Design of a Measurement Program for Bench-Scale PVD Remediation System Tests
Welker, AL
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Gilbert, RB
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX

(Received 1 July 2002; accepted 14 July 2003)

Abstract
Two experiments were undertaken to study the effectiveness of a remediation system that utilizes prefabricated vertical drains. The measurement program, which included obtaining head and concentration measurements for these experiments, was designed using a Bayesian decision framework. The First-Order Second-Moment Bayesian method was employed to select the best location for the observation wells as well as when to take the measurements and how long the experiment should last. The selected measurement scheme balanced the reduction in uncertainty realized through taking the head and concentration measurements with the difficulty in obtaining those measurements.

Keywords:
Bayes, Bayesian updating, drainage, drains, experimental design, Prefabricated vertical drains, wick drains

Paper ID: GTJ11497
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ11497

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Author Welker, AL Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA Author Gilbert, RB Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX Author Welker AL, Gilbert RB Title Design of a Measurement Program for Bench-Scale PVD Remediation System Tests Symposium , Committee on