TH Wu and the origins of geotechnical reliability

ABSTRACT

TH Wu was among the seminal figures of geotechnical reliability. In a long string of publications beginning in the 1960s he introduced concepts of probabilistic design, statistical analysis of soils data, and Bayesian decision analysis to problems of practical importance to foundation engineers, both on- and off-shore. This paper highlights important practical contributions TH made through his published case studies.

KEYWORDS:

• TH Wu
• reliability
• case studies
• field measurement

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Dr. Suzanne Lacasse for her careful reading of the manuscript and helpful insights about TH’s time at NGI.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.