Core Members

Dennis E. Becker (Canada)
Kenji Matsui (Japan)
Samuel Paikowsky (USA)
Kok Kwang Phoon (SEAGS)
Brian Simpson (UK)
Bernd Schuppener (Germany)
Dr Jorgen Steenfelt (Denmark)

Latest reports: ITC23_Interim report070228.pdf (80 kB)

Terms of Reference:

(1) Discuss the issue of the introduction of the performance based design concept in conjunction with geotechnical limit state design.

(2) Ecourage exchanging information concerning issues that have arisen during implementation stage of limit state design codes in various countries and regions.

(3) Discuss the matter of 'test values' and 'derived values' in addition to 'characteristic values' that has been discussed extensively in the past four years in TC23.

(4) Review and advance the reliability based methodologies on determination of partial factors.

(5) Discuss how partial factors be used in numerical design calculation, especially in FEM, and highly non-linear force-deformation behaviors.

(6) Issues concerning geotechnical design codes in the small and/or developing countries: using Asian countries as an example.