OTRC Principal Investigator Publication Listing
Principal Investigator:
Robert Gilbert
Journal Articles, Reports and Conference Papers
Nodine, M.C., Wright, S.G., Gilbert, R.G., and Ward, E.G. (2006), “Mudflows and Mudslides During Hurricane Ivan,” Proc. Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, OTC Paper No. 18328.
Audibert, J.M., Morvant, M.N., Won, J.Y., Gilbert, R.P. (2006),.. “Torpedo Piles – Laboratory and Field Research,” International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, San Francisco, June, Paper No. 2006-PCW-03.
Gilbert, R. B., Choi, Y. J., Dangyach, S. and Najjar, S. S. (2005), “Reliability-Based Design Considerations for Deepwater Mooring System Foundations,” Proceedings, ISFOG 2005, Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, Western Australia, 317-324.
Yu Ding, B. Theckum purath, Jun Zhang, R. B. Gilbert, S. Dangyach and Y.J. Choi (2005), “Reliability of Mooring Systems for A Spar”, Proceedings of OMAE 2005, paper No. 67290.
Gilbert, R. B., Najjar, S. S. and Choi, Y. J. (2005), “Incorporating Lower-Bound Capacities into LRFD Codes for Pile Foundations,” Proceedings, Geo-Frontiers 2005, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 132 (CD-ROM), ASCE, Reston, Virginia.
Gilbert, R. B., Najjar, S. S. and Shields, M. K. (2005), “Importance of Residual Strengths in Factors of Safety and Reliability,” Proceedings, Geo-Frontiers 2005, 18th GRI Conference on Geosynthetics Research and Development in Progress (CD-ROM), ASCE, Reston, Virginia.
Gilbert, R. B. and Puskar, F. (2005), “Geohazards: An Overview of Probabilistic Approaches and Application to Engineering Design and Risk Assessment for Offshore Facilities,” Proceedings, Offshore Technology Conference, OTC 17676.
Najjar, S. S. and Gilbert, R. B. (2005), “Lower-Bound Estimates of Capacity in Geotechnical Reliability Assessments,” Proceedings, ICOSSAR 2005, Intl. Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, Rome, Italy, 955-962.
El-Sherbiny, R. M, Olson, R. E., Gilbert, R. B, and Vanka, S. K. (2005), “Capacity of suction caissons under inclined loading in normally consolidated clay”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, Australia, September.
Gilbert, R. B. and Najjar, S. S. (2004), “Importance of Lower-Bound on Geotechnical Reliability,” Geotechnique, in press.
Gilbert, R. B., Choi, Y. J. and Dangyach, S. (2004), “Reliability Analysis for Spar Foundations – Component and System Effects,” Draft OTRC Report.
Gilbert, R. B. (2003), “Reliability-Based Design as a Decision-Making Tool,” LSD2003: International Workshop on Limit State Design in Geotechnical Engineering Practice, Cambridge, Mass., in press.
Najjar, S. S., Gilbert, R. B., Liedtke, E. A., and McCarron, B. (2003), “Tilt Table Test for Interface Shear Resistance between Flowlines and Soils,” Proceedings, 22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Cancun, in press.
McGrath, T.C. and Gilbert, R.B., "Analytical Method for Design and Analysis of One-Dimensional Search Programs," Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, in press.
Gilbert, R., "Design Methodologies and Criteria for Suction Caissons for Deepwater Mooring Applications," OTRC Technical Report, The University of Texas at Austin, June 2001
Gilbert R. B., Murff J.D. (2001). "Identifying Uncertainies in the Design of Suction Caisson Foundations." Proc., OTRC 2001, International Conference on Geotechnical, Geological, Geophysical Properties of Deepwater Sediments., Hou.Tx April. pp. 231-242.
Gilbert, R.B., Ward, E.G., Wolford, A.J. (2001). "A Comparative Risk Analysis of FPSO's With Other Deepwater Production Systems in the Gulf of Mexico," Proc., Offshore Technology Conference, OTC, Houston. (13173).
Gilbert, R.B., Ward, E.G., Wolford, A.J. (2001). "Deepwater Production System Risk," Proc., 11th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE, Vol. IV, Stravanger, Norway, June. pp. 654-659.
Gambino, S. J. and Gilbert, R.B., "Modeling Spatial Variability in Pile Capacity for Reliability-Based Design," Analysis, Design, Construction and Testing of Deep Foundations, Roesset Ed., ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 88, 135-149, 1999.
Gilbert, R. B., "First-Order, Second-Moment Bayesian Method for Data Analysis in Decision Making," Geotechnical Engineering Center Report GR99-4, Geotechnical Engineering Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 50 pp., 1999.
Gilbert, R. B., Gambino, S. J. and Dupin, R. M., "Reliability-Based Approach for Foundation Design without Site-Specific Soil Borings," Proceedings, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, pp. 631-640, 1999.
Gilbert, R. B., Stong, T. J., Lang, J. T., Albrecht, R. S. and Dupin, R. M., "Optimizing Investigation Programs for Offshore Foundations – Effect of Geology on Axial Pile Capacity," Proceedings, 2nd International Conf. on Seabed Geotechnics, IBC Ltd., London, 1999.
McGrath, T. C. and Gilbert, R. B., "An Analytical Method for the Design and Analysis of One-Dimensional Search Programs," Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, 125(12), pp. 1043-1056, 1999.
Gilbert, R.B., Wright, S.G. and Liedtke, E., “Uncertainty in Back Analysis of Slopes, “ ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 124 (12), 1167-1176, 1998.
Low, B.K., Gilbert, R. B. and Wright, S.G., "Slope Reliability Analysis Using Generalized Method of Slices," Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 124 (4), 350-362, 1998.
Gilbert, R.B. and McGrath, T.C., “Site Investigation Design for Geotechnical Engineering,” Book Chapter in Uncertainty Modeling in Civil Engineering, CRC Press, 1998.
Blake, W.D. and Gilbert, R.B., “Inferring Undrained Strength from Shear Wave Velocity for Normally Consolidated Clays,” Proceedings, Offshore Technology Conference, May 1997.
Blake, W.D. and Gilbert, R.B., “Investigation of Possible Relationship Between Undrained Shear Strength and Sheer Wave Velocity for Normally Consolidated Clays,” Proceedings Offshore Technology Conference, pp. 411-420, 1997.
Acquaah, C.G. and Gilbert, R.B., "Probabilistic Analysis of Tendon Loads for a TLP in Deep Water," Proceedings of Advances in Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, ASCE, Worcester, ipp. 162-166, 1996.
Gilbert, R.B., Wright, S.G. and Liedtke, E.,"Uncertainty in Back Analysis of Slopes," Proceedings of Uncertainty in the Geologic Environment: from Theory to Practice, ASCE, Madison, pp. 494-517, 1996.
Gilbert, R.B. and Tang, W.H.,"Model Uncertainty in Geotechnical Reliability and Decision Analyses," Proceedings, International Conference on Applied Probability and Statistics, Paris, 1995.
Gilbert, R.B. and Tang, W. H., “Model Uncertainty in Offshore Geotechnical Reliability,” Proceedings 27th Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 7757, May 1995.
Theses and Dissertations
Najjar, S. S. (2005), Importance of Lower-Bound Capacities in Geotechnical Reliability Assessments,” Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, 316 p.
Dangyach, S. (2004), “Reliability Analysis for FPS Mooring Systems,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin.
VanShaar, S. (2002), “Dynamic Analysis for Suction Caissons and Geologic Model for Makassar Strait,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin.
Altuntas, C. (2002), “Development of a Statistical Model for Laterally Loaded Pile Analysis to Reduce Uncertainty in an Offshore Field,” M. S. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tx.
Al Awar, Z. (2002), “Developing a Model for Axial Pile Capacity in an Offshore Field,” M. S. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tx.
Weaver, S., "Evaluation of the Second Moment Bayesian Method of Approximation as Applied to the Estimation of Offshore Pile Capacities," M.S. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, May 1998.
Blake, W.D., “Relationships Between Undrained Shear Strength and Compression and Shear Wave Velocities for Offshore Clays,” M.S. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, November 1996.
Acquaah, C.G., “General Reliability Analysis of a Tension Leg Platform,” M.S. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, May 1995.