Geotechnical Reliability Evaluations

Geotechnical Reliability Evaluations

Special Lectures with Technical Papers

  • Haldar, A., “Probability of Liquefaction in a 3-D Soil Deposit,” U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, September 21, 1982.
  • Haldar, A., “Statistical Methods – Numerical Methods in Geomechanics,” NATO Advanced Study Institute, Lisbon, Portugal, September 1981.

Special Invited Presentations without Technical Paper (international)

  • Haldar, A., “Probabilistic Evaluation of Seismic Induced Liquefaction of Soil and Risk of Structural Damage Associated with It,” Central Research Institute of Building and Construction, Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, September 6, 1986. (Before China opened up to outside world)
  • Haldar, A., “A State-of-the-Art Review of Practical Structural and Geotechnical Reliability Techniques,” Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, September 15, 1986.
  • Haldar, A., “Evaluation of Seismic Reliability of Buildings and Probabilistic Evaluation of Seismic Induced Liquefaction of Soil,” Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, September 16, 1986.

Book Chapters

  • Haldar, A., Probability of Liquefaction in a 3-D Soil Deposit, Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station, 1983, 72 pages.
  • Haldar, A., Chapter 6 – Statistical Methods, Numerical Methods in Geomechanics, edited by J.B. Martins, NATO Advanced Study Institute Series, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Boston, 1981.

Refereed papers

  • Huh, J., Tran, Q. H., Haldar, A., Park, I., and Ahn, J-H., “Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of a Shallow Two-Story Underground RC Box Structure,” Applied Sciences, Appl. Sci. 2017, 7, 735; doi:10.3390/app7070735.
  • Huh, J., Haldar, A.,  Kiseok Kwak, K., and Jae Hyun Park, J. H.,  “Realistic Risk Assessment of Axially Loaded Pile-Soil System Using a Hybrid Reliability Method,” Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, Vol. 4, Issue 3, pp. 118-126, 2010.
  • Huh, J., Haldar, A., Kwak, K., and Park, J., “Probabilistic Reliability Estimation of an Axially Loaded Pile,” International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, pp. 1811-1817, 2008.
  • Chowdhury, M., Wang, D., and Haldar, A., “System Reliability Evaluation of Pile-Founded Structures,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA-95-1264-CP, pp. 931-941, April, 1995.
  • Chern, S., and Haldar, A., “Probabilistic Evaluation of Soil-Structure Interaction in Liquefaction,” Sixth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics, Innsbruck, Austria, Vol. 3, pp. 1805-1810, April 11-15, 1988.
  • Haldar, A., and Chern, S., “Uncertainty in Dynamic Anisotropic Strength of Sand,” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 113, No. 5, pp. 528-533, May 1987.
  • Haldar, A., and Miller, F.J., “Statistical Evaluation of Cyclic Strength of Sand,” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 110, No. 12, pp. 1785-1802, December, 1984.
  • Haldar, A., and Miller, F.J., “Statistical Estimation of Relative Density,” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 110, No. 4, pp. 525-530, April, 1984.
  • Haldar, A., and Tang, W.H., “Statistical Study of Uniform Cycles in Earthquake Motion,” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 107, No. GT5, Proc. Paper 16239, pp. 577-589, May, 1981.
  • Haldar, A., “Liquefaction Study – A Decision Analysis Framework,” Journal of the Geotechnical Division, ASCE, Vol. 106, No. GT12, Proc. Paper 15925, pp. 1297-1312, December, 1980.
  • Haldar, A., and Tang, W.H., “A Probabilistic Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential,” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 105, No. GT2, Proc. Paper 14374, pp. 145-163, February, 1979.
  • Haldar, A., and Tang, W.H., “Uncertainty Analysis in Relative Density,” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 105, No. GT7, Proc. Paper 14665, pp. 899-904, July, 1979.  Closure published, Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 106, No. GT9, pp. 1080, September, 1980.

Refereed conference papers (ICOSSAR & ICASP)

  • Huh, J., Haldar, A., Kwak, K., and Park, J., “Reliability Evaluation of a Pile Foundation System in Strength and Serviceability Limit States,” 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR’09), Paper No. ICOSSAR2009: 0066, 2009.
  • Haldar, A., and Chern, S., “Probabilistic Study on Structural Damage Due to Settlement in a Liquefied Sand Deposit,” Fourth International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR), Vol. III, pp. III-301 to III-310, May 27-29, 1985.

Conference papers

  • Chowdhury, M.R., and Haldar, A., “An Identification of Significant Failure Modes for a Pile Group for Evaluating its System Probability of Satisfactory Performance,” 2000 Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, University of Notre Dame, July 24-26, 2000, Paper No. PMC2000-142, (CD-ROM).
  • Chern, S., and Haldar, A., “Application of Microcomputer to the Analysis of Pore Water Pressure Generation under Cyclic Loading,” Seventh National Conference on Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Orlando, Florida, November 8-10, 1989.
  • Haldar, A., and Chern, S., “Probabilistic Evaluation of Differential Settlement in Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction Considering Soil-Structure Interaction,” Ninth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, Vol. III, pp. III-489 – III-494, August 2-9, 1988.
  • Haldar, A., “Anisotropy in Liquefaction Risk Evaluation,” Third International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, June 22-24, 1987.
  • Haldar, A., and Chern, S., “Soil-Structure Interaction in Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction,” Fifth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, pp. 493-499, July 6-8, 1987.
  • Haldar, A., and Chern, S., “Probabilistic Prediction of Pore Pressure-Induced Settlement for Isotropically and Anisotropically Consolidated Deposits,” International Symposium on Engineering Geology Problems in Seismic Areas, Italy, Vol. xxi, Part III, pp. 9-22, April 14-19, 1986.
  • Haldar, A., and Luettich, S.M., “Risk of Structural Damage in Liquefaction,” Third U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Charleston, South Carolina, Vol. 1, pp. 575-586, August 24-28, 1986.
  • Haldar, A., “Application of Risked-Based Design in Sitting and Geotechnical Problems,” National Science Foundation Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 52-54, August 4-5, 1986.
  • Haldar, A., and Chern, S., “Pore Pressure-Induced Structural Damage in an Anisotropic Soil Deposit,” Eighth Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, University of Roorkee, India, Vol. 1, pp. 189-196, December 29-31, 1986.
  • Haldar, A., and Chern, S., “Probabilistic Pore Pressure-Induced Structural Damage,” Second International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, pp. 3/3 – 3/12, June 28 – July 3, 1985.
  • Haldar, A., and Luettich, S.M., “Subsidence Approach to Damage in Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction,” Second International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, pp. 3/13 – 3/22, June 28 – July 3, 1985.
  • Haldar, A., and Hochaimi, N.S., “Uniform Cycles in Earthquake Motions,” Eighth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, International Association of Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California, Vol. III, pp. 151-157, July, 1984.
  • Haldar, A., “Statistical Site Characterization,” Fourth Australia-New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Perth, Australia, Vol. 2, pp. 530-534, May 14-19, 1984.
  • Haldar, A., “Risk of Damage in Liquefaction,” Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Berkeley, California, pp. 224-227, January 11-13, 1984.
  • Haldar, A., and Miller, F.J., “Damage in Liquefaction – A Probabilistic Model,” Fourth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, pp. 332-340, June, 1983.
  • Haldar, A., and Miller, F.J., “Factors in Laboratory Evaluation of Cyclic Strength,” ASCE Spring Convention of 1982, Las Vegas, April, 1982.
  • Haldar, A., and Miller, F.J., “Probabilistic Evaluation of Liquefaction in a 3-D Soil Deposit,” International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Southampton, U.K., Vol. 2, pp. 607-618, July, 1982.
  • Haldar, A., “Uniform Cycles in Earthquakes: A Statistical Study,” Proceedings, International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, Vol. 1, pp. 195-198, April 26 – May 2, 1981.
  • Haldar, A., “Progress Report on Seismic Risk of Liquefaction,” Proceedings, Sixth National Meeting of the Universities Council for Earthquake Engineering Research, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, pp. 118-120, May, 1980.
  • Haldar, A., “Decision Analysis in Liquefaction Study,” Preprint 3785, ASCE Fall Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, October 22-26, 1979.

Technical Reports

  • Haldar, A., and Chern, S., “Probabilistic Analysis of Pore Pressure-Induced Damage Potential for Structures Subjected to Earthquake Motions,” prepared for the National Science Foundation, Report No. SCEGIT-86, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986 (based on Dr. Chern’s Ph.D. dissertation) 327 pages.
  • Haldar, A., and Luettich, S.M., “Subsidence Approach to Damage in Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction,” prepared for the National Science Foundation, Report No. SCEGIT-85-106, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 1985, 210 pages.
  • Haldar, A., “Probabilistic Evaluation of Damage Potential in Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction in a 3-D Soil Deposit,” prepared for the National Science Foundation, Report No. SCEGIT-83-117, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1983, 65 pages.
  • Haldar, A., and Miller, F.J., “Research Initiation – Probabilistic Evaluation of Damage Potential in Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction in a 3-D Soil Deposit,” prepared for the National Science Foundation, Report No. SCEGIT-101-82, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1982, 134 pages.
  • Wu, S., and Haldar, A., “Design of Mat Foundation Resting on Elastic Medium,” 1985.