blastability
5. Assessment of slope stability with rock mass classification
6. Development of weathering classification systems for tropically weathered igneous and andesite rocks
7. Site study of tropically weathered igneous rocks
8. Comparison of tropically weathered igneous rocks in Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Malaysia
9. Conclusion
Chapter 17. Best river sand mining practices vis-a-vis alternative sand making methods for sustainability
1. Introduction
2. Global sand scenario and environment accountability
3. Environmental impacts of sand mining
4. Best river sand mining practices
5. Sustainability
6. The alternatives
7. Comparison of river sand and manufactured sand
8. A case study on sand from waste rocks
9. Need of future research
10. Conclusions
Chapter 18. Learning lessons from river sand mining practices in India and Malaysia for sustainability
1. Introduction
2. Objectives
3. Gap evaluation depending on need-supply evaluation based on district survey report
4. Availability of sand and regulatory mechanism to meet local requirements
5. Replenishment of sand
6. Curbing illegal sand mining
7. Manufactured sand (crushed stone sand)
8. Sand mining in Malaysia
9. Conclusion
Chapter 19. Probabilistic response of strip footing on reinforced soil slope
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Problem statement: Probabilistic bearing capacity of strip footing on reinforced soil slope
4. Problem statement: Probabilistic load carrying capacity of strip footing on geocell reinforced soil slope
5. Problem statement: Probabilistic stability analysis of reinforced soil slope subjected to strip loading
6. Conclusions
Chapter 20. Multivariate methods to monitor the risk of critical episodes of environmental contamination using an asymmetric distribution with data of Santiago, Chile
1. Symbology, introduction, and bibliographical review
2. Uni and multivariate fatigue-life distributions
3. Fatigue-life statistical process control
4. Illustrations
5. Conclusions and future investigation
Chapter 21. A combined sustainability-reliability approach in geotechnical engineering
1. Introduction
2. Sustainable practices in geotechnical engineering
3. Life cycle assessment
4. Reliability and resilience
5. An integrated sustainability framework
6. Concluding remarks
Chapter 22. Safety risks in underground operations: management and assessment techniques
1. Introduction
2. Potential risks in underground operation
3. Identifying the risks in underground construction
4. Development and progression of safety management system
5. Approaches in assessing the safety risks
6. Conclusions
Chapter 23. Sustainability: a comprehensive approach to developing environmental technologies and conserving natural resources
1. Introduction
2. Sustainable development goals
3. Recent environmental technologies to reach sustainability
4. Mechanisms for activating solar energy applications
5. Conclusion
Chapter 24. Effectiveness and efficiency of nano kaolin clay as bitumen modifier: part A
1. Introduction
2. Preparation of NKC
3. Chemical analysis
4. Determination size of NKC
5. Conclusions
Chapter 25. Nano kaolin clay as bitumen modifier for sustainable development: part B
1. Introduction
2. Rheological properties of the asphalt binder incorporating nanoclay
3. Asphalt binder characterization
4. Penetration
5. Softening point
6. Storage stability
7. Rutting resistance
8. Failure temperature
9. Phase angle
10. Fatigue resistance
11. AFM analysis
12. XRD analysis
13. Summary
Chapter 26. Prediction of rutting resistance of porous asphalt mixture incorporating nanosilica
1. Introduction
2. Nanosilica and mixing process
3. Porous asphalt mix design
4. Rutting resistance
5. Results and discussions
6. Summary
Chapter 27. Policy options for sustainable urban transportation: a quadrant analysis approach
1. Introduction
2. Data and methods
3. Data analysis
4. Results and discussion
5. Conclusions
Chapter 28. Pavement structure: optimal and reliability-based design
1. Introduction
2. Optimizing algorithm
3. Optimization model for pavement structure
4. Application of PAVEOPT model—case study
5. Failure probability of an optimally designed pavement structure—case study
6. Conclusion
Chapter 29. Assessment of factors affecting time and cost overruns in construction projects
1. Introduction
2. Literature review
3. Methods and materials
4. Factors causing cost and time overruns
5. Method of analysis
6. Results and discussion
7. Conclusion
Index

Thendiyath Roshni

Thendiyath Roshni is Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar, India. She obtained her PhD in water resources from the University of Pisa, Italy. She teaches undergraduate and post-graduate students, supervises B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. students’ research, and carries out sponsored research and industrial consultancies, together with other departmental and institutional responsibilities. She published journal articles, review articles, conference papers and book chapters.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar, India

Pijush Samui

Dr. Samui is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Patna, India. He received his PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India, in 2008. His research interests include geohazard, earthquake engineering, concrete technology, pile foundation and slope stability, and application of AI for solving different problems in civil engineering. Dr. Samui is a repeat Elsevier editor but also a prolific contributor to journal papers, book chapters, and peer-reviewed conference proceedings.

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, India

Dieu Tien Bui

Dieu Tien Bui is Professor in GIS, in the Department of Business and IT at the University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway. He obtained a Master of Engineering, at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Hanoi, Vietnam, a PhD at the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), Norwegian University, and was postdoctoral researcher in the same department. His research interests include GIS, remote sensing, artificial intelligence and machine learning. He published journal and review articles, and book chapters. .

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Geographic Information System group, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Dookie Kim

Dookie Kim is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University ,1223-24 Cheonan-daero, 31080, Republic of Korea. Professor Kim has a broad experience in structural dynamics. He published journal articles, conference papers, book chapters and 2 books.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University, Republic of Korea

Rahman Khatibi

Rahman Khatibi is a dedicated researcher, professional engineer and manager with an over 30 years successful track record in managing and developing strategies for water systems covering: research, presenting training courses, lecturing (part-time), design, modelling, developing software and writing proposals. He contributed to (i) generalise theory of evolution, (ii) arithmetic calculus, (iii) risk aggregation and (iv) inclusive multiple models for artificial intelligence. He worked in the water/environmental industry specialising on modelling water waves in open channels and closed conduits, as well as using artificial intelligence techniques, chaos/catastrophe theories and other time series analysis techniques. Currently he is engaged in scholarly research in integrating evolutionary thinking, systems science and complexity science together towards a model of GTE.

Affiliations and expertise

Researcher, GTEV-ReX Ltd, Swindon, UK