Limiting-state design of permafrost beds for global warming

The stability of permafrost beds is examined from positions of reliability theory. A method is proposed for calculation of the safety factor; use of this method makes it possible to account for random variations in air temperature and global warming of the climate in the limiting-state design of beds. Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 5, pp. 21–23, September–October, 1997.