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The paper outlines the key points of the lecture given in September 2011. Its goals are to demonstrate that: (a) in seismic geotechnical design it is not always feasible to achieve factors of safety (FS) greater than one; (b) under seismic base excitation an “engineering” apparent FS less than 1 does not imply failure of the system; and (c) in many cases it may be beneficial to under-design the foundation by accepting an engineering FS < 1 (even an FS well below 1). Five examples from slopes and foundations illustrate the above points.
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