MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631095994 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Patna on August 07, 2026, for Lrfd-Based System Reliability Method For Geosynthetic Retaining Wall Design.
Inventors include Kumari, Pratima; Samui, Pijush; and Burman, Avijit.
The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for designing geosynthetic retaining structures (100) using a unified Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and system reliability framework. The method receives geometric and material parameters, generates random samples via Monte Carlo simulation to account for soil variability, computes factored loads and resistances for sliding (112), overturning (113), bearing capacity (114), rupture (115), and pullout (116) failure modes, and iteratively verifies LRFD criteria. Upon compliance, individual failure probabilities are quantified and integrated using a series-system reliability formulation to compute an overall system reliability index (110). The final design is output only when both deterministic LRFD and system-level reliability requirements are simultaneously satisfied. The method improves accuracy, robustness, and computational efficiency of structural safety assessment. (
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